This week, 14 years ago, we staged our first anime parody play... which included K-Pop dancers... hunting demons.... Huh...

For the Fall 2011 Case Con Anime Marathon at Case Western Reserve University we not only wrote a parody mashing together the anime being watched that semester (including "Steins;Gate" and "Higurashi") but we also invited the local Niji Dancers to be an integral part of the plot where their K-Pop dance moves were combined with time-travel to track down and defeat a kawaii cyber-demon from Venus! . . . . It... was a thing...

#Theater #Improv #Improvisation #Anime #Parody #Dance #Dancers #KPop #KPopDance #CWRU #CaseWesternReserveUniversity

November 23, 2025 is the 62nd anniversary of "Doctor Who" a beloved fandom that has inspired so many parody productions throughout most of the life of The Confused Greenies of Players' Patchwork Theatre Company!

To celebrate, here is a chaotic collection of 62 one-second clips from across the Patchwork Multiverse of Space & Time of our our bumbling time travel Dottore Who, their sexy TARDIS, Dalek Skarino, and various companions, villains, and monsters from our original home at Case Western Reserve University to MARCon to Cleveland ConCoction to COWA Anime Club to the CWRU Film Society to Oddmall to InConJunction and so many more!

#DoctorWho #DoctorWhoDay #Improv #Dalek #TARDIS #Improvisation #Theater #Parody #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Anime #StarTrek #CWRU #ClevelandConCoction #CleCon #CommediaDellArte #Commedia

"Oh no, Mimics again?!!"

One week ago, our definitely-human Chest E. Cognito attended Voyeuristic Intention's screening of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" at the CWRU Film Society cosplaying everyone's favorite dinner guest Eddie! Chesty was even one of Frank's Choice costume contest winners!

Visiting this shadowcast was a blast as VI was instrumental in the foundation of The Confused Greenies 19 years ago.

#CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #Mimic #DnD #DungeonsAndDragons #RockyHorror #RockyHorrorPictureShow #RHPS #CWRU #CaseWesternReserveUniversity #CaseWesternReserve #CWRUFilmSociety #Meatloaf #Halloween #Costume #Cosplay

"Oh no, Mimics again?!!"

One week ago, our definitely-human Chest E. Cognito attended Voyeuristic Intention's screening of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" at the CWRU Film Society cosplaying everyone's favorite dinner guest Eddie! Chesty was even one of Frank's Choice costume contest winners!

Visiting this shadowcast was a blast as VI was instrumental in the foundation of The Confused Greenies 19 years ago.

#CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #Mimic #DnD #DungeonsAndDragons #RockyHorror #RockyHorrorPictureShow #RHPS #CWRU #CaseWesternReserveUniversity #CaseWesternReserve #CWRUFilmSociety #Meatloaf

Voyeuristic Intentions, the live "Rocky Horror Picture Show" shadowcast at Case Western Reserve University (for over a quarter of a century) returns TONIGHT (Saturday, November 1)!

Experiences in VI inspired Players' Patchwork Theatre Company to form our troupe so we encourage you to check them out. Get your tickets from the CWRU Film Society here: https://films.cwru.edu/

#RockyHorror #RHPS #RockyHorrorPictureShow #Musical #ShadowCast #Theater #CWRU #CaseWesternReserveUniversity

Voyeuristic Intentions, the live "Rocky Horror Picture Show" shadowcast at Case Western Reserve University (for over a quarter of a century) returns this Saturday, November 1!

Experiences in VI inspired Players' Patchwork Theatre Company to form our troupe in 2006. Not only were our three founders members of Voyeuristic Intentions (two as directors) but over the years each role has been filled at least once by one or more Player of the Patchwork!

Get your tickets from the CWRU Film Society here: https://films.cwru.edu/

(Music: "The Time Warp" Motor City Mix karaoke track)

#RockyHorror #RHPS #RockyHorrorPictureShow #Musical #ShadowCast #Theater #CWRU #CaseWesternReserveUniversity

A #MondayMotivation from one of our Dottore Who commedia dell'arte parodies to mark the season finale of "Doctor Who" over the weekend!

And sometimes costumes do reveal truths!

"Costume really helps you feel in character." --Ncuti Gatwa

#CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #CWRU #CaseWesternReserveUniversity #DoctorWho #DrWho #Parody

For some, this may be the most wonderous weekend of the year as the annual massive book sale hosted by our alma mater Case Western Reserve University returns - though albeit to a new location off campus toward downtown! Saturday through Tuesday browse thousands of used books and other material!

See more: https://www.acesite.org/book-sale-event

#Book #Books #BookSale #CWRU #CaseWesternReserveUniversity #CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater

Yesterday was Towel Day, celebrating the amazing humorous sci-fi works by Douglas Adams! From our own "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" parodies to anime fanservice farces and steamy steampunk shenanigans, towels have been a common, uh, COSTUME in our Patchwork Productions!

"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." --Douglas Adams

#MondayMotivation #TowelDay

#Improv #Improvisation #Theater #Parody #HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy #TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy #Anime #CWRU #CaseWesternReserveUniversity #AnimeCon

TODAY (April 25) we celebrate our troupe's 19th birthday so let's do a retrospective countdown!

Watch here: https://youtu.be/mStBdt0PAr4

#CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #Pennsic #PennsicWar #SCA #SocietyForCreativeAnachronism #MySCA #Parody #DoctorWho #Dalek #CWRU #Anime #Marcon #ClevelandConCoction #CleCon

Did you know #Caturday is a great day to catch William Shakespeare's "A Comedy of Errors" at our alma mater Case Western Reserve University?!

We went yesterday but you can still catch this play tonight and matinee tomorrow!

Though this play shares a lot of elements with commedia dell'arte it's actually inspired by the same Roman comedies that influenced commedia. But it's all that good farcical fun we love!

Get your tickets here: Theater.Case.Edu/Tickets

#Theater #CWRU #CaseWesternReserveUniversity #CaseWesternReserve #WilliamShakespeare #Shakespeare #CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation

Do you have your tickets? We're going TONIGHT!

Our alma mater Case Western Reserve University is staging William Shakespeare's "A Comedy of Errors" this weekend! Though this play shares a lot of elements with commedia dell'arte it's actually inspired by the same Roman comedies that influenced commedia. But it's all that good farcical fun we love!

Get your tickets here: Theater.Case.Edu/Tickets

#Theater #CWRU #CaseWesternReserveUniversity #CaseWesternReserve #WilliamShakespeare #Shakespeare

11 days until the troupe's 19th birthday so we're retrospectively counting down continuing with Year 9 when we prepared for trouble and made it double with our Defenders of Neo-Nippon 3 Team Henshin-H anime parody "QB's Used Wish Emporium" at at our alma mater Case Western Reserve University's Anime Marathon!

#Improv #Improvisation #Theater #Parody #Anime #SailorMoon #MagicalGirl #Pokemon #TeamRocket #Madoka #CWRU #CaseWsternReserveUniversity #AnimeCon

Our alma mater Case Western Reserve University is staging William Shakespeare's "A Comedy of Errors" this and next weekend! Though this play shares a lot of elements with commedia dell'arte it's actually inspired by the same Roman comedies that influenced commedia. But it's all good farcical fun and our troupe will be going to laugh next week!

Get tickets here: Theater.Case.Edu/Tickets

#Theater #CWRU #CaseWesternReserveUniversity #CaseWesternReserve #WilliamShakespeare #Shakespeare

16 days until the troupe's 19th birthday so we're retrospectively counting down continuing with Year 4 when the troupe got really active including modernized commedia dell'rte parodies of both "Doctor Who" and our first musical "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"!

And this year we're working another musical RHPS parody in traditional historic fantasy commedia pastorale style!

#CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #CWRU #CaseWesternReserveUniversity #CaseWesternReserve #RHPS #RockyHorror #RockyHorrorPictureShow #RockyHorrorShow #Musical #Dalek #DoctorWho

17 days until the troupe's 19th birthday so we're retrospectively counting down continuing with Year 3 when we expanded from our traditional commedia dell'arte roots to study a different culture's historic improvised theatre in our first "Mad Words: the Art of Kyōgen" at Case Western Reserve University's Anime Marathon!

#Kyōgen #Kyogen #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #CWRU #CaseWesternReserveUniversity #CaseWesternReserve #AnimeCon #AnimeConvention

18 days until the troupe's 19th birthday so we're retrospectively counting down continuing with Year 2 when we adapted "The Horoscope" as our first traditional commedia dell'arte full three-act play which we'd later encore several times as one of our faves!

#CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #CWRU #CaseWesternReserveUniversity #CaseWesternReserve

Yesterday (April 6) was National Library Day to remind us of the vital role these institutions play in our society! Much of what we've learned about commedia dell'arte and countless other topics as well as joyful reading for fun has been made possible do to robust community libraries!

If you love libraries as much as we do, perhaps take a moment today to remind your elected officials how important they are to all of us.

"A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert." --Andrew Carnegie

#MondayMotivation

#CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #CWRU #CaseWesternReserveUniversity #CaseWesternReserve #Library #Libraries #Reading

In 19 days we celebrate the troupe's 19th birthday! So we're counting down our 19 years, starting with Year 1 and our first performance under the banner of The Confused Greenies, a short modernized commedia dell'arte farce for the combined Carnevale & Mardi Gras celebration at Case Western Reserve University !

#CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #CWRU #CaseWesternReserveUniversity #CaseWesternReserve #Carnevale #Carnival

It's April 3 so Happy Fish Fingers and Custard Day! Is it silly? Of course! But so is "Doctor Who", a fandom that has inspired much in our troupe with Sci-Fi parodies set in the Patchwork Multiverse of Space & Time! So today and everyday for the fun let's keep running! Lots and lots of running!

#DoctorWho #DrWho #Parody #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #CWRU