'69 Love Scenes'

Each of the 69 Love Songs on the 1999 CD gets a scene in this theatrical venture

"...at Salvage Vanguard Theater, we asked Gnap! head honcho Shannon McCormick what led him to begin this transformational adventure...."

May 21, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...Some Days are Better than Others, directed by Matt McCormick and Tiny Furniture, directed by Lena Dunham. The Documentary..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Everybody Must Get 'Stoned'

Improv Guru Keith Johnstone brings his Maestro to the Long Center

"...That description brings Austin's duo Get Up – Shannon McCormick and Shana Merlin – immediately to mind...."

Jan. 15, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Role-Play Playing

When improv asks, 'Can we get a suggestion for something you'd slay a dragon with?'

"...took place in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Shannon McCormick was asking for ideas for Gnap! shows, and..."

June 19, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

FronteraFest Short Fringe, Week Two

A high-speed train of spoken word, crackling improv, and raw poetry

"...Get Up improvisers Shannon McCormick and Shana Merlin are so in sync, it's..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Arts Review by Clayton Maxwell

Risk Immersion

Time again to sink deeply into FronteraFest's exhilarating experiments in performance

"...Get Up. Master improvisers Shannon McCormick and Shana Merlin present narrative long-form improv...."

Jan. 16, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Favorite Arts Events Across the Disciplines (In No Particular Order)

Chronicle Arts writer Wayne Alan Brenner on his favorite arts events in 2008

"...8) Unbeaten (Salvage Vanguard Theater) SVT's Shannon McCormick partnered with maestro Graham Reynolds and videographer Lowell..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Unbeaten

Everybody wins in Shannon McCormick's highly enjoyable one-man show about football

"...It's playwright, actor, and improviser Shannon McCormick, ultimately, embodying 10 different gridiron personalities in this..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Playing Through

Shannon McCormick and Graham Reynolds' Unbeaten revels in the camp aspects of football in a loving way

"...I hesitate to say that Shannon McCormick and Graham Reynolds' Unbeaten, which finishes a two-week..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Column by Thomas Hackett

Don't Everybody Panic, but Online Sketch Troupe Backpack Picnic Has Definitely Gone What They Call 'Viral' and Is Also About to Contaminate the Alamo Drafthouse

Online sketch troupe Backpack Picnic has definitely gone viral

"...comprises four main stars – Mitch Baker, David Bewley, Shannon McCormick, and Jeremy Lamb – and is the larger..."

May 2, 2008 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Merlin Works Institute and Gnap! Theater Season: Making the improv pie higher

Austin's strong improv scene is about to get even stronger, with a new training center and performance space

"...are the brainchildren of veteran improvisers Shana Merlin and Shannon McCormick, who regularly perform together as the improv duo..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Arts Feature by Avimaan Syam

Anything Goes

That free-for-all spirit is part of the kick of FronteraFest

"...Get Up. Master improvisers Shannon McCormick and Shana Merlin present an improvised story...."

Jan. 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Favorite Arts Events Across The Disciplines (In No Particular Order)

Chronicle Arts writer Wayne Alan Brenner on his favorite arts events in 2007

"...rebounded from an MTV rejection by grabbing Austin improvisers Shannon McCormick and Jeremy Lamb to help create an ongoing..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Salvage Vanguard Theater: Neulander ends his run

After 13 years of running Salvage Vanguard Theater, Artistic Director Jason Neulander is moving on

"...on solid footing with both personnel – program director Shannon McCormick, company manager Etta Sanders, and the aforementioned Jenny..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

De-Spurring the Moment

The making of the 2007 Out of Bounds Improv Festival

"...Jeremy Lamb and Shannon McCormick, co-producers of the sixth annual Out of Bounds..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

OoBer Alles

A guide to the troupes in the 2007 Out of Bounds Improv Festival

"...and David Bewley, abetted by locals Jeremy Lamb and Shannon McCormick (and filmmaker Rene Pinnell), to wreak surreal havoc..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

'Radical Nautical': Awash in water works

For its annual juried show, Gallery Lombardi asked artists to dive into the fantastical and mythical depths of the ocean

"...of work by video artists, and local improv master Shannon McCormick reciting Dutch sea tales. Hawaiian band Combo Mahalo..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Girls Girls Girls: The female of the species

Girls Girls Girls launches its Boys of Summer series with guest male improviser Jeremy Lamb

"...and guest improvisers Les McGehee, Andy Crouch, Kareem Badr, Shannon McCormick, and John Ratliff … until, inevitably, the Boys..."

July 13, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Is That Science?: The elements of smile

The initial results of the experiment Is That Science? – wherein members of the theatrical company St. Idiot Collective interacted with the element Improvium – were fast, furious, and funny

"...of them weren't used to it at all," says Shannon McCormick, area specialist and program director of the SVT..."

June 29, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Get Up: How funky and strong is their fight

Shannon McCormick and Shana Merlin – who make up the improv duo Get Up – are comfortable working together, like two parts of an interlocking dream machine

"...Shannon McCormick, that tall, sleek comrade with the cue-ball noggin..."

June 15, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Salvage Vanguard Theater: The rebel sets down roots

After 13 years of staging shows in bars and other companies' theatres, Salvage Vanguard Theater is opening its own all-purpose arts space in a 9,600-square-foot warehouse on Manor Road

"...a venue. To that end, he and program director Shannon McCormick have been lining up all kinds of activities..."

June 8, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Junk: When you're jonesing for the good stuff

The four improvisers who constitute the Austin troupe Junk prefer to work in long-form, and long-form certainly seems their forte

"...between the players, well, wow. I later checked with Shannon McCormick, co-producer of the annual Out of Bounds Improv..."

June 8, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

'Flatland: The Movie'

World premiere, Sunday, May 20

"...(variously voiced by such locals as Lee Eddy and Shannon McCormick). When Hex wonders out loud about "supersquares" –..."

May 18, 2007 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Edmond Bulldogs: MTV Sends Comedy Troupe Into Overdrive

Fresh from being featured on MTVOverdrive.com's the Stew, comedy troupe the Edmond Bulldogs is back in town to whip its local fans into a frenzy

"...be abetted in their fresh shenanigans this weekend by Shannon McCormick and Jeremy "Bearded" Lamb and will intermittently share..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Mission: Improvable

Austin's improv community gathers intelligence

"...started the tape recorder rolling. The select five comprised Shannon McCormick, co-director of the OoB Festival, former honcho of..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

OoBer Alles

A guide to the troupes of the 2006 Out of Bounds Improv Festival (aka OoB V)

"...Bewley make it up alone or join with stalwarts Shannon McCormick, Craig Kotfas, and others to bring the sort..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Intergalactic Nemesis Trilogy

Salvage Vanguard Theater's repertory revival of all three parts of its popular Intergalactic Nemesis series parodying science fiction radio serials delivers three evenings of gluttonous intergalactic delectation

"...Werzner, as earnestly serious, adventuresome archivist Ben Wilcott, and Shannon McCormick, in multiple roles, have memorable moments, Jenny Larson..."

June 16, 2006 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Salvage Vanguard Theater

After 13 years of presenting theatre in other peoples' space, Salvage Vanguard Theater has acquired its own home

"...make it available for rental by other arts companies. Shannon McCormick will be programming director for the venue...."

May 5, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Theatre

NY (hearts) U

"...possible off-Broadway production. Lee Eddy, Jason Newman, Mike D'Alonzo, Shannon McCormick, and LB Deyo, plus Foley masters Etta Sanders..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

ImproviNation

Can I get a suggestion for an Austin festival in which troupes from across the country gather to create instant comedy?

"...2003, but the OOB continued under the leadership of Shannon McCormick and Mike D'Alonzo, who have been not merely..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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