Independent Arts News Reporting Off-Broadway's Hit Show HYPROV: IMPROV UNDER HYPNOSIS Launches 49-City "Yes, It's Real" Tour
Monday, August 26, 2024.
Pictured Above: Asad Mecci and Colin Mochrie with guests of HYPROV. Photo Credit: Carol Rosegg.
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New York, NY – HYPROV (pronounced hip-rawv), the hit show that has sold out venues across North America & Europe, including sit-down productions at the Daryl Roth Theatre in NYC, Harrah’s Showroom in Las Vegas, and the CAA Theatre in Toronto, is returning with the “Yes, It’s Real” Tour, visiting 49 cities across North America beginning October 10 at the Hawaii Theatre Center in Honolulu. Stunning audiences worldwide and making them ask “Is this real?”, the duo is set to prove it with their latest tour. The live show, which has been called “hilarious and fascinating” by Time Out New York, combines hypnosis and improv for a one-of-a-kind comedy experience.
“We are so excited to launch this new tour and return to some of our favorite cities and visit some new ones.” said Asad Mecci. “It’s been an incredible journey.”
“And we just want to remind everyone, YES! It’s real,” exclaims Colin Mochrie.
Jeff Hiller, co-star of the hit HBO show, Somebody Somewhere, will star in HYPROV along with Mecci on December 8th in Manhattan, Kansas.
HYPROV has been acclaimed by prestigious publications, with The New York Times declaring, “The audience erupted in laughter. It killed” The Wall Street Journal praised it as “catnip for those who relish spontaneity and informality,” and The New Yorker advised, “Say yes to HYPROV.”
The 90-minute show combines hypnosis and improv–two art forms that have mystified and entertained fans, skeptics and everyone in between. The evening begins with Mecci welcoming 20 volunteers on stage to be hypnotized. The most receptive to hypnosis then join Mochrie to improvise the rest of the show, while hypnotized. In the hands of two experts and solely crafted from the volunteers’ and audiences uninhibited, unconscious minds, each show is an entirely original and completely unforgettable theatrical experience.
Pictured Above: Asad Mecci and Colin Mochrie with guests of HYPROV. Photo Credit: Carol Rosegg.
HYPROV was created in 2016 at Toronto’s Second City. After working it out on stage, they took the show on the road to Just for Laughs London, Just for Laughs Montreal, and the Edinburgh Fringe where it was received with rave reviews in 2016 and 2017. The duo set out on a 100-city tour from 2019-2023, performed 12 weeks Off Broadway in NYC at the Daryl Roth Theatre, six months at Harrah’s Las Vegas, and a 16 show residency at the CAA Theatre in Toronto.
Hyprov Off-Broadway was Directed by Stan Zimmerman, executive produced by Cody Lassen and produced by Sarah Power, Chaz Naor, Oui BeLeaf (NHR), Jörn Weisbrodt, Joan Tosoni, M.J. Power International Inc, Salah Bachir, Brad Blume, Matteo Golini, Esther Kim, Lorena Zvi Shiff, Marc Stern Family, Toufik Sarwa, The Descourouez Group, MKFD; in association with Bilo Investments LLC, Nancy Donohue, Kors Le Pere Theatricals, David Lipowicz, The Mecci Family, Zorbas Whittle Inc.
Tickets for the tour are available at hyprov.com.
