July 30 - August 25 (not 11) • 3 pm • The Gilded Balloon Teviot

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THE SHOW

"The Americans" is a fast-paced, absurd, multi-media sketch comedy show parodying American family, politics, and culture.
When money problems hit the once wealthy Americans, the family members scramble to gain control of their crumbling world.
Republican dad Sam takes desperate measures to reverse his growing credibility gap.
Left-wing mom Libby vows to maintain the household's feng shui.
Spoiled daughter Mary chases celebrity while fending off advances from her boyfriend Ira Raq.
What will happen to The Americans? Find out in this multimedia variety show satirizing dysfunctional America at the crossroads of the 2008 election.

 

Jeff Kreisler ("5 stars" Fresh Air, Glasgow Comedy Festival, Comedy Central, Bill Hicks Spirit Award) teams with Anna Moore (ACT, FringeNYC) and Anne Teutschel (Shoot The Messenger, FringeNYC).

THE COMPANY

UP TOP PRODUCTIONS is a theater and video production company founded by Jeff Kreisler, Anna Moore, and Anne Teutschel nearly a decade after the trio first met in San Francisco. 
Now living in New York City, Kreisler, Moore, and Teutschel boast a variety of theatrical and video collaborations among them,  including Little Murders in San Francisco, Shoot the Messenger in New York, and The Mirror online. 
However, not until the creation of THE AMERICANS have all three creative minds come together to bring their insight and humor across the pond to the Edinburgh Fringe.

 

THE PERFORMERS

Jeff Kreisler (SAM and OTHERS), a writer for Comedy Central's Indecision2008 and winner of the Bill Hicks Spirit Award for Thought Provoking Comedy, Jeff has his own political comedy tour (Comedy Against Evil), syndicated humor column and video (Funny Money), and book deal with Harper Collins (Get Rich Cheating).  He recently performed with the major US Presidential candidates, is in the staff and cast of the new show from the creator of The Daily Show (Shoot The Messenger), had a 5-star show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and was just invited to the Glasgow International Comedy Fest.  He went to Princeton, Exeter, and Virginia Law School, has performed on TV and radio, was an all-league football player, taught English in Russia, jams blues on the alto sax, and loves asparagus.

Anna Moore (MARY and OTHERS) is a New York City based actor, writer, and producer. New York credits: As You Like It (Rosalind) and The Learned Ladies at The Gallery Players; Week 38 of 365 Days/365 Plays at New World Stages and The Public (Engine37); Site-Seeing (FringeNYC); The Crucible (Columbia Stages); Chez Moi (Infinite Stage); and Sky: Nikita Mistkevich (Culture Project's' Impact Festival). Regional credits: A Christmas Carol, Female Transport, Once in a Lifetime (American Conservatory Theater); Of Girl and Wolf (The Guthrie Theater Lab); Site-Seeing and Hamlet? That is the Question (D.C.'s Capital Fringe Festival). TV: All My Children. Founding member Infinite Stage (www.infinitestage.org) and Engine37 (www.engine37.org). MFA from American Conservatory Theater.

 

Anne Teutschel (LIBBY and OTHERS) is an accomplished performer, casting professional, producer and educator. Currently, she performs and writes for "Shoot the Messenger", a production from the co-creator of The Daily Show w/ Jon Stewart. Anne has performed in numerous productions from San Francisco to New York including FringeNYC. She's worked on ABC's Dirty Sexy Money, NBC's Kidnapped as well as projects for HBO and the CW networks. Other projects include the feature films The Tourist starring Ewan McGregor, Adventureland, and many productions with the award-winning Public Theater in NYC. At present, Anne is a professor of theatre and speech at City College in New York. She received her MFA in Theatre from Sarah Lawrence College and Bachelors from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

For more information, please contact Jeff (at) jeffkreisler (dot) com , + 1.800.529.2765

Press inquiries, please contact The Green Room Presents | PR - cwynter@greenroompresents.com, +1 212 253 5555, +44 (0)20 7669 4103