(SUMMIT, NJ) -- Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre, in residence at Oakes Center at 120 Morris Avenue in Summit, will present a live-streamed improv show, The Flip Side: Backyard BBQ Broadcast, on YouTube on Saturday, June 26 at 7:30pm. The team will be together in person for the first time in over a year, streaming the show live from an outdoor stage. The 60-minute performance is free, but donations are encouraged.
The Flip Side is Dreamcatcher’s house improv team, directed by Dave Maulbeck (Maplewood) and featuring Clark Carmichael (Montclair), Laura Ekstrand (Livingston), Noreen Farley (Clinton), Lulu French (Maplewood), Julian Blake Gordon (Jersey City), Scott McGowan (Maplewood), David Lee White (Bordentown), and Emaline Williams (Hackettstown).
Based on improv techniques created by The Groundlings, Upright Citizens' Brigade and The Magnet, The Flip Side offers their unique spin on short-form improv, taking audience input to create instant scenes that are both unexpected and hilarious.
The Flip Side: Backyard BBQ Broadcast can be found on @DreamcatcherRep on YouTube on Saturday, June 26 at 7:30pm. You can set a reminder here.
Dreamcatcher was founded in 1994 as a non-profit professional ensemble of actors, a subset of whom perform in every production. The mission of our ensemble is to build community with the audience by sharing contemporary, life-affirming stories that challenge, energize and entertain. We seek to expose theatregoers to ideas and lives like and unlike their own, to awaken their imaginations and create empathy for others. The company focuses on deepening the experience of our patrons by supplementing the performances with personal contact through receptions, talkbacks and interactive programs.
Dreamcatcher's core company of professional local actors performs contemporary work that entertains and challenges, and has at its heart a belief in the essential goodness of people. The company’s activities include mainstage productions, improv comedy and cabarets, new play readings and a variety of educational and senior outreach programs.
Dreamcatcher’s programs are funded by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, The Union County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs, The Summit Foundation, and many other corporations, foundations and individuals. Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre is a Equity Producing member of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance.
