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Victory Gardens Crip Slam presents:

NATURAL GAS

Featuring Michael Patrick Thornton

Improv Comedy by Natural Gas featuring Michael Patrick Thornton
January 29, 2012, 7:30pm
Richard Christiansen Theater

Michael Patrick Thornton and his improv group Natural Gas will rock the house on Sunday January 29th at 7:30 PM. Michael is the Artistic Director of The Gift Theater, a celebrated Chicago actor who plays Dr. Gabriel Fife, a recurring guest star on ABC's Private Practice.

Michael is the Artistic Director of The Gift Theater, and a celebrated Chicago actor who plays Dr. Gabriel Fife, a recurring guest star on ABC’s Private Practice. He and his buddies in Natural Gas have a standing improv set on Wednesdays at his home theater. But Michael is joining forces with Crip Slam for this night of comedy in part because, during his recovery from a spinal stroke in 2003, improv became “a tremendous healing agent” for him.

This is a “hands on” Crip Slam! Audience participation is encouraged: Natural Gas performs based on audience suggestions (so be ready to be creative); and prior to the performance, patrons are invited to email Mike Ervin (mervin@victorygardens.org) a regular day-in-the-life story from your own life. These literary gems will be tossed into the hat and, that night, Natural Gas will choose a story as the basis for an improv. And as if that is not enough…the two Michaels will engage in a freewheeling post play conversation…audience questions required.

Sign Language interpretation and Audio Description will be provided and the theater is totally accessible.