Improv Nation

Sophia Raab Downs, Jason Downs, Denny Dillon (front), Nicole Quinn (behind), Davis Hall, Mik Horowitz, David Smilow

Denny Dillon's Improv Nation will be performing 


Saugerties Performing Arts Factory - September 22nd

Shadowland in Ellenville, in October

Hope we see you there!

Thanks to Barbara smiley for the great photos!

Improv Nation In Saugerties this Saturday!

We've been meeting at Jason and Sophia's house to rehearse.  Their kids hang out with a mother's helper while we play games in the living room, overlooking Farmer Gill's corn fields.

People often chuckle when I tell them I have an improv rehearsal.  It does seem an oxymoron, (love that word!), but actually we play games together.  Improv is agreeing, and we ALL need to practice that, in this conflict driven world.  Maybe that's why it's often funny, because no one expects any one else to agree.  Interesting thought.

Improv is also about trust, so when we rehearse we reinforce the fact that the only net we have is each other.  Hm...

We're performing in a new space - SAUGERTIES PERFORMING ARTS FACTORY.

Hope we see you there!

Tuesday February 7, we debut on Showtime! Okay it's at 6am, but I'll be up with Ferris the 15 year old Jack Russell who rules my life. If you have a chance to log in to Showtime and give us some stars, please do. It will help us get re-upped for another cycle! Maybe we can actually pay everyone's deferral. That's my dream----------------- UPDATES: Right now the outrageously talented Denny Dillon is at the Hartford Stage Co. in BOEING-BOEING

She's also the fearless leader of IMROV NATION, which will be performing at Shadowland in Ellenville March 31st.

The Improv Nation company includes in top photo: David Smilow (Confederate soldier who kills Strathairn's Harry in Racing daylight), Denny Dillon (the Gossip in R.D.), Nicole Quinn (me), Sophia Raab Downs (producer of Racing Daylight), and Jason Downs (Edmund). In the lower photo are all of the above, along with Davis Hall, (doctor in Racing Daylight) and his lovely wife Ingrid Price (costume designer Racing Daylight)and Mikhail Horowitz, latter-day beat-poet extraordinaire, as well as Laura Shaine (author of Sleeping Arrangements, Dreams of Rescue and A Place in the Country, as well as penning an authorized biography of Melissa Leo). All in the family.----------------------------- Jason Downs will be bringing his one-man show "Why Aren't I Famous" to the Shadowland stage mid-March 2012.-------------------------------------------------------------- David Strathairn has been busy filming LINCOLN, with Steven Spielberg, as Secretary of State William Seward. He's also been gracing the small screen as Dr. Lee Rosen on sci-fi channel's ALPHAS

Today I'm off to the Rosendale Theatre with my dear friends Annette Finestone, age 95 and rockin' it, Sophia and Jason to see the wonderful monologue show TMI

Which sold out both Friday and Saturday night shows! I'm so glad I have tickets in advance.---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Look for more trivia and updates next week, when we'll focus on the crew of RACING DAYLIGHT.