The Freeze

Fans of the freestyle portion of our Off-Night Spectacular are in for a special treat as Anthony V. and crew have spun it off into its own show.

The Freeze provides non-stop action throughout this mash-up of music, comedy and freestyle rap. The musicians and MCs use audience suggestions to spontaneously combust into musical creations inspired by funk, improvisational comedy and hip-hop. You have to see it more than once to believe it, but it’s one night only for now- so don’t miss your chance!

The show is going to be the hottest thing Monday night has ever seen. So bring your friends, the kids, loved ones and your enemies - we all about to share some ice cold love.

Featuring: Anthony “Two Touch” Veneziale (of Freestyle Love Supreme/Crisis Hopkins), Daveed Diggs (of The Getback), Andrew “Jelly Donut” Bancroft (of Killing My Lobster), and the Department of Transportation: Olive “Junkyard” Mitra (on Bass), Mike “Agent” Smith (on Guitar), and Brian “Gift of Godvian” Rodvian (on Drums).

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The Freeze

Monday July 7th, 8pm

at The Climate Theater

285 9th St. at Folsom, SF

$10

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“…Freeze, stand still, nobody move unless you dealin with The Next Movement.”

Off Night/Night Off

Various schedules of the work and play variety have pre-empted our June Off-Night Spectacular. We apologize for this turn of events. Rather than cobble together an instant troupe or rally special guests, we decided to cancel the show so we can focus on a solid summertime rehearsal schedule. We had a great guest lined up, and are hoping to reschedule with them. Stay tuned for our next scheduled show, at the Climate on July 30th. Thanks for your support!

Introducing Jamie Wright

We’re pleased that Jamie Wright has joined us as Crisis Hopkins’ Technical & Directing Czar. He’ll bring years of tech experience for live theater to the mix, as well as a keen directorial eye and a love of improvisation.

Jamie founded Boom Chicago Video Productions (BCVP) with Boom Chicago of Amsterdam, based on the success of the 2004 election viral hit Florida Voting Machine. Jamie’s work has been featured on international television, including CNN, Canal+, BBC, and MTV Netherlands and was featured in Time magazine’s review of parody politics in 2004. Previous to this he was video director for Boom Chicago’s live improvisation comedy show, working with such talents as Seth Meyers & Jason Sudekis of SNL, as well as Nicole Parker, Jordan Peale, and Ike Barinholtz of Mad TV. His work was nominated for an EPICA Award for best short animation and he was also an actor and writer on the award-winning 2002 short Dance Machine.

Thanks IO!

LA Improv Festival. Miles & Heather. Workout with Hawkins and Vetter. Pair of Nuts. Garguinoconnell. Asylum Improv Jam. Pastagina. Commedia Workshop. Paco Grande. American Standard. Roberto Alomar. Chewties.

Thanks to IO for letting us play the fest. We had a great time and hope to come back next year. Stay tuned for more LA performances in the near future!

Reason Descends On Los Angeles Redux

We’re playing Los Angeles again, at the renowned theater and training center IO West. We’re performing as part of the 6th Annual Los Angeles Improv Festival, and are humbled by the company we’ll keep. To ensure that we represent San Francisco well, we’re bringing along newly minted Crisis Swing Player Cassidy Brown. The show will differ significantly from our last performance in LA, Listen to Reason!, which we brought to the Asylum in February. We’re bringing our current mix of fast and slow that you may have seen at the Off-Night. If you’re in town, come help us pack the room and make Charna & Del happy.

Crisis Hopkins in
The Los Angeles Improv Festival
Friday June 6th, 9:30pm
in the Andy Dick Black Box
IO West
6366 Hollywood Blvd, LA
$5

May Spectacular with Revolving Madness

Revolving Madness, who helped us kick off our monthly series in January, returns for one of their final San Francisco performances. Joining them will be Rob Miles (Blind Dynamite, SJ ComedySportz). Rounding out the freestyle rap portion of the night will be AV Squad, The Department of Transportation, MC Daveed Diggs, Jelly Donut, James Monroe Iglehart and other specialists. Buy tickets now!

Crisis Hopkins’ Off-Night Spectacular
with special guests Revolving Madness
Wednesday May 28th, 8pm
at The Climate Theater
285 9th Street at Folsom, SF
$10

Revolving Hopkins

Our friends Revolving Madness, are going on hiatus this summer, five years after their sold-out debut performances at SF’s Off-Market Theater. We look forward to playing with them as often as we can before they split, which, this month, will include two shows.

We’ll join them for one of their final shows at the Climate. We’ll play as a trio again, but you’ll have to come to the show to see who’s playing.

Revolving Madness Bids Farewell to the Climate
with special guests Crisis Hopkins
Thursday May 8th, 8pm
at The Climate Theater
285 9th St at Folsom, SF
$10-15

April Spectacular Welcomes Lobsters

Crisis Hopkins’ April Off-Night Spectacular features the local comedy force Killing My Lobster. A Bay Area non-profit theater and film production company, KML has been hailed by the SF Chronicle as “the closest thing San Francisco has to Second City”. They’ve been producing original sketch shows for over 10 years in San Francisco and were voted “Best Comedy Group” by the Bay Guardian and SF Weekly. They live in a compound, share sex mates, and raise their offspring communally.

As always, Crisis Hopkins will start the show with improv, and Anthony will close it with freestyle. Joining the freestyle part of the show will be special guests MC Daveed Diggs, Jelly Donut, Aimee Miles and local band The Department of Transportation (Olive Mitra, Michael Smith, & Brian Rodvien).

Crisis Hopkins’ Off-Night Spectacular
with special guests Killing My Lobster
Wednesday April 30th, 8pm
at The Climate Theater
285 9th St. at Folsom, SF
$10

Thanks!

The Time Element was a lot of fun. We hope to restage it at some point and will keep you posted. Thanks to Impossible Productions, The Dark Room, Colin Benoit, the cast of “The Hitchhiker”, Jessica and the Climate, Sharon Rylander, and everyone who came out!

(clockwise from top left): Chris Libby, Geoff Libby, Aimee Miles, Dan Foley, Sam Shaw, Bryce Byerley, and Paul Jennings.

Twilight Hopkins

We’re staging Rod Serling’s “The Time Element”, as part of Twilight Zone V at the Dark Room. Pete Jenson, a bookie, has a recurring dream in which he wakes up in a Honolulu hotel room on the eve of the attacks on Pearl Harbor. Jenson eventually becomes convinced that he is in fact a time traveler and tries to prevent the attacks. Directed by Chris Hayes, dramaturged by Sam Shaw, and starring Bryce Byerley and a bevy of local improvisers, “The Time Element” is often called “the lost pilot” of the Twilight Zone. The episode, penned by Serling when he was in college, was purchased but never used in the Twilight Zone series. It ended up as an episode of “The Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse”, with Desi Arnez in the Serling/Narrator role.

Crisis Hopkins presents:
Rod Serling’s “The Time Element”
3 performances only!
April 4th 8pm
April 5th 8pm
April 6th 3pm matinee
At The Dark Room
2263 Mission at 19^th, SF
www.darkroomsf.com

Directed by Chris Hayes
With Bryce Byerley, Sam Shaw, Aimee Miles, Dan Foley, the Libby Boys, and a special appearance by Paul Jennings as Desi Arnez.