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Friday, May 12 • 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Ripley Improv Performance: MAKE ROOM

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Ripley Improv presents a genre improv performance - they may presents: MAKE ROOM!

An improvised play that could happen anywhere at any time! With MAKE ROOM, the Ripleys ask the audience a series of suggestions to uncover our play's set design, creating the physical environment that will inspire that evening's play, performed only once, seen by only one audience!

Ripley is: Daring actors improvising artful, long-form narrative about women who save the day, save the world, or save each other. Through bold and playful ensemble storytelling, Ripley seeks to inspire audiences to embrace the hero within.
www.ripleyimprov.com

The cast will include:
- Madi Goff
- Mary Chieffo
- Kelechi Ezie
- Teri Gamble
- Jessica Lynn Verdi

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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Jessica Lynn Verdi

Jessica Lynn Verdi (she/her) is an actor, improviser, director, and producer, specializing in longform narrative improv with her all female and non-binary company, Ripley Improv. Jessica has created shows like Heartbeats, an improvised medical dramedy performed live online, X-Files... Read More →
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Kelechi Ezie

Ripley Improv
Kelechi Ezie is an actress, singer, and writer most known for her work on The Deuce, Book of Mormon, and The Truth About Beauty and Blogs, an official selection of Roger Ebert's Film Festival. The daughter of a Nigerian father and an American mother, Kelechi's performing arts career... Read More →
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Madi Goff

Ripley Improv
Madi (they/them) is an LA-based actor, writer, & former Texas cowgirl, self-described as Peter Pan meets The Brave Little Toaster. Madi is a member of Ripley Improv, Impro Theatre, an alumna of Groundlings Sunday Company, and recurring performer in Groundlings’ “The Crazy Uncle... Read More →
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Mary Chieffo

Ripley Improv
Mary Chieffo (she/her) is a queer actor/producer known internationally as the Klingon Commander turned Chancellor L'Rell on the Paramount+ series Star Trek: Discovery. Chieffo received her BFA from Juilliard in 2015, along with the prestigious Elizabeth Smith Voice and Speech Prize... Read More →
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Ripley Improv

Ripley is: Daring actors improvising artful, long-form narrative about women who save the day, save the world, or save each other. Through bold and playful ensemble storytelling, Ripley seeks to inspire audiences to embrace the hero within.www.ripleyimprov.com... Read More →
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Teri Gamble

Ripley Improv
Teri Gamble Actor, Writer, Podcaster, Scream Queen! Teri Gamble is an international performing artist and drama coach who has performed on stages from Los Angeles to Moscow, Boston and New York. She has appeared on the hit TV series Dollface, Superstore, Modern Family, ER and has... 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 →


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