Post-Business Registration
Significant events in Dominica May’s history since officially registering Improvative Productions.
- March 2020:
- Launched online store for designs on clothing and accessories.
- February 2020:
- Hosted first improv 4 kids workshop at Oakland Public Library.
- August 2019:
- Attend Louisville’s Damn Good Improv Festival and perform Secret Lives of Villains.
- June 2019:
- Attend IMPRIDE (San Diego) and perform So YouWant a Job with Shirley Chan, Dana Cory, and Graeme Downing.
- April 2019:
- Attend Femproviser Fest, recorded shows and performed So You Want a Job with special guests Jessica Arjet (Austin, TX), Betse Green (Portland, OR), and Aden Nepom (Portland, OR).
- February 2019:
- Attend San Diego Improv Festival and perform with [ ] – improv without words. Take workshops with Kristen Shier, Andel Sudik, and Brandon Hensgens
- October 2018:
- Attend Improvaganza – the Hawaii Festival of Improv as videographer and record 22 shows. Take workshop with Betse Green.
- September 2018:
- Begin working on documentary about improvisers and improv festivals.
- Hired to record 16 shows at the San Francisco Improv Festival
- Attend the San Francisco Improv Festival and perform So You Want a Job with Diana Brown, Leila Carrillo, and Shirley Chan. Take workshops with Jetzo and redDoor.
- July 2018:
- Record 4 shows at the West Coast Musical Improv Festival as a volunteer.
- June 2018:
- Purchased new camera to use to record improv shows.
- Debut of The Secret Lives of Villains with Diana Brown.
- May 2018:
- Attend San Jose Improv Festival as audience member.
- Invited to participate in corporate gig produced by Moment Improv Theatre.
- Take Fishnet Follies level 2 burlesque class.
- April 2018:
- Attend AS IF – the Alaska State Improv Festival and perform So You Want a Job with Diana Brown, Shirley Chan, and Marcus Sams. Take workshops with Dee Ryan and Jane Morris; Jonathan Pitts; and Jessica Arjet.
- Register Improvative Productions with the City of Oakland.
Pre-Business Registration
The reverse-chronological list of many important events in Dominica’s history that led to Improvative Productions.
- March 2018:
- Conclude Production Manager Coordinator role at Leela.
- Finish with all 7 levels in Leela’s training program.
- Debut of Salt ‘n Burn: We Fight Monsters with Alissa Joy Lee.
- February 2018:
- Attend Seattle Festival of Improv Theater as audience member. Take workshops with Joe Bill; Carla and Craig Cackowski; and Nathania Bernabe.
- January 2018:
- Take Fishnet Follies level 1 burlesque class.
- November 2017:
- TA for Diana Brown in Leela’s level 1 class.
- October 2017:
- Attend Improvaganza – the Hawaii Festival of Improv and perform So You Want a Job with Diana Brown, Shirley Chan, and Leila Carrillo. Take workshop with Shaun Landry.
- Begin Production Manager Coordinator role at Leela.
- August 2017:
- Attend San Francisco Improv Festival as audience member.
- June 2017:
- Conclude production manager duties and performing with YUM!
- Final performance with LiGht BrighT.
- Debut of [ ].
- April 2017:
- Attend Femprovisor Fest as member of production committee. Take workshop with Tara DeFrancisco.
- February 2017:
- Attend Seattle Festival of Improv Theater as audience member. Take workshops with Joe Bill; Eric Nepom and Aden Nepom; Garrick Paikai; and Sean TC O’Malley and R Kevin Garcia Doyle.
- January 2017:
- Begin duties as part of the production committee for Femprovisor Fest.
- Attend Hollywood Improv Festival and perform with YUM!
- Perform at SF Sketchfest with YUM!
- Debut of So You Want a Job.
- Self-produce show with YUM! and The Recchia.
- November 2016:
- Attend Antelope Valley Improv Comedy Festival and perform with YUM!
- September 2016:
- Attend Improvaganza – the Hawaii Festival of Improv as a solo performer and perform with improvisers from Texas, New York, Alaska, Hawaii, and New Zealand. Take workshops with Jonathan Pitts; and Kaci Beeler.
- Attend San Francisco Improv Festival as audience member. Take workshops with Susan Messing; and Rebecca Drysdale.
- July 2016:
- Conclude Two Play training with Marcus Sams.
- April 2016:
- Attend Femprovisor Fest as audience member and volunteer. Take workshops with Kat Brown and Amy Lisewski; and Susan Messing.
- October 2015:
- Begin production manager duties for YUM!
- September 2015:
- Attend San Francisco Improv Festival as audience member and volunteer. Take workshops with Frank Caeti; Karen Graci; Bob Dassie; and Jason Pardo.
- August 2015:
- Debut performance with LiGht BrighT, then San Francisco’s only dedicated LGBT improv troupe.
- April 2015:
- Attend Femprovisor Fest as audience member and volunteer. Take workshops with Kaci Beeler and Valerie Ward; and Sunita Deshpande.
- Cast in YUM! at Leela.
- Begin Two Play training with Marcus Sams.
- October 2014:
- Begin drop-in and levels training at Leela.
- September 2014:
- Attend final night of San Francisco Improv Festival as audience member.
- June 2014:
- Move to Oakland, CA.
- 2014:
- Perform stand-up comedy in Kuala Lumpur, including as part of “Hack the Crack,” The Crackhouse’s improvised stand-up night.
- 2013:
- Return to performing stand-up comedy in Kuala Lumpur.
- Attend improv workshop led by AIIA – Artificially Intelligent : Improvholics Anonymous in Kuala Lumpur.
- February 2012:
- Visit Honolulu, HI to record Oil in the Alley music video “He Makes You Laugh.”
- Take Naked Comedy workshop with Deanna Fleysher.
- September 2011:
- Comedy Boot Camp in Melaka, Malaysia.
- November 2010:
- Visit Honolulu, HI and record Oil in the Alley music video “Rule the World (Skulls and Dragons).”
- Several months 2010:
- Record monthly shows for TimeOut KL Comedy Thursday and edit promo videos.
- April 2010:
- Attend Melbourne International Comedy Festival as audience member.
- February 2010:
- Final stand-up performance before hiatus.
- October 2009:
- Begin performing stand-up comedy in Kuala Lumpur.
- April 2009:
- Attend Melbourne International Comedy Festival as audience member.
- November 2008:
- Move to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- 2007:
- Direct, produce, act in, and edit improvised short film “Barren.”
- Take film directing classes with PAC Screenworkshops.
- 2006:
- Take film directing and acting classes with PAC Screenworkshops.
- 2005:
- Take film directing classes with PAC Screenworkshops.
- Complete Graduate Diploma in Media Production at Murdoch University, Western Australia.
- Take youth improv weekend workshop and perform.
- Watch show at Second City, Toronto.
- Attend Sundance Film Festival as audience member.
- 2004:
- Watch show at Second City, Toronto.
- Attend Toronto International Film Festival as audience member.
- Attend Edinburgh Fringe Festival as audience member.
- Complete Bachelor of Science in Internet Computing with minors in Media Studies and Multimedia Information Systems.
- 2002:
- Attend Melbourne International Comedy Festival as audience member.
- Begin hiatus from performing stand-up comedy.
- 2001:
- Attend Melbourne International Comedy Festival as audience member.
- Begin University studies (initially focused on Computer Science).
- Discover Cops on Heat improv show. Take workshop with the performers.
- Perform stand-up comedy in Perth, Western Australia.
- 2000:
- Attend Melbourne International Comedy Festival as audience member. Discover Hot Nuts and Popcorn improv duo.
- Perform stand-up comedy in Perth, Western Australia (debut at age 16).
- 1999:
- Begin building website dedicated to comedy in Australia.
- Begin writing stand-up material and record two comedy CDs.