THE LIBERATORS
improv comedy - film - stage
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The Liberators


What do people think of The Liberators?...

"Improv troupe the Liberators do that whole improvisation thing, but, you know, well."  - Portland Mercury

"Portland's best improv troupe."  - Willammette Week

"...one of the wittiest improv groups you’ll ever share an evening with.  It doesn’t hurt that every one of them is really, really, ridiculously good looking."
                          -PDX Pipeline

"The Liberators are PDX's version of Second City.
So good."
- Mississippi Studios


"The Liberators, an irreverent, raucous long form improv group has gained quite a cult following .... The slightly absurd, often bawdy stream-of-consciousness comedy will leave you in tears from belly-aching laughter. Don't miss a chance to see this talented troupe."                
  - PDXLive


"... side-splittingly funny..." -Neighborhood Notes

 " They are much quicker than you at repartee — you will never win, and your date will think you’re an ass. "
- Portland Sentinel
 

"The Liberators give me hope for Portland! Funny, and daring, and not afraid to go dark if that's what it takes! Great intuition! Brilliant! Fun for certain members of the family!"
-Riley Michael Parker (Author and Filmmaker)

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The Liberators are influenced by:

The Kids in the Hall, Mr. Show, Monty Python, The Coen Brothers, Quentin

Tarantino, Wes Anderson, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, The BBC, your

mom, samurais 'n' ninjas, Kung Fu movies, Rogers and Hammerstein,

Kander and Ebb, Peaches and Herb, Upright Citizens Brigade, the

chupacabra,things that are funny, things that are smart, things that are

sexy, and unicorns.

As an improv group The Liberators have made up funny scenarios directly in front of audiences while on stage. And the audiences laughed. They have performed together,separately, and in various combinations at The Winningstad, Portland Center Stage, Mississippi Studios, The Woods, The Coho Theater, The Milagro Theater, The Brody Theater, The Roseland, The Someday Lounge, The Wonder Ballroom, The Aladdin, The Market Theater (Seattle), The Curious Comedy Theater, as well as in short films:

Tooth and Nail - Official Selection Festival Du Cannes - International grand prize winner of 48 Hour Film Project - in collaboration with Cinema Syndicate

 

 The Lethal Connection - The Liberators first solo entry into the 48 Hour Film Project

Time Bike - Written and directed by John Breen and starring The Liberators. Premiered at the Filmed by Bike Festival in 2007.

Overdrawn - 2009 48 Hour Film Festival entry with pals from Cinema Syndicate

 

 



SHELLEY MCLENDON (Road House:  The Play!, Bad Reputation Productions, Eastland Academy, Mortified, Live Wire!) 

JOHN BREEN ( Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Upright Citizens Brigade NYC, Untraceable, The Auteur, Wendy and Lucy, Film Geek)

NICHOLAS KESSLER (Icarus, Live Wire!, The Second City, Improv Olympic, Lee Strasberg Theatrical Institute NYC)

TONY MARCELLINO ( The Auteur, ComedySportz Portland, Your Other Left, Skin & Bones) 


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