The Next Chapter

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The Next Chapter is a mainstage show at The Institution Theater that performs improvised continuations of the works of a published author.

Summary

Each night of the show has a different guest author. The show starts with the author reading anywhere from 500 to 1,000 words of his or her choosing from a published work. The cast listens and at the conclusion of the reading, steps forward to recite different details, themes, or concepts they heard for about a minute. They then begin to improvise where the story left off.

Guest Authors and Works

  • Deano Jones -- Rise of the Cafe Racer
  • Suzy Spencer -- Secret Sex Lives: A Year on the Fringes of American Sexuality
  • Daniel Quinn -- At Woomeroo
  • Matt Sturges -- The Office of Shadow, The Four Norsemen of the Apocalypse

  • Doug Dorst -- The Surf Guru
  • Katerine Catmull -- Summer and Bird
  • Manuel Gonzales -- "One-Horned and Wild-Eyed" from The Miniature Wife and Other Stories

  • Beth Kander -- Was
  • Owen Egerton -- Everyone Says That at the End of the World

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