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What is BAIT?
What do we do?
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Bay Area Improv Theatre (BAIT) began in August 2004.
With improv becoming more popular due to shows like “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” audiences have
been exposed to short-form, or game-like improv. BAIT's foray into the improv world is an attempt to break
away from that more common form and experiment with mid- and long-form Improv, that means scenes and unscripted theatre.
Our biggest hope is that the audience will truly enjoy the shows, and continue to support us and all forms
of improv.
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What do we do?
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We do mostly on-the-spot scenes, midform scene/play experiments and longform unscripted theatre. Of course,
we usually work in a few quick games. We can do any of that with audience members particpation or as a theatrical
production where you can just sit back and watch and laugh!
Our shows vary by audience, time and what the people want!
And we are FOR HIRE!
So, if you want us to come to you and do something special, we have you covered. We'll do parties, corporate events,
theme events and even corporate training in team building and communications.
We're easy, available and fun. Who could ask for anything more?!?!
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What's is this Longform thing we're talking about??
Long-form is driven by a single suggestion or idea by the audience, and an unscripted scene evolves, which then
becomes the launching pad for further scenes. From the influence of other long-form improv groups, BAIT has
developed their own forms:
Game, Chum (mid-forms) and Bait (long-form).
CHUM: We take a single suggestion, just to get things started. A scene is created. The next scene will be
based on that first scene somehow. Perhaps a word or a physical action. The next scene is inspired by that second.
And so it goes. The original suggestion may or may not re-occur.
BAIT: It's all about storytelling.
We get a theme for the longform from an audience suggestion. We then do a series of scenes that relate to that theme.
There will usually by 3-4 story lines that will be related in some way and in the end, hopefully there is some
resolution. Often more theatrical than comedic, but still fun!
GAME: We take a single suggestion to get the first scene started. After that, the performers can start
scenes based on... whatever they wish. But, here's the rub: the host can freeze any scene at any point and instruct
them to add some levels of difficulty by adding games: Questions Only, Foreign Accents, Varied Emotions, Movie
Genres, Singing, etc. This is usually the fastest, "going for funny" part of the show.
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