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The CAST & CREW of our new production “When Venice Sinks”! Including two people via Zoom – aren’t we living in strange times? We are excited to get started and already had the first read-through of this amazing original play. Stay tuned for updates of our rehearsals and performance dates! We can’t wait!

Here we are, in a new semester, trying our best to hold art against the madness of the world. So we’re starting right away with a fabulous casting call! We are CASTING for our new playWHEN VENICE SINKSwritten and to be directed by the amazing Lea Belšak! It is a play about love, about aContinue reading “We are Casting!”

Interested in getting to know a surprise script by reading it together? Then join one (or both!) of our Script-Tease dates this January:January 12th, 5pm & January 19th, 5pmDuration: As long as our script takes…:) Anyone is welcome – no prior experience is required. Simply sign up via our Magical Sign-Up Form and attend. Due to theContinue reading “Script Tease is back!”

Looking to improve your story-telling skills? Always wanted to be able to spit out a poem on stage? Never done improv before and looking to dip a toe into new theatrical waters? Then join our January Pennyless Players Improv Workshops. Who: All are welcome! What & When:Story-Telling Workshop with Cecilia: Sat, January 8th, 4-5:30pm;Rhythm andContinue reading “IMPROV WORKSHOPS”

from the Pennyless Players who enjoyed performing for you this year in “Right!”, CCTA plays, and various wonderful improv shows on- and offline!See you ON STAGE again soon! ❤

The Show Peeps say a fond farewell to the Pennyless Players improv family: Show Peeps first formed at a Pennyless Players Improv Workshop in 2018. The generous ongoing support of the more experienced Pennies then enabled them to go on stage for the first time. In the meantime the Peeps fell in love and grewContinue reading “SHOW PEEPS – off to a new beginning!”

On November 24th 2021, we had the pleasure to perform two CCTA plays for “Tinted Tales” – an event by Tint Journal. We chose “So, This is the Last Apple Pie” by Haeweon Yi and “FU-CAWWFF!” by Faezeh Jalali. Due to a lockdown we took the plays online and adapted them to fit a ZoomContinue reading “Time for Climate Change Theatre Action!”

In November we had an amazing workshop and round table discussion with the incredibly inspiring Shana Bestock. The workshop included improv exercises on storytelling – where we made up the best fairytales on climate issues ever – followed by a session on “Exploring Shakespeare” – a dynamic, physical introduction to the power and pleasure ofContinue reading “What else have we been up to?”

Thank you to the amazing, fun and creative audience of our show on October 13th @ Die Brücke! This was: “The Clueless Improv Show – A Teen Movie” Don’t you just love teen movies? Or, maybe, you are clueless? Join us for an impromptu high school drama, with all its heartache, struggle, intrigue, gossip and,Continue reading ““The Clueless Improv Show” by Show Peeps”

A big THANK YOU again to Sprachennetzwerk Graz for inviting us to perform our short play “Right!” at this year’s Tag der Sprachen on September 24th 2021 at Graz Museum. “Right!” is written by our very own Lena Schneider and tackles the all-important topic of human rights in a down-to earth, entertaining, but still educativeContinue reading ““Right!” at Tag der Sprachen 2021″