Improvaganza 2009 was the 9th annual Improvaganza in Edmonton. It was the first year that the festival expanded from just the Varscona Theatre, to a second venue (B Scene Studios, a small basement studio which used to be just a block away on 104 street). This was also the first year of the festival’s iconic “Owl-berta” promotional image, an original design by Jeremy Fish.
Speaking of visual art, this festival also featured Meags Fitzgerald sitting on stage throughout the festival creating illustrations of the scenes as they happened.
Festival acts in 2009 included:
- 4Track (George Basil, Christian Capozzoli) | New York
- Andrew Iwanyk
- Bansai Twins (Yuri & Yann) | Japan/Belgium
- Crumbs (Lee White & Stephen Sim) | Winnipeg
- General Fools (Tatiana Maslany, Mike Fly, Michal Grajewski) | Regina
- Hawkmail (Gary Rideout Jr. & Pat Thornton) | Toronto
- The Improv Monologue Project
- La Gata (Beto Urrea) | Colombia
- National Theatre of the World (Naomi Snieckus, Matt Baram, Ron Pederson) | Toronto
- Pete and Pat (Pete Oldring & Pat Kelly) | Calgary
- Picnicface (Andrew Bush, Kyle Dooley, Cheryl Hann, Mark Little, Brian MacQuarrie, Evany Rosen, Scott Vrooman, Bill Wood) | Halifax
- That’s So Weird TV (Kayla Lorette, Alana Johnston, Joey Lucius, AJ Vaage) | YTV
- Upfront Theatre | Washington
- Vancouver Theatresports League | Vancouver
- Veritas Tassle and the Lie Detectors (Kayla Lorette, Kevin Gillese, Amy Shostak, Kory Mathewson)
- An all-star ensemble with: Mark Sutton, Marjorie Malpass, and Robyn Slade
- Music by Niko Herdieckerhoff aka Cellolitis
- Surprise musical guest Gift of Gab
