Date: January 8th, 2008

Event: “Live. Love. Laugh!”, an Improv show by Abandoned Minds Dates: Friday and Saturday, Jan. 25 & 26 Location: Clark Memorial Clubhouse in Clarkdale Cost: $10 Contact: VVT ticket office at 649-0626 or Kerry Biondo at 928-821-4302 If you’re looking for some original entertainment this winter, Verde Valley Theatre is pleased to present the Abandoned Minds show titled “Live. Love. Laugh!”. This audience inspired improvisational theatre show “is guaranteed to shift your mood from black and white to technicolor” according to Kerry Biondo, performer and creative director of Sedona’s audacious Improv troupe known as Abandoned Minds. Back by popular demand, the ensemble will be performing Friday and Saturday, January 25 and 26. This event will take place at the Clark Memorial Clubhouse , located at 19 N. 9th St. in Clarkdale. If you haven’t seen Abandoned Minds lately, make a point to. The troupe has been performing together for four years now and have grown to become a very tight ensemble. The troupes forte is the ability to take the audience on an imaginative roller coaster ride throughout the evening via comedy and drama. They give the audience a full Improv theatre experience—including short form (“Whose Line is it Anyway” style games), long form (20 minute organic play based on an audience suggestion) and the always popular musical Improv (creating songs in the moment). The company is directed by Improv veteran Kerry Biondo who had the good fortune of studying the Del Close method of Improv in Chicago 15 years ago. This style places an emphasis on the “group mind” concept that develops during Improv when everything done is accepted, and the player’s minds become wired together to create a “Supermind”. The “superminds” in this troupe are Marah Adelson, JC Alvarez, Kerry Biondo, Derek Dujardin, Chad Graf, Brad Luky, Tom Puetz, Shaeri Richards, guitarists Kenny Cunningham and Bill McLane. Tickets for the shows are $10 and may be purchased online at www.verdevalleytheatre.com or by calling the box office at 649-0626. They can also be purchased at the door. For maps and driving directions, visit www.verdevalleytheatre.com. For additional information, call Kerry Biondo at 928-821-4302.