Studio A101
Improv Study/Teachers
Andrea Southwick 1994-2002
Collinge/Pickman 1995
Mass College of Art 1996
Keith Johnstone Work Shop 1996
Marjorie Burren 1996-1998
Jeannie Lindheim (Clown Workshop) 1997
Curt Miller (Southwick Studio) 1999
Sarah Hickler (Action Theater) 1999-present
Ruth Zaporah (Action Theater) 1998-present
Stage Performances
Rhimers of Eldridge as Josh Johnson
Traveling Show as George
Cementville as Eddie
Richard the Third as Lord Rivers
Mad Woman of Chaillot as The Sewerman
The Dining Room as Charlie and Ben
The Tempest as Caliban
The Marriage Proposal as Lomov
Modern Bohemian
STUDIO A101
Innovative Diversions - Management,Promotion and Archives
Urban Dervish – Exhibit,Production and Performance
Lowell House Of Improv - Instruction and Performance
United Prototypes – Visual & Audio Props For Theater + Film
Cheapness Records – Recording Library of my Music & Others
Slimeline Cinema – Films of Bands,Freinds,Family+Activities
Soul Patch Films – Films of Performances,Events+Lowell
FreeTime Productions - Theater/Improvisation Study
Brain Oil Press – My Writings and Colabarations + Others
Open Studios at Western Ave Studios
122 Western Ave, Lowell,Mass
Every first Saturday Noon - 5:00 pm
Brain Oil Press includes stories about Lowell in a style
influenced by Charles Bukowski.Other stories include stories
by contributors including E-Mail collaborations,original Sci-Fi
Stories,and tales about bands,music and life.New series
includeThings To Remember,Monologue and Notes Taken S
ries.Reading has always been a favorite pass time of mine.
Whether its a subject or an author I treat the subject
like a study course because my interest,curiosity and
commitment are always ready for a new adventure and
something new to know and learn about.Writers I have
enjoyed and enjoy are Idries Shah,Tahir Shah,John Waters,
Charles Bukowski,Hunter S. Thompson,Robert Monroe and
Carlos Casteneda to name a few.More recently Ruth Zaporah,
Laurence G. Boldt,
United Prototypes could be called the manufacturing
division.It includes art,sculptures,cds.dvds,and books for Brain Oil
Press.Also props for theater,music,film and life.Lowell House Of
Improv involves instruction in Theater and all forms of
improvisation including Instant Theater.Music including
improvisation with musical keyboard workstations Korg 01Wfd,
Korg Karma and Casio Privia.Also Basic Guitar instruction and
improvisation.Learn Digital Art and 3D Molding with Zbrush Roll
and Toss Paint Method - Steadman Zenhead Method Video
Processing with I-Movie editing footage for Youtube ALL
INSTRUCTION IS FREE WITH ANY DONATION OF ANY AMOUNT.
Requirement T.I.M.E.
SlimeLine Cinema,Soul Patch Films,Golden Eagle Films and
FreeTime Productions includes everything frombands and
events I've filmed including friends from Lowell to gigs and
appearances as Lance Gargoyle.Also included are Open Studio,
Art Demo and Liquid Mission and Liquid Vision Series and recent
home studio series recorded since 2010.Inside Southwick Studio
and Inside Cote's Market are short documentary like series about
Lowell or my local activities. This collection is 70 films about
Lowell or local regional interestsis usually ignored by locals and t
he general public.Five Youtube sites with over 200 videos Lenny Hall,
Lance Gargoyle,Sidney Hipple,Lance Gargoyle Jr. and F.U.Maggott sites.
Cheapness Records includes FREE WORLD RADIO.
Original unheard bands and music collected between 1999 -2002
from free music sites.Each cd has 100 or more songs.Volume One
has 184 songs.Music is in all genres and styles from bands from a
round the world.Our thinking is that the style or genre of music
that people enjoy and listen to influence their mood,outlook and
living mode of existence. Free World Radio gives listeners an
opportunity to hear bands and music that is generally unheard.
Much of this collection are bands or musicians influenced by
Frank Zappa and King Crimson.Everything from Jazz to Classical,
Experimental,Rock and everything in between are presented for
an original musical experience. This series is basically a favorite
mix of music not usually heard or available to the general public.
Off The Grid Theater - Street Theater with all the edges
Innovative Diversions accepts any donation for most items
including art,music cds,all dvds,postcards and everything else
except some 6x 9 meditation cloths.
Lowell House of Improv
The House of Improv is here to study and practice Improvisational Music,
Performance, and digital art and present performances by students and
rep cast in original unique productions. The objective of the House Of Improv
is to study the Art of Performance through improv techniques, original music,
and art, which stress the community involvement of people who would not
normally have the opportunity to be involved in the Theater, Music, Art or
the Performing Arts. Reality Theater and Hybrid Theater will be developed.
The performance company or players may be called The Flugnoids and a
theme developed according to the cast involved to create a melting pot of creativity.
A new era of multi media entertainment. Studies will include: Warm-up exercises,
Action Theater Basics, Theater Games, and what I call the Orchestra of Sounds
(the observation of sound and its textures ). Korg Keyboard Workstations 01wFD,
Performance Company that will develop. All music styles will be utilized including
Classical, Jazz, Rock, Blues, Country, New Age, Electronic, Experimental and others.
The performance Company will develop characters and original script outlines from
exercises, games and studies
Casting Roles For Future 2017 Productions
:Sidney Hipple :Duke Of Dingy
:Lance Gargoyle :Profeesor Berry
:Tony D'Wonderful :Sargeant Smegman
:Bobby Venus :Doctor Perverto
:Klunky Klipman :The Peeper
:Rufus Bing :The Smegmanettes
:Vito Vaselini :Danny Dupa
:Queen Dingy :
:The Flugnoids-Progressive Community Performance Project
:Pick Scales-Local Jazz Legend
:Riff Tempo-Guitar Wizard
:Crimpy Lee-Publicity Tramp
:Weirdola-Media Hog
:Mick Richards-Media Film/Music Honcho
:Floridia Parsons-Genuine Cultural Supporter
:Russell Sprouts-Newspaper Reporter
:F.U.Maggott - Multi-Media Baron
:Mustard Green - Resident Philosopher
THIS IS ALL THAT IS REQUIRED
Time – Interest – Motivation – Enthusiasm
FOR
Off The Grid Theater - Street Theater with all the edges
All Products,Services and Studies are free
Lowell House Of Improv
Presents
Captain Weirdo's Space Adventure
"Attack Of The Smegmanites"
featuring Lenny Hall as
Sidney Hipple
The Most Fun You Could Have With Your Clothes On
Spring and Summer Improvisation Studies
Easy and Fun for all ages -No Experience - Demo Lesson Free
Musical Improv with the Korg Karma + Korg PA900 Keyboard Workstations
Over 400 styles and Genres.Learn to create in minutes.
Create Unique & Amazing Digital Images and Molding with ZBRUSH.
Basic Video Editing with i-Movie using Past Studio Footage
Introduction to Theater + Improv Study and Practice
Keith Johnstone's Improv and Ruth Zaporah's Action Theater Methods
Improv Studies Includes
Play-A -Long Theater
Prop Driven Improv
Mobile Improv
Musical Improv
The Unknown Artist
An artist spends years trying to sell his paintings but no one buys them.
Then one night thieves break in and steal all his paintings. They stash them
in an old shed in the woods. The thieves have a hell of a time with the paintings.
No fence will buy them, so finally they just give up and forget about them.
The years go by.
One day a hunter stumbles on the old shed and finds the paintings.
He tells his friend who is an art critic and the art critic realizes they
must have found the life work of some poor hermit - an outsider folk
artist who lived in the woods and painted. The critic puts up a display
of the paintings at the art museum and does a newspaper article.
Interest is aroused. Everyone wonders about the mysterious unknown
artist who painted these works. Prices rise. Soon you have to be wealthy
to afford one of the paintings.
One day the original artist, who by now is a broken old man who has given
up all hope of ever being a successful artist, stumbles into the art museum
(leaving his wine bottle in the parking lot) and gets a big shock when he sees
one of his old paintings. "Hey! That's my goddamn painting! I painted that!"
The guard grabs him, but just as the guard is about to toss him out the door,
the curator happens by. "Are you saying you painted those paintings?"
"Yes sir, by God, I painted them!"
There are several ways this story might end:
1) They believe him, but then the value of the paintings immediately
falls when everybody realizes the artist is still alive.
2) They don't believe him because when they ask him to paint
something he has the shakes so bad that it looks nothing
like his old art.
3) They believe him, he becomes appreciated,
and spends his final years in comfort.
Laughing Dervish
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