24 Hours of Local Comedy Talent Featured at Charity Event
The Bovine Metropolis Theater will host a 24-hour "Improvathon" featuring The SanScript Players from 6 p.m. on Friday, August 1, until 6 p.m. on Saturday, August 2. Tickets for this special event are only $8 with all proceeds benefiting Family Tree.
"Bovine Metropolis Theater has a long association with Family Tree having done two Improvathons over the past eight years," says Eric Farone, Bovine's Artistic Director. "We believe that Family Tree provides an invaluable service to the community and we want to help them in their commitment to families."
The Improvathon will feature improv troupes from around the metro area such as Wordplay, Noisemakers, Synergy Players, The Generals, Club Sensationzzz and the On the Spot cast to name a few. The Bovine will also offer hats and shirts with proceeds benefiting Family Tree.
About Bovine Metropolis Theater:
The Bovine Metropolis Theater presents shows five nights a week, offers improv classes 12 months a year, and hosts improv workshops every summer. The Bovine also offers corporate training and group entertainment. For information about the Bovine's shows, classes and other comedic offerings, go to www.BovineMetropolis.com.
About Family Tree:
Since 1976 Family Tree has provided a continuum of services and shelters to families and youth of metro Denver to overcome child abuse, domestic violence and homelessness. Last year, Family Tree provided services to more than 31,000 people including more than 25,000 nights of safe shelter to families and individuals who might otherwise be homeless. The mission of Family Tree is to help people overcome child abuse, domestic violence and homelessness to become safe, strong and self-reliant.
For more information visit: www.thefamilytree.org.
About Elaine Nash
- ..............
- For over 15 years, Elaine Nash’s Nashville-based company, Pro Media Nashville, provided business management, public relations, promotion, and journalistic services for the likes of Neil Young, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sawyer Brown, Reba McEntire, George Strait, Loretta Lynn, and others. She created major media events that featured Robert Duval, Jane Fonda, David Hasselhoff, George Burns, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams Jr, Willie Nelson, Bonnie Rait and others. She was business manager of Skip Stephenson, star of NBC’s #1 show, 'Real People', and she was event manager for comedians Gary Muledeer, Sinbad, Jim Varney, and the famous Zanie's Comedy Club. Elaine was named Public Relations Person of the Year by the Nat’l Entertainment Journalists Ass’n, and she is a published author of many interviews, articles, stories, and jokes. Elaine left ‘the biz’ to move west and raise her family, and now resides in Denver, CO. She’s currently working on a relationship-themed pop-culture book, and she builds web sites for emerging actors. She is the mom of two cool teenagers- one of whom is an actor.
