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  1. We've submitted panels for Zipcon 2026, the one day anime convention at the University of Akron on Saturday, February 28!

    If approved, we will offer another demonstration of short plays inspired by kyōgen, (Japan's comedic medieval theatre) as well as improv games and possibly even a parody skit! Follow us for updates.

    Also if you're in the Akron area, Zipcon can really use some more volunteers!

    #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #Zipcon #AnimeCon #UniversityOfAkron #Kyogen #ImprovGames #Anime #Parody

  2. 17 days until the troupe's 19th birthday so we're retrospectively counting down continuing with Year 3 when we expanded from our traditional commedia dell'arte roots to study a different culture's historic improvised theatre in our first "Mad Words: the Art of Kyōgen" at Case Western Reserve University's Anime Marathon!

    #Kyōgen #Kyogen #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #CWRU #CaseWesternReserveUniversity #CaseWesternReserve #AnimeCon #AnimeConvention

  3. One month ago for Zipcon at the University of Akron, we demonstrated more plays inspired by the semi-improvisational early age of classic Japanese theatrical comedy kyōgen! Now you can watch our "Mad Words" on YouTube or Facebook!

    Find the link here: linktr.ee/PlayersPatchwork

    #Kyōgen #Kyogen #Theater #Improv #Improvisation #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #Zipcon

  4. Last month we returned to Zipcon at the University of Akron to demo plays inspired by the early improv period of kyōgen, historic Japanese comedic theatre!

    We finished our master + foolish servant series of "Mad Words" with the full act 武悪 ("Buaku the Living Ghost")!

    #Kyōgen #Kyogen #Theater #Improv #Improvisation #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #Zipcon

  5. Last month we returned to Zipcon at the University of Akron to demo plays inspired by the early improv period of kyōgen, historic Japanese comedic theatre!

    We continued our master + foolish servant series of "Mad Words" with our recent fave 空腕 ("Sora Ude" aka "The Brave Coward")!

    #Kyōgen #Kyogen #Theater #Improv #Improvisation #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #Zipcon

  6. A few weeks ago we returned to Zipcon at the University of Akron to demo plays inspired by the early improv period of kyōgen, historic Japanese comedic theatre!

    We continued our master + foolish servant series of "Mad Words" with the favorite and often staged 寶の笠 ("Takara no Kasa" aka "The Magic Straw Hat")!

    #Kyōgen #Kyogen #Theater #Improv #Improvisation #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #Zipcon

  7. A few weeks ago we returned to Zipcon at the University of Akron to demo plays inspired by the early improv period of kyōgen, historic Japanese comedic theatre!

    We started our master + foolish servant series of "Mad Words" with the favorite and often staged 附子 ("Busu" aka "A Tasty Poison")!

    #Kyōgen #Kyogen #Theater #Improv #Improvisation #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #Zipcon

  8. One week ago TODAY we returned to Zipcon at the University of Akron for our first performance of 2025, a demonstration of more plays inspired by the early improv period of kyōgen, historic Japanese comedic theatre!

    Check back soon for more coverage of our "Mad Words"!

    #Kyōgen #Kyogen #Theater #Improv #Improvisation #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #Zipcon

  9. TODAY (Saturday, February 15) we return to Zipcon at the University of Akron to demonstrate more plays inspired by the early improv period of kyōgen, historic Japanese comedic theatre! 4:30pm in Panel 2 (room 310).

    #Kyōgen #Kyogen #Theater #Improv #Improvisation #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #Zipcon

  10. TODAY (Saturday, February 15) we return to Zipcon at the University of Akron to demonstrate more plays inspired by the early improv period of kyōgen, historic Japanese comedic theatre! 4:30pm in Panel 2 (room 310).

    #Kyōgen #Kyogen #Theater #Improv #Improvisation #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #Zipcon

  11. The kitties of the Patchwork Palace wish you a must fun #Caturday today as the troupe returns to the University of Akron to performance historic Japanese comedic theatre and play some improv games at Zipcon!

    #Kyōgen #Kyogen #Theater #Improv #Improvisation #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #Zipcon #ImprovGames #Cat #Kitty #Cats #Kitties

  12. TOMORROW (Saturday, February 15) we return to Zipcon at the University of Akron to demonstrate more plays inspired by the early improv period of kyōgen, historic Japanese comedic theatre!

    #Kyōgen #Kyogen #Theater #Improv #Improvisation #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #Zipcon

  13. We return to Zipcon at the University of Akron this Saturday, February 15 to demonstrate more plays inspired by the early improv period of kyōgen, historic Japanese comedic theatre!

    #Kyōgen #Kyogen #Theater #Improv #Improvisation #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #Zipcon

  14. Don Kenny, a translator and performer of a traditional form of Japanese comedic theater called kyogen, died at 88. He leaves behind a wealth of English-language knowledge on the art form. japantimes.co.jp/community/202 #community #ourlives #kyogen #obituary #donkenny #theater #noh

  15. Noh and Kyogen Masks Tradition and Modernity in the Art of Kitazawa Hideta by Jannette Cheong and Richard Emmert, 2024

    @bookstodon
    #books
    #nonfiction
    #Japan
    #Noh
    #Kyogen
    #theatre
    #masks

  16. Happy National Mushroom Day! The "Fungus Amongus" appears in many of our short farces inspired by the classic Japanese kyōgen "Kusabira" and also adapted into parodies of steampunk, "Doctor Who", "DragonBall Z", and most recently "Avatar: the Last Airbender" at CabbageCon II this past spring!

    #kyogen #kyōgen #improv #improvisation #theater #CabbageCon #Avatar #AtlA

  17. Last month we returned to the COWA Anime Club's Woo-Con at the College of Wooster to demonstrate "Mad Words", our semi-improv adaptations of more traditional foolish-servant kyōgen ending with the classic "Bō Shibari" (aka "Tied to a Pole")!

    #kyogen #improv #improvisation #theater #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #WooCon #CollegeOfWooster

  18. Last month we returned to the COWA Anime Club's Woo-Con at the College of Wooster to demonstrate "Mad Words", our semi-improv adaptations of more traditional foolish-servant kyōgen including an original piece "Shokuyoku no Setsumei" (aka "An Alibi for an Appetite")!

    #kyogen #improv #improvisation #theater #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #WooCon #CollegeOfWooster

  19. Last month we returned to the COWA Anime Club's Woo-Con at the College of Wooster to demonstrate "Mad Words", our semi-improv adaptations of more traditional foolish-servant kyōgen including "Fumi Ninai" (aka "Two to Carry a Letter")!

    #kyogen #improv #improvisation #theater #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #WooCon #CollegeOfWooster

  20. Last month we returned to the COWA Anime Club's Woo-Con at the College of Wooster to demonstrate "Mad Words", our semi-improv adaptations of more traditional foolish-servant kyōgen including "Sora Ude" (aka "The Brave Coward")!

    #kyogen #improv #improvisation #theater #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #WooCon #CollegeOfWooster

  21. Earlier this month we returned to the COWA Anime Club's Woo-Con at the College of Wooster to demonstrate "Mad Words", our semi-improv adaptations of more traditional foolish-servant kyōgen including the favorite "Busu" (aka "A Tasty Poison")!

    #kyogen #improv #improvisation #theater #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #WooCon #CollegeOfWooster

  22. Earlier this month we performed at CabbageCon for the first time a series of our "Mad Words" as if theatre set in the culture of the world of "Avatar: the Last Airbender" ending with "The Fungus Among Us" based on our favorite kyōgen "Kusabira"!

    #kyogen #kyōgen #improv #improvisation #theater #CabbageCon #Avatar #AtlA

  23. April 28 is Clean Comedy Day! While much of our traditional commedia dell'arte is full of bawdy characters and risqué plots, earlier this month at CabbageCon and Woo-Con we staged some Japanese kyōgen inspired skits, much more sedate humor accessible to everyone of all ages!

    #kyogen #improv #improvisation #theater #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #WooCon #CollegeOfWooster

  24. Earlier this month we performed at CabbageCon for the first time a series of our "Mad Words" as if theatre set in the culture of the world of "Avatar: the Last Airbender" including "The Metal Eater" based on the kyōgen "Jishaku"!

    #kyogen #kyōgen #improv #improvisation #theater #CabbageCon #Avatar #AtlA

  25. Earlier this month we performed at CabbageCon for the first time a series of our "Mad Words" as if theatre set in the culture of the world of "Avatar: the Last Airbender" including "Fashionable Banditry" based on the kyōgen "Kintō Zaemon"!

    #kyogen #kyōgen #improv #improvisation #theater #CabbageCon #Avatar #AtlA

  26. Earlier this month we performed at CabbageCon for the first time a series of our "Mad Words" as if theatre set in the culture of the world of "Avatar: the Last Airbender" including "The Brave Coward" based on the kyōgen "Sora Ude"!

    #kyogen #kyōgen #improv #improvisation #theater #CabbageCon #Avatar #AtlA

  27. TONIGHT at 7:00pm, we return to the COWA Anime Club's Woo-Con at the College of Wooster to stage our improv adaptations of several foolish servant kyōgen, the traditional historic comedic theatre of Japan! Followed by improv games!

    #kyogen #improv #improvisation #theater #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #WooCon #CollegeOfWooster

  28. TONIGHT (Saturday, April 20) at 7:00pm, we return to the COWA Anime Club's Woo-Con at the College of Wooster to stage our improv adaptations of several foolish servant kyōgen, the traditional historic comedic theatre of Japan! Followed by improv games!

    #kyogen #improv #improvisation #theater #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #WooCon #CollegeOfWooster

  29. #FlashBackFriday we couldn't perform in-person for WooCon 2020 we opted to demonstrate "Hone Kawa" over Zoom! #FBF

    Last weekend for CabbageCon we performed an adaption of this "Mixed-Up Acolyte" and tomorrow we return to the College of Wooster anime convention to encore more kyōgen!

    #kyogen #improv #improvisation #theater #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #WooCon #CollegeOfWooster

  30. #FlashBackFriday to WooCon 2019 when we staged several short anime plays including "The Tasty Trial of Team Sprocket", a Pokémon parody adapted from the kyōgen "Busu"! #FBF

    Tomorrow we return to this College of Wooster anime convention to encore several foolish servant plays including this "Tasty Poison"!

    #kyogen #improv #improvisation #theater #Pokemon #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #WooCon #CollegeOfWooster

  31. TOMORROW (Saturday, April 20), we return to the COWA Anime Club's Woo-Con at the College of Wooster to stage our improv adaptations of several foolish servant kyōgen, the traditional historic comedic theatre of Japan!

    #kyogen #improv #improvisation #theater #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #WooCon #CollegeOfWooster

  32. We return to the COWA Anime Club's Woo-Con at the College of Wooster this Saturday, April 20 to stage our improv adaptations of several foolish servant kyōgen, the traditional historic comedic theatre of Japan!

    #kyogen #improv #improvisation #theater #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #WooCon #CollegeOfWooster

  33. #ThrowBackThursday 4 years ago today we couldn't perform in-person for WooCon so we taught kyōgen over Zoom with a demonstration of "Busu"! #TBT

    This Saturday, April 20 we return to this College of Wooster anime convention to encore several foolish servant plays including this "Tasty Poison"!

    #kyogen #improv #improvisation #theater #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #WooCon #CollegeOfWooster

  34. We return to the COWA Anime Club's Woo-Con at the College of Wooster this Saturday, April 20 to stage our improv adaptations of several foolish servant kyōgen, the traditional historic comedic theatre of Japan!

    #kyogen #improv #improvisation #theater #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #WooCon #CollegeOfWooster

  35. We performed at CabbageCon for the first time this past weekend a series of our "Mad Words" as if theatre set in the culture of the world of "Avatar: the Last Airbender" including "The Mixed-Up Acolyte" based on the kyōgen "Hone Kawa"!

    #kyogen #kyōgen #improv #improvisation #theater #CabbageCon #Avatar #AtlA

  36. Because April 16 is the Day of the Mushroom, we're going to start our CabbageCon coverage out of order as we ended our "Mad Words" this past weekend with a thematic adaptation of the kyōgen "Kusabira" as if a theatrical skit from the cultures of "Avatar: the Last Airbender"!

    nationaltoday.com/day-of-the-m

    #kyogen #kyōgen #improv #improvisation #theater #CabbageCon #Avatar #AtlA

  37. We return to the COWA Anime Club's Woo-Con at the College of Wooster this Saturday, April 20 to stage our improv adaptations of several foolish servant kyōgen, the traditional historic comedic theatre of Japan!

    #kyogen #improv #improvisation #theater #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #WooCon #CollegeOfWooster

  38. We had a wonderful time at our first CabbageCon: An Avatar Fan Convention this past weekend including staging our "Mad Words" kyōgen as if theatre set in the culture of the world of "Avatar: the Last Airbender" as well as improv panels!

    We really hope we can return to a future CabbageCon - we already have ideas!

    Check back for more of our coverage of the con!

    #kyogen #kyōgen #improv #improvisation #theater #CabbageCon #Avatar #AtlA

  39. Having brought some kyōgen with a twist to CabbageCon last weekend, we return to the COWA Anime Club's Woo-Con at the College of Wooster this Saturday, April 20 to stage more traditional historic Japanese comedic theatre!

    #kyogen #improv #improvisation #theater #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #WooCon #CollegeOfWooster

  40. As we wrap up our first CabbageCon this weekend and look toward Woo-Con next weekend, we must mark today for April 14 is the International Moment of Laughter reminding us why we do this, for the joy, merriment, and amusement!

    "Fortune will always come into a house with laughter." --Japanese Proverb

    nationaltoday.com/internationa

    #Laughter #Laugh #Laughing #MomentOfLaughter

    #kyogen #improv #improvisation #theater #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #WooCon #CollegeOfWooster

  41. Having brought some kyōgen with a twist to CabbageCon this weekend, we plan to stage more traditional historic Japanese comedy next Saturday, April 20 at the College of Wooster's Woo-Con!

    #kyogen #improv #improvisation #theater #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #WooCon #CollegeOfWooster

  42. Celebrate today's International Moment of Laughter with a minute of laughs from our commedia dell'arte, kyōgen, and parody patchwork productions!

    #CommediaDellArte #commedia #kyogen #kyōgen #improv #improvisation #theater #Pennsic #MySCA #SCA #ZipCon #WooCon #Marcon

  43. We have successfully introduced CabbageCon to Fire Nations performing arts *other* than the Ember Island Players as we adapted our "Mad Words" kyōgen as if theatre set in the culture of the world of "Avatar: the Last Airbender"!

    More improv games tomorrow (Sunday) at 10:00am!

    #kyogen #kyōgen #improv #improvisation #theater #CabbageCon #Avatar #AtlA

  44. Farce. Improv. Laughter. Slapstick. The four elements were in harmony... until The Confused Greenies came to CabbageCon to adapt our "Mad Words" kyōgen as if theatre set in the culture of the world of "Avatar: the Last Airbender"! TODAY at 10:00am!

    #kyogen #kyōgen #improv #improvisation #theater #CabbageCon #Avatar #AtlA

  45. Farce. Improv. Laughter. Slapstick. The four elements were in harmony... until The Confused Greenies came to CabbageCon to adapt our "Mad Words" kyōgen as if theatre set in the culture of the world of "Avatar: the Last Airbender"! TODAY at 10:00am!

    #kyogen #kyōgen #improv #improvisation #theater #CabbageCon #Avatar #AtlA

  46. Just finishing our first improv game show ever at CabbageCon - but wait, there's more! TOMORROW (Saturday) at 10:00am we adapt our "Mad Words" kyōgen as if theatre set in the culture of the world of "Avatar: the Last Airbender"! And then more improv on Sunday!

    #kyogen #kyōgen #improv #improvisation #theater #CabbageCon #Avatar #AtlA

  47. This time tomorrow (Saturday) at CabbageCon, we're adapting our "Mad Words" kyōgen as if theatre set in the culture of the world of "Avatar: the Last Airbender"! But first tonight at 7:00pm we have improv games!

    #kyogen #kyōgen #improv #improvisation #theater #CabbageCon #Avatar #AtlA

  48. #ThrowBackThursday to "Mad Words" at a virtual Woo-Con spring 2021 when we debuted our adaptation of the kyōgen "Sora Ude"! #TBT

    This "Brave Coward" will encore in-person at CabbageCon on Saturday and Woo-Con next week!

    #kyogen #kyōgen #improv #improvisation #theater #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #WooCon #CollegeOfWooster

  49. CabbageCon starts tonight and this Saturday, April 13 we're adapting our "Mad Words" kyōgen as if theatre set in the culture of the world of "Avatar: the Last Airbender"!

    See more about the con: cabbagecon.com/

    #kyogen #kyōgen #improv #improvisation #theater #CabbageCon #Avatar #AtlA

  50. #ThrowBackThursday to "Mad Words" for our one and only appearance at Tekko in Spring 2010 including the kyōgen "Hone Kawa"! #TBT

    Adapted to the world of "Avatar: the Last Aribender", "The Mixed-Up Acolyte" will return at CabbageCon in two days!

    #kyogen #kyōgen #improv #improvisation #theater #AnimeConvention #AnimeCon #Tekko #Tekkoshokon