Rapid Fire Theatre is ringing in the holidays with a festive retelling of a Christmas classic film, with one element of unscripted pandemonium.
The theatre troupe’s annual holiday special, The Blank Who Stole Christmas, is mostly a scripted musical. The show is made up of actors who have learned their lines, choreography and blocking – typical for any theatre production.
However, since this is a Rapid Fire production, improvised comedy is going to be ladled into the mix at some point.
Every night of the performance, one guest improviser, who will portray “The Blank,” will join the rest of the cast and perform the rest of the show cold – as in, without rehearsing and not knowing any of their lines.
The cast also does not know who is coming to portray The Blank.
The special guest du’jour will get to choose their character and …