Friday, June 1st and Saturday, June 2nd 2012



Stephanie Conrad on guitar and Jim Foley on keyboard

provide the musical improv accompaniment for Friday's show



Frank Fusaro, Neal Leaheey
and Dylan Eberle in "Good Cop / Bad Cop"

With summer quickly approaching, the Bit Players switched things up a bit during the Friday night performance.  Jim Foley and Stephanie Conrad manned the musical instruments, with Jim at the keyboard and Stephanie on guitar.  Everyone delighted in the two’s playing of the “Law & Order” theme song when Neal Leaheey (the perpetrator) entered the room to start off “Good Cop / Bad Cop” where Frank Fusaro and Dylan Eberle (the cops), eagerly  grilled Neal toward a confession. As Neal stumbled on the last clue, the game was peppered with  hints  like Dylan’s “The touch, the feel of cotton[…] of our lives”  and Frank’s “Swing Low Sweet Chariot” until Neal finally confessed to the crime of killing Edgar Allen Poe, with a hearing aid, in the Underground Railroad.

In “Genres”, Dylan and John Mulligan took us all on a strange adventure into the world of “sexting”.  Who knew that a Wookie would be jealous when left out of the sexting loop?  Watch what happened in this video clip -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpEgJdGU868

Anna Smith, Frank Fusaro
and Dylan Eberle sing a
"Doo Run" song

Vlad Tenenbaum and
Neal Leaheey in "Sportscasters"

Our first bachelorette of the night, Daniella from Quincy, marrying Joe the History Teacher, was the recipient of  a “Doo Run” song, performed by Frank, Dylan and Anna Smith.  There were plenty of wicked bad Baw’ston accents and dropped “R’s” to be had.

In “Sportscasters” the announcers, Frank and Dylan kept the New England accent alive in Mow Bowl 2012, as they introduced Marty O’Malley and Sully both hailing from “Southie”.  Marty played by Neal and Sully played by Vlad Tenenbaum were the contestants in the Mow Bowl where Marty and Sully  performed various mowing activities… Well that was until the competition got fierce and Marty mowed off a drunken Sully’s arms.

Ending the first set, with their signature bit, “Bartender”, The Bit Players proceeded on their journey toward crazy town. With Anna and Vlad behind the bar, Neal sang about the black and white evidence of the Xerox copy of his interoffice affair.  John crooned about “too much spice” and cooking, analogous with the country’s current political state. Dylan went to the dark side with his problem of “no new kids on the block” looking for children to satisfy his creepy obsession of stalking them.  Then, Frank sang of his wife “PAM” and her problem of “a yeast infection” and how his life as a gingerbread man was affected.  Bartender Vlad, saw no real problem with Frank’s dilemma because PAM’s yeast could endow the gingerbread man, giving “rise” to many good things.

Courtney is "Serenaded" by
The Bit Players

In the second set, after intermission, Courtney, our second bachelorette was invited up to the stage for a Bit Players “Serenade”.  Courtney, from Long Island, marrying John, both in marketing, met through a mutual friend named Pam.  This got a chuckle as the audience recalled the earlier PAM reference. 

Bringing Friday night to a close, The Bit Players finished with “Blues Song”.  The audience suggestion of the Queen’s Jubilee Blues paved the way for an amazing finish.  Watch the video to see what the audience was cheering about. 
Click here -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoiImiiXFE4

Matt Lindman, Stephanie Conrad, Jim Foley
directed by Vlad Tenenbaum in "Story, Story, DIE!"



On Saturday, performing to another packed house, the Bit Players added a second show to accommodate their fans.  To start off the 8:00pm show, The Players began with “Story, Story Die”.  The story “The Ant Who Climbed Mt Everest” saw many Bits bodies littering the stage as Vlad picked them off one at a time, until the last Bit standing was Jim who finished the story of Roger the ant and his sidekick Kensington with their wolf carcasses, planted the ant flag, and declared victory for all ant kind.

“Doo Run Song” performed by Stephanie, Brittany Hunt, and Tim Bric brought back in the Saturday lineup for “The 2 Sues” in the audience.  Sue I and Sue II were aunt and niece.  The two Sue's enjoyed taking care of babies and reading stories.

"Art Class" performed by
Vlad Tenenbaum

Vlad once again showed why he is the consummate story-teller in “Art Class” as he took the audience suggestions of Wind, Blinds, Heartbreak, a Butt, and a Tattoo and wove a mimed tale of characters in a tattoo parlor.  Astounded by the performance, you could hear the audience interjecting comments and “ahh-ing” as Vlad moved from suggestion to suggestion.

The Bit Players "Serenade"
Anthony & Michelle Piccorello

Anthony and Michelle Piccorello, hailing from Framingham, MA and celebrating their 36^th wedding anniversary were called to the stage to be “Serenaded” Bit Players’ style. The Bits sang of  their 2 children graduating from BU, Anthony’s job with Chrysler,  and how the two did not hit it off when they met in that bar those many years ago.

Bachellorettes, Colleen and Jamie help
Matt Lindman and Jim Foley in "Tap The Audience"

With June being the month also known for weddings, it was no surprise that there were 2 more bachelorettes, (Colleen and Jamie) once again in the audience for Saurday's show.  Colleen and Jamie were called to the stage to help in a bit called “Tap The Audience” performed by Matt and Jim about an astronaut.



Saturday’s 10pm show brought back a Bit Player oldie.  As Matt and Jim told a story, Vlad sporadically interjected during their dialog, “That Sounds Like A Song”, and Matt and Jim had to finish their dialog,   about Food Shopping, in song.  The audience enjoyed Vlad’s torture of the players, but not as much as the signature line in the game, “Put it in your mouth and suck on it!”

Vlad Tenenbaum, Jim Foley, Matt Lindman,
Stephanie Conrad, and Birttany Hunt in "Bachelorette"

“Dating Game” renamed, “Bachelorette”  in honor of the girls who stayed to watch the 2^nd show, (or who may have been too inebriated to leave the theatre) involved all of the Bit Players.  Brittany our bachelorette was looking for a relationship with one in the lineup of eligible bachelors, Vlad, Jim, and Matt.  Of course there is always a twist.  Interviewed by Stephanie, our eligible bachelors reveal their oddity by answering questions posed to them.  Matt believed himself to be Woody Woodpecker, Vlad had a 3^rd nipple, and Jim thought he was Will Smith.  Brittany elected to give her rose to the one… the only… Will Smith.

Special Note***  Come check out your Award Winning Bit Players performing at the Providence Improv Fest (PIF) on Thursday June 14th at 95 Empire St, Providence. 

 Go to the website for more information: http://providenceimprovfest.com/showgroup.php?groupid=3

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!