Amnesia Wars is committed to producing fun, exciting, and poignant work intended to entertain, educate, and encourage us all to forget what we thought we knew.

We are a collective of New York theater artists who have produced nine fully staged scriptless productions, five original plays, two seasons of variety shows, and various appearances at venues and festivals throughout the United States and the world.

We are available to mount improvisational productions for theaters, festivals, events, and installations. Contact me for more information.
Amnesia Wars is a proud member company of the impro uber-group The International Clowns, you can also contact me in reference to summoning the tribes necessary for the next Congress of Clowns.

As there is significant overlap, the credits listed below include both Amnesia Wars and non A.W. impro performing credits. For information on my classes and workshops in improvisation, please visit this page.


2022 Amnesia Wars Avant-Prov Workshops

In-Person workshops in NYC,
For artists of all disciplines.
No cost to participants.
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Scenic Dojo, Autumn 2020

Amnesia Wars Presents“Scenic Dojo” Led by Rob Reese
A six class remote training in improvisational scenework.
All levels and backgrounds are encouraged.
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Anthony Braxton Theater Improvisations

March 26-28, 2020 The Flea Theater In celebration of the 75th Birthday of trailblazing composer (and EiO mentor) Anthony Braxton, Experiments in Opera will produce a short run of performances of Compositions No. 279-283 composed for improvisational actor and instrumentalists.  … Continue reading

Befuddled: 101 Reasons to Thank Your God for Donald J. Trump, Vladimir J. Putin, and My Dad, Who’s a Dick.

Monologist Max Silver is jolted from his mundane existence into a schizophrenic Max Headroom style dystopia. An immediate intersection of his parental resentments, his painful breakup, a deficient understanding of American politics, Russian history, artistic manifestos, and every bit of … Continue reading

Rob Reese hosts the Down Under Improv Festival

Produced by Gotham City Improv and Horse Trade Theater Group, the Down Under Improv Festival will bring together a score of teams from the NYC area and abroad to play and compete for cash prizes and a chance to be victorious in the most Australian Titled Improv Festival in America!
Action will be moved along by yours truly!

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Amnesia Wars Presents Schjelbred / Reese, Music, and Special Guests!

Tuesday April 8
The Parkside Lounge
317 E Houston

7:30 pm
No Cover

Amnesia Wars performs their new twenty minute form entitled The Twenty Minute Form

International Impro Duo Schjelbred / Reese performs The Schjelbred Gamut

More improv from special guests TBA

and MUSICAL GUESTS (also TBA)

 

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The Flatiron Extension: A Workshop in Scriptless Theater

Over the first two weekends in March, Amnesia Wars will hold a workshop including some of New York’s premiere improvisational dancer / choreographers and experimental musician / composers in our latest cross-genre improvisational performance experiment.

These workshops will culminate in Work In Progress showings to an intimate audience.

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Keanu Reeves Saves the Universe (Auckland, NZ)

Produced by Mercury Jane Productions
Directed by Rob Reese
KRSTU continued its tradition of totally selling out houses and delighting audiences in New Zealand
Click here for info on the New York runs of KRSTU
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Performa 13

Reese will appear as a Moderator / Performer in Einat Amir’s performance art piece Our Best Intentions in the new visual art performance biennial PERFORMA 13.
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Yahweh’s Follies

The musical comedy revue of biblical proportions tells the story of our favorite deity through musical numbers, comedy vignettes and irreverent historical references.
In June ’13 the show appeared in the prestigious
Ars Nova All New Talent Fest 
Go to Yahwehsfollies.com for video and audio samples, synopses, and more photos.
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