We had a great set of auditioners yesterday and there were a lot of laughs… even though Adam told us not to because he just had surgery on his abs.  After a long deliberation, we have made our decision and we would like to offer our congratulations to Mike, Derek, Marina, Cameron, Bryan, Ali, Adam and Randy.  They have all been offered a chance at callbacks.  They will be performing with us August 6th to the 18th.  Check our show schedule to see who will be performing when.  Then come and cheer on your favorite!  See you at the show!

Hey there and welcome another wonderful BYOI show! We have tonight Daniel, Jon, Beth, and Jimmy.

Daniel walks the audience through R. E. S. P. E. C. T. and lets just say the audience is LIVELY tonight!

Jimmy warms up the audience by getting us into a bicycle race. Up hills… down hills… Jon is down!!! MEDIC!!! I think this may be the first time the sound of feet on our floor was actually louder then the base from the club downstairs.

F. A. M. - A. J. - Brother Max described as Justin Bieber, in high school, accidentally punched Max in the face when just pretending to hit each other, his worst enemy was his English teacher Mrs. P who told him his essay sucked.

F. A. M. Remake- Jimmy and Jon end up talking at the same time “no no no I’m not annoying at all”, then Daniel walks in… “did you just get her number? You got to ‘get with that”, REMAKE as a Thriller-Musical, Jimmy and Beth play Teacher and Student singing about the teacher stalking the student. “Don’t punch me in the face”, “did ya get it did ya get it did ya get it did ya get it” REMAKE as History and Rainbows, Beth and Jon are the teacher/student and Beth is sporting an Irish accent and searching for a pot of gold. “Excuse me for one second I have to put some coins in my unicorn. It’s parked in a no fly zone”

Fortunately/Unfortunately - Golf course turned into sugar - allergic to sugar - shots to fix reaction - allergic to shots - Went to heaven and had dance contests - left legs on earth - played scrabble instead - all they got was vowels.

Freeze tag - “You both can’t be the Statue of Liberty”, Rock Paper Scissors championship begin, I’m gonna put the steamer right here to get the wrinkles out of my Taffeta, You got me my own Broadway performer, Lance it’s just a testicle, you can get back on the bike. Who’s meatball is this?”, Ok Bert and Ernie you’ve been getting calls about some inappropriate calls on Sesame Street… ‘it’s not easy being gay’, Batman calling Superman… ” Well I can only go up about 30 feet with this claw… I need him for the higher stuff”, You misunderstood the meaning of the game of Craps… thought it was Craps followed by Sorry. “I’ve got your gun! Give her the gun back.. that’s dangerous”, Charlie Brown needs new friends.

Hoedown - Biology - Frog autopsy turns to French cuisine, I don’t like biology.. who cares about any single cell.

****INTERMISSION****

Beth and Jimmy start the second half off with the suggestion “Cooking” to teach a lesson “Mirroring”. They did a scene  about competitive cooking.

Hot Seat - “I’m having a terrible humping day.” / “THIS IS SPARTA!!!” / “$5 sucky sucky?” / “Is that your mother?” / “I just farted.”

2nd round - “Wanna be my Facebook friend?” / “It’s my turn to play WOW at Best Buy.”

Excuses Excuses - Jimmy was late for work again, but this time his excuses were hit the snooze button too many times, a line at Starbucks, and even saved babies from a burning building. It’s a good thing he’s got great co-workers, Beth and two audience members to help him out, but his boss is a real dick, and lost the “W” on his keyboard.

_____ Walks Into A Bar - Street Walker - ” … turns to Luke and says ‘I can’t measure up to you Sky Walker.’ ” / Drill - ” … says to the bartender, ‘I just wants a bit.’ ” / Mail Man - ” … stays in the bar for about 8 hours drinking then says, ‘rain, sleet or snow no problem, but we never said anything about alcohol.’ ” / Cell Phone - ” … says to the bartender, ‘drinks here are great, but service really sucks.’ ” - ” … says to the bartender, ‘Hey can you beer me now?’ ”

Type Writer - Blue Berry Pie Man and the Cobbler’s Assistant was the title of this great story told by Daniel and a new audience member. Jimmy played as the C.A. and had O.C.D.. A returning audience member played as B.B.P.M. and is not the Stool Man, but with Beth as Rumpelstiltskin. Some how we ended up hearing some gansta-rap about planting orange trees and the third one’s shoes were untied. Popping out of no-where was Jon, as The Great Jimmynot to solve all their problems. BBPM then died, followed by Jimmynot, then the C.A.. To end this crazy great story, everyone who died came back to life and started a musical in a Hoedown style.

Hoedown - Auto Biography - “I need help, I have a nice honey, but she doesn’t like me, unless I have lots of money.”

****AND SCENE!!!****

Ben here.  Listen, people.  I want to talk you about a little thing called loyalty.  What does loyalty mean to you?  I don’t care.  To me, loyalty means braving the odds, even when the odds are very odd.

Marina (@cyanpostit on Twitter <<—plugged!) is the epitome of loyalty.  She has been to our show 42+ times.  She has had her paper-thin card punched… 42 times!  And because of this… because of this strong, sincere loyalty… she got a T-shirt.

AWESOME, RIGHT!!!???  Because she was the very first to fill her card, she also got the privilege of returning to our show for free for the rest of her life, but it’s a Hanes Beefy T-shirt with a double-stitched collar.  I know!  That’s stinking quality!

In all sincerity, I just want to add that Marina has been such a amazing addition to our audience.  She’s got one of those viral/vicious/victorious laughs that could fill a room even on our worst nights.  She’s looked out for us, helped us without being asked, and I think she embodies the best kind of participation we could ever hope for.  Cheers to you, Marina!

And as for show notes, well shoot, it has been a long night of live-tweeting.  And I don’t really want to dilute this tribute to cyan Post-it notes.  Head over to BYOI on the Twitter and re-live the show in reverse chronological order.  I promise, it will be worth your while.

A great round of auditions tonight!  Great and funny moments from Paula, Adam, Ray, Mike, Randy, Ali, Derek and Michael.  They will be at the shows this week showing off their skills, so make sure to come out and root them on!

If you were looking to audition, make sure to come out next Monday at 5pm.  Details are listed below on the blog!

Thanks and see everyone soon!

Hey all you improv groupies out there.  Thanks for tuning in to BYOI’s blog.  Tonight’s cool show this muggy night stars John, Adam, Ken, Oscar and Daniel.

F.A.M. - Our FAM tonight is Rich.  He is an investment consultant, who invests other peoples’ money.  For fun he does judo.   His friend thinks she’s a sparkling vampire.  On a desert island he would need his droid (the phone, not a robot).  His dream job would be to be an action star like Chuck Norris.  His friends call him awesome and indescribable.  Rich hates his boss, Andy, because he’s a jerk.  His favorite person is his girlfriend and he loves her smile.

FAMily dinner - Oscar is playing Rich, Ken is his girlfriend, John is Andy, and Adam is an assortment of other friends.  “I’m not your girlfriend, I’m your girlfriend’s sister, which is almost the same thing!”  “Doesn’t she look like Arnol Schwarzenegger when she cries?”  “Hasta la vista baby!”  “Want some potatoes in that martini?”

Chainsaw - Zoologist in Legoland with a shower rod turned into an animal euthanasia tech in a lego factory with a shower bar, a pound worker in a factory with parallel bars, a dog trainer in a stenographer’s office with a gym, fisherman in an office with weights, and finally a sport fisherman with no clue where he was with a curling bar.

Lines From a Hat - “How can you not know what a masoginist is?  It’s a person who delivers really long messages.”  “have you noticed my testosterone level has gone up as we’ve been talking?”  “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times and I hope you never call me again.”

Greatest Hits - It’s an album all about speeding!  “These songs are about going a little bit faster in life.”  “Speed over me but not my freedom”  “We’re all bears because we care all about you…”  “When you see a frog what do you think of?”  “Ribbity?”  “I was thinking…hip-hop!”  “Woman…cause I can’t deal with girls anymore…not since 1984 and the restraining order…”

INTERMISSION

Yes…and That’s How It’s Done - Dan and Oscar did a scene.  Oscar had to turn down the music so the cops wouldn’t come and take his stash…of comic books.

Grand Theft Auto - Mimes…Army ants…Eighteenth century impressionists…squirrels drinking beer…really large mimes that are midgets…flaming heterosexuals…

Dating Game - Oscar is looking for a hot date.  Unfortunately, his only choices are a xenophobe, a proctologist stripper and someone with a tail.  “What would my name be if I was an ice cream? Are you saying you want to lick me?”

Back in My Day - Tall people… “We just all wore really big hats”…Hurricanes…Weinermobile…Woodstock…”We didn’t have woodstock and Snoopy was very lonely”…”If you wanted to make a wood soup you had to do it from scratch”

Space Jump - “I’m pretty sure he wrote ‘Hot Dog’ for his name on every paper.”  “I will cry blood!”  “I forget to breathe”  “He said that’s cool…wait, that totally takes away the dramatic effect.”

Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 - A little ska tune we like to call “Muscle Pizza” and one last song about how much work sucks.

AND SCENE!!!

Our second show in Newport was all about friends and family. People came in groups, and those groups were having a good time encouraging each other on stage and off.

We started the night off with a little FAM action. Joe came up and answered some questions about his favorite things. No, not raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens. Those are my favorite things. Joe loves basketball, peanut butter, and math. And his friends aren’t afraid to talk about him. Luckily, they only had good things to say about him.

Once we sang a song about the fabulous Joe, the show began with a short and snappy Short Cutz. The best intro of the night goes to Jon for an elaborate description of Alphabet that made the game sound so exciting that we sought to live up to. And we did! With help from the audience and some fantastic suggestions. Then it was time for some lying to the boss in Excuses, Excuses. And there was. Lying that is.

Does anyone not like Six-Pack? No? I didn’t think so! With help from Frank of The Bit Players, three scenes of increasing silliness and fun led the audience from a wedding gone wrong to Guatemala to a strange servant/employer relationship. Then whoosh! In the time machine we went for Back in my Day. We finished up the first half with Guacamole and four fantastic volunteers who helped us create a classroom that was taken over by Joe! our FAM.

Intermission. I’m sure stuff happened to people, but we were keeping our energy up and in the zone. We opened the first half with an energetic game of What are you Doing? Did I hear a bell? Hello, Dr. Pavlov. Welcome to the game we play that you inspired. Your game changing experiments with dogs led to a scene about farting and ear plugging. Progress. It’s on the menu.

Following Pavlov, the show kept it kicking. After a round of Rap Now! that took place in the saddest book store in the world, the audience got to find out what happens when an eternal optimist and an unrelenting pessimist meet in Fortunately/Unfortunately. We closed the night with Catchphrase and a rousing round of FAMily Parody sung to the tune of Billy Joel’s Piano Man.

It was our second week in Newport, and we’re having a great time at The Firehouse Theatre. Thanks, Jack and Donna!!

And thanks to Joe, his friends, and all the wonderful audience members who watched and played with us.

Hey there and welcome to the blog for the great B.Y.O.I. show. Our cast tonight included John, Ben, Jimmy, Beth, Adam and Oscar.

John got the show off with a bang squeezing his way through the crowd tonight to make his way to the Semi-Circle to give us all the good ‘ole housekeeping stuff.

Our F.A.M. tonight was Ali P. Her sister’s name is Laura, but she doesn’t know any “dudes”. Her friends are really cool, and always comes to the show with a nice little crowd. One of her friends, Liz, loves to sing karaoke. Ali is a receptionist for a Real Estate agent, and she doesn’t really hang out with anyone she works with.

Family Dinner - Ben comes out and starts this out by stating that ‘there are no dudes allowed’ Oscar plays as Ali’s aunt. Ben lines up some shots and claims, “Alright, we’re all gonna have to do some shots, or one person doing six.” Beth demonstrates how a “girl-throw” is done, and smacks John in th face.

Chain Saw - Lifeguard, Space Beach, Spatula were the ideas. John started the game off knowing, and Jimmy was the first to come and play. John dies and an audience member comes rushing out to replace him. The audience member did a very animated job of spreading the message to Adam, who seemed to pick it up with ease.  Adam’s interpretation was a little different than those we had seen and the last audience member seemed to enjoy watching him pantomime and try to figure it out. Her guess: the occupation was an army/hunterperson, the location a roller coaster, and the object a potato chip. Jimmy figures out #1, but came up with Space Pool for #2, and a jack-o-lantern for #3.

round 2 - Dough Nut Maker, Saloon, Swiss Army Knife. Ben started of this game and Beth came prancing out to play. She seemed to figure things out pretty quickly and killed off Ben with the greatest of ease. Soon a returning audience member came jogging out as a replacement. Beth did a great job conveing #1 & #2, however #3 seem to have her @ a loss of mime, so she was killed off. Oscar jumped outta know where and really made the audience almost die of laughter by not following orders, but still following along. Oscar is one nasty killer. Another returning audience member stolled her way to the semi-circle. She was in good spirits, and played along side Oscar and made the audience laugh like crazy, but in the end, killed Oscar off. So in the end French Waiter, Pistol Duel, Wrist Watch was what was conveyed. Beth got #1,  #2, and after a helpful idea, got #3.

Lines From A Cup - John, Adam and an audience member stepped up to play this through. Adam plays Dad, John and the AM play as his kids. John has some great lines, like an A.D.D. kid with no meds.

Greatest Hits - There is a new CD coming out this summer, Hot Chocolate. Country Western - Dont Forget The Marshmellows Ben & Adam. Folk - Wow That Was Hot - Beth. Alternative - Stick The Spoon In And Stir It - Beth & Ben. Hip Hop - Swiss Miss - The Big Jerks.

***INTERMISSION***

Grand Theft Auto - blabber mouths  with an S, Bionic Streaks, Busty Strippers. Junior Monkeys, Jihonie Minstrols, Juggling Mothers, Jacked-Up Midgits. Keggers on Acid, Killing Apples.

Dating Game - Oscar needs a new date, his choices are Jimmy is afraid of beards, an audience member as a G.I. Joe, and Ben as John Gosslin.

Back In My Day - We didn’t have… Receptionists -  “So I had to go in the bathroom and sexually harass myself.” / Laptops - “We had receptionists.” / Karaoke - “We got drunk and sang our own damn songs.” / Kick Ball - “If you didn’t like a guy, you punched him in the face.”

Space Jump - Oscar starts off finding a dildo, Jimmy jumps in and they are lost in a cave, followed by Ben playing as

Moses. An audience member makes the four 4x combined twins, then another taking year book pictures, and another using a human grass cutters. John waits to see where it can go, but then claps in to make Oscar need a wheel-chair.

another audience member steps up to make dog fighting, but Beth takes the cake with “There are nine of you here, but only 8 roses.”

Greatest Hits - Carnivore is the subject of this new of the newest CD. Folk - Don’t Eat That Meat, Skeet Skeet - Beth, Jimmy, John & Adam.

AND SCENE!!! with a standing ovation no less!

BYOI will be holding auditions on Monday July 19th & 26th at 5:00pm at The Spot on Thayer (286 Thayer St. Providence, RI)  Auditioners are expected to be on time, wear comfortable clothing they can move in and are encouraged to bring water and something to write with.  You may come to one or both nights to audition, although the more we see of you, the better.

Bring Your Own Improv is looking to increase and diversify our cast.  We are looking for improvisers that offer something different than the talent we already have.  The commitment is to two performances a week plus outside shows.  We will not only be looking for good improv skills, but how you work with the team and how you can elevate someone else’s performance.

That last part is particularly important, because in our show, it is not just important to look good yourself, but can you support an audience member as a good scene partner and make them look good.  In BYOI you must be willing to drop your ego and help raise the scene and your partner as a team.

We look forward to this year auditioners and what they can bring to the group.

Thank you,

Daniel Lee White - Owner/Producer & John Ring - Artistic Director

Hey Improv fans and fanatics! Time yet again for another installment of the BYOI blog. For tonight’s show we have Daniel, John, Adam, Jimmy, and Beth.

F. A. M. - Alicja is our FAM tonight. She is getting ready to start college, likes to make ceramics, likes the movie Titanic, Best advice she got from her sisters was ‘don’t get pregnant’, when she was younger she wanted to be an accountant, likes Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she is “team Angel”

F. A. M. Movie Critics - Alicja’s sisters brought her to the accounting office where the coffee was good, “I’m 18 now, I’m allowed to have vodka for breakfast… Mom says”, Next scene we have ceramics class where we have a student who couldn’t get into his locker and his cologne was so strong that you could smell it in the theater, next we see when she got bored in Fitchburg and decided to reinact the entire Buffy series… especially the musical episode.

Marriage Counselor - Person A is obsessed with body modifications, Person B is Salma Hayek, and together they only communicate via text. So you think you’re perfect? No… well I will be after her next movie deal.

Catch Phrase - Person A can only say “Why did I fail?”, and “I don’t want to talk about it”. Person B can only say “Easy big boy”, and “How do I turn this off?” - We see a scene in a mall where two people are plotting against a third to break up a relationship, “How do I turn this off?”, If only I knew.

Round 2 Person A can only say “Do you have a map?” and “You’re in the wrong part of town” Person B can only say “How many times do I have to tell you”, and “Make me a sandwich”. We see a scene where three people are having a picnic in the middle of a track… You dump dirt on me over and over again… You’re in the wrong part of town.

Alphabet - (breakfast at Denny’s) - Quick someone help the pancake man out of his troubles, Xerxes… hook him up with the Grand Slam, “Adam can you tell me what your favorite subject in school was?” “What’s a subject” Astronomy class… Veal Sandwiches are done, Kindly stop saying Tuna

Hoedown - (Titanic) - We have a combo of stanzas about the movie and a couple about the ship it’s self “What the **** is a Genre?

****INTERMISSION****

Yes… and that’s how it’s done - Cheese as a holiday - I was the major cheese!

What are you doing? - (initials E and K) - Electric Kiting, Everybody Kicking, Eying Koalas, Elephant Killing, Evil Knieveling, Embracing Kettle-fish, enjoying Kaleidoscopes (P and G) people grunting, patiently gazing, poking gorillas, perusing grandmas.

Revolver - (a) Pogo sticks, (b) ukulele, (c) funeral, (d) afterbirth - (c) this is such a great idea, we’re gonna rap eulogies, (d) I think it’s time… You’ve only been pregnant for a month, (b) you quit your job to play music… but I support you, (d) go ahead I got ear plugs… what… OH MY GOD!!!!

Round 2 - (a) brussel sprouts (b) camping (c) shop (d) New Kids on the Block - (a) but they taste so good. No they don’t, (b) you’ve always been good with your hands but video games don’t count (c) you said little stick people, so I grabbed the guys leg and I’m making little stick people, (d) show me mine I’ll show you yours, (a) I threw up in your dresser, (b) there was a dead woman in your trunk and you set the alarm off, (c) You keep setting the alarm off (d) I think that alarm is gonna draw attention, (a) oh my girdle alarm is going off {if you were here you would have heard a car alarm going off in time with the rotations}

Blank walks into a bar - Frowny face - What’s wrong?… Walmart laid me off - Hate - sorry we don’t serve republicans here - iceberg - says drinks on me - alcohol - walks into a bar… and only takes 12 steps

Freeze Tag - You bumped into me from behind while you were standing in front of me, You’re out…. I’m the pitcher, Suck it up… your father was in Nam, so this is how you’re gonna kill me, what do we do with vampires… Oh… cover him with diamonds, the guild doesn’t talk about watches after Friday, This isn’t a playboy shoot… we’re just gonna shove you into the wall freezer, I’m sorry Father… I see you’re busy

Hoedown take 2 - Rogain - There’s nothing worse then bald on a nice looking girley

Don’t forget Auditions July 19th and 26th at 5 pm here at The Spot on Thayer.

****AND SCENE****

Last night, BYOI had its first summer show at The Firehouse in Newport, RI. The air outside was scorching, but the theatre was cool and welcoming and above all, filled with comedy! We were lucky enough to have some Bit Players in the audience and one of them became our FAM for the night.

Jarrod told us everything we needed to know about his life and more. We sang a little ditty about it. And then it was on to the games.

I don’t know what went over better Try That on for Size or Chainsaw, but both were hilarious. And, um, I have to put a little plug in for Questions, cause this lady held her own during three different scenes. Adam, Jimmy, Dan, and Jon, et. al rocked out in games of Six-Pack, Good Cop/Bad Cop, and Short Cutz. And for the family aww moment of the night, Jon’s father-in-law joined us onstage for Slogans. He asked that we call him Mister. We did not argue.

The night ended with a song. But our shows in Newport continue all summer long. Come down and join us!