The Light Fingered Five

Improv at the Shoebox June 26, 2009

LF5 Webmistress — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:00:32 +0000

WHERE: The Shoebox Theatre, 2110 SE 10th Avenue, Portland WHEN: Friday, June 26th, 2009 at 10:00 pm. PRICE: $5 at the door. No reservations necessary. Fast-paced, funny, and cheap. The Light-Fingered Five offer another monthly evening of improv comedy games, continuing their recession proof pricing at just $5 a ticket. Just because we’re poor doesn’t mean we can’t [...]

The LF5 Think Inside the Box

LF5 Webmistress — Mon, 11 May 2009 00:54:16 +0000

The Shoebox, that is. On May 22nd the comedy improv group returns to its favorite local home, the intimate and cozy Shoebox Theatre, for an evening of improv comedy games. In light of the recession and rising unemployment, The Light-Fingered Five has also decided to return their ticket price to their pre-recession level of just [...]

The Light Fingered Five’s Inaugural Anti-Ball

LF5 Webmistress — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:04:49 +0000

The Light Fingered Five (LF5) will be celebrating the arrival of the Obama Administration with an evening of unscripted comedy. What’s funny about Democrats? Come find out! LF5 will make fun of anyone and everyone, especially themselves. This very special night of improv will follow Twilight Repertory Theatre’s production of Arms and the Man. Make it [...]

Arms and the Man

LF5 Webmistress — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:29:17 +0000

Our friends over at the Twilight Repertory Theatre Company (formerly known as New Group Theatre Company) just opened a new production of Arms and the Man this weekend. Arms and the Man was George Bernard Shaw’s first successful play. The events of this romantic comedy take place in 1885-6 during, and immediately after the Serbo-Bulgarian [...]

LF5 perform for voter registration drive–free show

john — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:37:16 +0000

This Friday, October 10th, the Light-Fingered Five will perform at 8:00 at the Campaign For Change office at 611 Main Stree in Oregon City. The show is free. The purpose of the evening is to get people involved in the political process. You can register to vote, volunteer for the Campaign for Change, even make [...]

Get your vote on with The Light Fingered Five!

LF5 Webmistress — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:37:05 +0000

On Friday, October 10th, the Light-Fingered Five will offer a night of improv comedy to register voters for the November election (the registration deadline is October 14th). Contributions can be made to Senator Obama’s Campaign for Change, but the event is free. So bring your unregistered friends or your unregistered self and sign up to [...]

Let’s get this started.

jj — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:28:05 +0000

Hello everybody! We have been talking about using this blog as an attempt to have a conversation on improv in the open for everyone to see. You can help us by leaving comments and giving us food for thought. Just as the unexamined life is not worth living, the unexamined Improv is not [...]

The 5th Anniversary Show is Tonight!

LF5 Webmistress — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:18:00 +0000

Dear Digit Devotees, Can you believe it’s been five years since the Light-Fingered Five started making comedy out of your ideas? We have played on sidewalks, opened elementary school plays, entertained country club Republicans, enacted the fall of Rome in front of thousands, been undefeated in improv cage matches. We’ve saved the world from tornadoes, earthquakes, and gigantic Spice Girls using such [...]

Fifth Anniversary Performance

john — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:48:40 +0000

On August 29th at 8:00 pm the Light-Fingered Five will celebrate their fifth anniversary together with a special show featuring favorite games of the past and the original players. We hope to see lots of old friends there, at the Shoebox Theatre on SE 10th Street between Lincoln and Grant. And let us know what [...]

Welcome to the LF5 blog!

LF5 Webmistress — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:03:38 +0000

The Light Fingered Five is online! We hope to post about everything from improv to local Portland theater and more. Hopefully there will be some video clips of the LF5 in action sometime soon!