The Fracas! Improv Festival

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The 4th Annual Fracas! Improv Festival took place April 21-22, 2007. The festival was hosted by Second Nature and sponsored by the ONION.

For the first time, a third night of performances and three discussion panels were added to the festival. Each night of the three day festival consisted of five performances by different troupes, followed by an open improv jam hosted by Second Nature. All performances and panels were free and open to the public.

First Night of Shows, Thursday April 12
Panel 1: Improv And Sketch Comedy, Friday April 13
Panel 2: Improv In the Entertainment Industry, Friday April 13
Second Night of Shows, Friday April 13
Panel 3: Short Form and Long Form, Saturday April 14
Third Night of Shows, Saturday April 14

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Thursday, April 12 - At the Village Gate Theatre
Birdstrike Theatre (UC Davis) - 7:00-7:40pm
BUICK (UCLA) - 7:40-8:20pm
M.R.S. Degree (USC) - 8:40-9:20pm
Improvability (UCSB) - 9:20-10:00pm
Comedy Corner (UofA) - 10:20-11:00pm
Improv Jam - 11:15pm-midnight

Friday, April 13 - At the Ground Zero Performance Cafe
Vidushak (USC) - 7:00-7:40pm
Laser Squad Bravo! (LMU) - 7:40-8:20pm
The Charles Darwin Experience (UofA) - 8:40-9:20pm
S.A.D. (UCSC) - 9:20-10:00pm
Commedus Interruptus (USC) - 10:20-11:00pm
Improv Jam - 11:15pm-midnight

Saturday, April 14 - At the Ground Zero Performance Cafe
Jericho! (UCB) - 7:00-7:40pm
Live Nude People (UCI) - 7:40-8:20pm
Barren Mind Improv (ASU) - 8:40-9:20pm
Humor Force V (UCSC) - 9:20-10:00pm
Second Nature (USC) - 10:20-11:00pm
Improv Jam - 11:15pm-midnight

Improv And Sketch Comedy
Friday, April 13 - 12pm-1pm - Ground Zero

With: Frank Caeti (MADtv, Second City), Heather Anne Campbell (Boom Chicago, The Groundlings), Sean Conroy (Late Night with Conan O'Brien, UCB), Megan Kellie (The Great Sketch Experiment, Karla), Keegan-Michael Key (MADtv, Second City).

Improv In the Entertainment Industry
Friday, April 13 - 2pm-3pm - Ground Zero

With: Jordan Black (Halfway Home, For Your Consideration), Michael Bunin (My Boys), Andrew Friedman (Studio 60, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Melora Hardin (The Office), Angela Kinsey (The Office).

Short Form and Long Form
Saturday, April 14 - 4pm-5pm - Ground Zero

With: James Thomas Bailey (ComedySportzLA), Eric Hunicutt (ImprovOlympic), Seth Morris (UCB), Brian Palermo (The Groundlings).

Harold Intensive - with Owen Burke
Friday, April 13 - 3pm-6pm

Character - with Amy Rhodes
Friday, April 13 - 3pm-5pm

Finding the Game - with Sean Conroy
Friday, April 13 - 3pm-5pm

Shakespearean Improv - with Matt Gourley
Friday, April 13 - 5pm-7pm

Second Beats - with Sean Conroy
Friday, April 13 - 5pm-7pm

Television Genres - with Andy Goldblatt
Saturday, April 14 - 11am-1pm

Relationship - with Brian Palermo
Saturday, April 14 - 11am-1pm

Theatre Genres - with Andy Goldblatt
Saturday, April 14 - 1:30pm-3:30pm

Sound and Movement - with Seth Morris
Saturday, April 14 - 1:30pm-3:30pm

Using Your 'Where' - with Eric Hunicutt
Saturday, April 14 - 5pm-7pm

Musical Improv - with James Thomas Bailey
Saturday, April 14 - 5pm-7pm