Pleasanton’s Teen Improv Troupe Invited to Participate In Chicago’s 2012 Teen Comedy Festival

Pleasanton’s highly acclaimed Teen Improv troupe, , has been invited to perform in the Teen Comedy Festival in Chicago in May.

Twelve members of the 20-member troupe will attend the festival, which takes place on Saturday, May 12 at the Athenaeum Theatre.

In addition to performing their popular improvised teen musical, ‘’ Creatures of Impulse will attend performances and workshops facilitated industry professionals in stand-up comedy, theatrical improvisation, sketch comedy, according to a city press release.

The troupe hopes to raise more than $15,000 to fund the trip through a number of shows, donations, and improv workshops for teens and adults. All of the funds raised will be applied to festival fees, lodging, airfare, and various administrative costs associated with the trip. Those interested in donating to the troupe can send checks payable to the City of Pleasanton (please put COI to Chicago 2012 on the memo line).

Checks can be sent to: Creatures of Impulse, , P.O. Box 520, Pleasanton, CA 94566.

Several benefit performances are also scheduled in the coming months to fund the trip to Chicago featuring new original teen improv formats. The next in this series of original formats is Mafia-esque, an improvised teen murder mystery based on a popular camp circle game.

Mafia-esque plays at the on Friday, February 10 at 7:30pm. Then, on Friday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m., Creatures of Impulse will perform The Tribe, a teen long-form improv show based on the long-running reality show Survivor. Tickets for both shows are $5 per person and are available at the door.

On April 20, Creatures of Impulse return to the Veterans Memorial Building stage at 7:30 p.m. to present The Impuls-ible Film Project, a revival of a format made popular by the Un-Scripted Theater Company in San Francisco.

Three teams of improvisers will take to the streets of Pleasanton to shoot three improvised short films based on your suggestion. Tickets are also $5 per person, and all tickets are available at the door.

Creatures of Impulse supporters can soon contribute to the teen improv troupe online at the Kickstarter.com. website by searching either “Creatures of Impulse” or “Tri-Valley High: The Musical” on Kickstarter.com. For more information, please call Mark Duncanson at (925) 931-4828.