Improv Theater with a Celebrity Twist

USA(SANEPR.com) June 4, 2007 -- Super Project Lab is a new long form improv theater ensemble made up of West Coast improv veterans, has been invited by Portland Center Stage to stage their experiment in improvised story telling, Meet Your __________! Premiering June 22, 23,29,30 at Portland Center Stage in the Studio Gerding Theater at The Armory. Shows start at 7;30 PM, admission is $10, for tickets contact Portland Center Stage Box Office 503/445-3700

In Meet Your ________!, Truth and fiction collide when special guests from the Portland community share true, unrehearsed recollections from their lives. Their stories serve as inspirational fodder for each evening’s improv.

“There are a lot of amazing people in our fair city who are doing great things,” says Super Project Lab founder, Gary Hirsch. “Some of these people you may know, others you may not. They are each inspirational in their own way. Meet Your _____! offers audiences the chance to get to know a few of these people, learn some obscure tid-bits about their personal lives, cheer them on, and possibly watch them squirm.”

Community guests for Super Project Lab’s debut at PCS include Brian Rhoter (CEO, New Seasons Market) Jefferson Smith (Founding Chair, Bus Project) and Kim Stegman (a.k.a “Rocket Mean,” President, Rose City Rollers).

Don’t miss these unforgettable evenings of spontaneous, community-based story-making:

June 22,23,29,30- 7:30 PM
Portland Center Stage
In the Studio
Gerding Theater at The Armory
Tickets are $10.00

Purchase tickets online at www.pcs.org
or call the PCS Box Office at 503-449-3700

June 22: MEET YOUR “FEEDERS”:
Brian Rohter (CEO, New Seasons Market)
Philip Fensterer (Big Cat, Bear, and Marine Life Keeper, Portland Zoo)

June 23 MEET YOUR ‘WORDSMITHS”:
Marc Acito (Award Winning Novelist)
Scott Poole (Poet Extraordinaire)

June 29: MEET YOUR “BUS BOYS”:
Jefferson Smith (Founding Chair, Bus Project, A Grass Roots Vehicle For Engaging New People In The Political Process)
Ron Palmbald (Twenty Eight Year Veteran Tri-Met Bus Driver)

June 30: MEET YOUR “HIGH IMPACT LEADERS”:
Kim Stegman (a.k.a “Rocket Mean,” President, Rose City Rollers, Portland’s All Female Roller Derby League)
Angela Batinovich (Owner, The Portland LumberJax, Portland’s Professional Lacrosse Team)

SPL is based in Portland and made up of talented improvisers from Brainwaves Improv Comedy, Funny Business, Bay Area Theatresports, Live Wire, and others. The cast includes: Shelley Six, Mame Pelletier, Laura Faye Smith, Chris Thomson, Phil Incorvia, Tyler Hughes and Gary Hirsch.

Meet Your____________! At Portland Center Stage is Directed by Barb Klansnic