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 approximately one thousand words of their choosing from a published work. The cast listens and at the conclusion of the reading steps forward and recites 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"

Media