The Fun Grip Inventium
Produced by: Fun Grip Improv
Rating: PG-13
Synopsis:
Started in early 2006, FUN GRIP is a comedy duo consisting of Jeff Swearingen and Brad McEntire. This Texas-based long-form improv partnership presents The Inventium, a single set where Brad and Jeff create a one-time only improvised play on stage.
Fun Grip Improv will be joined by performers from Big Canvas Comedy -
8/9/24: Eric Green
8/10/24: Ariel Adams
8/11/24: Adam Brownell
Q & A with the Artist
We are proud to showcase a variety of different kinds of performing arts at the fringe.
What is your show? What kind of performance is it? What is it about?
Brad and Jeff have been performing long-form improv as Fun Grip together since 2005. The Fun Grip Inventium is a complete play made up on the spot. Everything - characters, plot, etc. - is brand new each performance, never to be duplicated. The chief aim is to spontaneously generate a complete piece of theatre and to, you know, have a good time in the process.
Fringe festivals are a place for art at all levels of creation. Where are you at in your process?
Is this a first draft? A previously produced piece? An experimental show? Or something else?
Brad and Jeff both have years of experience as both professional actors, produced playwrights and directors, but more importantly for this, they have oodles of experience as improvisers. Though they have performed the show locally in Dallas, this is the first time they have taken the Inventium on the road, so it is an experiment in a way.
Why did you submit your show to Omaha Fringe?
Brad and Jeff brought the scripted show The Beast of Hyperborea to the 2023 Omaha Fringe and had a blast. We are looking forward to returning with the Fun Grip inventium.
What are you hoping audiences will experience when they see your performance?
What can audiences expect to take away?
The goal is to create a full piece of theatre... spontaneously. So we hope the audience leaves having experienced a complete story with motivated characters and a compelling plot, but, you know, improvised. That's the hope anyway.
Show Times
Venue
Friday 8/9/24 8:00pm
Saturday 8/10/24 6:30pm
Sunday 8/11//24 2:00pm
Sunday 8/11//24 3:30pm