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Coup de Comedy 2023 & GII: Evolution of Improvisation has ended
Saturday, May 13 • 6:15pm - 7:45pm
TVunscripted's Sketch Duet & Red Door

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Two Teams of Two Back-to-Back = EPIC!

TVunscripted's Sketch Duet (Sketch) & Red Door (Long Form Improv)

TVunscripted's Sketch Duet 
Peer into the lives and minds of Ryder Tam and Gabe Valdez in this two-man sketch comedy show as they draw on their experience as scientists, BIPOC comedians, and a shared obsession with physical humor and buddy cop drama. They are a Ledge Theatre house team.

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Red Door will take you into their wheelhouse of accents, huge characters and crisp space work to show you that anything is possible behind the Red Door. Hitting the stage with high energy, power listening, and seamless editing Red Door is a great example of fast and furious team work.

RESERVATIONS:
Limited seating available: reservations via Sched registration are highly encouraged. Just add the event (click next to the event title) to your schedule and your reservation is set. If the event is full, you will be on the waitlist and will be encouraged to show up and if there is space, we will get you into the event.

DETAILS:
Face coverings (masks) are recommended (regardless of vaccination status) per UCI policy.

(All events are subject to change.)

Artists
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Gabriel Michael Valdez

TVunscripted's Sketch Duet
Gabriel Michael Valdez is a Colorado native actor, improviser, and writer. He is a playwright with work featured at the Denver Fringe Festival, and has over 50,000 views on his sketch comedy work. Gabe has performed internationally at the Auckland Improv Marathon (New Zealand), Ireland... Read More →
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Justin Michael Terry

Actor - Writer - Awesome@justimpro
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Ledge Theatre

THE LEDGE ARTISTIC STATEMENTTo bring the voice of Black Artists and underrepresented communities in Los Angeles to the performing arts stage. Youth of Color seeing professional instructors of color teach theater, music, dance, writing and art. Bringing performances and events back... Read More →
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Red Door

Red Door is Justin Michael Terry and Ryan Marsico. They met at ComedySportz in Los Angeles doing short-form improv and quickly clicked, going on to perform together in Drunkards & Dragons, an improvised role-playing/drinking show, The Resistance, improvised action/adventure movies... Read More →
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Ryan Marsico

Actor - Writer - Awesome@ryanmarsico
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Ryder Tam

TVunscripted's Sketch Duet
Ryder Tam is a Chinese-American improviser, actor, comedian and occasional aerospace engineer from Honolulu, Hawaii. He is the co-artistic director of Pack Theater in Hollywood, a former improv instructor for Rise Comedy Denver, and currently teaches for Ledge Theater in Los Angeles... Read More →
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TVunscripted's Sketch Duet

Based out of Los Angeles, TVunscripted has been featured at numerous theaters and festivals around the world, including as a headlining act at Trill Comedy Festival, at Ireland Improv Fest, Improfest Sweden, and dozens of others. They currently perform sketch and genre improv for... Read More →

Sponsors
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Global Improvisation Initiative (GII)

The Global Improvisation Initiative (GII) was launched in 2016 by co-founders Theresa Robbins Dudeck and Joel Veenstra as a project to support an ongoing, international exploration of the art and impact of improvisation—appreciating the rich history and diversity of our field—and... Read More →
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UCI Illuminations: The Chancellor's Arts and Culture Initiative

Building on UCI’s demonstrated excellence in the creative arts and cultural programming, Illuminations aims to ensure that all of our students, regardless of major, have serious and meaningful exposure to the creative arts. In addition, we seek to strengthen the connections between... Read More →


Saturday May 13, 2023 6:15pm - 7:45pm PDT
Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL)