One Two Kazoo Goes Digital

This Thursday, we are back for our second One Two Kazoo Goes Digital! Our first ever digital event last week was so much fun! The few technical issues we had have been sorted out so this one should be smooth as a kazoo (and yes, kazoos are smooth — they’re basically tiny saxophones). Thank you for rolling with us as we transition to this new medium of programming. We’re excited for you to join us this week for round two.

Get ready to get wacky- MCA Denver’s storytelling game show is moving to the virtual world! Hosted by Rainbow Militia’s Amber Blais, this special quarantine version of One Two Kazoo will blend absurd shenanigans, fun costumes, and incredible stories by Denver storytelling virtuosos Stephen Brackett, James Lopez, and Gifty Amponsem. At the end of the night, YOU will help decide which story was best! 

This program will require some audience participation, and costumes, wacky hats, and crazy decorations are encouraged.

This event is taking place online, and you will need to download Zoom in order to attend.

Hosted by:

Amber Blais

Amber Blais is the Founder of Raconteur Denver and Producing Director for Rainbow Militia. She dreams of one day growing wings and learning how to fly. A Colorado native, she has worked in event planning and production, PR, and marketing for non-profits throughout Colorado for over 15 years and has worked hard to showcase the incredible talent of Denver artists for over 8. She has been practicing the circus arts for as long as she can remember, with fabric as her favorite apparatus and tarot as her favorite thing to do on the ground. She has trained at the Frequent Flyers Productions aerial program in Boulder, CO, is aerial teacher certified (for those of you curious about trying it yourselves), and has performed and taught all over the country. She thrives most when she is able to perform with live musicians. One of her favorite collaborations was with Chimney Choir at the Levitt Pavilion in a space themed circus extravaganza.

She has been featured in 5280 Magazine, The Denver Post, and Westword as one of Colorado’s Creatives.

Stories from:

Stephen Brackett

Stephen Brackett was born and raised in Denver, Colorado where he regularly interfaces between the music/​arts, grassroots movements, and education sectors. As a member of Flobots, he is also a co-founder of the NOENEMIES project, which works within communities to explore the power of protest music, and Youth On Record, a Denver organization that today hosts a state-of-the-art Youth Media Studio and serves at-risk youth with music programs, for-credit classes, and more. Stephen finds bliss in tricksterism, giant toppling, spitting hot fire, and clawhammer banjo. He is constantly provoked by Ephesians 6:12.

James Lopez

James Lopez is a magician and freelance marketer in the Denver area. Most of his work centers around creating compelling stories and engagement with audiences and customers. James works with New York cabaret troupe Guilty Pleasures Cabaret and local circus collective Rainbow Militia. James loves storytelling and doesn’t always try to tell heartbreak stories, but always does.

Gifty Amponsem

Just as a gift is unexpected, but can bring joy and delight, the same can be said about Gifty. Gifty was born in raised outside of Washington D.C and is a city girl at heart. She spent a year of undergrad in Paris and completed her studies at New York University with a psychology degree. She has had many jobs, her favorite being a middle school science teacher. Now she works at Denver Health and is working on prerequisites for pharmacy school. Most of Gifty’s free time is spent doing aerial with the best people around- especially with the acclaimed founder of Raconteur Denver. All of the time you can catch Gifty laughing, or scaring people with her sneeze.