Blaines City - A Night of Sketch Comedy
11 videos • 66 views • by Drones Over Haines Lynn Canal Community Players Presents BLAINES CITY A Night of Sketch Comedy Written by Klye Clayton and Lex Treinen May 10th & 11, 2024 Chilkat Center for the Arts While Lex andI wrote the skeletons of these sketches, they really came alive with the creativity and improvisation of the entire cast. Susie McCartney, DeLise Keim, Kristen Brumfield, Mads McNeil, Skweit Morgan and Brandon Wilks all took these characters and made them their own. We were beyond thrilled to see the original, loosely connected skits and characters grow to the point that there's a through line thoughout the whole show. While Lex and Kyle are named as directors, everybody had a hand in forming and crafting these sketches. Collectively, they build a world. that world is Blaines City. Blaines City gives a not to the world-renowned, Chicago based comedy improve theater Second City that inspired this show. But it's also an alternate, absurdist world mirroring our, where we can parody ourselves and, hopefully, take ourselves a little less seriously. At least for an hour or so. Thanks again to all the cast and crew including Cherri Price, our stage manager, and our lights and sound techs, Tod Sebens, Paul Gaither and Michael Marks.