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spurn
was
originally formed by
Ian Hemenway,
Sang Kim &
Neil Trivedi in 2001. Since
then, we've amassed a cultish following and a
cast who blindly throw
themselves into the most questionable of onstage situations,
bless their black little hearts. Our live shows have
been presented to sold-out crowds at such famous New York venues
as the
Peoples Improv Theater,
13th
Street Repertory,
Collective: Unconscious
and
Gotham Comedy Club,
and opened the 2004
NY International Fringe Festival
to standing ovations.
NY Theater Experience
writes that spurn maintains a “hard-edged, envelope-pushing,
vaguely absurdist sensibility” that “tests our basest
assumptions about the world instead of merely playing into
them.”
TimeOut NY simply says
spurn is “Disgusting, horrifying, amusing” and the
Village Voice proclaims
that spurn “leaves its audience gasping for breath between
guffaws as its relentlessly funny skits whip past”.
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Milestones |
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June 2008 -
Peoples Improv Theater (Chelsea, NYC) |
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Dec
2007 -
spurn
Video Podcasts garner
their 9th Editor's Choice award at
Crackle (formerly Grouper)
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Nov
2007 -
Peoples Improv Theater (Chelsea, NYC) |
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Jul
2007 -
Peoples Improv Theater (Chelsea, NYC) |
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Jun
2007 - in our first month on Sony's
Grouper,
spurn
Video Podcasts garner
20,000 hits |
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Apr
2007 -
spurn
Video Podcasts featured
selection at Sony's video site,
Grouper |
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Apr
2007 -
spurn
Video Podcasts achieve
500,000 unique hits |
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Mar
2007 -
spurn
Video Podcasts featured
selection at
Veoh |
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Feb
2007 -
spurn
Video Podcasts featured
comedy selection at the
iTunes
Store |
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Feb
2007 -
Peoples Improv Theater (Chelsea, NYC) |
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Oct
2006 - spurn's
MySpace
site is the featured
comedy
page |
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Oct
2006 -
TimeOut NY gives spurn 4
stars in the Oct 19th issue |
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Oct
2006 -
Nylon
Newsletter features spurn, calling it "creative genius" |
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Oct2006 -
13th
Street Repertory Theatre (West Village, NYC) |
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Jan 2006 -
spurn
Video Podcasts premiere
online |
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Apr 2005 -
Vital Theatre
(Upper West Side, NYC) |
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Aug 2004 -
SoHo Playhouse, part of the
NY Int'l Fringe Festival
(West Village, NYC) |
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Jun 2004 -
Vital Theatre
(42nd & 9th Ave, NYC) |
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Jul 2003 -
spurn Presents: Mr.
Unlucky |
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Jul 2003 -
Ha! Comedy
Club |
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Aug 2003 -
Gotham Comedy Club |
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Dec 2002 -
Vital Theatre
(42nd & 9th Ave, NYC) |
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Jul 2002 -
The Lost Colony
Festival (North Carolina) |
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Apr 2002 - Collective: Unconscious (Lower East Side, NYC) |
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Nov
2001 - Collective: Unconscious, (Lower
East Side, NYC) |
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