Dallas Comedy Festival 2011!

Villain: The Musical had a great time at the Dallas Comedy Festival 2011! A big thank you to all that made it happen!  Believe me improv friends, this is a festival you want to submit and participate in.

Villain: The Musical is totally Out of Bounds (Austin bound that is)

We just got the word. Villain: The Musical is going to be part of the Coldtowne Improv Marathon in the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival in Austin, TX, Saturday September 4th at 9:00pm!

OMG. What a prime spot.

Plus, Villain just hit the road Saturday, May 29! Apparently evil is trying to take over the world. At least it’s happening singing a happy tune!

Singing off,

Cristela

P.S. A HUGE thank you to Dennis Spielman at Uncovering Oklahoma for the April 3rd & May 1st recordings of Villain!

Buck, Cristela, Raychel, Stephanie, Clint

Dallas? Done!

Hey All,

Raychel here. Just wanted to post a few links and some quick thoughts on The Ones’ recent trip to the Dallas Comedy Festival at the Dallas Comedy House in Dallas. Dallas, Dallas, Dallas.

It was, in one word: awesome.

In two words: learned bunches.

In lots of words: that was the first non-college, non-Oklahoma-based improv festival I have ever done. I was nervous as heck, but the whole atmosphere there was “Hey, we’re amazing talented people having a fun party time, doing what we love, and cheering each other on.” It’s hard to be nervous in that kind of environment.

Anyway, my world was rocked. Come check out our Facebook fan page and see the pics!

-heart-

-R.

Post DCF Performance Pic!

I AM cut out for this job!

Dear You Guys,

It’s Raychel. Winstead. Of The Ones Your Mother Warned You About. You know, that Raychel.

So, how’s it going? How are the wife, kids, and house pets? Anything new for you?

That’s nice.

Oh, me? Well, some friends and I just finished doing a little something called Villain: the Musical. Improv musical comedy. You may have heard of it. It’s a completely improvised, almost an hour-long musical where we see the story of the rise and/or fall of a fictitious villain from the villain’s perspective. Think Wicked or Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.

I can’t get over how amazing and terrifying (deliciously terrifying, as Cristela might say) it was to do this thing. I mean, to be onstage making up a story as you go along is one thing, but to be onstage making up a story and SINGING about it? That’s insane. You have to come up with a melody, lyrics, and a relatively sane plot all at the same time, all completely on the fly. Not only that, but if you want to sound decent at all, you have to get your fellow improvisers to sing with you, and THAT has to sound good too! Ever tried to improvise a group harmony when none of you knows the tune or the words and you’re pretending to be a snake? My god.

And you guys who saw the show have got to know this: 99% of that form was improvised. We knew the melody and chorus of the opening and closing song, but that was pretty much it. We don’t have a structured plot outline or a set list of songs that we pull from. We have the suggestions that we take from you, a box of hats and scarves, and a boatload of trust in each other’s abilities.

That, it turns out, was all we needed. The form was beautiful, the songs memorable, and the crowd wowed. It was everything I had hoped for and more. I mean, sometimes you come offstage thinking, “I stunk”, only to see the tape later and realize you were fine. This kind of fog-of-war blindness to your own show is normal. But THIS time, we couldn’t even contain our excitement and triumph until we got offstage. We were jumping around and hugging each other and laughing as soon as we hit the green room. The tape review was not necessary. We knew we had rocked it.

Thanks, You Guys, for coming out. Thanks for laughing. And thanks for standing and clapping at the end.

Love,

Raychel

PS: I got to rhyme “chronic masturbation” in a song. I win.

So much happening!

Hey folks! Cristela here. This is a really exciting time for “The Ones” – we’ve been accepted to our FIRST Improv Festival in Dallas. We will be performing at 8pm on Friday, March 26th at The Dallas Comedy Festival! We couldn’t be more excited. Well I suppose we could be, but then we might wet ourselves…

We also just joined Stf Bidelspach for an amazing adventure – “Villain: The Musical!” A completely improvised musical! Check out the performance on our YouTube page!

OKC Improv will be gearing up again in April! Watch for The Ones to be back with new forms, new ideas, new lip gloss.

Your Mother didn’t prepare you for this…

-Cristela