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Charles HarrisStaff

🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 I just bought one of these. Let’s use it. THE INAUGURAL IMPROV SHOP DERBY. SATURDAY, MAY 2ND. SIDE STAGE. 11PM OR WHENEVER SHOWS END. This is not a joke. This is a real thing that is happening.

Marc-Anthony ValleStaff

Hi all! Come checkout the (probably) last session of Poetry for Improvisers, as I'll be moving in the end of July! Sun, 12-2pm, Starts 05/24 https://theimprovshop.com/workshop/poetry-for-improvisers/

Melanie PennStaff

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

Leslie SymondsStaff

Come checkout the new Improv to Sketch workshop! In this single session, 3 hour workshop, you’ll learn how to use your improv skills to help you generate your own sketch ideas. This workshop will include an overview of sketch comedy, how it intersects with improv, and a series of improv exercises and scenes to show you how to make a great improv scene into a great sketch. And unlike a typical sketch class – there’s no homework! Starts 05/02 Sat. May 2nd, 12-3pm Taught by Leslie Symonds https://theimprovshop.com/workshop/improv-to-sketch/

Did you get totally raked over the coals by the government and have a story about it? Orrrr maybe you bought some sick jet skis when Uncle Sam blessed you with a fat return? Come tell your story. Also if you are an accountant and just need to come vent, we will turn that into improv. See you tonight @ 7! @asterisk

Melanie PennStaff

Happy Thursday, Improv Shop! And happy birthdays to Jodi Werner, Jacob Kepford, Katherine Spearing, Ellie Worley, Griff Moore, Elyse Guttmann, Phoebe Richards, and everyone else celebrating birthdays this week! 🎂🎂 Here's some updates in and around the theater: 📣 CLASS REGISTRATION IS OPEN 📣 for the May-July session - that's a new cycle of core classes plus five electives: The Armando Workshop ~ Wednesdays 7-9pm - prereq = Level 4 Yoga for Improvisers ~ Saturdays 10-11:30am - no prereq Poetry for Improvisers ~ Sundays 12-2pm - prereq = Level 4 Scenework Lab ~ Sundays 12-2pm - prereq = Level 3 The Harold Workshop ~ Sundays 2:15-4:15pm - prereq = Level 4 AMA about payment plans and retaking a class with a discount! HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES - Also, we're also offering a new session for High School Level A, slated to run six weeks on Saturdays 12-2pm starting June 6th (with a week off July 4th). If you have high schoolers in your life that would benefit from classes, sign them up and spread the word! THURSDAY PROGRAMMING - Tonight, Thursday April 9th, is a real teams fest: House Team Night at 7:00 in mainstage with Basement Family, Moist, and On Hold The Menagerie at 7:00 in sidestage with No Helmet, Parrot Trap, Sophie Tucker, and Nine Kids in a Trenchcoat The Open Jam at 8:45 in mainstage with YOU we hope! 🫵 The Merry-Go-Round at 9:00 in sidestage with Enis & Taylor Snyder, Going Down?, I Like You Sweaty, and Soft Meats FRIDAY PROGRAMMING - More shows around the corner this Friday April 10th: THE ASTERISK* at 7:00 in mainstage ~ this week's theme is tax season The Thankies at 7:00 in sidestage with Thank You Next and guest team Floorplay Cagematch at 9:00 in mainstage with new champion D.A.D. vs. challenger Soft Meats Loose Ends at 9:00 in sidestage with Heavy Meadow + Coral, News at 8 + Amanda, and Loitering + Katy KNOTTY BY NATURE - The fiber arts craft club that inspired Loose Ends meets again this Saturday April 11th between 10:00 and 2:00! This week's meetup will be at Espresso Yourself, open to anyone who'd like to socialize with friends and a craft project. 🧶 Contact Cassie Ema at crepn2@gmail.com for information! MUSICAL IMPROV JAM - This Saturday April 11th is also another monthly musical improv jam, 5:00-6:15 in sidestage! Brandon Bowers will be facilitating, and Dean Moran will be accompanying. 🎹 The musical jam is a free drop-in workshop for anyone who'd like to try some musical games and sing in a zero-pressure environment. Open to participants of any and all musical and improv abilities, so bring friends! SATURDAY PROGRAMMING - Speaking of musical improv, we're in luck with more shows Saturday night: The One Four Fives present an Improvised Musical! at 7:00 in mainstage Harold Houdini at 7:00 in sidestage ~ it's Potato Wedgies, Covergirl, and a mystery guest team all performing the traditional longform piece The Harold for a full 30-35 minute set each The Gift at 9:00 in mainstage with Queuecümber, No Helmet, and Goon Platoon Shirts and Skins with Comic Strip and Friends at 9:00 in sidestage with "St. Louis's least clothed improv team" plus fully clothed guest team Mansplain RUNNING CLUB meets again this Sunday April 12th, starting around 10:15-10:30. This week's meetup will be at Forest Park near the Blue Angel Jet by the planetarium entrance. Runners, joggers, walkers, saunters of all paces are welcome - and doggos too! 🏃 MONDAY JAMS - More opportunities to work, play, and meet people in these free dropin miniworkshops both 6:00-6:50-ish this Monday April 13th: Student Jam in mainstage* with AJ Surrell! Grad Jam in sidestage* with Kevin Puetz! *Due to the big turnout of Student Jams, we'll be swapping rooms counter to last week! MONDAY PROGRAMMING - This Monday April 13th is also another busy show night: Teams Level 1 Student Showcase at 7:00 in sidestage, plus two special showcases by students of last session's Monoscene Workshop Teams Level 2 Student Showcase at 7:00 in mainstage The Gift at 9:00 in sidestage with BRAINWORMS!, Whatever This Is, and Artful Dodgeball Ok I think that's it for this week, gang. Remember to check improvshop.wiki when you're curious about team rosters, and HMU with any questions, comments, plugs, shout-outs, etc. Thanks for cultivating another active, joyful week. With gratitude, Melanie Penn (she/they) (636) 628-6676 www.theimprovshop.com

Melanie PennStaff

Core classes and workshops for the May-July session at The Improv Shop are open for registration! Check out this round of electives: The Armando Workshop ~ Wednesdays 7-9 Yoga for Improvisers ~ Saturdays 10-11:30 Poetry for Improvisers ~ (new time frame) Sundays 12-2 Scenework Lab ~ Sundays 12-2 The Harold Workshop ~ Sundays 2:15-4:15 AMA about prereqs, payment plans, etc. Ok see you soon! 🙂 https://theimprovshop.com/classes

Melanie PennStaff

Happy April, Improv Shop! 🌦️ And happy birthdays to Cassie Ema, Sloane Kirsch, our belated March birthdays Holly Basom, Luke Harris, Rich Ledbetter, and everyone else celebrating birthdays this week! 🎂🎂 Here's a rundown of what's happening in and around the theater: NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION is tonight, Thursday April 2nd, 6:00-6:45 in sidestage. You can RSVP here or simply show up anytime during that frame if you'd like to participate in a Q&A - remember: grads and returning students are encouraged to attend 'cause it's great to have a variety of voices in the room! THURSDAY PROGRAMMING - Oh so many teams tonight: House Team Night at 7:00 in mainstage with 2zin Tarandon, Sophie Tucker, and D.I.C.K. The Menagerie at 7:00 in sidestage with Going Down?, Good Platoon, Whatever This Is, and Intrusive Thoughts 💭 The Jam at 8:45-ish in mainstage ~ Tristan Sommer will be hosting a Serendipitous Pastiche-inspired jam with signups posted up in mainstage throughout House Team Night for anyone who'd like to play in a lottery-style show; come watch, then play - or come watch and not play and cheer your friends on! 🤸 The Merry-Go-Round at 9:00 in sidestage with I. Coli, Bored Meeting, Plot Twist, and Wild Bill 🤠 FRIDAY PROGRAMMING - Tomorrow, Friday April 3rd, is another busy night: THE ASTERISK* at 7:00 in mainstage ~ this week's theme is fool me once Chaos Gremlins at 7:00 in sidestage with Floorplay, Celibate, and Whatever ➕ their respective coaches Josh Slobe, Scott Leeker, and Andy Sloey playing alongside them as agents of chaos Cagematch at 9:00 in mainstage with returning champions Manifesto vs. new challenger D.A.D. Tiel's Show-A-Palooza at 9:00 in sidestage featuring standup, improv, and a musical guest 🎤 QUEER IMPROV JAM - It's the first Saturday of the month this Saturday April 4th, 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! 🌈 SATURDAY PROGRAMMING - After Queer Jam, keep the celebration rolling into shows this Saturday night: Yas And Friends at 7:00 in sidestage with the eponymous Yas And and their friend team No Helmet ~ also, this month's show the teams will be organizing a donation drive for Metro Trans Umbrella Group - any gender-affirming items (i.e., clothes, shoes, accessories, makeup) and/or non-perishable shelf-stable food items are welcome! NATURAL 7 at 7:00 in mainstage ~ it's an improvised D&D-inspired quest in two acts ⚔️ 80085 4 U at 9:00 in mainstage ~ it's a show that celebrates honesty, vulnerability, and getting something off your chest Turdy-Too: A Cassie Ema Birthday Show at 9:00 in sidestage ~ it's a multiteam event featuring Kissing Booth, TEN!, Whatever, Intrusive Thoughts, and "a super surprise one-night-only team" celebrating the 32nd birthday our wonderful Cassie Ema! MONDAY JAMS - Come out this Monday April 6th for more miniworkshops, both 6:00-6:50-ish: Student Jam with Elle Morgan in sidestage! Grad Jam with Bailey Kepford in mainstage! Come flex, play games, make friends, and hang out before showcases. Speaking of which... MONDAY PROGRAMMING - This Monday April 6th is week #2 of this eight-week cycle of student showcases - that's two Teams Level 1 classes at 7:00 in sidestage plus two Teams Level 2 classes at 7:00 in mainstage; this is an extra special week because after the Teams Level 2 showcases will be a very special showcase by students of last session's Shotgun Workshop! 🚗 Come cheer on all their hard work, and then keep the momentum going into School Night at 9:00 with three more teams. Do like me on a school night in 1999, stay up too late writing fantasy novels on your dad's P.C. except instead of writing fantasy novels you're watching improv and instead of your dad's P.C. it's The Improv Shop sidestage. Okay that's a wrap for now, team. Remember to check back on the website this weekend for classes opening up for registration, and HMU if you have any questions at all. Thanks for everything! With gratitude, Melanie Penn

The Improv ShopStaff

We are renaming our company this is for real hehe but do not look at your calendar today “I love stand up comedy” - Andy Sloey (Stand Up Comedy Comedian & Teacher)

Katie Brunwasser

This Thursday. 7pm. The Improv Shop MainStage. It’s time to see your favorite musical improv team!! @songbird

Sean Edward

Hey y'all, Happy Holidays!!!In celebration of the high-holiday, I'll be running the Grad Jam tonight at 6pm at The Improv Shop:"Getting High on Improv" Jam Ingredients: 25g Simultaneous Speech . . . . 1 500% DV25g Daisy Chains . . . . 2250% DV10g Vocal Modulation . . . . 33.3% DV99mg Problems . . . . . 99% DV∞ mg Fun . . . . . . . (∞)x(∞)% DV Hope to see ya there!!!

Tonight’s the night. The Confluencers debut at Greenfinch Theater & Dive at 8 pm. Doors at 7. Get tix below or get em at the door. It’s gonna get a lil freaky 👹 https://www.purplepass.com/events/352494-the-confluencers%3A-comedy-for-lovers-apr-18th-2026

Hey Everyone! 😁👋🏾 It’s that time again! The Improv Shop has another POC Improv League showcase happening this coming weekend, April 18th @ 7pm! 😆🙌🏾🍾✨ We have a NEW round of POC improv teams that will be making their debut this Saturday! Come and support our POC folks who enjoy performing onstage. It will be awesome! If you’ve heard about the POC League showcase but haven’t seen a show yet...👀👀……mmmmm… you’re missing out! So come and support! Spread the word! 🗣️🗣️ See you there!

Pep LaMarch

How about an 𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑡-𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒 show where e͟v͟e͟r͟y͟o͟n͟e in the audience transforms a hoodie into a one-of-a-kind souvenir one lucky person gets to keep?! That's SQUIGGLEPart improv, part live installation, entirely unpredictable. Sat, May 2 @ 9p Side stage at the The Improv Shop - STL! Featuring Zam Pow! (Max Levin, Erin Pazderka) & Is this seat taken? (Nicole Durel & I)a @zampow @0VNJqKrP

Katie Brunwasser

This Thursday. House Teams. Come see Songbird perform a 20-minute improvised musical. Also see our incredible fellow house teams MaMa Dearest and Idiot Bitch do their funny thang! It’ll be a great night. @songbird @mamadee @idiot

Base Reality Check

Have you ever wondered what D&D would look like if you took out all the math and rules, then replaced it with pure theater kid energy? Well, you would get Powered by the Apocalypse! Check out our next show Saturday 4/25 as improvisers play actors playing in a James Bond film. @klATqS_6

Isabelle Muniz

POV: The Goon Platoon is waiting for you to open your gift. Go on, don’t be shy. You deserve it. We’re so proud of you. WATCH THE GOON PLATOON IN: THE GIFT! SATURDAY 04/11 MAIN STAGE 9PM

Moist

Tonight. House Team Night. 7pm @ The Improv Shop w/ Basement Family & On Hold. Get Moist Too.

Tonight at the Improv Shop @ 7 for HTN! @onhold

Cassie Ema

LOOSE ENDS RETURNS!!!!! That's right!! Loose Ends is returning for a SECOND time to the Improv Shop Sidestage on April 10th at 9pm!! How will these solo improvisers be woven into these already established teams? How will the already established teams alter their form to include their newest loose end? What will we see at the Yarn Swap!? Get yourself a trustworthy friend to text you Cagematch updates and head on down to Sidestage! Heck, if you want, we will even share the results of Cagematch if they're announced before the end of our show! We're here to please! Teams and solo improvisers - please check your email for more information! ❤ See you THERE!!!!!! @JPQqGCGS @newsateight @vKc-9Khz

Bailey Wiles Kepford

Hey friends! Join me tonight, Mon, April 6 at 6:00pm for the grad jam. We'll be playing around with forms and discussing tips for choosing a form. Hope to see ya then!

Menagerie 4/26

It's the Thursday jam again and I'm here to tell you to sign up for the Serendipitous Pastiche, the team that gets made up on the spot to play a very cool set together following House Team night. The jam has some improv games and some improv scenes and the world-famous joke round. This is a free event & open to players (or watchers) at any experience level. There will be a signup sheet for the pastiche on the wall by the tech booth in main stage during House Team night! 185 jokes in the comments, your suggestion is kitchen appliances.