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Improv, Thursday Night Out

Five Year Anniversary Show: Hello Laser, The Boss and Junior Varsity!

Friday January 13, 2012, 3:56pm - by Chano Garcia
A big congratulations goes out to Hello Laser, The Boss, and Junior Varsity, who celebrated five awesome years at Magnet Theater at Thursday Night Out last week.

Phooka opened the night, and after great comedy from some of the tightest groups in the city, the evening ended with a heartfelt “Thank You” to these excellent teams from one of Magnet’s founders, Armando Diaz.  I have to say it truly was one of those rare evenings where the energy was contagious. Each team did more than just show up, did more than just killed, but combined to create an experience whereby the audience started looking at each other, silently corroborating that we were all indeed witnessing something magic and memorable.
But the strongest truth on display that night: Playing with your friends for so long, in this case five years, breeds a deep trust and playful aggression that generates an easy intensity and ridiculously funny show.
Here are some pics:

Hello Laser: Corey Grimes, Alex Marino, Alan Fessenden, Dave Warth

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Improv

Hello Laser, The Boss, and Junior Varsity turn 5!

Wednesday January 4, 2012, 4:09pm - by rickandrews

Tomorrow night at the Magnet is the 5th anniversary of some very special fellows and ladies.  Hello Laser, The Boss, and Junior Varsity, The Magnet’s most veteran house teams, all turn five years old.

Five years is a long time to be an improv team, and you can see that experience borne out every Thursday in the playfulness, patience, trust and skill that these teams exhibit every time they hit the stage.

Come on out tomorrow night and laugh until your silly once again.  Vets Phooka will open up the night at 8pm, followed by Laser, Boss and JV.  At 10pm, there’s a big mix-em up with all the teams as players swap sides for a set or two.  Join everyone at local watering hole Mustang Sally’s after the show for the official after party.

Whew.  We can’t wait.  It’s been a crazy ride.  To celebrate their achievement in longevity, we at the Mblog thought it’d be fun to take a look back at some old photos of these teams so you can see what they were like through the years…

 

2007

Here's the Hello Laser boys back in year 1, right after being cast by Armando Diaz, and right before finding that dead body and getting threatened by local greaser Jack Bauer.

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Chicago, Festivals

Magnet’s Chicago Improv Festival Showcase

Wednesday March 30, 2011, 12:08pm - by admin

 

 

So maybe you can’t go to Chicago just to see your favorite

 

Magnet Teams. You can, however, get a preview of the teams accepted to CIF 2011 all weekend:

 

FACE Friday at 7pm

 

Chet Watkins Friday at 8pm

 

Hello Laser/Cascade Saturday 6pm

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Festivals

Magnet Theater at PHIF 2010

Thursday November 4, 2010, 12:21pm - by admin

Many Magnet Theater groups are representing at the Philadelphia Improv Festival this weekend. If you are in the area you will not want to miss these shows!

The Cascade, Hello Laser, The Imposters, Surf ‘n Turf, and Trike!

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Video

Magnet Video Rewind! Santa Debate

Thursday October 21, 2010, 3:45pm - by admin

Magnet Video Rewind!  Nick Kanellis (Trike, Hello Laser) has a Santa debate with himself from December 2008.

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Festivals, Improv

If you happen to be in Hawaii…

Thursday September 23, 2010, 10:04am - by admin

If you happen to be in Hawaii…

… go see great Magnet Theater groups at the 2010 Improvaganza Improv Festival at the Laughtrack Theater Company (1123 Bethel Street, HI) The Arts at Marks Garage (1159 Nu’uanu Avenue, HI).

Check out the schedule HERE.

You can see Hello Laser, Megalou and Phooka!

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