We’ve said it already, but how about three more cheers for Kelly Jennings, Karen Getz, CUBED, The N Crowd, The Real Housewives of Philadelphia, Rare Bird Show, m@&, ComedySportz’s Improvised Shakespeare, Leo Callahan, Hello Laser, Chip Chantry, and the good folks at the Latvian Society?
We’d also like to thank our generous sponsors, as well as everyone who came out to see all the shows that were part of Cecily and Gwendolyn’s Fantastical Balloon Ride. Your support means so much to us. We can’t do it without you!
Now presenting, for your amusement: A video! Cecily and Gwendolyn filmed this one evening in the laboratory. They had access to two Philadelphia subjects, “Joe” and “Kristen”, who were willing to participate as long as they remained off-camera. Hey, Leonard Cohen- if you’re watching, we’d loooooove to see some medical terminology on the next album. Just sayin’.
Ladies and gentlemen, tonight is the first night of the closing weekend of Cecily and Gwendolyn’s Fantastical Balloon Ride. Just four more chances to see the fully improvised Victorian time-travel adventure that audiences are raving about!
Cecily and Gwendolyn’s Fantastical… is performed at the Latvian Society, 531 N 7th Street, Phila PA 19123 (adjacent to the German Society on the corner of 7th and Spring Garden).
In their travels, Cecily and Gwendolyn have visited most cultures throughout history, so they’ve witnessed major economic upheaval first hand. They know all too well the value of currency(and during a recession, no less!). They inisited PJI keep ticket prices affordable. Admission to tonight’s 8pm performance is only $15; Friday and Saturday’s 8pm shows are just $20; and Sunday’s 7pm Closing performance is a steal at $10! Buy tickets for Cecily and Gwendolyn’s Fantastical Balloon Ride
Want to get a little taste of what you’re in store for? In the following video, Cecily and Gwendolyn discuss and discover deep truths about Woodrow Wilson.
Loves, we received this transmission from a very weary Cecily and Gwendolyn. Though have been spending hours and hours in their laboratory, they want to do MORE research! Which requires MORE subjects!
Watch Cecily and Gwendloyn’s Fantastic-ILL Laboratory Tour:
We also want to congratulate the winner of the Bing Supernova, Comedy Legend Haiku Contest. We thank all those who entered- you gave us many excellent options to choose from. The winning Haiku, authored by one Darryl Charles, had the perfect blend of hilarity, smugness, and saucy-beret-wearing. Presenting, the winning Haiku:
Worlds greatest haiku
requires only two words:
Bing Supernova.
Congratulations, Darryl! Enjoy those 2 tickets to tonight’s Bing Supernova’s Cavalcade of Fools!
Now, it’s time to get down to brass tacks and explain the title of the blog post. We’re running a sale on tickets all weekend long!
We know the deal. You wanted to see Cecily and Gwendolyn’s Fantastical Balloon Ride, but you are all like, broke and stuff? Well, turn that un-employment into FUN-employment, and experience the savings of PJI Presents: PJI’s $10 Weekend at PJI! A Hats OFF! Production.
Schedule:
Fri 1/15 8pm: Cecily and Gwendolyn’s Fantastical Balloon Ride
Fri 1/15 10pm: Bing Supernova’s Cavalcade of Fools
Sat 1/16 8pm: Cecily and Gwendolyn’s Fantastical Balloon Ride
Sat 1/16 10pm: Improv featuring Hello Laser (from the Magnet Theater in NYC)
Sun 1/17 7pm: Cecily and Gwendolyn’s Fantastical Balloon Ride
To purchase advance tickets for Saturday and Sunday’s Cecily and Gwendolyn, follow these steps:
1) Go to http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/92105
2) Select your date
3) Think about someone or something you love
4) In the discount code field, type HATS OFF and click “Show Additional Prices”
5) Wonder if that person or thing loves you back?
6) The $10 ticket price should appear as if by magic!
There are no online sales for the Friday shows or for Satuday’s 10pm show. Wah wah wah, that’s just the way it goes.
PJI took a little nap from the blog. After we squeezed out a video (featuring the amazing Kevin Kelly), I figured it was time to roll over and soak up some warm winter sunshine (like the clementine, here for a limited time only!). By soak up warm winter sunshine, I of course mean working on paperwork indoors and watching more than the recommended daily allowance of Style Network’s “Ruby.”
Cecily and Gwendolyn took a much-needed “vacay” as well, during which they promised to stop using the slang term “vacay” forever and ever. Did you miss Cec and Gwen? We did. That’s why we are thrilled to have them come roaring back from the time stream and head-first into a media-filled January. I wonder which year they rang in this New Year’s?
Cecily and Gwen have also been mouthing off to the muckrackers employed at our City’s fine alt weekly paper. But darling, they wouldn’t be Cec and Gwen if they weren’t mouthing off to somebody. Read the CityPaper preview piece by Julia West here.
Cecily and Gwendolyn’s Fantastical Balloon Ride opens next Wednesday. Do you have YOUR ticket?
That’s the title of this next video from time-travelers/social anthropologists Cecily and Gwendolyn.
Who knew about Cecily and her stallion?
If you weren’t already watching C&G on their YouTube Channel, why not start today? For Monday is the day that all changes be made. Yeah, I’m pretty sure that’s in the Bible.
You can also catch Cec and Gwen, LIVE, this Wednesday at 8pm as part of the Mike Connor Travelogues.
If you’re one of those whiners who likes to bitch abot Christmas happening earlier and earlier every year, then you’re going to HATE this blog post. Even though it’s not even December yet, PJI is already gearing up for its January production of Cecily and Gwendolyn’s Fantastical Balloon Ride.
WHO? Glad you asked. Cecily and Gwendolyn are two slightly mad Victorian time travelers created by Karen Getz and Kelly Jennings. In this completely improvised, two-person, audience-interactive extravaganza, Cec and Gwen (self proclaimed social anthropologists) “discover” new civilizations and boldly go where no self-respecting Victorian woman would ever dare! We like to think of it as the show Oscar Wilde didn’t have the courage to write.
PJI is having a Cec & Gwen production meeting today, and while we’d love to tell you about it, we think you’d be bored to tears. Insider knowldege is only sexy if there is a lot of backstabbing and substance abuse. The only substance we’ll abusing today is expensive cheese.
Instead, check out this video of Cecily & Gwendolyn answering viewer questions:
You can become a fan of Cecily and Gwendolyn on Facebook. And after that, you can subscribe to their Youtube Chunnel! I mean, Youtube Channel! Man, this British stuff is mighty contagious.
