Today begins the 13th Annual DC Improvisation Festival, taking place Sept. 27-30 on G street, NW, between 7th and 12th streets. We have about 20 performances occurring during those 4 days, and it’s an interesting and very diverse group of performers. Of course everything is free and totally accessible to the public, so you absolutely must go downtown and check things out sometime during the course of the weekend!
The festival features well-known DC improvisers like Maida Withers, Daniel Burkholder, Next Reflex Dance Collective and Nancy Havlik, as well as out-of-towners like Naoko Maeshiba (Baltimore, MD), Tony Olivares (Hartford, CT) and Catherine Schaeffer (Valdosta, GA). While it’s mostly dance, the festival also features music, theater and performance art. All told, it should be an interesting exploration of improvisation from a number of different angles.
And last, we’re having a get-together tonight to celebrate the start of the festival. It’ll be at Gordon Biersch brewery, downtown on the corner of 9th and F streets, around 9pm. Come down and hang out w/ festival organizers and performers.
See you soon!
