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| Jim, Dylan, and Stephanie in Doo Run song for Daphnie & Riley |
The balmy spring evening brought a moderate gathering to the Firehouse Theatre for the Bit Player’s Friday night performance. Although somewhat tranquil at the start of the show, the crowd soon warmed as the players (Stephanie Conrad, Tim Bric and Jim Foley) recognized two audience members, Daphne and Riley, who were celebrating their 5th Wedding Anniversary with a Doo Run Song.
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| Stephanie and Tim in "Revolver" |
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| Jim and Dylan in "Revolver" |
The Bit Players had the audience’s attention with a bit called “Revolver”, a scene game that rotates players partnered with each other through different scenes. Stephanie and Tim, given the suggestion of “romance” by the audience, settled into a quirky, disturbing set of scenes framed with restraining orders and bizarre obsession. As the lovesick Stephanie professed her love to Tim, Tim responded with “I would love it if you would just leave me alone!”, as the audience erupted with approval. The pairing of Dylan Eberle and Stephanie brought them the suggestion of a “sad balloon” which evolved into a scene with Dylan, an Eyeore-like character, eventually attempting to commit suicide with a balloon gun. The pairing of Dylan and Jim given the suggestion of Pokémon, found Jim singing very bad Japanese to Dylan causing Dylan to resurrect his balloon gun from his other scene and kill himself rather than be subjected to any more of Jim’s bad Asian-styled songs.
The Bit Players rolled into the second set and captured the audience with the ever-entertaining “Radio Show”. Tonight’s episode entitled “Pirate Radio” entranced the crowd who were plunged into the darkness of the theatre, and inundated with a strange tale of piracy, narrated by Dylan. In the story, we were taken on a pirate ship to the coast of Argentina with the ship’s captain and hero, Johnny Greenboots. An epic battle ensues with the villain of the story, Lisa Scallywag tying Johnny Greenboots to the mizzen mast on the poop deck. But Johnny knows all too well that “Girls can’t tie knots.” Then the pirate ship is engulfed in a squall and our hero and villain form an alliance and sail the ship out of danger to the cheers of the crowd.
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| Vlad interviews Stephanie, Tim, and Dylan (Mrs. Roosevelt the Astrologer) in "MoonDoggy" |
MoonDoggy was up next on the docket for the players. This bit involves three players (Dylan, Stephanie and Tim) who speak in one voice and as one character. This character is also an expert on a topic provided by the audience. Our interviewer, Vlad Tenenbaum, asks questions of our “expert” on the topic of expertise. Tonight, our expert in astrology, Mrs. Roosevelt was able to tell the future not only by reading palms and reading the earth’s lines, she also had the aid of her “warjew”… Further explanation of this mysterious object revealed that a “warjew” was a soldier who was also Jewish. The audience also had some questions for the expert. When asked “What is the Milky Way?, Mrs. Roosevelt deftly replied, “It is a part of space made of nougat.” Also, when asked, “Who will be the next President?” our expert, without hesitation, replied… “ME!”
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| Dylan and Jim in "Puppets" assisted by audience members Tom & Cheryl |
The energy of the audience was high and soon to be raised even higher as two members of the audience Tom & Cheryl, celebrating their 2nd year together, were called up on stage to help out in a scene called “Puppets”. Tom & Cheryl got to bend and move the players, Jim and Dylan, in awkward positions, all the while the players justifying their positions, making sense in the scene.
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| Vlad, Dylan, and Jim in "Epic Poem" "The Day Jane Danced" |
However, the Bit Players were not done with assists from the audience. In the next bit, Jane, an audience member was regaled in “Epic Poem” fashion in a poem about her secret desire entitled, “The Day Jane Danced” starring Vlad, Dylan, and Jim.
The Bit Players perform improv comedy every Friday and Saturday night at 8:00pm at the Firehouse Theatre, 4 Equality Park Place (off Broadway), Newport, RI 02840. Please call the box office for reservations
401-849-FIRE (3473)
And as always, it is BYOB!
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