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Long Beach Polytechnic High School |
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The Polyesters Improvisation Team! |
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The award-winning Polyesters Improv Team has been in existence for decades, creating theatre on-the-fly out of audience suggestions. Tonight we celebrate our proud tradition while welcoming the arrival of our new team members! Welcome to high school improv at its finest!
Game Sequence!
Introductions
Try That On For Size. ALL
Spelling Bee: Alexus, Kaitlin, Elliot, Sol, Gia
4-Square: Avery, Syreeta, Daphne, Lola
Freeze. Returning Polyesters: Gio, Sofia, Oat, Jonas, Declan, Michael, Anie, Dani, Jason, Izzy, Zion
*Blind Line Jason, Izzy, Rylan, Madeline
What You Got? New Members: Kaitlin, Evie, Miles, Alexus, Omar, Lola, Gia, Madeline, Daphne, Rylan, Avery, Sol, Elliot, Syreeta
*Changing Emotions: Miles, Omar, Evie, Anie
Tag Team Monologue: Returning Polyesters: Gio, Sofia, Oat, Jonas, Declan, Michael, Anie, Dani, Jason, Izzy, Zion
Hey Waiter. ALL
*New Choice: Jonas, Michael, Zion, Oat
*Forward Reverse: Sofia, Dani, Gio, Declan
*Genre Replay Jonas, Michael, Zion, Oat
*Genre Sofia, Dani, Gio, Declan
Dance Party - All Polyesters
*Games played at RoleAbout Festival
Cast
Creative Team
Linda Bon
Gale Brennan
Meet the Company
Giorgio Buono*
Sofia Farfan*
Evelia Blanco
Miles Chum
Oat Gomez
Jonas Gutierrez
Declan Joycek*
Alexus Mendez
Michael McGuinness
Anie Monreal
Danielle Robinson
Jason Sabas
Isabella Singleton
Omar Stokley
Zion Traylor
Lola Bottegoni
Gia Bottegoni
Madeline Cahill
Elliot Rice Epstein
Daphne Gates
Rylan Gonzalez
Avery Hollmeier
Jasmin (Sol) Perez-Serrato
Syreeta Roberts
Kaitlin Kuch-Ly
Linda Bon
Linda Bon runs the Theatre Arts program at Long Beach Polytechnic High School, and co-directs the Whitney Performing Arts Camp. She previously taught vocal music in the ABC district. Before becoming a teacher and director, she played a witch in Macbeth under director Des McAnuff, Ruth in Pinter’s Homecoming under director William Ball, Mary Brenham in Our Country’s Good directed by Andrei Serban and Aggie Wainwright in the Steppenwolf production of The Grapes of Wrath, directed by Frank Galati. More recently, she has performed locally at The Rose Center Theatre, Long Beach Playhouse, Whitney PAC, and A Noise Within. She has an MFA-Acting from UCSD.
Gale Brennan
Gale began her non-traditional acting career in the Bay Area where she grew up. As a specialist in improvised theater, she co-created the comedy troupes, Mumblypeg and Older Girls Gone Reasonably Wild. She hosted a national Game Show tour for Nickelodeon Live, performed with Shakespeare Santa Barbara, and worked for Disney Imagineering as an actor/improvisor in show concept play-testing. And for Disney Performing Arts teaching thousands of students improv and acting. As a member of Impro Theater’s Lab Company, Gale performed improvised plays in classic genres, including Dickens, Tennessee Williams, and Chekhov. Gale is currently a member of the devised theater troupe What You Will with Ensemble Shakespeare Company in Pasadena. Gale also co-founded the all-woman improvised Shakespeare troupe, Shrew, which performs at festivals and theaters throughout California and beyond, most notably, at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Gale lives in Glendale with her songwriter husband Tom and her artist teenager Izzy.
Photos
Polyesters "Random Poop" win RoleAbout Theatre Festival Improvisation
The Polyesters win Long Beach District Improv League Spring 2023
