This year, we will be hosting our first Royal Improv Mixer Team coached and directed by Neal Leaheey.

Form will be narrative inspired but you'll be creating a new form together!

The team will be selected from submissions. They'll rehearse for 4 hours and perform later the next day. The show will be live at the Stage Door Theater in Charlotte, NC on July 26 at 6pm. Rehearsal will be Friday, July 25 from 12-4pm.

About Neal: Neal Leaheey is a Rhode Island, USA based artist with a world perspective. After a lucky accident in an audition, he’s been fortunate to improvise around the US, Canada, Europe and the Middle East. He is a teaching artist who has worked for years with high school students to integrate improvisation and storytelling into the public school curriculum.

As a teacher, he works to access the personal truths held by people and deepen the connection performers have to each other and the audience. He is currently both a performer/teacher at Kismet Improv, an Ensemble member at The Contemporary Theatre Company and a member of The Booboisie, a clowning ensemble at The Wilbury Group. With a special interest in using Johnstone-based ideas about improvisation to devise new works of theatre, Neal creates works that challenge ideas about gender, status and access the supernatural forces around us to explore our own personal narratives.

Submission fee is $20. Deadline for submission is June 15.

This is the payment portion of your submission. You will receive a confirmation email with a Google Form link that needs to be completed as well that includes the video upload. Incomplete submissions will not be reviewed.

The google form portion of your submission will ask for:

Name
Where you are located
Video Submission
Headshot
What makes you unique
Your improv experience

Please email karla@queencitycomedy.com with any questions regarding submissions.

Submissions - Royal Improv Festival Mixer Team directed by Neal Leaheey