Bassprov
Bassprov is a two-person longform improvisational comedy show. The main characters Donny Weaver (played by Mark Sutton) and Earl Hinkle (played by Joe Bill) are middle-aged central Indiana blue-collar guys that spend their free time fishing and talking about sports. The show begins with an audience suggestion of a current event and "something you can stick your fingers in" and from there a completely improvised dialogue is created while interconnecting events from the characters lives and the suggestions, all while the two men fish. Bassprov is a Hook in Mouth production.
The show has been performed throughout the United States and internationally at festivals, clubs, and colleges and have been awarded the Nichols & May Award for Comedy Duo of the Year from the Chicago Improv Festival and Chicago's Best Comedy Group by Bass Ale.
Additional Characters
The following people have sat in as performers with Donny and Earl:
- Fred Willard - Fred Willard, Donny's Cousin
- Dan Castellaneta - Walt (Earl's uncle)
- Ed Furman - Cousin Cyrus
- David Pasquesi - Leland
- T. J. Jagodowski - Vaughn
- Mick Napier - Miner
- Tim Kazurinsky - Scout Master Arthur Flemhocker
- Emo Philips - Nemo: The Bubble Boy of Manmore County, Ezekiel
- Horatio Sanz - Flacko, Vasquez Gomez Vasquez
- Matt Walsh - Roger Hinkle
- Tracy Letts - Eddie Hinkle
- Mo Collins - 'Gina, Earl's Cousin
- Stephanie Weir - Reena
- Mike Coleman
- David Pompeii - Clyde, Earl's Brother-in-law
- David Razowsk] - Chevy
- Ryan Arch - Dirt
- Beth Melewski
- Don Hall
- Jen Ellison
- Noah Gregoropoulos
- Jim Zulevic - Chuck
- Tim Baltz
- Eric Rutherford and Billy Phelan
- Stacey Hallal and Deanna Moffitt
- Tim O'Malley