Flying Theater Machine

Flying Theater Machine
Theater	The Hideout Theatre
Directed by	Jessica Arjet
Cast	Amira Pollock Asaf Ronen Bridget Brewer Caeriel Crestin Jessica Arjet Kaci Beeler Kristin Faner Kristin Firth Luke Wallens Kristin Henn Madeline Jo Chauvin Marc Majcher Matt Pollock Mike Kinald Mike Nystul Mitchell Deane Ruby Willmann Thedward Blevins
Run	2007-Present

Flying Theater Machine is the Hideout's weekly improv show for kids.

Summary

Flying Theater Machine happens every Sunday afternoon at 2pm. Tickets are $7.

The format of the show changes regularly (see below), but always emphasizes audience involvement and G-rated antics.

Formats

• Adventure Room (L)
• Clockwork stories (L) May/Jun 2010
• Dinosaurs! Jul/Aug 2013
• Fairly Silly Fairy Tales (S) Sep/Oct 2013
  Mostly short-form fairy-tale-themed games, with two longer stories mixed in: Fractured fairy tales – a familiar fairy tale with audience-suggested changes, and our “big story” – a completely made up fairy tale.
• Improvable Circus Mar/Apr 2010
• Made-up Magic (L) Jul/Aug 2010
• Magic Club House (L) Jul/Aug 2011
• Monster Family (L) Nov/Dec 2011, Nov/Dec 2012
  follows the experience of baby monster who is the only one who can see humans. Mostly short-form games, filtered through the experience of baby monster.
• Pirate Adventures (L) May/Jun 2011
• Scavenger Hunt (L)
• Snowball Fight (S) Nov/Dec 2009, Jan/Feb 2011, Jan/Feb 2012
  Two teams duke it out, theater sports style, the audience “votes” on the winner by throwing “snowballs” at their favorite team (pieces of paper with words or phrases), which are then used for a blind-line story.
• Story Book Capers Mar/Apr 2011
• Story Soup (S) Jan/Feb 2010
• Story Sports (S) Sep/Oct 2010
• Wang Dang Doodle Hour (S)
• Wild Wild Puppets (L)
• Gryffinpuffleclawsin / Wizard School (L) May/Jun 2013
  A long-form narrative which follows our protagonists through a chapter of life at wizard school, broken up by games as their classes.
• Wonderland (L) Sep/Oct 2009, Sep/Oct 2011, Sep/Oct 2012
  Wonderland is a magical, silly place, full of excitement and strange characters. Our hero starts out in the real world with real world problems, but it is not long before they are swept away into Wonderland, where we will find amazing creatures and obstacles to overcome.
• You Drive (S)
• Pterodactyl Cactus Nov/Dec 2010

Cast

• Jessica Arjet (2007-Present)
• Thedward Blevins (Sep 2012-Present)
• Bridget Brewer (Nov 2012-Present)
• Madeline Jo Chauvin (Jan 2013-Present)
• Caeriel Crestin
• Mitchell Deane
• Andrew Robinson (Sep 2013-Present)
• David Ronn (May 2013-Present)
• Sarah Swofford (Sep 2013-Present)
• Megan Venable (Sep 2013-Present)
• Luke Wallens

Touring

• Jessica Arjet
• Kaci Beeler
• Caeriel Crestin
• Kristin Henn
• Asaf Ronen
• Ruby Willmann

Alumni / On Hiatus

• Marc Majcher
• Matt Pollock
• Mike Kinald
• Mike Nystul
• Kristin Faner (Nov 2012-Jun 2013)
• Kristin Firth
• Cody Melcher

More Information

• The show's web site.