Unicorn Warpath

This has been an amazing year for Unicorn-kind. First, there was the Phoenix Improv Festival, then Camp Improv Utopia. The Torch Theatre has welcomed us as a troupe, and we have been actively helping build, run and promote our new stage at 4721 N. Central Ave in Central Phoenix.
BUT WAIT, there’s more!
We are about to head to our second festival, our FIRST out of state! The Duke City Improv Festival in Albuquerque, New Mexico is this weekend. We are performing on Saturday night, and the travelling begins on Thursday night! We will be posting from the road, and also check out our flickr group to keep up on the fun!

Sparkle on, dear unicorns!
Nina
Director of Interactive Sparkles

Unicorn Warpath joined forces with Apollo 12 to serve up a dysfunctional family dinner at Trunk Space.

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Our monthly Story Time show gets into the Halloween spirit. Are you ready for a frightful evening of longform improv?

This Wednesday, October 27, let us scare you silly (or, possibly, silly you scared) at the almost certainly haunted Trunk Space at 8 pm. There will be the usual comfy trappings of blankets and pillows, but you may need to huddle or hug them (or each other) for reassurance as Unicorn Warpath and Apollo 12 turn to the dark side. In the latter’s case, literally. We’ll be doing a scary Harold–or, as we like to call it, a Scare-old–and rumor has it Apollo 12 will turn off the lights and perform by flashlight. Not a bad deal for $5.

Come at your own risk of serious spookification.

To lure you in, there will be Halloween treats. And if your tastes run more toward good than evil, please come with grooming and small personal care items such as toiletries, toothbrushes, combs, and so on for Reverse Trick-or-Treating. These items will be collected on behalf of Lodestar for distribution to those in need.

The Trunk Space
1506 NW Grand Ave.
Phoenix, AZ

Unicorns had a fun show at Practical Art last Friday opening for The Torch Theatre’s Foundation. Our suggestions was Winston Churchill, and that inspired cigars, leadership, USO dances, and a ghost of a mother in the radio. It felt good to focus a little more on the Warpath side of things, rather than the Unicorn side.

In other news, Jeff recently wrote a sweet blog post for USS Rock N Roll detailing some learning moments we’ve had on stage. Annie Hoff and Levin O’Conner passed through Phoenix a bit a go, did a wonderful show and then held a workshop which many a Unicorn took.

Jeff and I are about to head to Austin for the Out of Bounds Festival, where he is performing in LOL Observatory with Jose Gonzalez and Rick Larsen. I will be taking a workshop with Craig Cackowski and seeing a ton of shows and taking in some breakfast tacos. The learning and growing continues!

We are joining up with Apollo 12 this Wednesday. Come check us out at the Trunk Space.

We got an extremely nice write-up in the Phoenix New Times Culture Blog for our performance in the Space 55 farewell show.

If Unicorn Warpath were a dog, I would have awarded them Best In Show for the evening. Maybe it was the hysterical line about how “tether ball was a Darwinian struggle”. Maybe it was the recurring gag of the despondent college student being smothered with love by his omnipresent mother. Or perhaps it was jock-hating Unicorn Tom Winker’s rant about the Apollo Moon landing: “they should have sent poets and artists who could look down on the earth and say something transcendent about the experience… instead they send those ego-maniacal test pilots”.

The full article is here:  The Torch Theatre Bids A Fond Farewell To Space55

“They should have miniature unicorns called Punycorns”

Here are some photos from our most recent show, following the Torch Theatre Level 1 Showcase.

Jackie tries to save the trip

It`s just like our honeymoon, only darker

Stuck in a mine shaft

Jeff`s in a bind

It`s hard to turn the pages with fake nail tips

Mother-daughter dynamic

All I really wanted was your blind adoration

Carrie & Violette throw down

This trip is ruined!

See what happens when you rely on Priceline?

This isn`t what I was expecting

Here are the instructions

Don`t end up like her!

Mom explains what to do

Check out that SkyMall catalogue!

Carrie & Tom

We invoke Grenada

Invocation!

We are very welcoming

Welcome!