A theatre-artist’s day-job can be…well, it can be soul-sucking.
But, if you look at it right, it can instead be a source of material for your creative projects.
At his day-job in a certain New York City comic-book landmark, Matt Cox found the inspiration for Kapow-i GoGo, the most epic fun you can have in a manga-and-video-game-inspired episodic comedy series, now running over several weeks at The PIT.
Listen in as Matt, as the show’s creator and writer (and portrayer of Mr. Snuggles), discusses how he came up with his blue-haired heroine, playing in your own piece, costuming on a budget, and working on a deadline.
“…sometimes I find I make funnier things up in the moment than I did when I was staring at my computer for ten hours…”
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The Peoples Improv Theater presents
Kapow-i GoGo
an epic episodic comedy
written by Matt Cox
directed by Kristin McCarthy Parker and Joel Soren
Kapow-i GoGo Part 1: Kapow-i GoGo Gooo!!! plays February 16th, 17th, 19th and 20th (with Episode 1 at 7pm, Episode 2 at 8pm and Episode 3 at 9pm on a split bill w/ some other stuff) and in it’s entirety 2/21 at 11pm.
Kapow-i GoGo Part 2: Kapow-i GoGo Z plays February 23rd, 24th and 27th (with Episode 4 at 7pm, Episode 5 at 8pm and Episode 6 at 9pm on a split bill ) and in it’s entirety 2/28 at 11pm.
Kapow-i GoGo Part 3: Kapow-i GoGo Returns Fri 3/6 11pm – 12:30am (RETURNS), Mon 3/9 7pm-8pm, 9:30-11pm (Ep.IX, RETURNS), Tues 3/10 9:30-11pm
The PIT
123 E. 24th Street
Manhattan
tickets: $10/episode, or $20/part, or $50 for all three parts, available via thepit-nyc.com
photos by Anya Gibian
photos by Crystal Arnette