Gorilla Theater

Gorilla Theater
Theater	The Hideout Theatre
Directed by	Various
Cast	Various
Initial Run	Unknown
Subsequent Run(s)	Oct-Dec 2006

Gorilla Theater was a Johnstonian format put on by The Hideout Theatre.

Summary

Gorilla Theater is a format invented by Keith Johnstone. There are six players. The players take turns directing scenes. Each scene is then judged by the audience -- if the audience collectively liked the scene, the player gets a "banana", usually represented by a yellow paper banana they can affix on a scoreboard by their name. If the audience collectively disliked the scene, the player gets a "forfeit". When this happens, the player has to draw a slip of paper from a bucket, and the paper has some embarrassing or onerous task written on it, which they then have to do in penance for their bad scene.

There is also a player in a gorilla costume. The gorilla does not direct, but is often called upon to participate in scenes.

Sample Forfeits

• "Run around the theater."
• "Call your mother and apologize for this awful scene."
• "Tell us an embarrassing fact about yourself."

History

The show was put on sporadically during the early years of the Hideout, and then ran as a mainstage show from October 2006 to December 2006.

Media

• of the 5/24/2002 show by Peter Rogers.
• Photoset of a one-off show on 2/26/2009 by Peter Rogers.