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August 2018
Jake Mattera’s Going Away Party
Jake Mattera's Going Away Party is a weekly stand-up comedy showcase. The guests for August's events are as follows: August 7th Chip Chantry Brandon Vincent Jackson Jolie Darrow Dan Vetrano…
Find out more »Improv Comedy: Hoffman + Metropolis
Come see veteran improv teams Hoffman and Metropolis put on a completely improvised show! About the teams: Hoffman Whitney Harris Cole Johnston Sean Keegan-Landis Kayleigh Leggitt Kevin Ruth Max Scholnick…
Find out more »Improv Comedy: Maestro!
Maestro is a cut throat (read highly supportive and fun!) improvised competition. 12 improvisers vie for the audience's affection round after round until only one Maestro champion is left standing.…
Find out more »Sketch Comedy: Overbooked 2 Hot Edition
How about this weather, huh? Overbooked is back again to help you beat the heat with out "Too Hot" Edition! Some of Philly's best writers and performers come together for…
Find out more »Improv Comedy: Show & Tell
Remember show & tell in school? This show is like that, but instead of nervous middle schoolers it’s a cast of hilarious PHIT performers. Each cast member brings an object and tells a story about it. The story and object then inspire the improvised scenes that follow it.
Find out more »Pass The Mic
Created by Sean Conroy (The Long Short Podcast and UCB), Jake Mattera and Joe Tuzzi host "Pass The Mic" , A show where some of Philly's funniest comics from different…
Find out more »The N Crowd
Every Friday night in Philadelphia since 2005, The N Crowd has taken your suggestions and played improv games with a rotating cast of hilarious performers. The N Crowd was called…
Find out more »Not Yet Rated: An Improvised Movie
In a world... filled... with movies… this one has not been made. Based on the fate of a wheel of genres and your suggestion the cast will create a completely improvised movie right on the spot. The heroes and villains, the love stories, the mind blowing special effects, and more all made up right on the spot. No script, no props, and no idea of what's gonna happen. Fridays 8pm only at Philly Improv Theater.
Find out more »Sketch Comedy: All Nite Deli presents “Super Mature”
All Nite Deli debuts with “Super Mature!” Come see this show of very high brow comedy performed by very wise, fully actualized adults who know how to rock a clean pair of slacks and color-code their Google Calendars. They definitely won't make any poop jokes!*
Find out more »Gimmick Show
Description: Gimmick Shows is a late-night panel talk show so insane it has its own disclaimer.* Join hosts Jon and Marissa Edelman for a hellacious rollercoaster of FREE BOOZE, inappropriate discussion and uninvited guests.
Find out more »Thank You, Places: An Improvised Musical
Thank You, Places is a complete improvised musical performed at Philly Improv Theater. From scene to music to lyrics, everything is made up on the spot. Come see opening and…
Find out more »Improv Comedy: DUNK TANK + Overlook
PHIT's Saturday Night has become the cornerstone of Philly’s improvised comedy scene. Mixing amazing storytelling, quick wits, hilarious chaos and a dash of audience participation, an elite cast of the…
Find out more »Sketch Comedy: All Nite Deli presents “Super Mature”
All Nite Deli debuts with “Super Mature!” Come see this show of very high brow comedy performed by very wise, fully actualized adults who know how to rock a clean pair of slacks and color-code their Google Calendars. They definitely won't make any poop jokes!*
Find out more »Improv Comedy: Hooch
WARNING: HOOCH may cause feelings of euphoria, hysteria, and invincibility. Persons who experience HOOCH may feel an intensely strong and powerful feminine energy grow from their abdomen. If symptoms persist longer than 24 hours, you may require frequent treatments of HOOCH to survive. Always HOOCH irresponsibly.
Find out more »Gimmick Show
Description: Gimmick Shows is a late-night panel talk show so insane it has its own disclaimer.* Join hosts Jon and Marissa Edelman for a hellacious rollercoaster of FREE BOOZE, inappropriate discussion and uninvited guests.
Find out more »Sunday’s Free Improv Jam
Every Sunday night, PHIT invites improv players of all levels, from no experience to the 50+ years of experience, to play together in a fun and supportive environment on the…
Find out more »Stay Dead!: An Improvised Horror Comedy – ONE NIGHT ONLY
Stay Dead!: An Improvised Horror Comedy - ONE NIGHT ONLY Do you like scary movies? Then you will LOVE Stay Dead! Using classic horror film tropes and an audience…
Find out more »Improv Comedy: The Future Presents
Every Monday night, The Future, grabs you by your small clammy hand and promises to lead you to a weirder world. In anticipation of their five year anniversary in May,…
Find out more »Jake Mattera’s Going Away Party
Jake Mattera's Going Away Party is a weekly stand-up comedy showcase. The guests for August's events are as follows: August 7th Chip Chantry Brandon Vincent Jackson Jolie Darrow Dan Vetrano…
Find out more »Improv Comedy: Hoffman + Metropolis
Come see veteran improv teams Hoffman and Metropolis put on a completely improvised show! About the teams: Hoffman Whitney Harris Cole Johnston Sean Keegan-Landis Kayleigh Leggitt Kevin Ruth Max Scholnick…
Find out more »Improv Comedy: The Lottery
Do you feel lucky? Then come on out to THE LOTTERY! The lottery is a brand new show which serves as an opportunity for PHIT students and performers of all…
Find out more »Queer Bits
America’s Got Talent meets Ru Paul’s Drag Race meets the Oscars meets Me In St. Louis! Come watch comics you know and love taking gigantic risks and perform daring feats…
Find out more »For My People
For My People is a comedy game show that tests your cultural aptitude, makes you feel uncomfortable, and keeps you in stitches all at once. The game pits two marginalized…
Find out more »Philly Song Jawn with Sean
Philly's only parody song showcase and competition. Host Sean Devaney Sullivan has recruited Philly's best singers to be judged live by world renowned recording artists. The tunes are familiar, but…
Find out more »The N Crowd
Every Friday night in Philadelphia since 2005, The N Crowd has taken your suggestions and played improv games with a rotating cast of hilarious performers. The N Crowd was called…
Find out more »Not Yet Rated: An Improvised Movie
In a world... filled... with movies… this one has not been made. Based on the fate of a wheel of genres and your suggestion the cast will create a completely improvised movie right on the spot. The heroes and villains, the love stories, the mind blowing special effects, and more all made up right on the spot. No script, no props, and no idea of what's gonna happen. Fridays 8pm only at Philly Improv Theater.
Find out more »Family Business Featuring American Express
Philly Improv Theater is excited to welcome Philly favorite, American Express Comedy, for a run of monthly shows on our Mainstage! Family Business is a variety comedy show featuring improv,…
Find out more »PHIT Family Time: The Debut Show!
Please join us for PHIT Family Time! Each week will feature a different variety of comedy from improv to sketch, stand up to magic, clowning to music, and more! Each…
Find out more »Oculum: Improv Comedy Inspired by Relationships
Oculum explores relationships, physicality and time through improv comedy. We will use improv and movement to embody the thoughts, feelings and ideas constantly running through our head. We will combine…
Find out more »Improv Comedy: DUNK TANK + Overlook
PHIT's Saturday Night has become the cornerstone of Philly’s improvised comedy scene. Mixing amazing storytelling, quick wits, hilarious chaos and a dash of audience participation, an elite cast of the…
Find out more »Improv Comedy: Hooch + Deep State
PHIT's Saturday Night has become the cornerstone of Philly’s improvised comedy scene. Mixing amazing storytelling, quick wits, hilarious chaos and a dash of audience participation, an elite cast of the…
Find out more »Sunday’s Free Improv Jam
Every Sunday night, PHIT invites improv players of all levels, from no experience to the 50+ years of experience, to play together in a fun and supportive environment on the…
Find out more »With Mirth & Laughter: Improv in the Style of Shakespeare
With Mirth & Laughter is an improvised play performed in Shakespearean style. With each performance, this merry band of actors brings to life a comedy or tragedy that Shakespeare should…
Find out more »Citywide: Indie Comedy Showcase
Citywide is an indie comedy showcase at PHIT that welcomes improv or sketch acts from around the city of Philadelphia. Each week a different selection of acts will take the…
Find out more »Improv Comedy: The Future Presents
Every Monday night, The Future, grabs you by your small clammy hand and promises to lead you to a weirder world. In anticipation of their five year anniversary in May,…
Find out more »Jake Mattera’s Going Away Party
Jake Mattera's Going Away Party is a weekly stand-up comedy showcase. The guests for August's events are as follows: August 7th Chip Chantry Brandon Vincent Jackson Jolie Darrow Dan Vetrano…
Find out more »Improv Comedy: Hoffman + Metropolis
Come see veteran improv teams Hoffman and Metropolis put on a completely improvised show! About the teams: Hoffman Whitney Harris Cole Johnston Sean Keegan-Landis Kayleigh Leggitt Kevin Ruth Max Scholnick…
Find out more »Improv Comedy: Maestro!
Maestro is a cut throat (read highly supportive and fun!) improvised competition. 12 improvisers vie for the audience's affection round after round until only one Maestro champion is left standing.…
Find out more »Up All Night: The Improv to Sketch Cram
Join PHIT in presenting a select group of improvisers and sketch house team members who will write an entire show using the improv to sketch process in just 24 hours!…
Find out more »The Live Read with Gab Bottoni
Jump off the page with Gab and her cast of comedy buds as they read your screen/teleplays in front of a live audience. Tickets are $5 and the beer is…
Find out more »The Witching Hour
Taylor, Mistress of the Night, and her sidekick, Fallible, take over the stage to bring you the spookiest, silliest talk show on this side of hell. Mix two parts music,…
Find out more »The N Crowd
Every Friday night in Philadelphia since 2005, The N Crowd has taken your suggestions and played improv games with a rotating cast of hilarious performers. The N Crowd was called…
Find out more »Not Yet Rated: An Improvised Movie
In a world... filled... with movies… this one has not been made. Based on the fate of a wheel of genres and your suggestion the cast will create a completely improvised movie right on the spot. The heroes and villains, the love stories, the mind blowing special effects, and more all made up right on the spot. No script, no props, and no idea of what's gonna happen. Fridays 8pm only at Philly Improv Theater.
Find out more »Wonder Bus Tour with Emily Kinslow
Imagine this: you’re in Hollywood, California taking a behind-the-scenes tour through your favorite TV show’s set. Now imagine watching your fave stars chatting, fighting and flirting between takes creating a…
Find out more »September 2018
Study Hall: Improv Inspired by College Lectures
Drexel University’s Professor Michael Yudell and his academic friends team up with some of Philly’s best improvisers to create a full hour of hiliarious improv comedy inspired by real stories…
Find out more »Philly Fringe 2018: Only In Your Dreams
Dom, seeking change in her humdrum of a life, finds herself in a fantastical dreamland that quickly becomes a nightmare. Will she be able to escape her own mind? This…
Find out more »Philly Fringe 2018: Close Your Legs, Honey
She’s plucked, sucked, and tucked—beauty has met its match! Join Honey and her foul-mouthed mama on a darkly comedic, high-glitz musical misadventure taking on an army of pint-sized glamazons for…
Find out more »Philly Fringe 2018: Close Your Legs, Honey
She’s plucked, sucked, and tucked—beauty has met its match! Join Honey and her foul-mouthed mama on a darkly comedic, high-glitz musical misadventure taking on an army of pint-sized glamazons for…
Find out more »Philly Fringe 2018: Song of My Self-Care
Be Hot Now. A workout for your abs and existential dread. Based on a long-lost self-help health-and-beauty book by Walt Whitman. Featuring theology, poetry, and original electro-pop music. Led by…
Find out more »Philly Fringe 2018: Close Your Legs, Honey
She’s plucked, sucked, and tucked—beauty has met its match! Join Honey and her foul-mouthed mama on a darkly comedic, high-glitz musical misadventure taking on an army of pint-sized glamazons for…
Find out more »Philly Fringe 2018: Song of My Self-Care
Be Hot Now. A workout for your abs and existential dread. Based on a long-lost self-help health-and-beauty book by Walt Whitman. Featuring theology, poetry, and original electro-pop music. Led by…
Find out more »Philly Fringe 2018: Song of My Self-Care
Be Hot Now. A workout for your abs and existential dread. Based on a long-lost self-help health-and-beauty book by Walt Whitman. Featuring theology, poetry, and original electro-pop music. Led by…
Find out more »Philly Fringe 2018: Close Your Legs, Honey
She’s plucked, sucked, and tucked—beauty has met its match! Join Honey and her foul-mouthed mama on a darkly comedic, high-glitz musical misadventure taking on an army of pint-sized glamazons for…
Find out more »Philly Fringe 2018: Close Your Legs, Honey
She’s plucked, sucked, and tucked—beauty has met its match! Join Honey and her foul-mouthed mama on a darkly comedic, high-glitz musical misadventure taking on an army of pint-sized glamazons for…
Find out more »Philly Fringe 2018: Song of My Self-Care
Be Hot Now. A workout for your abs and existential dread. Based on a long-lost self-help health-and-beauty book by Walt Whitman. Featuring theology, poetry, and original electro-pop music. Led by…
Find out more »Philly Fringe 2018: The Arcane Mysteries of Vanderslice Manor
First, detective Basil Shakingstoke must put his personal life aside to solve a locked-room murder. Then, Thomas Vanderslice puts everything on the line to speak with his father from beyond…
Find out more »Philly Fringe 2018: The Arcane Mysteries of Vanderslice Manor
First, detective Basil Shakingstoke must put his personal life aside to solve a locked-room murder. Then, Thomas Vanderslice puts everything on the line to speak with his father from beyond…
Find out more »Philly Fringe 2018: Close Your Legs, Honey
She’s plucked, sucked, and tucked—beauty has met its match! Join Honey and her foul-mouthed mama on a darkly comedic, high-glitz musical misadventure taking on an army of pint-sized glamazons for…
Find out more »Philly Fringe 2018: The Arcane Mysteries of Vanderslice Manor
First, detective Basil Shakingstoke must put his personal life aside to solve a locked-room murder. Then, Thomas Vanderslice puts everything on the line to speak with his father from beyond…
Find out more »Philly Fringe 2018: The Arcane Mysteries of Vanderslice Manor
First, detective Basil Shakingstoke must put his personal life aside to solve a locked-room murder. Then, Thomas Vanderslice puts everything on the line to speak with his father from beyond…
Find out more »Philly Fringe 2018: Close Your Legs, Honey
She’s plucked, sucked, and tucked—beauty has met its match! Join Honey and her foul-mouthed mama on a darkly comedic, high-glitz musical misadventure taking on an army of pint-sized glamazons for…
Find out more »Philly Fringe 2018: powerpoints for my friends
Friendship is weird and hard to define. A line exists that separates friends from acquaintances, from family, from significant others. The weight we put on friendships seems less than that…
Find out more »Philly Fringe 2018: powerpoints for my friends
Friendship is weird and hard to define. A line exists that separates friends from acquaintances, from family, from significant others. The weight we put on friendships seems less than that…
Find out more »Philly Fringe 2018: powerpoints for my friends
Friendship is weird and hard to define. A line exists that separates friends from acquaintances, from family, from significant others. The weight we put on friendships seems less than that…
Find out more »Philly Fringe 2018: Close Your Legs, Honey
She’s plucked, sucked, and tucked—beauty has met its match! Join Honey and her foul-mouthed mama on a darkly comedic, high-glitz musical misadventure taking on an army of pint-sized glamazons for…
Find out more »Philly Fringe 2018: powerpoints for my friends
Friendship is weird and hard to define. A line exists that separates friends from acquaintances, from family, from significant others. The weight we put on friendships seems less than that…
Find out more »Philly Improv Theater
2030 Sansom Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Office Phone: 267.233.1556
Office Fax: 267.723.1420
Email: contact@phillyimprovtheater.com
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Remember show & tell in school? This show is like that, but instead of nervous middle schoolers it’s a cast of hila… https://t.co/HwMQZBVVgn
14 August 2018
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14 August 2018
RT @mikemarbach: Big thanks to professors @marionleary and @timaree_leigh for great lectures at Saturday’s #StudyHall at @phitcomedy! The s…
14 August 2018
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