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Dogbody Embodies
Dogbody Embodies
You know Dogbody. They are one of your favorite longform improv teams. Normally Dogbody is Alayna, Charles, Justin, Kylee, Phoebe, Scott, and Scott. But tonight, Dogbody is something different. For one set, all of Dogbody will embody something else. They will take on new lives. New personas…and they will learn how to do improv. This […]
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Student Showcase
Student Showcase
Join our Teams Level 2 students as they showcase their talents every Thursday at 7pm! We'll have an improv jam afterwards so anyone can get in on the fun.
Teams Level Showcase & Menagerie
Teams Level Showcase & Menagerie
Join us for a double header of EPIC PROPORTIONS in SIDESTAGE on THURSDAY EVENINGS! We start off with two Teams Level 1 class showcases and then move straight into the Menagerie! Double the improv for a single ticket? Yes.
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House Team Night
House Team Night
Three Improv Shop House Teams take the stage in House Team Night! Each week you'll see different styles and flavors of longform improv, all in a nice little three set package. This week's teams: Toxic, Créchesnapper, Shitshow
Cagematch
Cagematch
The Cagematch, which was originally created by Kevin Mullaney (former Artistic Director at the UCB Theater), returns to The Improv Shop starting Friday, January 12th 2024. A friendly, longform competition show between two teams, The Cagematch will take place every Friday at 10pm. YOU, THE AUDIENCE, DETERMINES THE WINNER. The winning team plays in the […]
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The Bean Choice Awards
The Bean Choice Awards
It’s time for a CHILI COOK-OFF! 10 Improv teams, 10 pots of Chili, 1 Winner. Feast on (all you can eat) chili and cast your vote as 10 Improv Teams compete for the 1st place prize. Come for the chili, stay for the star studded awards ceremony, The Bean Choice Awards - full of awards, […]
Yas And Friends
Yas And Friends
The post-queer jam, queer show, Yas And Friends is on. We’ll have three teams consisting of LGBTQIAP+ members and allies serving long form improv realness.
The Ritual
The Ritual
Join The Improv Shop's holiest trinity of teams (Celibate, Serenity, Mother God) as they unite for a night of Divine Comedy.
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The Serendipitous Pastiche II Turbo: Instant Team
The Serendipitous Pastiche II Turbo: Instant Team
Want a fun way to meet and play with other St. Louis improvisers? Look no further. The Serendipitous Pastiche II Turbo: Instant Team combines random players into teams for the evening! Teams will be created starting at 6:15pm, so please arrive before then if you'd like to play. Each team will be assigned a coach, […]
Community Theater
Community Theater
Community Theater noun, Plural com·mu·ni·ty the·a·ters 1. Two Teams: Personality Hires and Close Call 2. No Intermission 3. Lots of Community This is a free event!
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Student Showcase
Student Showcase
Join our Teams Level students as they showcase their talents every Thursday at 7pm! We'll have an improv jam afterwards so anyone can get in on the fun.
The Menagerie
The Menagerie
Come one! Come all! and catch three local improv teams as they perform in front of a live audience. Just like a zoo!...except there's no cages or fish tanks.
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House Team Night
House Team Night
Three Improv Shop House Teams take the stage in House Team Night! Each week you'll see different styles and flavors of longform improv, all in a nice little three set package. This week's teams: Idiot Bitch, Game Day, Long Pigs
Whose Show is it Anyway?
Whose Show is it Anyway?
Rated TV-MA. The latest IS original series—and your next binge watch—is now streaming from side stage! Join Stay Tuned as they “Netflix and chill” with featured team Shitshow to bring you a high-energy 90 minutes of longform improv mixed with short-form games. Viewer discretion is advised.
Imaginarium
Imaginarium
Step into the Imaginarium and watch as spontaneity meets spectacle in this exhilarating improv show, where three teams journey into uncharted territory, fueled by audience suggestions and boundless creativity.
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Goblintown
Goblintown
Come join us for Goblintown, a neurospicy variety show where standup, sketch and improv clash, mesh and meld into one slop of a show. This show’s theme: Friending While Neurodivergent Finding supportive friends can be tough, especially as a neurodivergent. Have you ever been labeled for talking too much? Struggled with social norms? Failed to […]
WHAT’S THE WORD!
WHAT’S THE WORD!
Quixotic? Mellifluous? What could it be?! We need your help to find out! We’ll be enlisting the help of three local improv teams, as well as you, brave and beautiful audience member (yes, you, specifically). There’s gonna be comedy, there’s gonna be drama, and we’ll finally answer the question: WHAT’S THE WORD!
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Novel, An Improvised Book Club
Novel, An Improvised Book Club
Join the members of Novel, an improvised book club as they peel back the pages of literary classics and bring characters, conflicts, and climaxes to life in front of your eyes! This is a free event!
LEEKER TAKES YOU TO: An Immersive Theme Park Experience
LEEKER TAKES YOU TO: An Immersive Theme Park Experience
Have you ever been to a theme park and been completely overwhelmed? Have you ever considered going only to back out due to the high price or energy it takes to plan? No fear, Scott Leeker is here. In this combination improv/sketch show, Leeker will use their passion and expertise to help you experience popular […]
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The Serendipitous Pastiche II Turbo: Instant Team
The Serendipitous Pastiche II Turbo: Instant Team
Want a fun way to meet and play with other St. Louis improvisers? Look no further. The Serendipitous Pastiche II Turbo: Instant Team combines random players into teams for the evening! Teams will be created starting at 6:15pm, so please arrive before then if you'd like to play. Each team will be assigned a coach, […]
Community Theater
Community Theater
Community Theater noun, Plural com·mu·ni·ty the·a·ters 1. Two Teams: Bedroom Eyes and Hunks 2. No Intermission 3. Lots of Community This is a free event!
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The Menagerie
The Menagerie
Come one! Come all! and catch three local improv teams as they perform in front of a live audience. Just like a zoo!...except there's no cages or fish tanks.
Student Showcase
Student Showcase
Join our Teams Level students as they showcase their talents every Thursday at 7pm! We'll have an improv jam afterwards so anyone can get in on the fun.
4 events,
House Team Night
House Team Night
Three Improv Shop House Teams take the stage in House Team Night! Each week you'll see different styles and flavors of longform improv, all in a nice little three set package. This week's teams: Fang Gang, Your Crazy Man, Toxic
Cagematch
Cagematch
The Cagematch, which was originally created by Kevin Mullaney (former Artistic Director at the UCB Theater), returns to The Improv Shop starting Friday, January 12th 2024. A friendly, longform competition show between two teams, The Cagematch will take place every Friday at 10pm. YOU, THE AUDIENCE, DETERMINES THE WINNER. The winning team plays in the […]
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NATURAL 7
NATURAL 7
Hail and well met, friend! Come, sit by the hearth and harken to the tales of NATURAL 7 (Melanie Penn, Ashley Rube, Alayna Huthsing, Leslie Symonds, Ryan Myers, Michael Dorwart & Andy Sloey), the greatest party of adventurers in the realm! Thrill as they recount their latest quests in fervent detail through the power of […]
Art Show: SURREALISM
Art Show: SURREALISM
Dance, pottery, chalk drawings, bubblegum sculpture, IMPROV! The ideas of artistic movements can be expressed using any media. That might be a surrealist cookbook by Salvador Dali, a futurist industrial-core rock album, or a dada urinal. Join us as we discuss various media of a single art movement, and then contribute to that movement with […]
Am I the Asshole?
Am I the Asshole?
Am I The Asshole is an improv show inspired by your favorite life advice subreddits. Our cast will pull from “real” Reddit stories (found on forums such as r/AmITheAsshole, r/Relationships, etc.) to explore the relationships and baffling internal logic of various chronically online strangers. Join us, comment, upvote?
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School Night
School Night
It's a School Night! Come out to watch 3 teams, back-to-back-to-back, no intermission, all for $0! Team lineup: Underwood, Crowder, Donaldson Partners Nervous Third Wheel
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House Team Night
House Team Night
Three Improv Shop House Teams take the stage in House Team Night! Each week you'll see different styles and flavors of longform improv, all in a nice little three set package. This week's teams: Touch Baseball, Game Day, Shitshow
Cagematch
Cagematch
The Cagematch, which was originally created by Kevin Mullaney (former Artistic Director at the UCB Theater), returns to The Improv Shop starting Friday, January 12th 2024. A friendly, longform competition show between two teams, The Cagematch will take place every Friday at 10pm. YOU, THE AUDIENCE, DETERMINES THE WINNER. The winning team plays in the […]
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Borne Back Ceaselessly Into the Past
Borne Back Ceaselessly Into the Past
Borne Back Ceaselessly Into the Past is a monologue driven improv show/birthday celebration. Andy Sloey (the birthday boy) will provide the improvised monologues and Toxic will improvise. Join us, won't you?
Drawing Straws
Drawing Straws
Join us for an evening of improv that is like, so random. Where the teams and forms are decided on the spot, by the age old method of drawing straws.
Movie Night by iFX
Movie Night by iFX
In a world of boredom, their only weapon is improv. This summer one team will blow dullness up with an immersive cinematic experience like no other. Preorder your tickets now for Movie Night by iFX. Each month, iFX will improvise a completely new blockbuster movie, using improvised effects to create heart pounding action, tear jerking […]