“a fiercely enjoyable brainwarp of a time” – The Austin Chronicle

DALLAS
Thursday July 30th – 9:00p
@ Ozona Grill and Bar

KANSAS CITY
Friday July 31st – 9:00p
@ House Party Show (email for details)

ST. LOUIS
Saturday August 1st – 8:00p
@ The Improv Trick

PHILADELPHIA
Wednesday August 5th – 8:00p
Guilty Pleasures w/ Philly Improv Theater

Thursday August 6th – 8:00p
w/ Philly Improv Theater

BALTIMORE
Friday August 7th – 8:00p
@ The Creative Alliance at the Patterson

MYRTLE BEACH
Monday August 10th – 6:00p and 8:00p
(Workshops Only) www.carolinaimprov.com/

ATLANTA
Tuesday August 11th – 9:00p
@ The Basement Theatre

JACKSON
Wednesday August 12th – 8:00p
@ Hal N Mal’s

NEW ORLEANS
Thursday August 13th – 9:00p
@ La Nuit Theater

Friday August 14th – 9:00p
@ La Nuit Theater

COVINGTON
Saturday August 15th
THE NEWREUNION C/O 1999
@ Calypso – 326 Lee Lane
featuring new c/o 99 senior class president chris trew’s State of the Union Address

Chris Trew and Tami Nelson are nationally touring performers and instructors and are the official improv group of Studio8.net. The duo met, trained and began performing together in New Orleans at the Comedy Conservatory. After Hurricane Katrina they relocated to Austin, Texas where improv became life. After attending nearly every comedy festival in North America performing and studying the art form they returned to Austin and co-founded the ColdTowne Theater and Conservatory.  Chris and Tami were at the forefront of an improv revival and played a major role in exploding the burgeoning Austin improv scene. From 2006 to 2008 they were the Artistic and Conservatory Directors, producing and performing in hundreds of shows as well as training hundreds of students.

After years of teaching students the basics of improv, winning numerous local awards and becoming notable festival performers, Chris and Tami have spent 2009 heightening. They now tour professionally and run their own comedy training center, The New Movement – the first venue in Austin completely dedicated to the comedic process. Following in the footsteps of the Annoyance and Upright Citizens Brigade Theaters, they’ve taken their training and applied their own style to create a completely unique training philosophy, one that focuses all efforts on the beginning of every improv scene. The New Movement also teaches courses in stand-up and sketch comedy.

To book Chris and Tami for a performance or workshop, please contact Chris Trew at [225] 938.8242 or christrew@gmail.com. See below for a list of shows, workshops, and notable appearances.

Shows (info coming soon!)
one a.m.
The Big Reveal
Terp 2 it

WORKSHOPS WE OFFER

The Straight/Absurd Dynamic This workshop will dissect your stage relationships with the goal of immediately identifying the Strait/Absurd dynamic and how to play both sides effectively and more importantly, joyfully! We will help you recognize your existing strengths and weaknesses within this relationship dynamic and offer tools to simplify Strait/Absurd scenes.

“Trew is out of his fucking mind and Nelson’s reactions to such madness are the sharpest and fastest this side of the Matrix’s bullet time.” – The Austin Chronicle

Device Art Walk-ons and Tap-outs are beautiful devices when used correctly. When used incorrectly they often cause problems. In this workshop we’ll discuss the proper techniques to executing these popular devices including mechanics and heightening.

The Pattern is Everything Being in your head has a terrible reputation in improv circles. This workshop is all about being in your head at the top of the scene (a good thing) and then using the information to truly play out of your head for the remainder. One exercise, one technique. Adding pattern recognition to your bag of improv tricks will help you find the comedy faster no matter the form.

Freestyle Rapping Any improviser worth their salt should be able to freestyle rap. In this workshop we’ll ease into rhyme-dropping with some simple exercises and by the end we’ll be in a circle getting all fired up dropping verses and improvising group choruses. It’s completely ridiculous but 100% fun.

NOTABLE APPEARANCES

The Dream of Meal Comedy Tour (August 2009)
Dallas, TX / Kansas City, MO / St. Louis, MO / Philadelphia, PA / Baltimore, MD / Myrtle Beach, SC / Atlanta, GA / Jackson, MS / New Orleans, LA / Covington, LA

The Local Flavor Comedy Tour (February 2009)
Dallas, Tx / Lafayette, LA / Baton Rouge, LA / New Orleans, LA / Jackson, MS / Atlanta, GA / Chapel Hill, NC

Chris and Tami w/ Bassprov (May 2009)
Terp 2 it w/ Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black
Terp 2 it w/ The Upright Citizens Brigade
Terp 2 it w/ MC Lars and MC Frontalot

With various projects over these years we’ve performed at the following festivals:
Toronto, New Orleans, Chicago, Southern, Dirty South, Phoenix, Tucson and Oberlin Improv Festivals / The North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival, DC Comedy Festival, Out of Bounds, Del Close Marathon and Out of Bounds West.