downUNDER improv Festival


Improv Teams click the festival title above to apply the competition will be hosted by Rob Reese a New York based Director, Playwright, Librettist, and Improviser who has directed, performed, and taught throughout the U.S. and in a dozen countries over five continents.? Most recently Rob ran the Flatiron Scriptless Workshop Extension (named for the workshop's original location at Gotham City Improv's space in the Flatiron neighborhood). The Workshop combined improvisational creators from theater, music, and dance, and is building towards a full, scriptless theatrical event entitled World Tour. ? Other recent Credits include the theological musical comedy revue Yahweh’s Follies (Ars Nova), Kamala Sankaram’s Chamber Opera Miranda (Here Arts Center) which received the 2012 Innovative Theater Award for Outstanding Production of a Musical, Ray Leudke’s Pocket Opera Viva Pablo Neruda (Voice Afire), The New Zealand remount of Keanu Reeves Saves the Universe (The Basement Theatre) A Lethem adaptation The Spray (Minnesota Fringe Festival) and improvisation tours of Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.