"The Adventures of Gilbert & Sullivan"

et City Improv is setting sail with The Adventures of Gilbert & Sullivan! - an extraordinary unscripted musical that puts audiences at the helm of a topsy-turvy tribute to Victorian England’s most brilliant songwriters.
This improvised operatic event follows the young William Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (re-imaged as newly minted ensigns in Her Majesty’s navy) as they sail around the world. The audience takes on the role of “the crew” and decides Gilbert & Sullivan’s destination and purpose as they… Show more travel to their next exotic port. Each locale brings new characters, abilities and desires. Misadventures and bad luck are sure to follow. Laughter is guaranteed!
While Jet City Improv has produced improvised musicals in the past (based on Grease, RENT, and Titanic) the herculean feat of running an ever-changing Savoy Opera without a script brings the improvised musical to a whole new level. Show creator and director Joe Koenen explains his motivation for taking on some of musical theater’s earliest source material: “at the age of 12, I watched the 1980's revival ofPirates of Penzanceon a tape my sister rented from the video store. It was amazing . . . hilarious, sad – and a little bit scary. But the jokes never stopped. I want audiences to have that same joy of discovery I had as a boy and I hope to give them the confidence to seek out the original after they've seen us, because they're just plain hooked on how much fun it is.” In the cast: Seattle improviser and actor Nate Cox (Western Washington University’s Dead Parrot Society and "Bellingham State of Mind"). The production runs Thursday and Friday nights from Feb. 28 to April 19 with a special opening night gala on Feb 28 featuring an actor Q & A. There are no performances on March 28 and 29.

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