Gamut Theatre Group presents, IMPROVAPALOOZA 2017: An Evening of Improvisational Comedy, featuring the area’s most loved improv theatre troupes. These ” April fools” will be performing appropriately on April Fools Weekend, Friday, March 31, 2017.
Come to see all of the Harrisburg area’s leading improv troupes in one location at one event! Improvapalooza 2017 will feature The Oxymorons, Harrisburg Improv Theatre (HIT), Gamut Theatre’s TMI Improv, and more!
“Harrisburg is very rich with groups dedicated to this new and emerging art from, and Gamut is proud to showcase not only our own TMI improv troupe, but also the talents of our hilarious friends and colleagues.” – Artistic Director Clark Nicholson.
IMPROVAPALOOZA 2017 will be held at the New Gamut Theatre located at 15 N. 4th Street in downtown Harrisburg. The box office and bar will open at 6:30 p.m. and the event will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets to the event are $15 and can be purchased in advance at www.GamutTheatre.org or by calling the Box Office at 717-238-4111.
Harrisburg University of Sciences and Technology students represents themselves as young scholarly professionals out on the court to simply have fun.
Written by, Kyle S. Wasilkowski (Sports & Fitness Coordinator)
Getting together with a bunch of friends for some dodgeball can be a great time to break away from your normal 9-5. However, when your local university doesn’t have any athletic activities for you and your friends to do, where do you look?
One group of players decided to turn to Harrisburg Young Professionals Dodgeball league for that fun outlet. Recently, I met with the Harrisburg University of Sciences and Technology team which consisted of 20 talented individuals: Jeremy Barton, Alison Bernard, Freddy Biayl, Jordan Brown, Chad Chu, Julisa Fajardo, Mamuice Freeman, Sherine Graham, Nicholas Green, Stephen Jackson, Trevor Jacoby, Courtney Johnson, Adrian Jones, RaNaja Kennedy, Taylor Miller, Donyae Powell, Karon Scott, Aigner Smith, Omar Sterling, and Kemar Young.
Karon Scott, a student and President of the Athletic Club mentioned, “We do not have sports within our institution, but we are making a bigger impact, especially to our freshman to join our team to participate in sports for HYP.” Scott said, “We even have buses from our college to take us to games and plus we get a crowd of students that come with to cheer us on for the night.”
This dodgeball unit ranges in different athletic abilities and play in the Competitive League, other teams may use secret strategies to beat their components. Yes, this division is very competitive with winning as the main priority. It is a different priority for these young scholars which is to go out on the court to give their 110% effort and to simply have fun.
“Even though our team is one of the youngest groups in the leagues, we want to see HYP help increase the opportunity for other local college students to join the sports that HYP offers with an addition of more sports in the future,” Scott said. “As other businesses/organization offer similar activities for individuals to participate in, I personally believe HYP offers the best quality and is the most organized.”
HARRISBURG, PA – Potential entrepreneurs can test their startup ideas during a weekly workshop series, five Wednesdays, March 1 – 29, 6-9 p.m., at YWCA Greater Harrisburg’s Center for Employment, Education and Entrepreneurial Development (CEEED), 1301 Derry Street, Harrisburg PA, 17103.
CEEED offers a range of programs that focus on unemployment, underemployment and education, such as GED and entrepreneurship. The YWCA Greater Harrisburg works in collaboration with United Way of the Capital Region, SCORE, Sound Community Solutions, Inc., PNC, Amiracle4Sure, Community First Fund, Community Action Commission, Tri County OIC, Brethren Community Ministries and the YWCA.
The Go/No-Go workshop is designed and led by Susquehanna SCORE, the region’s leading provider of business mentoring and education. SCORE’s business startup specialists will provide the tools and information that participants can use to determine if their ideas are ready to become new businesses. The workshop is free to veterans and military personnel. Registration is at: www.susquehanna.score.org.
Week One: Your Business Concept
Describe your business idea and then review it in terms of: Entrepreneurship; Critical Success Factors; Knowing Your Options; Components of Business; Evaluation Tools; and Making It Legal.
Week Two: Advertising & Marketing
Draft your 30-second elevator pitch; review pricing strategies; and define target markets. Apply the 4 “Ps” of Marketing; Advertising vs. Marketing; Networking & PR; Social Media and Web Presence.
Week Three: Funding and Financials
Understand credit and learn about all the possible funding options, from traditional to emerging; and survey the financial basics (P&L, Cash Flow, Balance Sheet, etc.).
Week Four: Sales and Management
Lay out a sales strategy for your product or service. Draft a management plan for your business: operational, administrative, and organizational. Discuss HR, including recruiting, hiring, training, and terminating; evaluate the pros and cons of part-time and full-time employees.
Week Five: Presentations
Put it all together with a panel of subject matter experts; share Q and A time with experts and peers; make a 3-5-minute presentation of your business; and receive a certificate for workshop completion.
Since 1964, SCORE “Mentors to America’s Small Business” has helped more than 9 million aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners through mentoring and business workshops. More than 11,000 volunteer business mentors in over 320 chapters serve their communities through entrepreneur education dedicated to the formation, growth and success of small businesses. For more information about starting or operating a small business, call Tammi Dawson at Susquehanna SCORE, (717) 845-8830, or see us at www.susquehanna.score.org.
HARRISBURG, PA – Potential entrepreneurs can test their startup ideas during a weekly workshop series, five Wednesdays, March 1 – 29, 6-9 p.m., at YWCA Greater Harrisburg’s Center for Employment, Education and Entrepreneurial Development (CEEED), 1301 Derry Street, Harrisburg PA, 17103.
CEEED offers a range of programs that focus on unemployment, underemployment and education, such as GED and entrepreneurship. The YWCA Greater Harrisburg works in collaboration with United Way of the Capital Region, SCORE, Sound Community Solutions, Inc., PNC, Amiracle4Sure, Community First Fund, Community Action Commission, Tri County OIC, Brethren Community Ministries and the YWCA.
The Go/No-Go workshop is designed and led by Susquehanna SCORE, the region’s leading provider of business mentoring and education. SCORE’s business startup specialists will provide the tools and information that participants can use to determine if their ideas are ready to become new businesses. The workshop is free to veterans and military personnel. Registration is at: www.susquehanna.score.org.
Week One: Your Business Concept
Describe your business idea and then review it in terms of: Entrepreneurship; Critical Success Factors; Knowing Your Options; Components of Business; Evaluation Tools; and Making It Legal.
Week Two: Advertising & Marketing
Draft your 30-second elevator pitch; review pricing strategies; and define target markets. Apply the 4 “Ps” of Marketing; Advertising vs. Marketing; Networking & PR; Social Media and Web Presence.
Week Three: Funding and Financials
Understand credit and learn about all the possible funding options, from traditional to emerging; and survey the financial basics (P&L, Cash Flow, Balance Sheet, etc.).
Week Four: Sales and Management
Lay out a sales strategy for your product or service. Draft a management plan for your business: operational, administrative, and organizational. Discuss HR, including recruiting, hiring, training, and terminating; evaluate the pros and cons of part-time and full-time employees.
Week Five: Presentations
Put it all together with a panel of subject matter experts; share Q and A time with experts and peers; make a 3-5-minute presentation of your business; and receive a certificate for workshop completion.
Since 1964, SCORE “Mentors to America’s Small Business” has helped more than 9 million aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners through mentoring and business workshops. More than 11,000 volunteer business mentors in over 320 chapters serve their communities through entrepreneur education dedicated to the formation, growth and success of small businesses. For more information about starting or operating a small business, call Tammi Dawson at Susquehanna SCORE, (717) 845-8830, or see us at www.susquehanna.score.org.
HARRISBURG – Gamut Theatre Group opens the classic science fiction play, RUR by Karel Capek, on February 11, 2017 at the New Gamut Theatre located at 15 N. 4th Street in downtown Harrisburg. The box office and bar will open at 6:30 p.m. and the performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets to the performance are $30 for adults, $25 for seniors/military, and $15 for students. Tickets can be purchased in advance at www.GamutTheatre.org. Following the opening night performance, a reception will be held where guests can meet and mingle with the cast and crew while enjoying refreshments. Tickets to the opening night reception are sold separately. RUR will continue February 11 – 26, 2017 with performances on Fridays and Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m.
Imagine the future as seen through the eyes of the past…. In 1921, Czech playwright Karel Capek published his play, RUR: Rossum’s Universal Robots, to the world. The dark comedy took as its theme the dehumanization of society by its technology, as well as the self-destructive nature of mankind’s all-encompassing drive toward automation. Two years later, in 1923, the play had been translated into over 30 languages including English, by Paul Selver and Nigel Playfair. This resulted in adding a new word to our vocabulary, as “robot” was fated to no longer be simply an obscure Czech term for “worker”. Please join us for this hilarious cautionary tale from nearly a century ago, as its message is as contemporary as the latest entry in your Social Media newsfeed.
Please contact Public Relations Manager Gabriella DeCarli at Gabriella@GamutTheatre.org or by calling (717) 238-4111 to set up an interview with the production’s director, Clark Nicholson, or any of the featured actors. Promotional video and images are attached. Additional publicity images available upon request.