Melanie PennStaff

Sunday, April 19, 2026

Happy April showers, Improv Shop! 🌦️ And happy birthdays to Analicia Kocher, Kate Cole, Areaj Mubarak, William Gass, Nate Miller, and everyone else celebrating birthdays this week! 🎂🎂 Here's what's up in and around the theater: 🚨 NEW WORKSHOP ALERT 🚨 Registration is now open for a special one-off workshop: Improv to Sketch with Leslie Symonds! This will be Saturday May 2nd, 12:00-3:00, and is open to any grads and students who have completed Level 3. Let us know if you have any questions or are curious for more information! THURSDAY PROGRAMMING - Check out shows tonight, Thursday April 16th: House Team Night at 7:00 in mainstage with Songbird, MaMa Dearest, and Idiot Bitch The Menagerie at 7:00 in sidestage with SMUT, Is This Seat Taken?, Heavy Meadow, and Queuecümber The Open Jam at 8:45-ish in mainstage with maybe YOU and all your classmates idk?! The Merry-Go-Round at 9:00 in sidestage with Freakstyle, Cherry Wine, Sad Orgasm, and Rough Draft in Monterrey FRIDAY PROGRAMMING - More fun to be had this Friday April 17th: THE ASTERISK* at 7:00 in mainstage ~ this week's theme is spring cleaning (like what my basement needs 🫣) The Pajama-Rama: An Improvised Sleepover at 7:00 in sidestage with Kissing Booth and friends Cagematch at 9:00 in mainstage with champions D.A.D. vs. challenger Mid-Tantrum Group Therapy at 9:00 in sidestage featuring Intrusive Thoughts and friend teams Kissing Booth and Mansplain FREESTYLE JAM - This Saturday April 18th is one more Freestyle Jam, happening in sidestage at 5:00-6:15! Brandon Bowers facilitates this free, beginner-friendly workshop that combines freestyle rap and longform improvisation. Come try something cool and vulnerable in a super supportive environment. 🙌 SATURDAY PROGRAMMING - Another special night for shows this Saturday April 18th: No Edit: The Improvised One Act Play at 7:00 in mainstage 🎭 POC Improv League at 7:00 in sidestage ~ three new teams have their first show - FOMOsapiens, And Dem, and Freaky Lil Frogs - in this second cohort of the Performing Outstanding Comedy League, a league of all Person of Color improvisers! Am I the Asshole? at 9:00 in mainstage ~ inspired by life advice subreddits Happy Hands Social Club at 9:00 in sidestage ~ your favorite all-puppet team opened by our all-human friend team Campy 🏕️ RUNNING CLUB meets again this Sunday April 19th! Starting between 10:15-10:30, runners and joggers and amblers of all paces meet this week at Tower Grove Park, gathering at the Stone Shelter. Last week's meetup had 7 humans and 4 dogs - that's a lot of legs! MONDAY JAMS - Come out to play in more miniworkshops this Monday April 20th, 6:00-6:50: Student Jam in mainstage with Bailey Kepford! Grad Jam in sidestage with Sean Madden! The theme of Sean's workshop will be getting high on improv. 😎 MONDAY PROGRAMMING - This Monday April 20th is also a special night for shows: Teams Level 1 Student Showcases at 7:00 in sidestage Teams Level 2 Student Showcases at 7:00 in mainstage - it's week #4 of this eight-week cycle, which means we're halfway to graduation! 😱 ...then another super special showcase by students of last session's Shotgun Workshop 🚙 ...then School Night at 9:00 in sidestage with three more teams to cheer on 👏 Ok that's all for now I think. 💛 Thank you all for the hard work you put into this artform and all the activity it's capable of blossoming into. With gratitude, Melanie Penn