The Peoples Improv Theater is dedicated to the instruction, performance, and development of original comedy.
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- Location:
- New York, NY, 10001
- Phone:
- 2125637488
Events
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- The New York Smiths
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Tomorrow, November 27 at 7:00pm - Play with Matches
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Tomorrow, November 27 at 8:00pm - Madame Katies House of Ladies
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Tomorrow, November 27 at 9:30pm - The Hypotheticals
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Tomorrow, November 27 at 11:00pm - ETC
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Saturday, November 28 at 7:00pm - The Foolhardy Manor
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Saturday, November 28 at 8:00pm - Harvard Sailing Team
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Saturday, November 28 at 9:30pm - Bad Luck Rising Ft....PAC MAN!!
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Saturday, November 28 at 11:00pm - Two-prov (n.)
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Sunday, November 29 at 7:00pm - Nice to Meet You
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Sunday, November 29 at 8:00pm
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The Village Voice's Best Comedy Ensemble of 2009 presents a brand new sketch comedy show. Catch them before it's not 2009 anymore, and they're no longer any good! Elephantlarry.com
The New York Times:
A hilarious multimedia mix of the deadpan and the maniacal. The sketches call to mind, variously, Monty Python, Kids in ...the Hall and Second City, yet they dont feel like knockoffs.
The Onion:
Elephant Larry proves that sketch comedy doesn't have to be simple or easy. In fact, smart is to be expected. Measured doses of silliness and the kind of inspired absurdism that recalls Monty Python.
Back Stage:
Sometimes the love of writing and performing sketch comedy is so fresh in a group that its contagious.
The Peoples Improv Theater The Dan Ryan is a New York sketch comedy group consisting of Black20.com performers, Walker and Cantrell, and Daily Show producer, Jimmy Donn. Be prepared to laugh, be slightly offended, laugh again, cough once or twice, recall a repressed memory, and drink lots and lots of beer (or wine). Members include: Mike O'Gorma...n, Jessie Cantrell, Sarah Walker, Ted O'Gorman, Pat Driscoll, and Jimmy Donn.
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Hosted by the dynamos of 'New Excitement', audiences see the best Sketch, Stand Up and Improv NYC has to offer.
In addition, everyone can join-in and participate during the Improv Jam.
This show ends with an all-out Disco Party.
Come On By. It'll Be Nice To Meet You.
Time:8:00PM Sunday, November 29th
Location:The People's Improv Theater
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Two-prov (n.): A form of comedy featuring a duo of comic actors inventing humorous scenes as they perform them. The name came about because the form has "proven" to be "twice" as funny as solo forms, hence "two-prov." Come see George Schreiber & John Teti and Married Nate & Ashley perform an hour of this intense, can't...-stop-to-breathe improv form. Two twosomes make it double the fun -- doubly so!
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The 20th - it was a good century to be an actor. Relive one of the great eras in the history of the stage, through the eyes of three of its key figures and one theater geek. John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier, and Richard Burton give you the dish about themselves and each other in Pat Shay's loving solo show.
"Highly Recom...mended - The crisp oral history that emerges is so engrossing."
"(Shay's observations) are priceless. Seeing him convey with such passion and affection these larger-than-life figures in all their glorious imperfection is fascinating."
-The Chicago Reader
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It all started on a quiet morning in 1983, when twin babies were placed in an open basket in the Hudson River. Rescued, and later raised by a beautiful and kindly beggar-woman, the twins have gone on to become NYC's most popular double-breasted-blazer-clad comedy duos. Joined each month by amazing new guests, the Stone... and Stone Show is absolutely a "don't miss" event.
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Swords! is two-man improv from Lucas Kavner and Bradford Jordan in the style of, "P.G. Wodehouse meets Bobcat Goldthwait."
www.swordscomedy.com
Time:9:30PM Monday, November 30th
Location:154 W 29th St
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Just like in the story of Noah in Genesis 8: "There were giants in the earth in those days; and the sons of God came onto the daughters of men."
That's what we're talking about... giants, sex, and improvisors entering two by two.
"And of The Wife, two shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they sh...all be Jason Tyne-Zimmerman and Colin McNally.
Of Bakin, two shall come unto thee, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be Anthony Battista and Justin Akin.
Of Phil & I, two shall come unto thee, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be Phil Wells and Jacob Brown.
Of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, you shall come unto us to be our audience."
Time:8:00PM Monday, November 30th
Location:The People's Improv Theater
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Blurb: Composed of four improv veterans newish to the New York scene, The Hypotheticals improvise entire one-act plays in a narrative longform style mixing great characters with absurd situations and a self-imposed limit of one dick-joke per show. Endorsed by the AARP, AAA, and ABC Pest and Lawn.
Cast: Caitlin Sweet (T...opanga), Jeremy Lamb (Out of Bounds Comedy Festival), Ben Sterling (Start Trekkin'), Lee Eddy (Austin Chronicle's Best Actress in Austin: 2004-2008).
The Peoples Improv Theater Katie Riffey invites you to the best little funny house in NYC for an hour with the city's finest female stand ups! These ladies are scandalously funny with very tight sets. Very. Tight. Sets.
Time:9:30PM Friday, November 27th
Location:The Peoples Improv Theater
The Peoples Improv Theater Play with Matches is 60 minutes of improvised hilarity. You may as well begin holding your sides now.
Time:8:00PM Friday, November 27th
Location:The Peoples Improv Theater
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The two most married members of the Harvard Sailing Team, Chris and Rebecca Smith, bring you their own unique brand of classy sketch comedy. Warning: Sketches might be inspired by the inner workings of their 7 year relationship. Directed by Dan Klein (The Onion, Pangea 3000)
Photo by Eric Michael
Time:7:00PM Friday, November 27th
Location:The Peoples Improv Theater
The Peoples Improv Theater You ever wonder who makes them folks on the picture radio and computer web so funny? Writers. Mike Drucker (The Onion, SNL) and Jon Clarke (McSweeney's) host big important writers performing stand-up and sketch comedy.
Time:9:30PM Tuesday, November 24th
Location:The Peoples Improv Theater
The Peoples Improv Theater Iron your capes, unplug the Bat Signal and set your decoder rings on awesome: the Comic Book Club is in session! The Comic Book Club is a weekly comic book talk show featuring the best comedians in New York talking shop with industry professionals from all corners of the comic book world. Hosted by Justin Tyler, Pete L...ePage, and Alex Zalben. The show is sponsored in part by Midtown Comics!
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Chemistry Grad School presents an evening of improv comedy.
Funny? Maybe. Factually accurate? Definitely.
Chemistry Grad School is Matt Chesmore, Gwyneth Connell, Suzanne Higgins, Craig Iturbe, Dayna LaRosa.
Time:7:00PM Monday, November 23rd
Location:The Peoples Improv Theater
