Yesterday, as I’m sure you may have noticed, was Thanksgiving.  And, as is often the case, the Tromsni (the matri- and patri- archs of our rag-tag band) hosted a little Turkey day love.  There were hand puppets, oven fires, snow cone-tasting cocktail things, a violin performance, frustrating political comments via phone from at least one of our dads, a surprising number of inappropriate cultural epithets from us… it was all kinds of fun!  So here’s hoping your Thanksgiving was as much fun as ours (we doubt it though… because ours was pretty awesome).

And here are the proud papas of the feast - an impressive two kitchen effort that brought us the bird!

On this date in 1991 the world lost Freddy Mercury, lead singer of Queen.

And today… we honor him:

If I could assume the muppets would do a tribute to me when I’m dead, I would die the happiest person on the planet.

As you may know, The Warehouse Theatre is opening their latest mainstage show Elvis People TONIGHT! Of course, if you came to our last round of improv shows, you already know everything you need to know about Elvis:

Of course, if that doesn’t tell you everything you ever needed to know about Elvis and the people who love him (and we’re kinda betting it didn’t), then make sure to check out Elvis People playing through December 12. It’s a hunka hunka burnin’ theatre, baby!

And remember… the second weekend - Thanksgiving Weekend - The Globe will be performing late night improv after the shows! So the 27th and 28th just might be the best time to come! But do call ahead, these tickets are selling like crazy! See ya soon, ya hound dogs!

This weekend was the annual conference for the South Carolina Theatre Association, held down at Coastal Carolina.  Now, as a part of the festivities, they invited a few performers from around the state to come together for an improv performance Saturday night.  So… being the one who’s half way across the state anyway, Jen hopped in her car and zoomed to beautiful Conway, SC for an evening of improv with some other folks from Greenville and Sumter.  From flamingos to Wal-mart, from Sasquatch to sperm banks… it was an odd evening.  And it’s always a good time to see a group of people gathered together to chat about theatre.  So bravo to the whole SCTA team for putting on a great convention, and thanks for inviting us to play!

Today is Sesame Street’s 40th birthday!  Can you believe it?!?!?  I kind of have a hard time imagining a world without Sesame Street.

So here’s a personal favorite Sesame Street moment of mine… what are yours?

How did you spend your Halloween?  Well… if you happen to be Jen, Traysie, Michele and Andy, then you spent it performing improv alongside our good friends Valentine Wolfe at The Sugar Shack!

From whorish costumes and moms insisting their children watch Glenn Beck and dress as Sarah Palin to marbles and dirty little devices to  outlandish auditions for Nightmare on Main Street, some good, rowdy Halloween fun was had by all!  

But don’t ask us about the Frankenstein Piss.  I’m pretty sure none of us tried that. 

We hope you had a good spooky time!  If you want to share your brilliant costume (and we know there were some), go ahead and tell us all about it in the comments! 

Today we celebrate the birth not of one, but TWO remarkable ladies.  Who, you might ask?

One is the delightful and way-too-talented-to-be-real Shannon (here pictured as the meat in what has got to be the most ridiculously talented, awesome and sexy sandwich in town!)!  Designer, artist, gourmet chef… there’s nothing this woman can’t do!  We love Shannon, and we’re super glad she was born!

Two is the Globe’s youngest member… Mae!!  She’s pictured here in her THIRD Shakespeare credit before the age of seven.  And if you haven’t seen her virtuoso performance of Helena’s monologue, make sure to click here (and her next installment will be up soon!)

It seems today is a good day to be born if you want to be one of the coolest chicks on the planet!

Okay, obviously this story is very sad for the person who lost his life and all who knew him.  But come on:

Ice Skating Bear Kills Russian Circus Hand

I mean… wow. 

Tonight is the opening of… wow… is it really the THIRD year of the Warehouse Theatre’s annual haunted house?  CRAZY!  Anyway, go, bring children, watch them scream.  And, if you’re smart, purchase your tickets ahead of time at BI-LO for a discounted price.  Yeah, baby!

Go get in the Halloween spirit!

So, I’m not sure whether you realize this, but I - Jen - have been living in Columbia for the last year and some change working on my MA in Theatre.  And this semester, that work has included directing the bizarre little comedy The Book of Liz by David and Amy Sedaris (the self-dubbed "Talent Family").  It plays this weekend… and I just wanted to let you all know.  So there.  And hey - I even worked a Distracted Globe mention into the preview article!  So if you happen to be wandering around Columbia this weekend… drop on by!