[SF] This week in Bay Area Improv from the Alliance
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ONGOING IMPROV PERFORMANCES
The Monday Night Make Em Ups
Ongoing Every Mondays: Whether you're a performer who wants in on the action, or just an audience member who wants to watch the comedy chaos, then Monday Night Make 'Em Ups is exactly where you want to be. Every Monday at 9:00 (Sign in by 8:30). SFCC 414 Mason Street (Native Sons Bldg) 7th Floor. Five dollars to play or watch http://www.spf7.org
Big City Improv
Ongoing Fridays: Big City Improv shows are unscripted, un-edited and created on the spot, using audience suggestions, participation and their dark and sordid lies. Every Friday night at 10:00pm The Shelton Theater, San Francisco 533 Sutter Street in Union Square. Tickets $15.00 For more information go to www.bigcityimprov.com
How we First Met!
Every Fridays & Saturdays Starting in Febuary. Only real life is this funny. How we first met returns in it beatiful new space on Pier 39 at Theatre 39! Special Valenties Day Performance Wednesday Feb 14th: For Ticket information go to howwefirtmet.com
ComedySportz San Jose
Ongoing Fridays and Saturdays: The National Comedy Theatre is proud to be the home of ComedySportz, competitive, team improvisational comedy every Friday and Saturday night in beautiful San Jose! Also, check out its late night show made especially for adults! For Tickets go to www.national-comedy.com
Improv Slam Music Jam
Every Sundays Judges! We Don't Need No Stinking Judges!" Every Sunday afternoon Practice, Play, Party. No pressure, No Judges! - It's a Free Show! Get stage time in groups or solo, what ever you want. It's all about the stuff we do at the improv slam Singing Contest - FOR FREE! Every Sunday afternoon from 2:30 to 4:30 at the Off Market Theatre Gallery, 965 Mission Street, San Francisco For more information go to: www.improvslam.com
EAST BAY IMpRoV
Ongoing Monthly: Featuring: Zack, Dave, Chet, Adriana & Mair. Pinole Community Playhouse 601 Tennent Ave, Pinole, CA 8pm Saturday of the month, 8pm, $8 www.eastbayimprov.com for more information.
Lila Theater: Temenos
Feburary 18th, March 18th, April 15th, May 20th, June 17th: Temenos is Lila Theatre's Improv Jam that occurs every third Sunday of every month. This Jam combines an hour long open-to-the-public Improv Jam with the show elements of an opening and headlining Improv group form around the Bay Area. Off-Market Theatre Stage 250 965 Mission Street. Five Dollars to play or watch. For more information go to www.lilatheatre.org
Rats In the Alley
Ongoing Monthly: The Rats in the Alley continue to bring their own aggressive style of "trial by fire" improv to the North Bay. First Tuesday @ the Listen and be Heard Cafe. 818 Marin Street, Vallejo CA. $5.00 and Third Tuesday @ Pacifica Pizza 203 Main Street, SuiSun City CA. FREE. www.ratsinthealley.com for more information and tickets.
BATS Improv Performance Schedule
February 2007 - Rock 'N Roll Theatersports! BATS Improv wraps up its annual Theatresports tournament featuring 8 "bands" competing for judges' points, audience cheers and a roll of the pink fuzzy dice! Also playing: BATS' Sunday Players doing the "Masters of Mictro!" Go to www.improv.org for more information, prices and tickets. Performances include:
- Rock 'N Roll Theatresports Tournament - Friday & Saturdays, through-February 24; 8:00 p.m.
- Annual Valentine's Day Improv - Wednesday, February 14; 8:00p.m.
- "Masters of Micetro" and Performance Series Class Graduation Shows – Sundays, through March 11; 7:00 p.m.
Full Spectrum Improvastional Theater
Wednesday February 7th: Performed by participants in Joya Cory's Advanced Improvisation Workshop. Featuring Brian Buck, Sara Barack, Rachel Fleischman, Craig Landry, Jon Menzies and Gordon Pugh. The Marsh 1062 Valencia Street,(near 22nd St) San Francisco Tickets $7 Refreshments Served. No Reservations Needed. Just show up and enjoy this lively and entertaining evening. For more information call 415-564-4115 or go to either www.joyacory.com or www.themarsh.org
Oui Be Negroes Presents: Bury James Brown!
Friday-Saturday February 9-24: While James Brown's family has "Done did lost their minds"? Oui Be Negroes does Black History Month up right doing a run of straight improvisational theater! Featuring Shaun Landry, Nkechi, Marcus Sams and Hans Summers. 8:00 PM The Climate Theater 285 9th Street, San Francisco CA $15.00 - Only $10.00 Students, Seniors, TBA and SFIA Email Members Get tickets online at Brown Paper Tickets www.ouibenegroes.com or www.improvalliance.org
Un-Scripted Theater: The Love Show
Valentine's Day, Feb 14th: Love is in the air! This improvised night of songs, scenes, and games is a fundraiser to support Un-Scripted's fifth season. Celebrate everyone's favorite emotion and your favorite 5-year-old improv company in one fabulous evening! 8PM The Phoenix Theatre 6th floor 414 Mason Street (between Post & Geary, near Powell St. BART) For more information go to http://www.un-scripted.com/shows/
IMPROV ON THE AIR IN THE BAY
Boppin It: Apple Podcast by Bob Brindley and Justin Lamb of SPF7
Check out the comedy Musings of Brindley and Lamb on the Boppin It Podcast! To Subscribe go to Boppin It
Cassandra Call Productions presents RadioStar Improv, Where every show is completely improvised and recorded in a single take. We record up to four shows a week, and then take our favorites and add sound effects and music cues as appropriate and then podcast them every Wednesday. To hear Radiostar Podcasts...go to http://www.cassandrascall.com/podcast.html
IMPROVISED FILMS ONLINE
The Improv Alliance YouTube Site
The San Francisco Improv Alliance brings improvised films from Bay Area Filmmakers to Youtube! If you would like to see Indy Improvised Films? Or Classic Documentaries on improvisation? Hit the SFIA Youtbue site at http://youtube.com/profile?user=improvalliance
It's Your Show!
Sponsored by Carson Daly and NBC, The IYS promotes indy filmmakers and improvisers in challenges for a chance to win $1000 Weekly with a grand prize of $100,000! You can also upload watch improvised and scripted films from all over the country. To go to The SFIA site on It's Your Show please click onto http://www.iystv.com/SFIA/profile/
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