Stand-by and Standing Room Tix for Christmas Carol

In A RECKLESS CHRISTMAS CAROL, a different improviser - with no script and no rehearsals - takes on the role of Scrooge each night and steps into a fully staged production. While tickets are sold out for all three nights, we will have stand-by tickets and select standing room available on the night. You may sign up for these starting at 6:45 when the box office opens. Pre-sold tickets must be claimed by 7:15pm! At 7:25, we will begin releasing tickets to those on the list, in the order of sign-up. Select standing room may also be available. We will try to accommodate as many guests as possible, but cannot guarantee entry to anyone.

We look forward to seeing you for any of our three shows, featuring our amazing roster of Scrooges:

Friday, December 16th - Natasha Vaynblat

Saturday, December 17th - Frank Garcia-Hejl

Sunday, December 18th - Christian Capozzoli

NEW CLASSES

NEW ELECTIVE CLASSES - Open to anyone who has taken at least 3 levels at any improv school

An Improv education is a zigzagging march of successes and failures; but it doesn’t need to be a slog through chaos and the dark where we scrap individuality and our sense of humor to survive and come out the other end.

Instructors: Tom Kelley & Anne Veal
Mondays November 14th - December 19th, 7-10

Dive into an acting class focused on the skills most useful for improv: being present in the moment, emotional truthfulness, character development and psychology, vulnerability, and connecting with your partner onstage. Students will tackle monologues and scripted scenes, finally coming back to earnest, grounded, and emotionally vulnerable improvised scenes.

This class is begin-termediate: class will start with the fundamentals and quickly develop into an intermediate class keeping pace with the students' progression. No formalized acting training is required, but individualized feedback will ensure that even those with training will be spurred to growth.

Register now!



Instructor: Chris Roberti
Sundays December 4th - 18th, 11am-2pm

This class is focused on breaking out of our improv ruts, saying yes to ourselves, our scene, and our partners. This three week workshop is devised to create a culture of yes, balancing agreement with imagination, placing the same value on acceptance as we would creativity. Yes takes us further faster and gives our scenes thrust and lift and life.

Register now!


Improv to Sketch
Instructors: Christian Capozzoli & Andrew Coalson
Mondays November 28th - January 30th, 7-10
(No class December 26th or January 2nd)

The Reckless approach to sketch uses improv to create monstrously funny material that is then packaged into a dynamic/organic piece that is as refreshing and fun as it is theatrical. Create, heighten, refine, tweak, massage, braid, weave, sculpt your ideas into a slick piece of theatre.

The first half of the class will be dedicated to generating material with the holiday break used to memorize our roles, and the last few weeks will be dedicated to staging and refining our pieces.

Register now!

NEW CURRICULUM CLASSES - Open to students already within the training system. If you are interested in joining our curriculum, you can get to know us and let us get to know you through our monthly drop-in sessions, participating in Instant Teams, taking an Elective, or working with one of our certified coaches.


R2: Ensemble
Instructor: Christian Capozzoli
Saturdays November 12th - January 21st, 3-6
(No class November 26th, December 24th & 31st)

Celebrate team play, while boosting your confidence as a solo performer. Agreement and attack are essential to the Reckless method. Endorse and cosign each other's moves with immediate attack, be fearless and reactionary. Get on your toes, out of your head and play Reckless. Explore various forms such as the Monoscene, Harold, and Organic Montage. Juggle multiple patterns, while holding true to your point of view, and making rich scenic choices that awaken your sense of play and togetherness.

Pre-requisite: Must have completed the Reckless Intensive.

Register now!


Advanced 4Track
Instructor: Christian Capozzoli
Wednesdays November 2nd - December 14th, 7-10
(No class November 23rd)

Explore and perform Reckless Theatre's signature form. Be bold, rush the stage with confidence and connectivity, and match and ratchet your scenes to a frenzy.

This form demands group ownership, bold choices, physicality, split second agreement and attack. Get out of your brain and into your scenes.

All lessons are designed to create an immediate sense of trust, synergy, and agreement. Surprise and shock yourself. There will be 6 classes and 3 shows.

Shows are Wednesdays @ 10pm on November 30th, December 7th & 14th.

Pre-requisites: Reckless Intensive and Ensemble

Register now!

Announcing Auditions for 

A Reckless Christmas Carol

Sunday, October 30th 8:30-11pm

A Reckless Christmas Carol

December 16th, 17th & 18th @ 7:30pm

This production will be partially scripted and partially improvised - for each of the 3 performances, a different Scrooge will perform with the cast, having never read the script.

Auditions are open to anyone who has been a student within the last 3 months, anyone enrolled in an upcoming class, or anyone who has completed Masterclass.

To claim an audition spot, please sign up here. If you are completely unavailable during this time or if your available time slot has filled, please email anne@recklesstheatre.com and we will - with no guarantees - try to find another time to see you.

There will be rehearsals according to availability after Thanksgiving. Primarily these will focus on staging specific staging elements and magic, with many small scenes left to be played with in the moment.

For the audition, please prepare:

A brief piece as the character(s) you would like to audition for, utilizing any of Dickens' original text that you'd like. Be prepared to improvise in character. We are open to any character interpretations you want to show us, traditional or otherwise.

(Optional) 30 sec of any Christmas carol to sing

(Optional) Perform any instrument that you play.

Narrators: 2-3 people will be cast as Narrators who will guide the story with text while also serving as the safety valve if the piece deviates too far from the script. We would like to see pairs and trios audition together for these parts. Please bring character choices for who they are and how they are integrated in the story. For example, you could be a group of carolers or a parent & child reading Dickens' book together. You should be prepared to improvise in character together.

Suggested Characters:

Narrators (2-3)

Bob Cratchitt

Marley

Ghost of Christmas Past

Mr. & Mrs. Fezziwig (preferred audition together)

Young Ebeneezer

Belle

Ghost of Christmas Present

Mrs. Cratchitt

Tiny Tim

Nephew Fred

Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come

Old Joe/Mrs. Dilber

Goose Boy/Girl

Join us on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd @ 10pm for a Community-Wide Meeting

All students, friends, and fans of Reckless are invited to join us to discuss the state of Reckless and where we're going. We'll discuss the training program, upcoming shows, our new invite-only system as well as have a question-and-answer session.

This is perfect for students who want to get more involved, people interested in training at Reckless, and anyone who just wants to know more!

An Open Letter from Reckless Theatre

We at Reckless strive to do exceptional work. We revel ensemble and are 100% serious about having a good time, while pushing the art form as far as possible. This aim demands a culture of yes.

We want to do work that moves both us and our audience: work that is honest and vulnerable, full of heat and weight, rich and textured, heightened and hilarious. This doesn’t just happen - it requires a change in approach. A change in how we teach in the classroom and how we enroll our students into our program. 

Over the last four months we have been testing invitation-based enrollment. In that time, we feel that we have been able to curate a strong, fearless student body.

This method allows our teachers to teach to the entire room as opposed to adjusting for the novice/recreational learners, maximizing class time and allowing us to push and cover more material and techniques.

The last months have also prompted important discussions of safety across the New York City comedy scene. We recognize how much a sense of personal and artistic security has helped us cultivate the supportive and enthusiastic community we currently have. As we continue to bring more people in, we want to ensure that we are constantly developing a greater sense of togetherness and trust.

We have made a decision to make this our means of enrollment in the training program at Reckless. 

Ways that you can be invited: 

A resident performer, coach or instructor can vouch for you by submitting your name to our registrar. They will be looking for candidates who are high character, passionate people with a genuine joy of improv and theatre. 

You may work with these people directly by applying to Instant Teams, by enrolling in any of our elective courses (which includes an Intro course for novices), or by hiring a faculty member or Reckless certified coach to work with your practice group or indie team. You can share your work with us by participating in Some Universe*, Dancing with the Star Stuffs** or submitting a Fighter Pilot***.

As our schedule allows we will also be holding drop-in workshops at Reckless. These will only be $5 and are open to anyone - a great opportunity to test out the Reckless style of play and be seen by a Reckless coach or faculty member. We will be hosting our first drop-in on Saturday, October 8th 4-6pm led by house performer and faculty member Jack Gallagher.

Financially this is stupid. Most institutions make their money offering recreational/ground level improv classes to anyone with any interest with any skill set. Recreation and creation are similar but different - Reckless is different.  

We hope to work with you soon. 

*Some Universe is a variety show featuring diverse personal perspectives on an issue or idea. Each month we will announce the theme and accept submissions for storytelling, characters, performance art, sketches, happenings, dance pieces, and songs ranging from the heartfelt to the hilarious. You can send your submissions to someuniverse@recklesstheatre.com

**Dancing with the Star Stuffs will be looking for new comedy dance teams starting in Winter 2017. In the meantime, come check out their shows every other Saturday @ 10:30pm

***Fighter Pilots are accepted on a rolling basis at submissions@recklesstheatre.com - if selected your script for a 12-15 minute pilot or web-series (Adult Swim length) would be featured live on the Reckless stage and compete head-to-head with other pilots to see who returns for a second episode. Each month's show is judged by an industry representative and voted on by the audience. If a show wins 5 times, it will receive it's own run at Reckless.

ANNOUNCING New Instant Sketch & Instant Character Teams!

Watch out for these hot new Instant Character and Instant Sketch teams to take the world by storm!

Our first ever... Instant Character Team!

Andrew Turowski

Conner Ozer

Emily Herrell

Glennis LaRoe

Jewel Elizabeth

Makena Miller

Rebecca Acevedo

Coach: Eric Feurer

Returning Sketch Team QUINCEY!

Andrew Gelfenbaum

Izzy Wolfson

Kate Leonard

Katie Talay

Kevin Gallagher

Matthew Schimkowitz

Rachel Keller

RJ O'Brien

Sketch Team Mon 6-8

Aidan Daley-Hynes

David Garden

Eric Wood

Heather Harrison

John Graham

Leigh Adler

Lex Marks

Rich Camp

Sketch Team Mon 8-10

Al Holm

Brandon Tarzis

Bryton McGrath

Emily Horn

Gabrielle Krumins

Kelsey Solywoda

Madeline Nehlen

Marco Jo Clate

Sketch Team Weds 6-8

Alec Cohen

Jackie Skinner

John Edson

Joy Weeeng

Lindsay Barnes

Mark Gacki

Morgan Elwell

Nicole Adsit

All Sketch Teams coached by Andrew Coalson

Announcing New Instant Teams!

INSTANT TEAMS SHOW CALENDAR
All shows @ 7pm, warm-ups @ 6:30pm

Tuesday, Sept 27th
ALL TEAMS PLAY!

Tuesday, Oct 4th
Artichoke King
Greasy Thumb
Soft Hammer
Needles

Tuesday, Oct 11th
Old Creepy
Greasy Thumb
Zookeeper
Needles

Tuesday, Oct 18th
Old Creepy
Artichoke King
Soft Hammer
Zookeeper

Tuesday, Oct 25th
Artichoke King
Greasy Thumb
Zookeeper 
Needles

Tuesday, Nov 1st
Old Creepy
Greasy Thumb
Soft Hammer
Needles

Tuesday, Nov 15th
Old Creepy
Artichoke King
Soft Hammer
Zookeeper

Tuesday, Nov 22nd
ALL TEAMS PLAY!

Reckless Theatre - NEW TEAMS / NEW SHOW!

We are introducing a new programming block to our stacked Thursday night line-up: check out the tumult, the furor, and all the commotion that is THE RIOT! 

These new teams will be causing a disturbance every Thursday 7-8pm starting in October. 

And speaking of teams... INTRODUCING OUR NEWEST RECKLESS HOUSE TEAMS!

Performing the Cat's Cradle: Adrian Burke, Kate Donat, Kiki Tarkhan O'Keeffe, Lida Darmian, Logan Herries, Richard Krysztoforski, and Shelley Little!

Performing the Reckless Harold: Anne Hogan, Evan Altshuler, Izzy Wolfson, Mike Zakarian, Nikki Lowe, Will Huebner, and Zack Martin!

Performing the Action form: Addie Weyrich, Benjamin Cohen, Jenny Gorelick, Jesse Vandenbergh, Matt Walsh, Michael Hernandez, and Trevor Wade!

Now playing with team DEATHWISH during the Knockout (Thursdays 11pm): Ali Levin & Joyah Spangler!

And joining team HELIX during The Big Fiasco (Thursdays 8-11): Josh Brown!

We cannot wait to see all of you run amok!

Applications Now Open for Next Round of Instant Program!

Reckless Theatre's Instant Program is now accepting applications for all 3 of it's programs: Instant Teams, Instant Sketch, and our newest, Instant Character. The Instant Program gives comedians, writers and performers the reps they want and the notes they need to push themselves to the next level of their work. We feature players from all of the comedy theaters across the city and this is a great opportunity to expand your own community!

APPLY HERE FOR INSTANT TEAMS!

INSTANT TEAMS give improvisors the opportunity to get regular reps onstage while exploring a specific form in-depth. Teams are put together for an 8 week run of shows starting in September at Reckless. Every Tuesday, teams take the stage to perform a classic long-form. Performances are 7-8:30pm, September 27-November 22 (There is no show on Election Day, Nov. 8, go vote!)

Teams will also practice with a Reckless-trained coach each week, focusing on increasing confidence and connectivity as well as playing your form to the hilt.

Applicants must have completed at least 3 levels of improv study at any long-form school. 

Get registered, Get placed, Get Part of IT!

APPLY HERE FOR INSTANT SKETCH!

Instant Sketch gives you the opportunity to write and perform live sketch comedy at Reckless Theatre!

From the very first meeting, you and your teammates will be pitching ideas. Each week, you will write a new sketch and workshop your teammates' sketches. We create a writers' room to foster everyone's development as you take risks putting your funniest ideas to paper. From there, we rehearse and bring your sketch to life for a live audience. If you want to experience the power and glory of making something from nothing, sign up today!

Groups will perform shows together on Tuesday, November 15th and Tuesday, November 22nd at 8:30pm.

APPLY HERE FOR INSTANT CHARACTER!

INSTANT CHARACTER gives you the opportunity to develop and perform character pieces at Reckless Theatre! Eric Feurer (Character's Welcome @ UCB, Face/Off @ Reckless) will work with the team on developing lived-in, mapping, and conceptual characters and fully inhabiting them in their body and voice. By the end of the program you will have at least three polished, primed characters ready to take on the circuit.

Character shows take place on Tuesday, November 15th and Tuesday, November 22nd at 8:30pm. Additionally, your team will get a chance to compete as a part of Face/Off.


QUESTIONS??? Email instant@recklesstheatre.com for questions regarding any of the three programs!

New Fall Classes

CLASSES: DROPPIN LIKE IT'S HOT

Reckless Theatre and Training Center has released new classes for Fall. Snag a spot now!

Reckless Intensive

Saturdays 3:15-6:15

September 10 - October 29

$400

Get familiar with the Reckless approach to improv. This is a course designed to help performers build upon prior improv training. It sets out to create a bedrock foundation for you as a self-reliant, team-playing, fun-chasing improvisor. This is for experienced improvisors that want a refreshing new slant on the way they play. Create tension, take action, and explore characterization through wants, spine, and choice. Learn to advance and expand your ideas and weave them into rewarding scenes and narratives with pronounced games.

Reckless Ensemble
Wednesdays 7-10pm
September 7 - October 26
$400
*Must have taken Reckless Intensive as a pre-requisite to this course.
Celebrate team play while boosting your confidence as a solo performer. Agreement and attack are essential to the Reckless method. Endorse and cosign each other's moves with immediate attack, be fearless and reactionary. Get on your toes, out of your head and play Reckless. Explore various forms such as the Monoscene, Harold, and Organic Montage. Juggle multiple patterns while holding true to your point of view and make rich scenic choices that awaken your sense of play and togetherness.

Interested in a class on our website that you don't see here? Email registrar@recklesstheatre.com and let us know. If you and a few friends want a particular class we may be able to build one for you!

Announcing the new Big Fiasco teams

BRAND-SPANKING NEW LINE-UP!

Check out these ridiculously talented teams when the BIG FIASCO moves to it's new home on Thursday nights starting @7:30pm

A note from Artistic Director, Christian Capozzoli: I want to take a second and thank everyone who auditioned last week. This community is brimming with so many ridiculously talented people and I know there were more of you than there were spots. I appreciate how everyone buoyed each other in their auditions, cosigned one another's ideas and reveled ensemble. It was inspiring to see such selfless play in an audition room and made my job so much harder. Thank you.

All teams will perform at their first show on July 14th and perform on rotation after that. Check out our show calendar each week to see who will be performing.

Tickets / Classes

We run riot with our hearts, out of our heads to create live theatre that hopes and dares to stun and astonish. We are actors, comedians, writers, and artists. We roister and revel ensemble. Gazetted and ridiculous. We improvise with craft and care and sting and bite. We are wild. We are rowdy. We are reckless.

NEW TEAM! (Follow the Fun)

Aaren Lasky

Andrew Coalson

Colin Marsh

Donald Chang

Jacob Davis

Matt Clevy

Rachel Rosenthal

Rollie Williams

NEW TEAM! (Character Spokane)

Aaron Kheifits

Brandon Lisy

Conler Mandt

Dana Kaplan-Angle

Laura Thomas

Randy Reiman

Stefanie Flamm

Tom Achilles

NEW TEAM! (Genre Monoscene)

Amy Lynne Berger

Emily McKeown

John St. Denis

Kate Leonard

Patrick Grizzard

Spencer Campbell

Tristan Smith

NEW TEAM! (Knockout All-Stars)

Addie Weyrich

Adrian Burke

Andrew Turowski

Anne Hogan

Cameron McCall

Lida Darmian

Logan Herries

Makena Miller

Michael Hernandez

Mike Greene

Nanie Mendez

Nikki Lowe

Richard Krystoforski

NEW TEAM! (Cat's Cradle)

Anne Veal

Eric Feurer

Jade Daugherty

Matt Candio

Michael Romanos

Patrick Williams

INSIGNIFICANT OTHER (4Track/8Track)

Aaron Berman

Andrei Alupului

Andrew Migdail

Ashley Cohen

Dan Titmuss

Glennis LaRoe

Jack Gallagher

Nicole Alexander

TOO BIG OF A DOG (Organic Montage)

Ian O'Keeffe

Michael Bird

Sam Evans

Steve Ward

TJ Del Reno

Tom Kelley

Reckless Workshops (Week of DCM)

COME BE RECKLESS this week - we've got Christian Capozzoli's approach to INSTANT GAME as well as a 4Track crash course!

INSTANT GAME: 2 different workshops available!

Building strong characters starts the moment your foot hits the floor, not the moment you start "thinking." This workshop will focus on the organic unfolding of a character based on that first step. More being... less thinking! Hone your ability to identify the game of a scene and blow it out to the Nth degree. Give your gameplay the torque it needs and take either of these workshops!

Instant Game: Chakra, Status, Spine

Wednesday, June 22 / 11a-2pm

Instructor: Christian Capozzoli

$70

Instant Game: Obsession, Point-of-View

Wednesday, June 22 / 3-6pm

Instructor: Christian Capozzoli

$70

4TRACK CRASH COURSE: Intro and full Crash Course available!

Learn the form that demands more attack and agreement than any other! Own the stage and learn how heightened agreement can launch your scenes to the stratosphere. Play with fierce physicality, celebrate your teammates, and agree before thinking!

4Track: Introduction and Matching Technique

Thursday, June 23 / 11a-2pm

Instructor: Christian Capozzoli

$70

4Track: Crash Course

Thursday, June 23 / 11a-2pm & 3-6pm

Friday, June 24 / 11a-2pm & 3-6pm

Instructor: Christian Capozzoli

$280

Reckless 3 Day Intensive Enrolling Now

Get a crash course in the Reckless approach to improv!

Are you in town for only a short time? Or a New Yorker who wants to go elbows deep in improv? Maybe you can't think of a better use for vacation days than getting sweaty and silly with a bunch of strangers. In only 3 days you could complete the 8-week Reckless Intensive and dive head-first into NYC's newest improv community!

This is a course designed to help performers build upon prior improv training. It sets out to create a bedrock foundation for you as a self reliant, team-playing, fun-chasing improviser. This is for improvisers that want a refreshing new slant on the way they play, or for someone wanting to return to the basics. Create tension, take action, and explore characterization through wants, and spine and choice. Learn to advance and expand your ideas and weave them into rewarding scenes and narratives, with pronounced games.

Our students at this level have significant improv experience: 3 Levels at any NY improv theatre, classes at Second City or Groundlings, performing at IO.

ENROLLING NOW - RECKLESS 3 DAY INTENSIVE

Wednesday, June 22 - Friday, June 24th // 11am-2pm & 3-6pm

$400 - includes free admittance to any shows and parties at Reckless that weekend

RECKLESS INTENSIVES ENROLLING NOW!

Get familiar with the Reckless approach to improv. This is a course designed to help performers build upon prior improv training. It sets out to create a bedrock foundation for you as a self reliant, team-playing, fun-chasing improviser. This is for improvisers that want a refreshing new slant on the way they play, or for someone wanting to return to the basics. Create tension, Take action, and explore characterization through wants, and spine and choice. Learn to advance and expand your ideas and weave them into rewarding scenes and narratives, with pronounced games.

Our students at this level have significant improv experience: 3 Levels at any NY improv theatre, classes at Second City or Groundlings, performing at IO.

8 weeks, $400

REGISTER NOW to claim a spot in the class!

WEDNESDAYS 7-10pm (June 1 - July 20)

FRIDAYS 12-3pm (June 17 - August 12)

SATURDAYS 3-6pm (June 4 - July 30)

DANCING with the STAR STUFFS presents...

A Special Mother's Day "Best Of" Episode!

(JUDGED BY MOMS!)

Join us to see this season's best comedy dances re-mounted in honor of the wonderful people who brought us into this world, our Moms!

Featuring!

John St. Denis & Nicole Alexander

Tom Kelley & Amy Lynne Berger

Makena Miller & Jack Gallagher

Anne Veal & Trevor Wade

Ali Levin & Alyssa Rossman Rorman

**and special guest**

Celine Dion!

Judged by Mama Rossman, Mama Leonard, and Mama Coalson

who will also do a special dance with our Everyman, Conler Mandt!

Purchase tickets here:

https://recklesstheatre.com/r-classes/dancing-with-the-star-stuffs-encore/

Dancing with the Star Stuffs
5/7 at 10pm // 527 W 29th Street 
Reckless Theatre and Training Center

RECKLESS THEATRE announces open auditions for its upcoming ADVANCED HAROLD class!

Sundays 12-3p
June 12th - August 7th
$400

No class July 3rd

Class Shows
July 10 @ 2:30pm
August 7 @ 2:30pm
August 11 @ 6pm

Re-discover spontaneity and playfulness in New York's most popular longform! Join us for 8 weeks of breaking down the form and finding new ways to play and surprise yourself. Two teachers will take on two different versions of the form - you'll spend the first four weeks with Christian Capozzoli learning the Reckless Harold and the next four with Vince Moore learning his approach.

Auditions
Sunday, May 8th 4-6p
Wednesday, May 11th 9-11p

Email registrar@recklesstheatre.com to schedule an audition.

(Can't make either of the audition times but interested in taking the class? Go ahead and email registrar@recklesstheatre.com and let us know.)

*This class fulfills Reckless' R3 Performance Level requirement. As an audition-based class it may be taken out of order with the rest of the curriculum. Participation in this class does not supersede the R1 and R2 courses: students must still complete them in order to progress through the Reckless Training Program.

Upcoming Auditions @ Reckless!

UPCOMING AUDITIONS @ RECKLESS

Students are eligible to audition if they are currently enrolled in a class (whether it has started or no) or were in a class within the last 2 months. Anyone who has completed the Masterclass is also invited to audition.

Not a current student but want to get involved? If you are a member of a duo or trio team with someone who is eligible, your entire team is eligible to audition for The Duo/Trio Battle. Otherwise, please look at our classes and sign-up for one today! 

DANCING WITH STAR STUFFS (Season 2) / 30-MINUTE THRONES

DANCING WITH STAR STUFFS is getting ready for Season 2! We’ll be bringing you even more salsas, sequins, and spray-tans this round, so get your dance shoes ready. Join the drama, the glamour, the glitter, and the jazz hands for the craziest dance party on earth! Competitors will participate in once-monthly Saturday night shows with new dances each episode. Each performance will be judged on character game as well as presentation; the competitors with the lowest scores will dance head-to-head in an elimination battle and the audience decides who to save and to send packing.

30-MINUTE THRONES will be performed weekly before episodes 4-10 of HBO’s Game of Thrones. At 8:30pm each Sunday, Reckless Theatre will recap all the twists, turns, and tyranny of the previous episode of the fantasy hit! The audience to this show is then invited to stay after and join the Reckless family in watching that night’s episode. Each character will be cast and will be responsible for tracking their beats and events in each episode. Short rehearsals will be scheduled once the show is cast. Please audition in character for the specific role you are interested in. Looking similar to the HBO actor is a plus but not a necessity!

To audition for either or both projects, please sign-up for a one hour block during which you are entirely available. For DWSS you must audition as dance partners with three 1-min long sections of dances: one your choice and 2 with episode-specific themes. These will be emailed to you after signing-up. For 30-MINUTE THRONES, you will perform a brief character monologue and improvise in character. Please sign-up for a time slot via the link below.

Friday April 22, 6-8pm
Wednesday April 27, 7-9pm

I want to audition for DWSS / 30MT!

BURN THIS SCRIPT / ONE NIGHT ONLY

Want to flex your acting muscles while you show your improv chops? Audition to perform the spine scene for an upcoming performance of BURN THIS SCRIPT or to be cast in a role in ONE NIGHT ONLY’s production of Midsummer Night’s Dream. 

In BURN THIS SCRIPT, actors and improvisors collide as beloved scripts are broken down, made topsy turvy, then incinerated and reborn like a phoenix rising. Act 1 - 2 actors present a fully memorized, rehearsed scene; Act 2 - the BTS ensemble improvises with, explores, and fucks with each of the characters; Act 3 - we return to the scene, now with anything up for grabs and the ensemble invading and re-imagining the piece. Will our actors hold their shit together as murderous goats and singing nuns invade their scene? Will playwrights stampede in fury as they watch their creations reimagined in ways otherwise unimaginable? Will audiences embark on an improvisational theatrical journey hitherto unknown? You better believe it. Actors know their script. We say let it burn.

For ONE NIGHT ONLY a brave crew will embark on a treacherous journey: performing a fully memorized play they have never rehearsed. Will the rough waters of unexpected choices, accidental entrances, impulsive love scenes and unforeseen moments threaten to capsize this vessel? Or will our Reckless adventurers keep the ship afloat? One Night Only combines the ephemeral, immediate nature of improv with the narrative power of scripted plays to create a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

BURN THIS SCRIPT performance TBD

If you are cast, you will enter the actor pool and will have your performance scheduled later. No rehearsals, no dues. 

ONE NIGHT ONLY: Midsummer Night’s Dream is Friday, June 17 @8pm

The cast will participate in 3 workshops in preparation for the performance. You may not miss more than 1 or your role will be re-cast.

Ensemble & Theatricality - Wednesday June 1, 7-10pm

Living Shakespeare’s Text - Monday June 6, 7-10pm

Intimacy on Stage - Saturday June 11, 12-3pm

$30-45 (dependent on final cast size)

To audition for either or both projects, please sign up for a one-hour block during which you are entirely available. For BURN THIS SCRIPT you must audition as scene partners, not solo performers. Please prepare a rich 2 minute scene and be prepared to improvise with the material. When you choose an audition time, please note the names of both actors. For ONE NIGHT ONLY, please prepare a 60-90 sec Shakespearean monologue. Please sign up for a time slot via the link below.

Friday April 22, 6-8pm

Saturday April 23, 12-2pm

I want to audition for BTS / ONO!

THE DUO/TRIO BATTLE SHOW (still to be officially named)

This show will pit duo against duo in an epic battle royale! Watch as the Reckless mainstage becomes a blood bath on Friday nights! One team will host, 2 teams will go head-to-head, competing for the audience’s love and laughter and striving to emerge victorious. The winning team will come back the following week to take on a new adversary - and the cycle of destruction continues… 

To be eligible to audition, at least one member of your team must have been a student at Reckless/with Christian Capozzoli within the last 6 months. 

The audition slots have filled. To be considered, please submit a video (max 15-minutes) to submissions@recklesstheatre.com - labelling the email “Duo/Trio Battle” - by May 31st at midnight.

And coming soon…

BIG FIASCO Auditions

Wednesday, June 29th