September 2011
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Improvaganza 2011 - Arts at Marks Garage - Sept 24
Revlis – totally awesome to watch. It’s a one woman show featuring Kristin Firth. She plays Revlis a time traveler from the future. Revlis herself is charming, sweet and innocence and fun to watch. You root for her. The smartass douchy Santa Claus looking guy found out the hard way, between Santa and Revlis, people will root for the girl in silver boots. Although it’s a one woman show, she...
The Venue was on fire tonight
Everything at The Venue was great tonight. Crayons immediately demanded our attention. They were a visual treat with their bright colors. Their physical comedy and playfulness was awesome. Chocolate Squirrel got all meta and kept the energy growing and swirling right up to the beginning of “The greatest improv show ever.” Holy Moley. Oil in the Alley with four people? And then six? The...
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"Juneau improv artists to perform at Hawaiian... →
Morally Improv-erished got a short article in their Capital City Weekly about their trip to Hawaii to perform in Improvaganza! Congrats - We are happy to have you with us!
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Map of places of Interest
We’ve created a Google Map with places that might be of interest to our performers, especially those visiting us from other states. Most of them are located in the China Town area near the performance locations. We hope this helps!
The link to it (for more details) is:
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Do It! TGIF peeps the best in arts and... →
#ImprovaganzaHI Preview Night is featured in the Sept. 2nd TGIF. Check out the short article!! Even if the pictures got mixed up- Improvaganza group Something Classy picture got posted by the graffiti article while their photo got posted by our article. Hmmm maybe that will draw in a whole new crowd.
August 2011
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July 2011
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21 hours left!
Thank you to Darren Tome for becoming an Improvaganza backer. We have now raised $2,506! That’s 125% funded! However there is still some time to help us. With just 21 hours to go it’s time to give that final push! Look here soon for the list of all the backers. Thanks to you all! Our success it thanks to you!!
Just click here or share this link to help us in these last few...
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Congrats to our Austin Friends! and we are 122%...
A big thanks to Sharon Garcia Doyle & David K. Jones for becoming Improvaganza backers today. That brings us to a whopping $2,455.00 which means we are 122% funded with 5 days to go!! Can we raise some more?? With your help we sure can!Just keep sharing!!
Also Congratulations to our friends in Austin who’ve also made their Kickstarter goals!! PGraph has raised $3,040.00 (that is...
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Still 6 days to go!
The latest thanks goes out to John Waihee IV & Stu Hirayama. We now have 53 backers & are a whopping 119% funded!! We still have a little bit of time & swag left so make your pledge while you still can. Again, thank you to all. (the names in bold are new to the list) Jonathan Wong Elizabeth Westermann R Kevin Garcia Doyle Stephanie Farnum Heather Galbreath Carlynn Wolfe Dominica...
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117% with 10 days left
Two more backers were added onto our thank you list today! TwinProv & Ryan Stanfield. Thanks to them & all of you, our kickstarter has now raised $2,340. That makes us a whopping 117% funded and we still have 10 days left!!! Lets see how far we can take this! 150%, 200%… The sky is the limit! Thank you all.
Also remember to check out the website at www.improvaganza.com
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Improvaganza.com →
First we’d like to thank @whbinder or Bill Binder for being our latest Kickstarter backer. Secondly we would like to take this time to show you Improvaganza’s new & improved website!! It’s all fancy now!! Click the link above & you can find out info & see pictures of all of this years performers!! Please share this with all of your friends & remember there is...
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Kickstarter Update 7-4-2011: WE DID IT!!!!! →
A big big thanks to Xi Mao & Roderick Cachola for making pledges today!! Because of you we have surpassed our $2,000 goal!! We are still trying to raise as much funds as possible though. Please click the link above & read the official update and stay tuned for more from the exciting world of Improvaganza!
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89% funded 14 days to go!
A big Mahalo to Nicole Tessier & J. Robideau for becoming our newest project backers. Thanks to all 47 of you we have raised $1,785!! Just $215 more will our kickstarter success, however we can always use more to help us make Improvaganza the best it can be!
Remember to make a pledge & get your swag (like all access passes) while you can at:
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Almost there!!!
Today we’d like to give a shout out to our most recent backers:Noelle Poole, Tammy Metz Starr, Carol Doi & Ryan Allen. THANK YOU!!!
We are now 87% funded!! But with only 16 days left we need all the help we can get. Please get your pledges in now! Don’t wait till the last minute. Thank you again & we’ll be giving some exciting updates soon.
PS Don’t forget to...
June 2011
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Teachers announced!-Updates for Sunday June 26
A special thank you to our most recent backers: Pam O’Mara & Michael Christenson. Thanks to your pledges we have raised 78% of our goal! It’s thanks to all of you that we’ve gotten this far. We have no doubt that with your continued support we can make our goal & then some. Also please check out Garrick’s updates on the Kickstarter page:...
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Improvaganza & Kickstarter updates 6-23-2011 →
-1st we’d like to thank our latest backers Kristin Van Bodegraven & Cate Browning! You guys rock!
-2nd there are some awesome updates on the kickstarter page including sample pictures of the official Improvaganza 2011 T-shirt & silicone wristbands. You must check it out! Just click the red title above or go to kickstarter.com & search Improvaganza to see the update.
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We're 3/4 of the way there!!!
Wooo Hoooo! We are officially 75% funded for our kickstarter!!! That means we have raised $1,500.00 for Improvaganza! A big mahalo to the three backers today who got us there: Ken Uedoi, Michael Reyes, & Shaun Landry. We are almost there people! We just need a little more to reach the goal of $2,000 & garauntee success, however remember that we can always go beyond our goal too. So why not...
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Viva Austin!!
Today we’d like to thank the Hideout Theatre in Austin, Texas for making a pledge to the festival!! We are now have 69% of our funding ($1,380) but we still have a lot more to go so please keep spreading the word. Remember every little pledge helps!! In other news 2 Improvaganza alumni groups have started their very own kickstarter projects!
Girls, Girls, Girls from Austin, Texas is an all...
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68% and moving up!
A big thank you to Ratana Therakulsathit for making a pledge that brings us to 68% or $1,365! We are very greatful for all of your support. Please remember that all of these rewards are only available during the kickstarter event so make sure to reserve yours now =) There is still that $500 reward w/ a private party performance by On The Spot AND Oil In The Alley available. Tell all your...
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65% funded and counting!!!
Today a big thank you goes out to Mari Ann Snider & Sean O’Malley!!! Thanks guys for keeping us going. We are now 65% funded!! Can’t wait to see who our next backer will be!
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Only $760 more to go till we reach our goal!!!
Hello Everyone!
Today we would like to thank Ann Comstock for pledging to the Kickstarter, bringing us up to $1,240 or 62% funded! We are moving slow & steady toward our goal. Every little pledge gets the staff excited and motivates us to work even harder make this the best Improvaganza yet. Thanks again and look forward to more updates soon!
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60% Funded and climbing!!
A HUGE thanks to our most recent backers Fernando Pacheco & Wayne Kato. With your help we’ve officially reached 60% funded!!! Can you believe it, over a month left! That is awesome guys. Lets keep it up! Remember once the kickstarter ends you won’t be able to get the rewards (like the all access passes or aloha kits) any more!!
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Updates for Sunday June 12
As for Kickstarter, today we’d like to thank Sharon Early for making a pledge & bringing us up to 59% toward our goal of $2,000!!! That is great!
Garrick has also posted another video update on the kickstarter page so you should totally check it out:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/59289355/improvaganza-hawaii-festival-of-improv/posts
The other big news of the week is that we...
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6-10-11 Kickstarter Thank you!
Today’s Kickstarter thank you goes out to Dartanion London!! He brings our total number of backers to 23! Here’s a list of the people who have pledged so far
Jonathan Wong Elizabeth Westermann R Kevin Garcia Doyle Stephanie Farnum Heather Galbreath Carlynn Wolfe Dominica Malcom Andrew Utech Dawn Tony Pisculli Holly Hearn Joe Leibovich Beth Dunn Polarsounds Scott Wilson Sandra Finney...
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We've passed the 1/2 way mark!!!
It seems you all got our message and kicked it into high gear today! We made it over the hill! We are now at $1,065.00!! That means that we’ve reached 53% of our goal in 6 days! LESS THAN 1 WEEK! That’s exciting! Thanks to Kristin Firth, Marc Majcher, Genie Joseph, & Jonathan for helping us get there. Oh also thanks to Kim Ip (just incase you didn’t see her posted onto the...
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We're almost at the top of the hill!
Today was a bit of a slow day for our Kickstarter project, but we are definately not giving up! A big thank you to Stephanie Curtis Conching for making the pledge today that brought us up to 40% towards our goal with 40 days to go.
That being said we would really like to reach our 1/2 way point of $1,000 by this Friday 6/10. Why you may ask, Well think of it as climbing over a hill. The real...
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41 days to go & going strong
So we still have 41 days to go & have already reached 39% of our goal. That’s $790.00! Pretty Good Don’t you think??
Today we’d like to sincerely thank Sandra Finney & Mike Christensen for deciding to back us. Your pledges do not get un-noticed. In fact we (the staff) get excited & often text each other whenever we see someone else has made a pledge. You guys make...
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Day 3 of Kickstarter project & updates
Hi Everyone, Today marks our 3rd day on the Kickstarter project & we’ve already reached $705.00!! That is 35% towards our goal! This is so exciting for us (the Improvaganza staff). We are so thankful to everyone for spreading the word. Keep up the good work! Also, Garrick uploaded an update video to the Kickstarter website with a personal thank you to everyone who has made a pledge the last...
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Kickstarter Day 2
So day 2 of our Kickstarter project is over and we are already have 13 backers, raised $580 & have made 28% toward our goal of $2,000!!! This is very exciting to see! Today we would like to thank the following people for their generous pledges: Dominica Malcom Andrew Utech Dawn Tony Pisculli Holly Hearn Joe Leibovich Beth Dunn We’d also like to thank everyone who is spreading the word on our...
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Day 1 of Improvaganza Kickstarter.com project down →
(Click link above to see how you can be an Improvaganza backer, get awesome swag & cool festival perks!)
Great jumping Jehoshaphat! Day one down & we already got 6 backers & $335! Lets keep it going!! Thanks to Jonathan Wong, Elizabeth Westermann, R Kevin Garcia Doyle, Stephanie Farnum, Heather Galbreath, & Carlynn Wolfe for getting the ball rolling!!!
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WatchImprovaganza has officially launched our kickstarter** project! From this moment we have 45 days to raise $2000 or more to help fund this year’s festival. Kickstarter is a way for you to get involved with Improvaganza! By pledging your support you can get some very cool swag (buttons, T-shirts, ect) & special festival perks such as access to the after parties, ALL ACCESS PASSES to the...
May 2011
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Two more teams that will be performing at...
Hello Laser - New York Crayons Improv - Tulsa
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Some of the Improv groups performing at this years...
Bunker 13 - Seattle Classy D - Chicago Chocolate squirrel - Honolulu Dicks and Jane - Honolulu Dirty Laundry - Seattle Galapagos - Phoenix Home Wreckers - Honolulu Landry and Summers - Los Angeles Mega Lou - New York Morally Improvished - Juneau Oil in the Alley - Honolulu On the Spot - Aiea Puppet This - Seattle Revlis - Austin Something Classy - Honolulu Super Mega Art Show - Seattle Team X -...
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5-25-2011 Improvaganza Tumblr Update
Hi all,
All the submissions for this years festival are in & the decisions have been made. Very shortly you can look forward to seeing a list of all the acts performing in this years festival. We are very excited to see some new faces as well as festival favorites returning. Please keep checking back here & http://improvaganza.com for all the up-to-date info on festival goings-ons....
Please Welcome...
… the new (and much more responsible) editor of the Improvaganza tumblr, Alissa!
*Thunderous Applause*
I, R. Kevin, will return to my life as a Tumblr muggle.
March 2011
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Improvaganza 2011 Now Accepting Applications!
Visit our no frills (but recently updated) website for more information.
Improvaganza.com
September 2010
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