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WEEK ONE (AUGUST 16th – 20th)
Thursday Aug. 16th
OPENING NIGHT!!
7:30 PM
Now in their 25th year, BATS Improv is San Francisco’s largest and longest-running Improv Theatre Company. A 15-Time “Best of the Bay” winner, BATS Improv has earned a reputation for creating hilarious, innovative, and compelling theatre. At the SFIF, BATS presents two shows a Theatresports match played by BATS Company and Alumni followed by a fully improvised long-form story. Tickets $20-$25. Buy Now!
9:30 PM
Short-form improv is fast, furious and funny! Audience suggestions and participation figure prominently in the show, so get ready to shout our your ideas or join us on stage for your 15 minutes of fame. We promise, we’ll be gentle.
Rintersplit performs “Ghost Hunters”, starting with a monologue based on a fear inspired by the suggestion. Coming in from Philly to scare the pants off of your comedy face! Tickets $20-$25. Buy Now!
Friday, August 17th
7:00 PM
True Fiction Magazine continues to push the envelope of improvisation, exploring new and exciting styles of storytelling. A TFM performance is a full evening of spontaneous theatre, as the troupe takes titles suggested by the audience and creates stories which move forward and backward in time, interweave and intersect, until the final resolution. Inspired by the pulp rags from the 30s’ and 40s’ any Tom, Dick or Harry will have a great time! Tickets $15-$20. Buy Now!
8:00 PM
Dr. God featuring Dave Holmes – following on their excellent pair of shows in 2011, the five players of Dr. God bring their fast-paced brand of funny, based off of audience suggestion and the stories of Dave Holmes (MTV, Reno 911! DVD on TV).
Chicken Scratch Improv is fast paced and sharp short-form improv. Chicken Scratch combines classic and original games in their high energy, raucous shows. These local improvisers have performed at the SF Improv Festival and Endgames in addition to their sold out runs at such venues as Exit Theater, Ninth Street Independent Film Center, Purple Onion and The Dark Room. Tickets $20-$25. Buy Now!
10:00 PM
Five Play Improv is the popular East Bay long-form improv group that has been captivating audiences around the Bay Area since 2009. Five Play Improv’s show format consists of a fully improvised story inspired by an audience suggestion.
Bay Area sketch legend Killing My Lobster turns fifteen this year! Come see a collection of KML classics as you wait for the End of Times. Loose nukes, zombie outbreaks, The Rapture™, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart – I mean, what the hell is going on, people??? Have the last laugh – with Lobster. Tickets $20-$25. Buy Now!
Saturday, August 18th
7:00 pm
Kyle & Drew is a two person fully improvised show based on a suggestion from the audience. The two capture the essence of fun with their playful spirit and their willingness to do anything all the while investing in characters and the relationships they form.
Dr. God featuring Dave Holmes – following on their excellent pair of shows in 2011, the five players of Dr. God bring their fast-paced brand of funny, based off of audience suggestion and the stories of Dave Holmes (MTV, Reno 911! DVD on TV).
Tickets $20-$25. Buy Now!
9:00 pm
Robert Dassie [Community, HBO's Funny or Die] and Stephnie Weir [Modern Family, Weeds, MADtv] are WeirDass, a husband and wife duo who use their shared experiences to inspire scenes, duologues and random asides in their long-form improvisations.
“15 Minutes” is not your grandma’s improv group unless your grandma is a hilarious weirdo with a penchant for bawdy jokes and toilet humor. Actually, if you have a grandma like that she should come have a beer with us. 15minutesimprov.com or facebook.com/15minutesimprov
Tickets $20-$25. Buy Now!
11:00 pm
Mortified “After Dark”- Featuring Mortified’s dirtiest, raunchiest pieces ever! With guest house band- The improv comedy/freestyle rap sensation: THE FREEZE! Selling out shows for 6 1/2 yrs Mortified is the largest and longest-running project of its kind. Hailed a “cultural phenomenon” by Newsweek and featured frequently on This American Life, Mortified is a comic excavation of teen angst artifacts (journals, poems, letters, lyrics, home movies, schoolwork) as shared by their original authors – in front of total strangers. Tickets $15 -$20. Buy Now!
Sunday, August 19th
7:00 pm
Leela’s resident ensemble “Back Pack” presents a montage of interconnected improvised theatre. Inspired by a single suggestion, the improvisational artists weave personal, political, and universal concepts through slice-of-life scene work and characters.
Truth, Integrity, Cleanliness, and Heart, these are the traits of the Sabercats. Hailing from San Francisco, these ferocious felines are here to maul you with a monoscene! Tickets $20-$25. Buy Now!
9:00 pm
EndGame’s flagship show is Your F!#&ed Up Relationship, featuring The Recchia. Comedy inspired by your ridiculous, REAL relationships. We’ve all had at LEAST one. You tell us your amazing stories, we show you ours. You laugh, we laugh, we all hook up at the end. KIDDING! Maybe.
PianoFight: “Continuing its grand tradition of wrong comedy” – 7X7 Magazine
Whether it’s romantic, steamy, noir lovemaking with a stuffed seal, magic mushroom-eating contests, or another episode of Good Cop/Stab Cop, you can go very wrong with PianoFight – and love it. Tickets $20-$25. Buy Now!
Monday, August 20th
7:30 pm
- The Shout
Live True(ish) Storytelling. Because Life is Entertaining…and…Some Stories Must Be Told.
Rami Margron and Cassidy Brown present The Shout. The Shout is a storytelling series combining invited, prepared storytellers with on-the-spot inspiration. Hosts Rami Margron and Cassidy Brown present a variety of ace storytellers from all walks of life to entertain, educate, enlighten, and edify.
This show is free admission/donation based – pay what you will!
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