One Year Anniversary of "Claymore Presents: The Free Improv Show"

One Year! We did it!

That's right. For one whole year Brian, Josh, Peyton, and Tyler have been improvising in "Claymore Presents: The Free Improv Show (Admission $5)" every Tuesday, 10pm, at The Playground. It's been a year of amazing opening groups, death defying make 'em ups, and unisex bathrooms.

We couldn't have done it without you, the audience. So to show our gratitude, Claymore is hosting:

THE FIRST ANNUAL FANCY DRESS GALA SHOW! (ADMISSION $10)

The Playground

3209 N Halsted St

10pm

Come dressed up in your best fancy clothes, and sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.

Hosted by...

Eric Eyerman, Jeffrey Murdoch, and Zach Hanes

Improv by

The Katydids
with the talents of Caitlin Barlow, Katy Colloton, Cate Freedman, Kate Lambert, Katie O'Brien, and Katie Thomas

Computer
with the talents of Ross Kimball, Dave Maher, Drennen Quinn, and Daniel Strauss

And More!

Oh, and you're also invited to...

THE AFTER PARTY

We'll be sticking around The Playground to dance, drink, and be merry!

And then for awesome drink specials and free appetizers, we'll be taking it to...

Clark St. Dog Bar
3040 N Clark St

Boom!

So please come. It's sure to be the biggest event of the year!

Claymore performing at ComedySportz!

See Claymore open for ComedySportz's Long-form Night!

When: This Sunday, 7/12 7pm

Where: ComedySportz, 929 W Belmont Ave., Chicago, IL

Cost: $5

As if the awesome venue, cheap price, and irresistible appeal of the Claymore guys weren't enough, the guys will be playing with special guests Daniel Strauss and Drennen Quinn!

Guess who has been super busy?

Attention everyone in the Interweb!

Claymore is back! After busting our buns, we have a brand new weekly web series coming hot out of the oven and straight to your computer. Those Guys have been slaving over a hot Mac, adding a pinch of hilarity and a dash of space travel to come up with the best tasting web series we can offer.

And after only one computer crash...we did it! Presenting...



In this WEEKLY show we see the adventures of super blogger Alan Poop (Jeffrey Murdoch) as he is whisked away into space and forced to do a talk show for the entire universe. How's that for delicious comedy? And as an added bonus, each episode contains 100% humor as recommended by the USDA.

You must watch!

If that was not enough, come see our live laughter demonstrations at these retailers:

The Free Improv Show

We've been going strong for 8 months! We want to thank all of our opening groups for awesome play and all of our awesome audiences for supporting us. So, as long as you'll have us, we'll be at The Playground every Tuesday at 10pm.

Check out these photos from our shows: Claymore Facebook Album

Here is the schedule for the next coming weeks:

6.16 Carla Kesslers and Legitimate Beef
6.23 BP and The Katydids
6.30 Pretty Bird and Able-Bodied Chaperones
7.7 Scream Cry and Old West Family Photo
7.14 Guns Club and Octavarius
7.21 Eleanor
7.28 Boner Petite

The Summer of Festivals!

The Last Snob Standing Contest

Claymore needs your audience support as they compete with other improv groups for spots in the Hawaii Improv Festival and the Twin Cities Improv Festival!

Location:
Chemically Imbalanced Theater
1420 W Irving Park Road
Chicago, IL
Date: Thursday, June 25, 2009
Time: 10pm

Click here for full festival schedule

Claymore's Going to New York!

See Claymore perform at the 11th Annual Del Close Marathon hosted by the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre in New York, NY, August 14-16, 2009! More details to come!

www.delclosemarathon.com

Claymore's Going to Austin!

Yeehaw! Claymore has been accepted into the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival in Austin, TX, September 1-7, 2009. More details to come!

www.outofboundsimprov.com

We got more things cooking in the kitchen, so we hope you're hungry!

Love,

Those Guys

I mean, a production company’s gotta eat, right?

We here at Claymore would like to give a huge thanks to Randy Hernandez  and the Domino’s located at 3103 N. Clark (773-528-3030) for their sponsorship of the arts. It is with their support that the cast and crew of the upcoming All The Time with Alan Poop were able to eat at least one meal for the week.

If you happen to see Randy at his place of work, give him a high five or you can give him an electronic high five  

Email- DPZ2755@hotmail.com

www.youtube.com/DPZchicago

or

Join the Facebook Fan Page just search “Domino’s Pizza on Clark” 

Special shows for the rest of February!

For the remainder of February, Claymore's got a lineup of shows you won't want to miss at The Playground! (3209 N Halsted, Chicago, IL):

TUESDAY FEB. 17, 10pm $5
Claymore's old friends The Yachtsmen return to open the show. Same Clay time, same Clay place.

The Yachtsmen
Eric Eyerman, Jeff Murdoch, Lisa Witmer, Patrick O'Keefe, Shannon Noll & John Hartman

FRIDAY FEB. 21, MIDNIGHT $5*
Does your schedule not work with Claymore's Tuesday night slot? Well now's your chance to see them at a completely different time, with opening group...

The Katydids
Katie O'Brien, Kathryn Thomas, Cate Freeman, Kate Lambert, Katy Colloton & Caitlin Barlow

*At the ticket booth, use the password "Num nums" to get tickets for $5 instead of $10.

TUESDAY FEB. 24, 10pm $5
For this night only, a special group will be guest hosting in place of Josh, Brian, Peyton & Tyler. The guest hosts are another four hilarious guys...

Computer
Ross Kimball, Dave Maher, Drennen Quinn & Daniel Strauss

and for the opening group, Claymore welcomes for the first time...

Housekeeping
Jared Jeffries, Mark Vannier, Paul Whitehouse, Steve Konet, Sammy Tamimi, Emily Harpe, Kathryn Premo, Madeline Wager & Jo Scott

2008 End of Year Wrap Up

Claymore, The Yachtsmen, and attendees of Claymore's final show of 2008.
(Click above to enlarge).

It's been one heck of a year, hasn't it? Aside from our country's momentous firsts in 2008- political, social, vegetable and mineral, Claymore has had several firsts in the past 12 months as well:

• First full year residing and performing in Chicago


• First live improv show


• First open-run show


• First film festival screenings

We want to thank you, our fans, viewers, audience, supporters, and lovers, for making this year a great one. We'd especially like to thank those who came out to see our show in subzero Chicago weather. Without you, all of this would be for not. We are extremely grateful for your encouragement and continued support.

We would like to thank the talented groups we've had play with us in our 2008 shows, The Rabble, Victory at Sea, The Yachtsmen and Cave of Hobans. You guys are not only great improvisers, but great friends, and we appreciate you playing with us.

We want to thank Jonathan Rivlin for legitmizing Claymore with the Illinois and federal governments, and for all of his hard work.

And of course, we'd like to thank our families for not questioning our motives.

Come January 6, 2009, we will return to The Playground every Tuesday night at 10pm. You definitely won't want to miss our new lineup of opening groups. From January through March, we will have improv teams that have never before opened for Claymore, and some that will be making their stage debuts at our show.

Claymore can't wait for everything 2009 has to bring, and to share the gifts of the upcoming year with you. Won't you join us? In the meantime, please enjoy this gift:

See Claymore On the Big Screen!

If you live in Chicago, you have two chances to see Claymore on the big screen on Friday, November 21.

1) Come to the Second City Training Center Film Festival in Donny's Skybox Theater at 7:30pm.  Among the works of many talented Second City students and alumni will be Claymore's beloved shorts "Gospel Jews" and "Mandated Exercise Protocol."

1616 N. Wells St.
Call 312-337-3992 for tickets. Or click here. 

2) Head to iO's Chicago Comedy Shorts Festival in the Del Close Theater at 10:30pm, where Claymore's short "Union" will be screened with a myriad of other hilarious and thought-provoking films.

3541 N. Clark St.
Call 773-880-0199 for tickets.