2/7/2010 ARE WE HAVING CLASS OR REHEARSAL? PLEASE READ! Today's Drop-In Workshop with "Cubby" Altobelli is canceled. Classes scheduled for Sunday (Improv Level 1 with Jason Grimley, Sketch Level 1 with Paul Triggiani, Sketch Level 2 with Meg Favreau) will go forward as planned. Rehearsals schedued for Sunday (House Team King Friday) will go forward as planned.

HELP BRING THE UCB'S MATT BESSER TO PHILADELPHIA! Matt Besser, founding member of the Upright Citizens Brigade, is planning an east coast trip in the spring and trying to decide where to go. He could come to Philadelphia, but first he has to be convinced that people will actually come out to see him. Would you promise to buy a ticket ($20) to his show if he visited Philly? If so, then join the Facebook group: I wanna see Matt Besser in Philly!

2/6/2010 SHOWS TONIGHT CANCELED. Due to the inclement weather and SEPTA's decision to suspend all bus and regional rail service we are canceling performances tonight. We will be contacting anyone who purchased tickets to arrange exchanges or refunds.

2/5/2010 THE SHOW MUST GO ON! Despite forecasts for some snow over the next 24 hours, PHIT will be producing all of our shows for Friday and Saturday night. Come out and enjoy our visiting performers (Tin Sandwich from Chicago and Carousel of Progress from Penn State), as well as PHIT's own great teams: King Friday and B.W.P.

1/30/2010 TONIGHT'S SHOWS ARE A GO! Don't let the weather get to you - our performers will be on stage and ready to entertain at 6pm, 8pm, 9:30pm, and 11pm. Get out of the cold and enjoys some laughs along with whatever BYOB you'd like tonight!

WINTER 2010 COURSES ARE ALL ONLINE! Come get your sketch comedy or improv comedy education with PHIT's extensive program of classes. Now with 50% more Level 1 classes, so you aren't left out in the cold when a class sells out.

CLASSES AND REHEARSALS AT PHIT FOR 12/19 & 12/20 ARE CANCELED! Classes will be rescheduled to run one additional week beyond their original end dates, rehearsals are not being rescheduled.

WHAT A WEEK AT PHIT! We have our strongest improv line-up of the year this Thursday-Saturday to satisfy all your needs for awesome comedy, just in time for the holidays. On Thursday we're bringing back 3 Mad Rituals after its huge Philly Fringe success, and they will announce the new name that they are taking to become a PHIT Resident Group. Then on Friday and Saturday we have the strongest comedy bill in Philly - Rare Bird Show and Fletcher at 9:30pm, with great comedy in the show beforehand from newcomers Leo Callahan (comprised of veteran players from the Philly scene), PHIT regulars Angry People Building Things, and Resident Group Everything Must Go.

LEARN HOW TO ASSEMBLE A PACKET FOR SUBMISSION TO SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE! Ali Farahnakian, the Emmy winning former SNL Writer and founder of The Peoples Improv Theater in New York, returns for his annual residency at PHIT the weekend of Dec. 5-6. He'll be teaching an afternoon and an evening session of his popular "Writing for SNL" workshop this time around. Give yourself an early holiday gift and sign up. Over 1,000 students from all over the country have studied with Ali in the last decade and many of them have gone on to great careers. Shouldn't you jump in to?

LIVE TAPINGS ON SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE SHUBIN! PhillyImprovTheater is excited to welcome back the crew of DFDTV's Live Laughs for two special tapings on Saturday, November 14th, 2009 @ 8pm and 9:30pm. They'll be recording musical comedy acts Todd Chappelle and The Hopper Brothers at 8pm, and then at 9:30pm they'll get a full recording of The Sixth Borough's hit Philly Fringe show TIMEJAWN. Get advance tickets to guarantee your seat.

THANKS TO ALL WHO AUDITIONED! Over 50 people showed up for our fall auditions and we ended up having to turn some folks away (don't worry, more auditions in the new year). It was a really fantastic group. We'll be sending callback notices sometime during the day Monday. Please keep an eye on your inbox.

SHOWS FOR 11/4 AND 11/5 CANCELED. Here's hoping the Phillies will need both those nights to finish off the Yankees and SEPTA can get their act together by Friday!

PHIT HOLDING FALL AUDITIONS NOV. 8TH AT THE SHUBIN THEATRE. Complete details of the auditions for open slots in resident groups Fletcher and Activity Book are available on the Fall 2009 Auditions page. Email the theater right away for an audition time/slot so we can make sure you are able to be seen!

THANK YOU FOR AN AMAZING FRINGE! In the last 16 days Philly Improv Theater was able to produce or present 72 shows at 2 different venues. We entertained a total audience of well over 2,000 people and handed over 100% of our gross ticket sales from performances by PHIT Affiliates to the performers themselves (a total of over $14,000 that went directly to artists). We'll be back in 2010 - certainly better, although we really don't know how we can get much bigger.

BRENDAN KENNEDY'S PHIT SHOW "GUILTY PLEASURES" PROFILED ON PHILLY2PHILLY.COM! We've known it for months, but Philadelphia is finally catching on - Brendan Kennedy's Guilty Pleasures is an awesome night of awkwardness, with the worst scripts ever presented in dead seriousness with hilarious results. Check out out the full profile of Brendan here and check PHIT's press page for more articles featuring the theater.

START OF SKETCH LEVEL 1 DELAYED ONE WEEK. Students who enrolled in this class should have received an email, but the class will now be starting on August 3rd, 2009 - one week later than originally planned. The good news is, if you had delayed signing up for this class you'll now have the chance to do so!

FRINGE AUDITIONS POSTPONED! Today's auditions for PHIT's Fringe Festival productions have been postponed due to a personal emergency with the project's director. PHIT is committed to holding the auditions as soon as possible, and we will be scheduling new dates/times shortly. Our apologies for any inconvenince this may have caused.

PHIT ANNOUNCES SUMMER 2009 AUDITIONS FOR UPCOMING FRINGE PRODUCTIONS. It's that time again! PHIT is looking to cast improvisers and sketch comedians for two upcoming Fringe Festival productions and will be holding an afternoon of auditions from noon-4pm on Sunday, July 19th. Anyone is welcome to audition regardless of their current involvement/non-involvement with the theater. Full details are on our auditions page.

GET READY FOR PHIT'S ALL LADY COMEDY FESTIVAL. That's right PHIT is adding an entire extra weekend of shows at The Shubin Theatre during the month of July just to showacase the funniest women in Philadelphia. July 16-18th will bring a collection of the city's top comedic performers to you. For more details check out the show calendar and keep you eyes on the news!

CHECK OUT PHIT'S FLICKR PHOTOSTREAM FOR SHOTS FROM PHILLY INVADES NYC. We are very excited to share close to 500 photos from our weekend mini-festival of all things Philadelphia in New York City last month. While you're over at our flickr site you can also check out photos from dozens of other shows over the past several months taken by our official photographers Musher-Lovelund Photography and fans of our shows. Have photos you want to share? Email the theater the files and we'll get them up on the site as we can. We are especially interested in older photos from 2006-2007 shows and Fergie's Pub and The Shubin.

GET YOUR KID IMPROV EDU-MA-CATED AT PHIT'S TEEN SUMMER CAMP. One week of daylong immersion in improv is a great way to keep the comedian in your family from using the kitchen as a stage for at least a few days. Taught by PHIT Artistic Director Alexis Simpson, students will learn the basics of improv over the course of five fun-filled days and have a special graduation show for their proud parents and friends, right before PHIT own night of shows kick off. For only $200 there is no better deal in town. PHIT's Teen summer camp is an extension of the great work we've done with High Schools since our founding 2006 - like our annual Great Improv Event at North Penn High School in Lansdale, PA.

LOCATION FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS HAS CHANGED! Due to scheduling problems with our usual space at The Shubin Theatre, all this week's PHIT shows have been moved! The showtimes remain the same for Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday night, but we'll now be performing at The Actors Center, 257 N. 3rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Friday's shows have been canceled - but you can catch out-of-town group Marjean opening for The N Crowd on Friday night at 10 p.m. (tickets for that show are $10 in advance/$15 door, and can be purchased at www.phillyncrowd.com)

PHILLY INVADES NYC THIS WEEKEND. Check out our shows page for the full details of our four-day invasion of New York. We'll be doing a total of 8 shows in the East Village at Under Saint Marks' Theatre, 94 Saint Marks Place, New York, NY. Tickets are available in advance on our website!

LEVEL 4 CLASS WITH MATT HOLMES NOW ENROLLING. Grab a spot in our first ever Level 4 class today!

LISA LEVY'S SHOW "STAND UP. LIE DOWN." AT PHIT THIS *SATURDAY*. Dr. Lisa Levy S.P. (Self Proclaimed) will bring her unique mix of stand-up and psychoanalysis to PHIT this weekend for one night only. Dr. Levy's guests/patients will include stand-ups Dave Walk, and Kent Haines, and PHIT Affiliate improv group Rare Bird Show We've been getting a lot of press for this show - so get a ticket in advance if you are planning on coming! If you read the great preview of this show in the Montgomery County Ticket, please note that the show is on Saturday, May 9th - not Sunday, May 10th.

START OF SKETCH LEVEL 1 AND WRITING FOR TV DELAYED ONE WEEK. It's come to our attention that there were problems with our online registration system over the past several days, and we are therefore extending the registration period for both these classes by one week. Classes will now start on 5/10/2009!

KETIH JOHNSTONE EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE IN TWO WEEKS. Hurry and get a space now before the cost for this 3-day intensive (running June 12-14th rises to $500). Getting a deposit in before the deadline ensures you are locked in at the lower price for the workshop.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY RARE BIRD SHOW/ACTION SECTION TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT. Standing room tickets will be available starting 5 minutes before show. Why not grab tickets instead to see Kevin Allison of MTV's "The State"?