Slow...Children at Play

04/14/2026

Lines of the night (S...CAP 4/9/26 improv rehearsal):

"I hope you don't mind that I have a hook for a hand." (Rosie in Variety Tag)

"I'm going to sing 'Part Time Lover'...." (Laura in Variety Tag)

"Keep going sugar beets!" (Mark in Variety Tag)

"Look, you shrunk my thong!" (Tim in Quadrant--Relationship--ex lovers)

"You need to sashay across the stage." (T in Variety Tag)

"Free Zamboni rides!" (Mark in Variety Tag)

"I bet they have that porridge." (Laura in Variety Tag)

"The dog had a bit of a bowel incident." (Rosie in Variety Tag)

"I oughta fire you, but I love you." (Mark in Variety Tag)

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12/30/2025

Fun review of our 12/13/2025 Holiday Comedy Improv Show by Lorenzo Marchessi at The Geek Authority! 👏👏🤣😂🎄🌲🎁🎭

The Geek Authority (12/13/2025)

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Santa Is Laughing So Hard – Improv Seasonally Mixed For Your Pleasure

“Slow…Children At Play!” (SCAP) Performs at the Whitmore-Lindley Theatre Center in North Hollywood every month. No two shows you ever see will ever be the same. Like watching the original “Carol Burnett Show” or a much sharper version of “Whose Line Is It Anyway” it is an ensemble of talented performers - complete with bloopers and surprises even to the company of players themselves.

December’s cast was with ‘Comedy Guru’ and company leader - Tim Simek, the always cleverly comical and versatile hashtag , the wide comic/musical spontaneous hysterics of hashtag , the last magical performances of Max Besterman, always fresh and funny hashtag , the first time seeing him hysterical impersonations of hashtag and of course the musical stylings of hashtag as Musical Director/Keyboardist! All a team of talented and funny performers!

The evening included a cantankerous Santa Clause and some weird kids asking for gifts, an insane scene parodying the pottery scene from ‘Ghost’, guessing presents by a very mature (and alcohol wise) 6-year-old, a group of wildly musical deprived/eccentric lounge singers, a Hallmark musical we’ll never ever ever see, crafting like you’ll never believe cold be done and more…too much fun.

Our Featured (and his last) Performer: Max Besterman
Max is an improv comic, musician, poet, and therapist from Los Angeles, California. He started doing improv because his therapist suggested it and quickly discovered that he was pretty good at making things up on the spot. Max now will be living in Stockholm, Sweden with his partner, Helene. You can find him asking strangers about their childhood trauma at parties, or on Instagram .envy

You got to check them out every month at…slowchildrenimprov.com

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11/20/2025

Lines of the night (S...CAP 11/13/25 rehearsal):

"We're the only two out here protesting." (Rosie in Variety Tag)

"I can't believe you would move back to Fedora, Iowa." (Tim in Holiday Hallmark Special)

"I've bathed in a lot of blood." (Max in Variety Tag)

"Stained glass Jesus is watching you." (Lisa in Variety Tag)

"Yeah, here in Fedora, Iowa, protesting women's rights." (Laura in Variety Tag)

"My frogs! I left them in the desert." (Mike in Variety Tag)

"This is where you're going to meet my son, H***n." (Rosie in Variety Tag)

"You look like a dumb little girl." (Lisa in Variety Tag)

"I got the squirts." (Max in Variety Tag)

"This is the dumbest science class ever." (Laura in Variety Tag)

"There's a lot of co***ne on the floor." (Rosie in Variety Tag)

"Don't move. They can see you if you move." (Max in Variety Tag)

"My mother's name is Melanoma." (Laura in Variety Tag)

"Oh, a rotary phone." (Tim in Holiday Hallmark Special)

"A Menorah from Amazon. Oy!" (Max in Holiday Musical)

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09/12/2025

Lines of the night (S...CAP 9/11/25 rehearsal):

"I'm a back door man myself." (Mark in Live Action Novel)

"We're having mutton." (Mischa in Live Action Novel)

"Rose was wondering if she was invited to dinner since she was sort of the town w***e." (Rosie in Live Action Novel)

"I don't want to dress as a frog anymore!" (Stephen in Variety Tag)

"Okay....I'm drunk." (Mark in Variety Tag)

"When I rubbed this lamp, I didn't think a real genie would come out." (Rosie in Variety Tag)

"Well then I guess I'll put on my pants." (Mark in Variety Tag)

"Okay, take your pants off again." (Rosie in Variety Tag)

"We'll put this on Tik Tok to get more followers and then we'll get enough money to buy me some shoes." (Stephen in Variety Tag)

"There's no reason for us to slap leather." (Mark in Live Action Novel)

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07/08/2025

Lines of the night (S...CAP 6/21/25 improv show):

"Get my hand out of the gator's mouth!" (Maxx in Variety Tag)

"Who ate my bush?" (Janet in Variety Tag)

"Yep, someone did a dookie in the toilet." (Laura in Variety Tag)

"Well actually, Hugh Jackman came into my bedroom last night." (Rosie in Well Actually)

"Next week we'll get the balls." (Laura in Variety Tag)

"I'm doing well as long as you keep stroking my arm like that." (Janet in Variety Tag)

"Think about your seamen." (Laura in Shakespeare Scene)

"That rigid vessel out there on the water contains my seamen" (Tim in Shakespeare Scene)

07/08/2025

Lines of the night (S...CAP 7/3/25 rehearsal):

"I've been hiding all my fairy powers for years." (Rosie in Variety Tag)

"I was working up my own special musk." (Laura in Variety Tag)

"I found a case of this stuff in the back. Get a whiff of this! David Hasselhoff! (Tim in Quadrant--deodorant testers)

"I asked Bill to carve me a coffin and he called me crazy." (Laura in Variety Tag)

"Wow, you're a load off my back!" (Tim in Quadrant--separated siamese twins)

"I can finally see your face." (Laura in Quadrant--separated siamese twins)

"I like to see guys drool." (Jeanette in Summer Musical)

"That's really stinky of you, Maria." (Rosie in Summer Musical)

"Hey, this is wrestler's sweat. I'm ready to get in the ring!" (Tim in Quadrant--deodorant testers)

"Holy sh*t! I hope you use a lot of l**e." (Rosie in Variety Tag)

06/14/2025

Lines of the night (S...CAP 6/12/25 rehearsal):

"Share thy w**d with us." (Rosie in Shakespeare Scene--at Coachella)

"I shall perchance watch Pat Benatar on Stage 2." (Tim in Shakespeare Scene--at Coachella)

Foo Fighters on Stage 1. The Fighters of Foo." (Laura in Shakespeare Scene--at Coachella)

"I'm very anti Pluto." (Maxx in Location Quadrant--at the gift shop of a planetarium)

"Is this Uranus?" (Janet in Location Quadrant--on the roof of a planetarium)

"I gotta keep dusting off these mini Uranuses." (Rosie in Location Quadrant--in the gift shop of a planetarium)

"They're not regular ice cubes, they're nitrogen." (Laura in Well Actually)

"Well actually, I have a yeast infection." (Rosie in Well Actually)

"Do you like Uranus?" (Janet in Variety Tag)

"Is Uranus too big?" (Laura in Variety Tag)

"I didn't know what Scientology meant." (Janet in Variety Tag)

"I'm also unhoused." (Rosie in Location Quadrant--on the roof of a planetarium)

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06/14/2025

Lines of the night (S...CAP 6/5/25 rehearsal):

"Now, you didn't hear me talk about the m**h, okay? (Tim in Father's Day Musical)

"I had an accident!" (Max in Variety Tag)

"Was it #1 or #2?" (Laura in Variety Tag)

"I'm not sure." (Max in Variety Tag)

"Was it #3?" (Laura in Variety Tag)

"Next time you kill a vampire, stab me in the heart and not my stomach." (Janet in Variety Tag)

"Take the possum babies off of its back." (Rosie in Variety Tag)

"You're wearing a balaclava, so good." (Max in Variety Tag)

"You don't have a lot of arm hair." (Rosie in Variety Tag)

"Yeah, I wanna be smooth." (Laura in Variety Tag)

"We bought the cave in an auction." (Max in Variety Tag)

"Where are my cannolis!!" (Tim in Question Scene)

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05/24/2025

Lines of the night (S...CAP 5/22/25 tech rehearsal):

"Tammy does m**h before she comes to the park." (Tim in Same Letter)

"Looks like you ordered a robot iguana." (Rosie in Dubbing)

"Maybe we can go back and do some zero gravity whammy." (Max in Location Tag--on the surface of the moon)

"That is some nice velour." (Laura in Location Tag--on a farm)

"You didn't really come from my loins." (Tim in Situation Quadrant--Family Situation--finding out you're adopted)

"Do you want to go back to the orphanage in Romania?" (Rosie in Mother's Day Musical)

"As you can see, I'm covered in giraffe urine." (Max in Location Tag--at the dry cleaners)

"I think I hear bed bugs in here." (Rosie in Location Tag--at a mattress store)

"Here's a box of adult toys." (Tim in Same Letter)

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05/09/2025

Lines of the night (S...CAP 5/8/25 rehearsal):

"This self-driving van is great." (Tim in Situation Quadrant--family road trip)

"Yeah, it's so roomy!" (Rosie in Situation Quadrant--family road trip)

"Things have been awkward since we slept together." (Laura in Same Letter)

"This is Risky Biznatch calling from West Hollywood." (Max in Tovarish Talk)

"Look, I found a skeleton in the corner!" (Laura in Same Letter--spelunking)

"Oh no, it's Professor Peterson McForkle, the world's greatest spelunker." (Ann in Same Letter--spelunking)

"It's not as good as I remember it." (Max in Situation Quadrant--first-love couple reuniting)

"I'm pregnant by another man because you're always shooting blanks." (Rosie in Dubbing)

Tim Simek Rosanne Limeres Simek Max Besterman Laura Buckles Ann Shuck

05/02/2025

Lines of the night (S...CAP 5/1/25 rehearsal):

"My son is chain smoking?" (Rosie in Mother's Day Musical--Moms on Parole)

"What do you expect? His mother is a felon." (Max in Mother's Day Musical--Moms on Parole)

"Do you think anyone will notice my wall eye?" (Laura in Situation Quadrant--a wedding)

"Don't say anything about my mother's goiter." (Rosie in Situation Quadrant--meeting the parents)

"Now you tell me! You know how I love oddities!" (Tim in Situation Quadrant--meeting the parents)

"Are you gonna come pick up your kids at some point?" (Max in Mother's Day Musical--"Moms on Parole")

"That ball gown is the perfect wedding dress! It'll hide your pregnancy." (Rosie in Situation Quadrant--a wedding)

"This gown will also hide my prosthetic leg." (Laura in Situation Quadrant--a wedding)

"I want to thank you for letting me be your maid-of-honor, even though I have a hook for a hand." (Rosie in Situation Quadrant--a wedding)

"Those pants are too tight. You can't let my dad see your bulge." (Rosie in Situation Quadrant--meeting the parents)

"But I also to have please your mom." (Tim in Situation Quadrant--meeting the parents)

"You know how I love animals. That's why I got this painless rat poison." (Tim in Situation Quadrant--a despairing situation--meteor headed for Earth in 30 minutes)

"You love animals but you're giving rats painless poison." (Max in Situation Quadrant--a despairing situation--meteor headed for Earth in 30 minutes)

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