Born
of Chicago’s legendary comedy tradition, Austin’s busiest
sketch comedy troupe is available for booking!
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
Gag Reflex’s technical requirements are minimal. The shows are
designed for ease of travel and adaptability to a wide variety of potential
venues. Basically, any area that’s electrically-wired, can hold
up to six performers and has lights that turn on and off can be transformed
into a stage by Gag Reflex.
Other technical requirements are as follows:
• 6 Chairs. Folding
or not, chairs are lined along the back of the performance area and
placed by performers as needed.
• Sound System.
Between sketches, Gag Reflex plays transitional pieces of music and
incidental themes and voice-overs as required. These sound cues are
stored on CD and we can bring the equipment to run it. A CD player can
easily be patched into most sound systems. If your venue does not have
a sound system, one can be provided by Gag Reflex.
• Microphones. Gag
Reflex can bring their own microphones, stands and cables to performances,
if your venue calls for amplification and does not provide them.
• Lighting. Ideally,
Gag Reflex performs sketches in “black-out” form. It will
help if we can turn lights in the performance area on and off.
• Cheese Tray. We’re
just kidding about the cheese tray. Of course, we won’t decline
it if offered. Hey -- free cheese.
SET-UP TIME
Because of the wide variety of venues in which Gag Reflex performs,
we have seldom run into problems converting non-theatrical areas into
makeshift stages. But there’s a first time for everything, so
... preferably, we will be able to walk through your venue a few weeks
in advance of the performance date and make note of any special adaptations
we will need to make. We will need access to the performance area at
least one hour in advance of scheduled performing time; longer if special
set-up is required (installation of portable sound system, etc.)
PERSONNEL
Gag Reflex has seven permanent members who rotate in and out of traveling
shows. The actual number of performers will vary from time to time.
We bring our own technical personnel, consisting of one person to run
sound and lights. This technician is paid by Gag Reflex and provided
at no additional charge to you. However, if the layout of the performance
venue is such that the lighting and sound equipment are located in different
areas and cannot be run by one person, we will provide an extra technician
for a small, additional fee. Because of the changing nature of our performances,
we require our own technicians with knowledge of our requirements and
familiarity with our routines.
CONTENT
Because of the sheer amount of material our Chicago ensemble has written
and performed since its inception and the growing amount of new material
from Gag Reflex Austin, we are able to put together a performance of
virtually any length for virtually any type of audience.
Intellectual crowd? We can be pithy. We are full of pith.
Boisterous? We can do that, too. Pithless is no problem.
Adults? Children? In-between? Gotcha’ covered.
All music? Give us a while on that one. We’ve got a few funny
tunes under our collective belt and we’re writing more all the
time.
Let us know who your audience is and we will tailor our performance
to them. If you are a social club, corporation or service organization,
we can customize some of our material to your organization and even
write new material especially for your group.
FEE
Our standard performance rate for private/corporate functions is $400
per hour. Extra technician rate (if needed) is $12.50 per hour, assessed
only during actual performance time. Our rate for clubs is negotiable.
Special financial arrangements, including door splits, are possible
for storefront/community theaters wishing to produce us on dark weekends.
All public bookings must include a space for Gag Reflex to set up a
merchandise table.
NOW WHAT?
E-mail us or call us at 512-731-3945
to schedule a performance or to discuss your event and requirements.
We have promotional materials you can look at. And if you don’t
like us, you can use the backs of the promo stuff as scratch paper.
Go on, call. Operators are standing by, and we told them they can sit
down if the phone rings.
