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Posted by Erik on Tue, Oct 13, 2009
TSF Weekly Newscast Now Available!
Filed under: Announcements, The Future, The Internets, Our Videos, News
Hello citizens!
Former T-shirt Guy Erik Voss here. TSF Sketch, the comedy writing team of Theatre Strike Force, has launched a new Web-video series called "Yesterday's News -- Today!"
In the year 2109, the government propaganda department will release weekly newscasts covering the headlines from 100 years in the past (the year 2009). Like all government media, these broadcasts will have their share of biases and inaccuracies, which at times will be so absurd they might just seem humorous. But make no mistake: in the future, comedy of any kind is dangerously unpopular.
We will be posting these broadcasts every Monday or Tuesday. You can also view them on our Facebook fan page, or by subscribing to our Youtube channel.
See you yesterday!
Erik
Erik Voss is the Former T-Shirt Guy of Theatre Strike Force. His friends agree he's a lot more fun to be around now.
Posted by Ricky on Mon, Sep 14, 2009
Oppie's Friend, Gene
Filed under: Press, News
It's been a big two weeks in our TSF world.
Our TV show for campus, officially titled "Oppie's Friend, Gene", is now being aired into your over-priced, under-spaced resident halls every Friday, Sunday and Tuesday at 8:30pm on channel 8! Bunk-bed-eriffic!
For the television premier, we all gathered around the big screen in the Keys recreation area. Coincidentally, the Keys resident hall was the location of the production's first shoot. Sock-on-the-door-errific!!
AND, if you don't live in a resident hall: IT'S ONLINE!
A huge special thanks to UF's IRHA for making this all possible. If you like the show, let 'em know!
Our TV show for campus, officially titled "Oppie's Friend, Gene", is now being aired into your over-priced, under-spaced resident halls every Friday, Sunday and Tuesday at 8:30pm on channel 8! Bunk-bed-eriffic!
For the television premier, we all gathered around the big screen in the Keys recreation area. Coincidentally, the Keys resident hall was the location of the production's first shoot. Sock-on-the-door-errific!!
AND, if you don't live in a resident hall: IT'S ONLINE!
A huge special thanks to UF's IRHA for making this all possible. If you like the show, let 'em know!
Truly princes of our time. Eriffic.
Posted by tsfimprov on Sat, Aug 15, 2009
Tango Sierra Foxtrot
Filed under: Announcements
"ARE YOU LAUGHING, MAGGOT?!?
YOU BETTER BE!"
You know what's just as fun as joining the Army, with only a slightly higher mortality rate? Theatre Strike Force, of course!
After a very successful Spring semester, we're happy to announce the return of TSF Academy. If you're interested in becoming an active member of TSF, or just in training your comedic muscles, then this is the place for you.
Academy is composed of three different levels, or "groups":
After a very successful Spring semester, we're happy to announce the return of TSF Academy. If you're interested in becoming an active member of TSF, or just in training your comedic muscles, then this is the place for you.
Academy is composed of three different levels, or "groups":
S-Group: There is still so much to learn! S-Group is an introductory course in long-form improv, a type of improv that is, well, longer. This group will be instructed in this cool and complex version of the craft, as well as more advanced general techniques. We might as well call S-Group brain porn, what with all the mind-blowing.
F-Group: This level is devoted to advanced long-form. F-Groupers are versed in more complex methods, and delve deeply into improv theory. After going through T-Group and S-Group, F-Groupers are, quite simply, the shit.
The first academy session is August 31st, in the Reitz Union, Room 361, at 7 PM. No experience (or money!) required!
Questions? Concerns? Shoot an email to us at theatrestrikeforce@gmail.com. We're friendly...ish.
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR, MAGGOT??
Posted by Ricky on Mon, Jul 13, 2009
Frog DNA
Filed under: News
I am friends with frog DNA.
People who live in Gainesville during the summer face a harsh reality: most of their friends have go home for the summer. They are left with a fickle sun, a $120-plus utility bill and a desolate social scene.
Rather than waste away on morsels from TMZ (remember when Michael Jackson had only a simple coma?), they choose to evolve. Their social life finds a way.
Friends of friends transform into desperate lifelines in a sea of solitude. Slowly, these new I-guess-they're-ok people become the Friday evening phone call. They become the norm.
For you Steven Spielberg, Jeff Goldblum and this guy fans, they are frog DNA.
This summer, my frog DNA has taken the form of Oppie. Take a look:
People who live in Gainesville during the summer face a harsh reality: most of their friends have go home for the summer. They are left with a fickle sun, a $120-plus utility bill and a desolate social scene.
Rather than waste away on morsels from TMZ (remember when Michael Jackson had only a simple coma?), they choose to evolve. Their social life finds a way.
Friends of friends transform into desperate lifelines in a sea of solitude. Slowly, these new I-guess-they're-ok people become the Friday evening phone call. They become the norm.
For you Steven Spielberg, Jeff Goldblum and this guy fans, they are frog DNA.
This summer, my frog DNA has taken the form of Oppie. Take a look:
Posted by Andrew on Sat, Jul 04, 2009
Television Strike Force!!??!
Filed under: Behind the Scenes, Our Videos, News
Improv. Sketch comedy. And now… television. In cooperation with UF’s Inter-Residence Hall Association (IRHA), TSF has embarked on a journey to the world of TV. During the spring semester, TSF Sketch wrote ten episodes for a little show we like to call “Oppie.” This is the story of a troubled young vampire who just can’t get by in the college world. Sorority parties? More like an all you can eat buffet! Okay, not really. Oppie follows two college freshman that are on a quest to get to the top. For the past two months, TSF has been hard at work filming this show. Gainesville has become our set and Oppie’s world is becoming a reality.
It’s hard work, but it’s also a lot of fun. I’m a telecommunications production major, and I’m learning things that I haven’t been taught yet just by crewing for the show. There’s always something to do on the set, and everyone really has a hand in bringing this show to life.
Oppie is due to premier during the fall semester on Resident TV, but will also be available online. You can follow its progress on the show’s Official Blog. If you’re interested in working on Oppie, it’s not too late! Shoot an email to theatrestrikeforce@gmail.com and you can sell your soul to us!
Oppie is due to premier during the fall semester on Resident TV, but will also be available online. You can follow its progress on the show’s Official Blog. If you’re interested in working on Oppie, it’s not too late! Shoot an email to theatrestrikeforce@gmail.com and you can sell your soul to us!
Posted by Let's just say "Liz" on Thu, May 21, 2009
Boldy Going Where No Pecs Have Gone Before...
Filed under: Improv, Tips on How to Live a Life, The Future, Things that are Awesome
Attention ladies (and most gents): a few weeks ago America was blessed with a new sex symbol. Let’s take a moment to bask in the geeky glory that is:
I’ll wait for the nerds to stop screaming about how I’m a bandwagon fan and how I don’t deserve to like Star Trek because I don’t know Khan’s full name.
(Are they done?)
The new franchise (“Star Trek: The Search for Mo’ Money”) is doused in a sheen of hotness; it is full of youthful, energetic actors that fit snugly into the familiar roles, and who stand to make more money off of them than Shatner could have dreamed of. Through this hottie overload, for some reason its our favorite Vulcan, played by the lurvely Zachary Quinto, who induces the most girlish sighs out of the audience, more than even Captain “My Head Is Shaped Like A Shoebox” Kirk. Why is that, gentle reader?
It is because the movie-going public is slowly realizing something TSFers have known for years: smart is sexy.
Read on to discover just how sexiness can be tied to improv (it's possible!)...
Mr. Spock.
I’ll wait for the nerds to stop screaming about how I’m a bandwagon fan and how I don’t deserve to like Star Trek because I don’t know Khan’s full name.
(Are they done?)
The new franchise (“Star Trek: The Search for Mo’ Money”) is doused in a sheen of hotness; it is full of youthful, energetic actors that fit snugly into the familiar roles, and who stand to make more money off of them than Shatner could have dreamed of. Through this hottie overload, for some reason its our favorite Vulcan, played by the lurvely Zachary Quinto, who induces the most girlish sighs out of the audience, more than even Captain “My Head Is Shaped Like A Shoebox” Kirk. Why is that, gentle reader?
It is because the movie-going public is slowly realizing something TSFers have known for years: smart is sexy.
Read on to discover just how sexiness can be tied to improv (it's possible!)...
Posted by Ricky on Sat, May 09, 2009
Lazy Days of Summer
Filed under: Rants & Raves
TSF isn't a year-round club. As part of the University of Florida, we are somewhat tied to the tide of students, who all leave for the summer.
While the humidity index hits record highs, killing daytime entertainment and several senior citizens, the amount of Gainesville improv plummets to stock-market lows.
So, we have to fill our time with adventures.
This is where the guest in Party Quirks is sent.
TSF members love to do "cool things." It's part of improv: create something no one's ever seen before. We've done things like drive across the country and hold a fake wedding. We think of even more ridiculous things to do when we don't have classes dragging us down.
This summer, we have more adventures than normal:
Tour de States - six of our friends, led by the incorrigible Skyler Kern, are currently bicycling across the United States. Kern, who's gone through more iPhones than Steve Wozinak at anger management, is a modern-day Huckleberry Finn: broke and always exploring.
He and the gang plan on traveling 2,000 miles in 40 days to raise money for Relay for Life and create a documentary of their trials. You read about their interactions with rural America and each other at tourdestates.com.
Tour de France - Kate LeBlanc, our love-child of the St. Petersburg Times, has escaped to the opposite corner of the world to explore the oh-so-hilarious country of France. She will spend four weeks dropping Lumiere references across la terre, hoping some hip garcon will surrender a hon-hon-hon (French laughter). Keep an eye on her at her blog. Liam Neeson is.
Weinermobile - Yup, TSF has contacts everywhere. We will soon be in control of the world's fastest dick. The Oscar Mayer Weinermobile will soon be driven by our own Torey Greenwald. She will travel around the northeast promoting the O-S-C-A-R M-A-Y-E-R, and informing thousands of disappointed customers that they DO NOT have hot dogs on board. Read her many witty, witty hot dog puns at her hot dog blog beginning June 7.
TV Show - Finally, the rest of us who haven't fled Gainesville will be spending our time making a TV show. The series, which will be more than 100 minutes long, is about to leave the writing phase and enter a shooting schedule. From what I've heard, it's going to be a grueling task.
You'll be able to see the finished product on the dorm resident channel in the Fall and on the Web.To read a behind-the-scenes look at production, keep this Web site in your favorites. We'll update it as we fill video tapes.
AND, in addition to all that, we'll be doing our normal improv stuff starting in July!
While the humidity index hits record highs, killing daytime entertainment and several senior citizens, the amount of Gainesville improv plummets to stock-market lows.
So, we have to fill our time with adventures.
TSF members love to do "cool things." It's part of improv: create something no one's ever seen before. We've done things like drive across the country and hold a fake wedding. We think of even more ridiculous things to do when we don't have classes dragging us down.
This summer, we have more adventures than normal:
Tour de States - six of our friends, led by the incorrigible Skyler Kern, are currently bicycling across the United States. Kern, who's gone through more iPhones than Steve Wozinak at anger management, is a modern-day Huckleberry Finn: broke and always exploring.
He and the gang plan on traveling 2,000 miles in 40 days to raise money for Relay for Life and create a documentary of their trials. You read about their interactions with rural America and each other at tourdestates.com.
Tour de France - Kate LeBlanc, our love-child of the St. Petersburg Times, has escaped to the opposite corner of the world to explore the oh-so-hilarious country of France. She will spend four weeks dropping Lumiere references across la terre, hoping some hip garcon will surrender a hon-hon-hon (French laughter). Keep an eye on her at her blog. Liam Neeson is.
Weinermobile - Yup, TSF has contacts everywhere. We will soon be in control of the world's fastest dick. The Oscar Mayer Weinermobile will soon be driven by our own Torey Greenwald. She will travel around the northeast promoting the O-S-C-A-R M-A-Y-E-R, and informing thousands of disappointed customers that they DO NOT have hot dogs on board. Read her many witty, witty hot dog puns at her hot dog blog beginning June 7.
TV Show - Finally, the rest of us who haven't fled Gainesville will be spending our time making a TV show. The series, which will be more than 100 minutes long, is about to leave the writing phase and enter a shooting schedule. From what I've heard, it's going to be a grueling task.
You'll be able to see the finished product on the dorm resident channel in the Fall and on the Web.To read a behind-the-scenes look at production, keep this Web site in your favorites. We'll update it as we fill video tapes.
AND, in addition to all that, we'll be doing our normal improv stuff starting in July!
Posted by Rudy on Fri, Nov 21, 2008
Meet Josh Breit
Filed under: Tips on How to Live a Life, Things that are Awesome, Alumni
Hey everybody, I got another interview for you! Josh Breit left TSF
about 3 years ago for Chicago and has been rippin it up ever since
then.
See a clip of Josh rapping as Challawood after the break...
 | Among his many
talents, Josh is known for his insane freestyle rapping ability. He
showcases this talent every week at the ComedySportz theatre in The
BeatBox, a show that blends hip hop and improv into an amazing
spectacle of long-form improv and fast-paced high-energy
rap. |
See a clip of Josh rapping as Challawood after the break...
Posted by Ricky on Wed, Jan 07, 2009
Spring Awakening
Filed under: Announcements
Cast off that blustery 70-degree winter, Florida. Spring is here! And so are new TSF flowers for bees to pollinate.
TSF is proud to present its new TSF Academy this semester, a three-level training ground for both beginners and experts. If you've seen our shows, loved "Who's Line is it Anyway?" or think Wayne Brady is dreamy, you're going to have a blast learning improv in our fun and supportive environment.
The Academy will meet Mondays at 7 p.m. in the Constans Theatre Building in room CON-G12. The first day of school is THIS Monday, Jan. 7! No experience is necessary- only incurable curiousity. If you have any questions, send an e-mail to theatrestrikeforce@gmail.com. Also: it costs FREE!
Also, be sure to attend Sunday Group, Middle Group and Apprentice Group auditions on Jan. 14 in CON-G12. These troupes specialize in more complex and more amazing improv, and are the pride of TSF. Sunday Group has a number of distinguished alumni around the country leading the continuing education of improv as an art. No experience is necessary! Just fill out the SG/MG/AG Application and show up. For any questions, please e-mail us.
For those who enjoy TV shows like The Simpsons, SNL, 30 Rock and the Office, TSF Sketch is accepting applications for its spring writing team. This is the group who created the successful "Gary" show last fall. If you've ever wanted to learn how to write comedy on paper, this is the place to learn. Simply fill out the TSF Sketch Application and e-mail it to theatrestrikeforce@gmail.com. No experience necessary!
Finally, for those with a Siren's voice, AM Radio is having audtions on Jan. 25. AM Radio has been dazzling audiences with completely improvised one-act musicals for the past year with original characters and kick ass songs. If you've ever sang Bon Jovi at a party or Rent in the shower, this is the group for you! Audtions are in a room TBA and, you know what's coming...
NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!
TSF is proud to present its new TSF Academy this semester, a three-level training ground for both beginners and experts. If you've seen our shows, loved "Who's Line is it Anyway?" or think Wayne Brady is dreamy, you're going to have a blast learning improv in our fun and supportive environment.
The Academy will meet Mondays at 7 p.m. in the Constans Theatre Building in room CON-G12. The first day of school is THIS Monday, Jan. 7! No experience is necessary- only incurable curiousity. If you have any questions, send an e-mail to theatrestrikeforce@gmail.com. Also: it costs FREE!
Also, be sure to attend Sunday Group, Middle Group and Apprentice Group auditions on Jan. 14 in CON-G12. These troupes specialize in more complex and more amazing improv, and are the pride of TSF. Sunday Group has a number of distinguished alumni around the country leading the continuing education of improv as an art. No experience is necessary! Just fill out the SG/MG/AG Application and show up. For any questions, please e-mail us.
For those who enjoy TV shows like The Simpsons, SNL, 30 Rock and the Office, TSF Sketch is accepting applications for its spring writing team. This is the group who created the successful "Gary" show last fall. If you've ever wanted to learn how to write comedy on paper, this is the place to learn. Simply fill out the TSF Sketch Application and e-mail it to theatrestrikeforce@gmail.com. No experience necessary!
Finally, for those with a Siren's voice, AM Radio is having audtions on Jan. 25. AM Radio has been dazzling audiences with completely improvised one-act musicals for the past year with original characters and kick ass songs. If you've ever sang Bon Jovi at a party or Rent in the shower, this is the group for you! Audtions are in a room TBA and, you know what's coming...
NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!
Posted by Erik on Thu, Nov 13, 2008
New Improv Training Program to start Spring 2009!
Filed under: Improv, UF, Announcements, The Future, News
Hey there!
Are you itching to perform comedy for a live audience? No? Just itching, then? Okay...
Hey, you! Did you catch "Captain Herpes" over there? Yeah, crazy, huh? Anyways... you look like you're interested in doing improv. You may not know it yet, but you are.
Theatre Strike Force would like to announce its new improv training program starting in the Spring 2009 semester!
In these sessions, you will learn the style of improv comedy TSF performs regularly on campus. Our top performers will instruct these sessions, which will feature exercises in spontaneous performance, various improvised "games," and general improv technique and theory.
The goal? To make you a more confident comedic performer and the newest member of the Theatre Strike Force team. So if you're interested in learning and performing improv comedy at UF and joining Theatre Strike Force, this is the place for you.
This training program is FREE, and no experience is necessary. Even if you've never performed before, come out anyways. It's a ton of fun and a great way to perform comedy with an interesting group of people.
The sessions will meet Mondays, 7 to 9 p.m., at a location TBA.
Space is limited, so if you're interested, please contact us at via the contact page as soon as possible to register.
We're looking forward to working with you!
Erik
Erik Voss is the president of Theatre Strike Force. He was voted "Loudest Moo-er" in the Animal Day Parade in Ms. Miller's 1st grade class. He was 19.
Are you itching to perform comedy for a live audience? No? Just itching, then? Okay...
Hey, you! Did you catch "Captain Herpes" over there? Yeah, crazy, huh? Anyways... you look like you're interested in doing improv. You may not know it yet, but you are.
Theatre Strike Force would like to announce its new improv training program starting in the Spring 2009 semester!
In these sessions, you will learn the style of improv comedy TSF performs regularly on campus. Our top performers will instruct these sessions, which will feature exercises in spontaneous performance, various improvised "games," and general improv technique and theory.
The goal? To make you a more confident comedic performer and the newest member of the Theatre Strike Force team. So if you're interested in learning and performing improv comedy at UF and joining Theatre Strike Force, this is the place for you.
This training program is FREE, and no experience is necessary. Even if you've never performed before, come out anyways. It's a ton of fun and a great way to perform comedy with an interesting group of people.
The sessions will meet Mondays, 7 to 9 p.m., at a location TBA.
Space is limited, so if you're interested, please contact us at via the contact page as soon as possible to register.
We're looking forward to working with you!
Erik
Erik Voss is the president of Theatre Strike Force. He was voted "Loudest Moo-er" in the Animal Day Parade in Ms. Miller's 1st grade class. He was 19.
