In Our Prime
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In Our Prime is an improv troupe that focuses on grounded, dramatic longforms.
Summary
In Our Prime was the brainchild of Paul Normandin. Paul and Gloria Bankler became close friends after Kaci Beeler's Romance and Intimacy Elective at The Hideout Theatre in 2011. Gloria and Paul met Ryan Hill when they all took an elective workshop at The Hideout Theatre entitled Andy is Mean to You, wherein Hideout Education Director Andy Crouch would give very direct feedback to students. Soon after, Paul approached Gloria and Ryan with his idea for a troupe that would perform extremely grounded, even dramatic, improv with very little focus on comedy.
The troupe was briefly named It'll Come to Us until the name In Our Prime was decided on due to the older-than-average age of the cast and the primeness of their number (three). The trio performed a debut show at the Hideout.
Ryan was a teaching assistant for Hideout Theatre co-owner Jessica Arjet at the time. When he told her about the troupe she asked if she could play with them. The four rehearsed together once. Ten minutes after a very successful second show with Jessica guesting, the troupe asked her to join permanently.
The troupe has played in the Oklahoma Improv Festival, the Improvaganza Hawaii Improv Festival, Wafflefest, and The Out of Bounds Comedy Festival. They have a regular monthly slot in The Free Fringe at The Hideout Theatre and have also performed a month-long Threefer run there. The troupe's Free Fringe shows tend to be more humorous and less grounded.
They were coached for a period of several months in 2012 by Jeremy Lamb.
History
- 03/01/2012 - Debut @ The Hideout ("Printing Presses")
- 04/05/2012 - The Hideout ("Disobedient Daughter") w/ Jessica Arjet
- 07/20/2012 - Oklahoma Improv Festival ("Survivalist Family")
- 09/01/2012 - Out of Bounds ("Dating an Environmentalist")
- 09/29/2012 - Hawaii Improvaganza Festival ("Art")
- 10/04/2012 - Threefer Run ("Gay Boy")
- 10/11/2012 - Threefer Run ("Drugs and Kids")
- 10/18/2012 - Threefer Run ("The Car Accident & The Brady Bunch")
- 10/18/2012 - Free Fringe Curve Ball Format Debut ("Hell")
- 10/25/2012 - Threefer Run ("Run-Away Dad")
- 11/10/2012 - Wafflefest ("The Affair")
