FULL SPECTRUM IMPROV ALIVE IN LUCKY DOG THEATRE

This spontaneous four person team brings their improvisational skills to San Francisco's Fringe Festival and then the Knights of Columbus Hall in Marin County.

LUCKY DOG THEATRE
Upcoming San Francisco and Marin Performances
Directed by JOYA CORY performs Full Spectrum Improvisation Spontaneous Theatre
with Substance Performers: Joya Cory, Karen Hirst, Fritzi Schnel, David Sinaiko
Music: YEHUDIT

SAN FRANCISCO FRINGE FESTIVAL
Venue 9, 252 Ninth St. (nr. Folsom), SF
Thurs. Sept. 5, 7 pm, Sat. Sept. 7, 1 pm Thurs. Sept 12, 9 pm, Sun. Sept 15, 2:30 pm $8

And at the
Knights of Columbus Hall
167 Tunstead St., San Anselmo
Sat. Sept. 21, 8 pm & Sun. Sept 22, 5 pm $12
LUCKY DOG THEATRE brings entirely spontaneous theatre pieces to West Coast stages. The veteran improvisers of this masterful ensemble act and sing their way through an outpouring of original, unrehearsed tales ranging in tone from the fiercely comic to the surprisingly personal to the poignantly political.

Unlike "comedy improv", LUCKY DOG performers aim for the laugh that hurts and tears that heal. Each show includes ensemble and solo story telling, multi -character theatrical "scenes" and improvised singing and music, all based on audience suggestions. The style is often physical and stylized, according to Cory who performs and directs this exciting troupe.

The actors are accompanied by recording artist Yehudit, a Bay Area violinist who has performed with John Handy, Jules Broussard, Dan Hicks, and the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra.

About the members:
JOYA CORY has been improvising since 1971, when she co-founded MOTION: The Women's Performing Collective. In addition to hundreds of improvised performances, she has written and performed numerous original theater pieces including BILE, LOVE(SIC) with Deborah Slater and 6 KINDS OF LOVE with Ron Jones. Acting credits also include S.F. Repertory Theater, Intersection, Marin Theatre Company, The Bay Area Playwright's Festival, National Festival of Women's Theatre, SF Museum of Modern Art & The Marsh. OFF LIMITS, directed and co-written by Cory (with Lauren Elder) won the Bay Guardian "top ten theatre" for 1989. Joya has taught her Improvisation and Storytelling methods to thousands of students.

KAREN HIRST, from the stage of Second City in Chicago, has performed at the Magic Theater, Teatro 450, Venue 9, Theater Rhinoceros and the Phoenix Theater. She was a principal player in the long running musical, NEW WRINKLES and was most recently seen in Jon Sims Center 's HORSE LATITUDES. She also teaches acting at Academy of Art College

FRITZI SCHNEL is an original member of Lucky Dog Theatre. She has performed at The Next Stage, Bannam Place Theatre, Venue 9, Theatre Artists of Marin and Zeum at Yerba Buena Center. She is a member of jazz singer Rhiannon's sound/singing healing collective, AIR PRAYERS. Fritzi designs customized theatrical performances and characters for special events.

DAVID SINAIKO, LUCKY DOG's newest member is co-director of theater at Marin Academy.
Founder and associate artistic director of Chicago's acclaimed New Crime Productions he has performed on stage and in film in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and Boston. Credits include: AS YOU LIKE IT and CHAIN REACTIONS with the Cutting Ball Theater; The GRIFTERS; New Crime's HEART OF A DOG, ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST; and the Goodman Theatre's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.

For more information, 415-564-4115.www.luckydogtheatre.com.