Melanie PennStaff

🎶 MUSICAL WORKSHOP AND SHOW 🎶 There's another special workshop happening at The Improv Shop next month: it's MUSICAL IMPROV BAG OF TRICKS, hosted Nashville's Cherry Bomb! There are two sections to choose from, both on Saturday June 20th: 9:00-12:00 and 1:00-4:00. This workshop is designed for folks with some prior musical improv experience, and the registration link is below in the comments. Also! Cherry Bomb will be performing an improvised musical at 7:00 that night, with The One Four Fives joining in for some fun in the second act. Ticket link is in the comments too, so consider getting advanced tickets early as this thing is gonna sell out faster than you can sing an F sharp! 🎹 https://theimprovshop.com/show/cherry-bomb-an-improvised-musical/ https://theimprovshop.com/workshop/musicalimprovbagoftricks/

Melanie PennStaff

Hi again, Improv Shop! Big thanks to Taylor Snyder for creating a cool new newsletter formatting that helps us link to the website for show descriptions and the wiki for its inventory of teams. 🤝 And happy birthdays to Charles Harris, Taylor Dukeman, Kevin Miko, Emily Hogan, Alfredo Jahn, Michael Weems, Elizabeth Bolhafner, and everyone celebrating birthdays this week! 🎂🎂 Here's some stuff to look forward to: Thursday Show Programming Thu, May 7, 7:00 PM House Team Night & Jam Basement Family, D.I.C.K, Moist Thu, May 7, 7:00 PM The Menagerie Bumblefuck, Plot Twist, Experi-Mental Thu, May 7, 9:00 PM The Merry-Go-Round Catt Map, Goon Platoon, The Nightcaps, It Wasn't Me Friday Show Programming Fri, May 8, 7:00 PM THE ASTERISK* In this show, we give the suggestion to YOU. Every... (This week's theme is "maternal figures.") Fri, May 8, 7:00 PM Big Team Bash An irresponsible number of improvisers enter the s... (The big teams featured for this show will be Floorplay, Heavy Meadow, and Comic Strip!) Fri, May 8, 9:00 PM Cagematch Cobbler, Mansplain Fri, May 8, 9:00 PM TV Dinner: Sitcom Night with Basement Family Basement Family Knotty By Nature The fiber arts craft club Knotty By Nature meets again this Saturday May 9th between 10:00 and 2:00 at Espresso Yourself Coffee & Cafe! Come bring a craft project and socialize with friends. 🧶 Contact Cassie Ema at crepn2@gmail.com for information! Musical Jam This Saturday May 9th is also the second Saturday of the month, so time for another Musical Jam, 5:00-6:15 in sidestage! The Musical Jam is a free dropin workshop open to anyone regardless of musical ability or improv experience, so tell your friends. Big thanks to Tara O'Nay and Brandon Bowers for facilitating and to Rinn Netherton for MDing! 🎹 Saturday Show Programming Sat, May 9, 7:00 PM We Are 40 Alex turns 40 on May 4th. Janelle turns 40 two mon... Sat, May 9, 7:00 PM Shoes Off: An All Asian Improv Show Shoes off, welcoming you into our home of improv. ... Sat, May 9, 9:00 PM 80085 4 U 80085 Sat, May 9, 9:00 PM Grandma’s Den Hang with Mansplain Just some femmes and a them channeling their dude ... (Manplain will be hosting friend teams Catt Map and Bankrupt.) RUNNING CLUB) This Sunday May 10th, the weekly run+jog+walk meetup convenes again, starting 10:15-10:30 at the Stone Shelter in Tower Grove Park. All paces welcome, so bring friends and dogs! 🏃 Monday Jams This Monday May 11th, come out for more miniworkshops 6:00-6:45-ish: Student Jam with Austin Kellogg! Grad Jam with Nathan Engle! Nathan's workshop will focus on yes-and and trust, and Austin's workshop will focus on spatial work à la "Set Design." 😎 Both will be awesome and fun. Monday Show Programming Mon, May 11, 7:00 PM Teams Level 2 Student Showcase Join our Teams Level 2 students as they showcase t... Mon, May 11, 7:00 PM Teams Level 1 Student Showcase Join our Teams Level 1 students every Monday at 7p... Mon, May 11, 9:00 PM The Gift What’s in the box?! Three improv teams take turns ... (...plus a special musical showcase around 8:30 in mainstage by the Musical Level 2 team Ooogly Boogly!) 🎶 Class Registration About one more week before we start closing class registration for the May-July session, so be sure to register by May 13th for core classes and workshops; HMU if you'd like to set up a payment plan or retake a class with a discount. 🤑 I believe that's a wrap for now, fam! Happy Mothers' Day to all the parents, grandparents, stepparents, petparents, grandpetparents, parental figures, guardians, caretakers, cool aunts, and everyone who has complicated familial relationships. Thanks for sharing your time and care with this theater and this artform; hope you have a great week. 🫶

Come ask a stranger 𝑰𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏? at our show. Could lead to a great friend like it did us. In fact, our form is about Nicole Durel & I getting to know each other. Thu, 9p - Side stage (Merry-Go-Round show!) The Improv Shop - STL This "Chair for a Woman" dates to Ancient Egypt. Reworked public domain image from the MET NYC. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/548636

Melanie PennStaff

Happy almost-May, Improv Shop! 🌼 And happy birthdays to Shannon Russell, Tuesday Badell, Kaylee Vanatta, Julie Gill, Mike Shocklee, Alex Ringhausen, and everyone celebrating birthdays this week! 🎂🎂 Here's some updates, gang: THURSDAY PROGRAMMING - Come out for shows this Thursday April 30th: House Team Night at 7:00 in mainstage with 2zin Tarandon, Sophie Tucker, and Songbird The Menagerie at 7:00 in sidestage with Yes Andersons, Panick Attack!, Oh Geez, and Where It's At The Merry-Go-Round at 9:00 in sidestage with We Need A Name, Experi-Mental, hbh51hbh, and Boyride ...plus The Jam at 9:00 in mainstage with some fresh new and old fave shortform games 🤸 FRIDAY PROGRAMMING - This Friday May 1st, new month + new and returning shows: THE ASTERISK* at 7:00 in mainstage ~ this week's theme is ceremony 🥂 Chaos Gremlins at 7:00 in sidestage where three teams - Spit-Take, Zam Pow!, and Some Black People - play with their respective coaches - Tracey, myself, and Alayna - as we try to wreak chaos on our teams 😈 Cagematch at 9:00 in mainstage with returning champions Mid-Tantrum vs. new challenger Mansplain Welcome to Frog Hollow at 9:00 in sidestage ~ it's the pilot episode of a new location-centric, character-highlighting, TV-series-inspired show QUEER IMPROV JAM - It's the first Saturday of the month this Saturday May 2nd, so time for another Queer Improv Jam, hosted by our friends of Yas And! Queer Jam is a free dropin workshop at 5:00-6:15 in sidestage, open to any LGBTQIA+ participants regardless of improv experience, so tell your friends! 🌈 Speaking of Yas And... SATURDAY PROGRAMMING - Another fun show night to be had this Saturday May 2nd: Yas And Friends at 7:00 in sidestage with Yas And and C-Sweet The One Four Fives present an Improvised Musical! at 7:00 in mainstage Dreamscope at 9:00 in sidestage Harold Houdini at 9:00 in mainstage with two full-length Harold teams Floorplay and Potato Wedgies ...plus the Inaugural Improv Shop Derby at 11:00 in sidestage! There will be horse races, musical performances, and mint juleps at the bar; see Charles's post for information and follow the link to submit names for racehorses. 🏇 RUNNING CLUB meets this Sunday May 3rd at Jefferson Barracks Park, starting around 10:15-10:30 at the Taco Bell Fitness Course. Yep, that's a real thing. Sunday forecast should be sunny and 60s, perfect time to be outside. ☀️ MONDAY JAMS - Come out for more miniworkshops at 6:00-6:50 this Monday May 4th aka Star Wars Day: Student Jam in mainstage with Megs Davis! Grad Jam in sidestage with Jeff Sheary! Big thanks to Megs and Jeff for facilitating, and big thanks to everyone for coming out. 💪 MONDAY PROGRAMMING - It's week #6 in this cycle of student showcases - only two more till graduation! That's two Teams Level 2 showcases in mainstage, plus two Teams Level 1 showcases in sidestage, followed by School Night at 9:00. Do like me on a school night in 1999, stay up too late constructing costumes out of a big trash bag of scrap fabric in your bedroom - except instead of constructing costumes you're watching longform improv and instead of your bedroom you're at The Improv Shop. Ok that's a wrap for now, team. Remember to sign up for core classes or workshops by May 13th if you're planning on taking a class in the May-July session, and lmk if there's anything you need. Thanks for being part of this thing. 💛

Charles HarrisStaff

Many have been asking me about the horses racing in the Inaugural Improv Shop Derby. They say "Charles! What are the names of the steeds that will be partaking in this incredible event?" The answer is that I don't know yet because I'll picking from your name submissions. Here's the form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSepU9SYrsbjKE5er-po4zXM3Sy7tK4yQsWiL4nfBjoVq3SSjA/viewform

Leslie SymondsStaff

There are still some spots available for this one day workshop! Have you been curious about sketch, and want to see how you can use your improv skills as a springboard? Want to learn more about sketch, but you don't want any homework? Do you have availability in your schedule for 3 hours this Saturday? Then come take Improv to Sketch with me! https://theimprovshop.com/workshop/improv-to-sketch/