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When It Absolutely, Positively Has to
Be Funny!
For your next conference or sales meeting,
gather 'round The Water Coolers. Conceived by one of the creators of
the long-running New York hit Tony and Tina's Wedding, The Water Coolers
employs original songs, musical parodies and comic sketches to gently
poke fun at the rituals and routines of our daily grind so we can all
work together "happily ever laughter." The Water Coolers enjoyed
a smash Off-Broadway run in Fall 2002, took its Original Cast Recording
to the Tower Records nationwide in 2003 and continues to make corporate
audiences roar. E! Entertainment's Daily News recently called The Water
Coolers"the sleeper hit of the season!"
Corporate trainer and former conference planner
Sally Allen (Executive Director of Hospitality and Tourism Skills, National
Skills Standards Board) and actor and comedy writer Thomas Michael Allen
(Tony and Tina's Wedding, spots for Lincoln Mercury, Coca-Cola, Burger
King...) decided to blend their individual expertise into a common venture.
Using Broadway talent to create fiirst-class musical comedy entertainment
tailored to the needs of the professional meeting planner, the Allens
recruited creative kingpins from both the New York business and theatre
worlds to create a fresh, new look at the topic. The current company
members' performing credits includes Rent, Les Miserables, Cats and The
Lion King.
A "laugh-out-Ioud" look at the workplace,
The Water Coolers is high-powered entertainment about the fast-changing,
fast-talking, hard- driving office environment of contemporary America.
From worrying about what you might have said at last Friday's happy hour,
("Panic Monday") to decoding the mystery of "Casual Friday" to
fending off the insidious technology takeover, ("In Windows 2525"),
The Water Coolers offers a hilarious take on what we go through just
making every work week happen.
The Water Coolers can send you
a 3-person version of the show that travels five (including
the pianist and stage manager) or the full 5 -person show,
traveling seven, when you have a big event requiring a bigger
sound and feel. Two ways to bring top-notch talent and comedy
to your event.
Shows
The Water Coolers specializes
in comedy songs and sketches about work, life and everything
in between. Kids, cars, computers, daycare, and deadlines
-- if you've talked about it around the water cooler, odds
are we have a hilarious song about it.
When we do a corporate or association event, we start with
that ever-increasing wealth of material about life and work.
After learning about your event and your audience, we build
a set list that aligns with your objective, fits with your
culture, and is on target for your attendees. For example...
For audiences that travel a lot, we do our “Air Travel
Medley” including “Flying In Economy”
(sung to the tune of Leaving On A Jet Plane) and “De-Lay”
(Harry Belafonte’s Day-O).
For sales audiences, we might do “Nowhere Close
To My Quota” (Somewhere Over the Rainbow) and “We
Are the Sales Reps” (We Are the Champions).
For audiences that spend a lot of time dealing with technology
we’ll include our IT medley, which speaks to anyone
ever held captive by a help line (“And Hold Please”),
who has pretended to understand an IT guy (“The I.T.
Cowboy”), or found themselves judged by how many words
a minute they can type with their thumbs (“Blackberry”).
Where possible, language can be added to introductions
that speak directly to the audience.
Most corporate meetings and events have a lot of goals
in common -- bring people together, strengthen their connection
to each other, train, educate, motivate, and celebrate.
But they're not one-size-fits-all. Organizations are unique
and so are people so it only stands to reason that meeting
planners and event planners need some flexibility. We can
bring The Water Coolers to your corporate event or meeting
in any one of the following ways or we can combine our offerings
to fit your needs.
The Act
The material that The Water
Coolers regularly perform in our award-winning act -- incredible
singing, on point material about life and work, and super
comedy writing. And as of April 1, 2009, they are introducing
a smaller version of the act -- The Water Coolers "Traveling
Light" -- that's perfect for daytime programs or intimate
evening shows. The smaller version is terrific and the full-sized
show is super-charged.
Customization
Songs and sketches written specfically for your audience
-- The Water Coolers can do a little or a lot. The price
depends on how much you choose to do.
An Awards Show
A special, highly customized show that celebrates excellence,
brings humor and excitement to the event, and makes audience
members feel like rock stars.
Daytime Impact
Music and comedy woven into your programming day that's
specially designed to achieve specific meeting management
goals like warming up and energizing attendees, bringing
on key speakers, or refocusing the audience after a break.
The Top 11 Reasons
to Hire The Water Coolers
11. It's brand new, totally different, never-been-seen
music and comedy featuring a cast and crew of top New York City talent.
10. No more disturbing Karaoke versions of "Kung Fu Fighting" by
that guy in IT.
9. Created and written by successful corporate and show business professionals.
8. Employees no longer satisfied with t-shirts and snuggies.
7. You'll be heralded as an innovative, forward-thinking genius for hiring
us.
6. Quick business minds, hard actor bodies.
5. Come on, admit it. The Water Coolers is a great name, isn't it?
4. All material inspired by stories from people in the corporate world.
3. Answers the question, "Does this go on in every office"?
2. The only show in the nation portraying a unique, light-hearted look at everyday
corporate America, brought live to your event.
And the #1 reason
to hire The Water Coolers for your upcoming corporate event
is:
THE WATER COOLERS
NEVER MAKE FUN OF THE BOSS.
Raves
from the Audience
"The Water Coolers have got the American workplace nailed. The hassles,
head-trips, and hook-ups of our modern corporate culture are all captured in
songs that are funny, lyrical, and dead on. Move over, Microsoft. The Water Coolers
have a new "office suite" we've got to install."
-- Fred Grandy, former US Congressman and CEO, Goodwill Industries
"I laughed so hard my cheeks hurt! Like
a cross between Dilbert and Forbidden Broadway."
-- Ian Doherty, Associate Art Director, Home Magazine
"It was fantastic. I want to hire them
for the sales meeting. They captured so many things that are so real
in an office and it was funny."
-- Nancy McKay, Vice President of Sales, Clinique
"I love The Water Coolers show. I've
worked for a small start up company in middle America and now I'm on
Wall Street and I think
the show appeals to that whole spectrum of companies and workers."
-- Alicia Duran, Vice President of Research, Merrill Lynch
"We're still getting rave reviews from
many of the 600 business leaders who attended our event. It's difficult
to parody what's truly funny about office life without ever actually
making fun of it. It's a fine line, but your troupe walked it brilliantly.
Thank you for your focus on our objectives for the event and what we
needed to accomplish. Your flexibility in terms of the time and space
was greatly appreciated. You made my team look great and me by association;
we appreciate that!"
- Judy Gray, President/CEO, Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce
"It was super, I loved it. The ideas
were brilliant, they really cut to the core of this office dynamic that
I live every day. The talent was incredible."
-- Shari Krikorian, Director, E-Commerce, MasterCard, International
"I thought it was great, it really rang
true. I've had a lot of experience in the banking world and insurance
before I became an attorney and all the things that happen in the firm
were reflected... the sort of paranoia, the narcissism, the fear, but
they make you laugh at it and that's the great thing."
-- Jim McBride, Associate Attorney, Schulte, Roth, Zabel, LLP
"I loved it. On Monday I'm going to have
to go look for microphones because I think you all have been in my office.
It's what I live everyday with better singing and dancing, but it's really
what I live everyday."
-- Richard McKay, Project Manager, Davis, Brody, Bond Architects
"The Water Coolers is hysterical musical
comedy from beginning to end. Anyone who has worked in an office setting
will roar with laughter. Our membership did. Don't miss this show!"
-- Barry R. Manus, V.P., Membership, Human Resources Association of New York
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