Face Off Unlimited
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Face Off Unlimited is an improvisational comedy production company based in New York City
. The company originated in 2003 as Friday Night Face Off, a weekly improvised comedy show in Port Jefferson, New York
featuring two teams of comedic improvisers engaged in a mock competition in the style of TheatreSports
. Friday Night Face Off (often abbreviated as FNFO) has since become one of the longest continuously running improv comedy shows in New York. In 2009, the founders of Friday Night Face Off formed Face Off Unlimited, A Limited Liability Company
, which produces various comedy stage shows as well as offering classes and workshops that utilize techniques of improvisation and creative ensemble.
In 2010 Face Off Unlimited opened Face Off university at The Secret Theatre in Long Island city, New York. Offering classes on improvisation and their unique Face Off approach to the art form, Face Off has quickly become a staple in the improv education industry.
In January 2011, Face Off debuted their live Japanese game-show comedy in New York City's East Village called BATSU! Translated from the Japanese word for "penalty game", BATSU! has been hailed by critics as "one of the best things to do in NYC" and was made a Time Out New York 2011 Critics' Pick and a 2011 Village Voice, Voice Choice.
Face Off Unlimited co-produced the 2011 Queens Fringe Festival in partnership with the Long Island city Arts Open, featuring the All Day Improv Festival. The All Day Improv Festival featured UCB Theatre house team Standard oil, iMusical: The reunion Show!, and International Stinger, a comedy team from Chicago founded at the Playground Theatre.
New York City
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. The company originated in 2003 as Friday Night Face Off, a weekly improvised comedy show in Port Jefferson, New York
Port Jefferson, New York
The Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson is located in the town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the 2000 United States Census, the village population was 7,837...
featuring two teams of comedic improvisers engaged in a mock competition in the style of TheatreSports
Theatresports
Theatresports is a form of improvisational theatre, which uses the format of a competition for dramatic effect. Opposing teams can perform scenes based on audience suggestions, with ratings by the audience or by a panel of judges...
. Friday Night Face Off (often abbreviated as FNFO) has since become one of the longest continuously running improv comedy shows in New York. In 2009, the founders of Friday Night Face Off formed Face Off Unlimited, A Limited Liability Company
Limited liability company
A limited liability company is a flexible form of enterprise that blends elements of partnership and corporate structures. It is a legal form of company that provides limited liability to its owners in the vast majority of United States jurisdictions...
, which produces various comedy stage shows as well as offering classes and workshops that utilize techniques of improvisation and creative ensemble.
In 2010 Face Off Unlimited opened Face Off university at The Secret Theatre in Long Island city, New York. Offering classes on improvisation and their unique Face Off approach to the art form, Face Off has quickly become a staple in the improv education industry.
In January 2011, Face Off debuted their live Japanese game-show comedy in New York City's East Village called BATSU! Translated from the Japanese word for "penalty game", BATSU! has been hailed by critics as "one of the best things to do in NYC" and was made a Time Out New York 2011 Critics' Pick and a 2011 Village Voice, Voice Choice.
Face Off Unlimited co-produced the 2011 Queens Fringe Festival in partnership with the Long Island city Arts Open, featuring the All Day Improv Festival. The All Day Improv Festival featured UCB Theatre house team Standard oil, iMusical: The reunion Show!, and International Stinger, a comedy team from Chicago founded at the Playground Theatre.