Empty Stage Comedy Theatre
- Empty Stage Comedy Theatre
The Empty Stage Comedy Theatre is a sketch comedy and improvisational theatre located in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. The Empty Stage was started and is currently owned by Stan Wells.
Its notable alumni include Lisa Kudrow, Kristen Wiig and Cynthia Stevenson.
Wells brought the clap-in and transformation improv performance forms to the stage, and these are the signature forms of the theatre. These forms differ from other forms, such as The Harold, in many ways. Like the harold, these forms are group long forms that endeavor to tell a story or series of stories with a succession of scenes with multiple players, as opposed to improv games which may be scenes, but in series do not typically tell a story. Both are characterized by quicker transitions between scenes, and by the idea that later scenes clarify previous scenes, allowing for justifications to happen more naturally.
External links
* [http://www.emptystage.com/ Official site]
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