http://thedistractedglobe.blogsome.com Classical and Improv Comedy in Upstate South Carolina Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:48:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://thedistractedglobe.blogsome.com/2009/11/20/elvis/ 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 ... http://thedistractedglobe.blogsome.com/2009/11/15/scta/ 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? http://thedistractedglobe.blogsome.com/2009/11/10/h-is-for-happy-b-is-for-birthday/ 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 ... http://thedistractedglobe.blogsome.com/2009/11/01/halloween-with-the-wolfe/ 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 ... http://thedistractedglobe.blogsome.com/2009/10/27/its-a-big-one/ 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.  http://thedistractedglobe.blogsome.com/2009/10/23/ice-skating-bear/ 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! http://thedistractedglobe.blogsome.com/2009/10/22/be-afraid/ 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 ... http://thedistractedglobe.blogsome.com/2009/10/20/cheeseballs/ You’ve probably seen this video… but if you haven’t seen this video… you really need to see it: http://thecoolgadgets.com/subway-piano-stairs-union-square-nyc/ They created a working piano on the stairs out of a subway in Stockholm… and it’s just plain amazing.  They say fun can change behavior for the better.  And we here at The ... http://thedistractedglobe.blogsome.com/2009/10/19/fun-is-good-for-you/ Well folks, last night was all kinds of fun!  We joined Clemson’s Mock Turtle Soup and Greenville Little Theatre’s Laughing Stock for WAY too much funny!  And what did we learn?  We learned that there are few things in the world quite as funny as Jayce’s propensity for Pork Rinds, ... http://thedistractedglobe.blogsome.com/2009/10/11/improvapalooza/