Crack!

Crack!
Theater	Salvage Vanguard Theater
Directed by	Sara Farr
Produced by	Gnap! Theater Projects The Puppet Improv Project
Music By	David Rosenbaum Jason Laney Pat Buchta
Cast	Bryan Cruz Clay Towery Emily Breedlove Howard Katz Jesse Overright Lisa Jackson Patrick Daniel Patrick Knisely Peter Rogers Sara Farr Topping Haggerty Valerie Ward
Run	Aug 2010

Crack! (full name: Crack! The Improvised Puppet Musical) was an improvised puppet musical.

Summary

It was a two-act show, featuring short-form songs and scenes in act one, and then an improvised narrative musical in act two.

The show debuted Thanksgiving weekend, 2009, and returned to SVT for a run of 6 shows in August, 2010. It also played The Out of Bounds Comedy Festival that year.

Each performance had a (human) guest for the night, while all the other performers improvised through modified sock puppets with rod armatures. Sometimes, larger puppets, such as full-body puppets, were used as well. Also, there was a musical improvisor providing live music for every performance.

Guests

Here is a list of guests for each show:

• 8/6/10: Albert Im
• 8/7/10: Arthur Simone
• 8/13/10: Les McGehee
• 8/14/10: John Ratliff
• 8/20/10: L. B. Deyo
• 8/21/10: Shana Merlin

Press Description

The show is created by mixing highly volatile puppet characters with a band of uninhibited improvisers. The result is a hilarious variety of songs and scenes in Act 1, and a completely improvise musical in Act 2 -- all conceived and performed on the spot and starring puppets. This is not your average puppet show, and it is definitely NOT a show for young children.

Media

• The 8/6/10 performance:
  • Photoset by Roy Moore.
  • Video by Sara Farr, in four parts: 1, 2, 3, 4.
• Photoset of the 8/7/10 show by Roy Moore.
• Photoset of the 8/14/10 show by Roy Moore.
• Photoset of the 8/14/10 show by Roy Moore.
• Photoset of the 8/20/10 show by Roy Moore.
• Photoset of the 8/21/10 show by Roy Moore.
• Photoset that includes Crack!'s set from Out of Bounds 2012 by Kevin Miller.

More Information

• The show's website.