Confidence Men
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Confidence Men is an improv troupe that improvises in the style of David Mamet.
Summary
Show Structure
A typical Confidence Men show is a two-act play. Each act is a monoscene. Each performer plays one character throughout the show. In between act one and act two, there is a 45-second solo musical performance.
They also do a variation on the format called "The Variations," inspired by Mamet's Duck Variations. This format typically features a theme and a symphonic variety of conversations around that theme.
Press Blurb
This is their bio from their web site:
"Legendary American playwright David Mamet has a certain way with language–rapid fire dialogue, unfinished sentences, meaningful pauses, raucous cursing, jazz symphonic rhythms . . . meanwhile, Confidence Men: Improvised Mamet have a certain way of lifting that style and making it their own. In the realm of improvised theatre. Every show is a wild testosterone-fueled romp of comedy that can turn deadly serious at the drop of a hat. These six acclaimed and dishonorable menschen will sell you a plot of fuck yes in a two-act play made off the cuffs of their three-piece suits. And, yes, there will be a 45-second musical intermission."
Media
Videos
- Video of their 8/1/2010 show. ("Area 51")
- Video of their performance at The 2011 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival. ("The Hall of Justice")
- Videos of their 3/31/12 "Mamet Goes to the Movies" performance: "The Cake Variations"; Star Wars
- Their performance in The 2012 Improvised Play Festival.
- Their 6/22/13 performance in The 44-Hours Improv Marathon.
- Their 8/31/13 performance in The 2013 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival.
Photos
- Photoset by Peter Rogers of their 6/25/09 show.
- Photoset of their performance from Wafflefest 2012.
- Photoset by Steve Rogers of their 4/14/12 show at The 2012 Improvised Play Festival.
