About Nine Blanket

In Nine Blanket, Clifton takes three separate words from the audience and uses each word to outline the characters in each of three scenes. We then revisit the scenes in each of the three acts (hence the "nine" in the title). Nothing is prepared beforehand, but inevitably the scenes end up sharing a common theme: one show might be about people seeking redemption for things they've done, while other shows may end up focusing on the search for love and the obstacles encountered along the way. Dramatic elements come up frequently and shows may tend toward the serious end of the scale. Or not! We don't know until it happens.

Clifton has been a performer at The Torch Theatre in Phoenix since 2011. As theater manager at the Torch, as well as technical director for the Phoenix Improv Festival each April and having traveled to numerous festivals around the country, Clifton has seen a whole lot of improv performance, with styles ranging from improvised tragedy to strict narrative to pure Harold, and Nine Blanket is a synthesis of his favorite parts of what he's seen.

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