Aki Umemoto, Creative Director at Mattel, is a good friend of ASIFA and a long time member. He uses a lot of animation and animators in his work at Mattel and he is the guy I call on when I want to talk about the other 80% of the industry that is not dealing with TV and feature animation. When he is not making toys he is involved with improv. Here is a posting of his next show.

Hi all! My next improv show is on 11/12, Saturday night at the Piero Dusa Promenade Playhouse in Santa Monica. 1404 3rd St. Promenade, SM, 90401. It's on the 3rd St. Promenade near Santa Monica Blvd. We have two shows: 7:30pm and 9:30pm, and guess what? I'm in both shows and co-directing the 9:30 show! This will be the last performance of April's Fools this year, so please attend if you can. Tickets are $12 for each show or for those who can take it, $20 for both shows!

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