The Purple Crayon of Yale

Founded in 1985, the Purple Crayon of Yale is the college's longest-running improvisational comedy troupe.

News

20th anniversary Crayon Reunion weekend (photos and less nice photos)
- Cocktail Hour and Show: Friday, November 18th, 2005
- Saturday, November 19th, 2005: Crayon Dinner
... past events

Calendar

I've got nothing on the calendar! Send upcoming event info!

Mail

If you know of any other Crayons whose emails are not listed on the People page, please let me know (or let them know).

Let me know if you wish to add, remove, or change names from the mailing list. I am your Web butler.

Still to do: Archiving the email sent to this mailing list so that embarassing statements can be retrieved in the future from the Web browsers of invasive House Committees.

Resources

The Purple Crayon of Yale official site
Improv wisdom culled from various sources. Aaron Crowell sent this in.
Del Close's notes on the Harold
The Spolin Center
The Improv Page
Improv Across America
Improv listings at Google
Compendium of Crayon games. Wouldn't this be a cool resource? So start writing!
Crayon photos and movie clips. Wouldn't this be a cool resource? So send them in!

Related groups

ImprovEdge: From Frances Barney:

"Karen Hough, Mike Everett (now Mike Everett-Lane) and I started a company called ImprovEdge. We use improvisational theater techniques as a means to teach creativity and teambuilding to executive types."
ImprovOlympic: Based in Chicago, a lot of early Crayon's did work with Del Close at ImprovOlympic
Ka-Baam!: Comedy superheros.
The Pollyannas, in NYC.: The Pollyannas, of course, is (are?) the improv comedy group in Nueva York which includes Crayon alumns Pak, Barney, and Everett-Lane, and through which have traversed such Crayon luminaries as Handelman, Davenport, and Waterson.
Sacred fools theater in L.A., California.: Founded by founders of the Purple Crayon (you're already on the Purple Crayon site! you want more links??). A real theater. They were also founders of The Annex Theater in Seattle.
YesAnd, the "Improv Information Source than cannot be Denied.": Cool site with news, interviews, scheduled events about improv.