Queen's Players
The Queen's Players is a sketch comedy/improvisation/rock and roll troupe that performs at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. It produces three productions every year: one in the fall, one in the winter, and one show in the summer. The shows are cast by and with Queen's University students each term.
Seasonal shows[edit]
The shows produced in the winter and fall semesters consist of a cast of 10 or 12 students and has a continuous plot, usually concerning popular TV or movie characters. The summer show is a sketch comedy show, with a smaller cast ranging from seven to nine performers, written by the actors themselves. Both formats of the show alternate each scene with a rousing rock, rap, or pop song sung by one of the players and performed by the show's live band.
History[edit]
The Queen's Players was first called the Queen's Drama Guild, established in 1900. Prominent members of the Guild included Lorne Greene and Robertson Davies. In the 1980s the troupe adopted its current format. The shows draw characters from popular culture. Each show is given a witty, often bawdy title that reflects some of the key characters in the show, and often includes low-brow, ultra-sexual humour.
Other noteworthy alumni of the QP include Laura Bertram, Ashleigh Banfield, Elena Juatco and the Arrogant Worms.[citation needed]
Recent productions[edit]
- Gump, Rice, Three Times a Lady Di (Winter 2005)
- I'm Sorry Blanket Jackson, I am for Rita McNeill (Spring 2005)
- The Passion of the Ice: Cruisified (Fall 2005)
- Celebrity Jeopardy (Winter 2006)
- The Chronicles of Sharon, Lois and Batman (Spring 2006)
- As The Wayne's World Turns (Fall 2006)
- McBeal or No Deal (Winter 2007)
- Sesame Street Fighter (Spring 2007)
- An Inconvenient Truth About Clark and Dog (Fall 2007)
- Dial Whoopi For Murder (Winter 2008)
- Jesus Christ Super Star Wars (Spring 2008)
- A Shot at McLovin' With Tila Tequila (Fall 2008)
- Friday: The 13th Nightmare Before Christmas (Winter 2009)
- Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Night Live (Spring 2009)
- Miley... Why So Cyrus? (Fall 2009)
- Bill Nye-lence of the Lamb Chop (Winter 2010)
- Brocean's Eleven (Spring 2010)
- 2012: The Oprah-calypse (Fall 2010)
- One Night In Perez (Winter 2011)
- Enter Pacman (Summer 2011)
- Never Say Neverland Ranch (Fall 2011)
- 'Til Death Star Do Us Part (Winter 2012)
- HBOMG (Summer 2012)
- 00-Bama: Quantum of SOLUS (Fall 2012)
- The Wood, The Chad, And The Fugly (Winter 2013)
- Criss Angels and Demons (Summer 2013)
- Call of Judy: Modern Daycare (Fall 2013)
- Willy Wonka and the Methly-Hallows (Winter 2014)
- Carpe Dora: iSeas the Day (Fall 2014)
- LandLorde of the Rings: The Princess Towers (Winter 2015)
- Lil' Bo Pimp My Rhyme (Summer 2015)
- The Big Bad Wolf of Deck the Hall Street (Fall 2015)
- The Incredible Sound of Wet Hot America (Winter 2016)
- Crack To The Future: The Wolfe Island Fieri (Summer 2016)
- Orange Is The New Outback (Fall 2016)
- Scooby Doo! Wherefore Art Thou? (Winter 2017)
- Networks and Chill: Vimeo Killed The Radio Star (Summer 2017)
- Superbad High and the Unbreakable New Groove (Fall 2017)
- Pageants of the Caribbean: Curse of the Yellow Brick Road (Winter 2018)
- Poonanji: Welcome to the GameStop (Summer 2018)
- Beachelor in Paradise: Lost on the Long iLand Shore (Fall 2018)
- Mars One Hundred and Four Days of Summer Neighcation (Winter 2019)
- Something's Offscars: I'd Like to Spank the Academy (Summer 2019)
- Heaven and Ellen: Live From New York It's One Less Lonely Gorl (Fall 2019)
- The Tonight Showhemian Rhapsody: An EVEin' Wif The Big Fab Woolf (Winter 2020) (ZOOM Show)
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