improv & sketch comedy in hawaii
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Wednesday Improv Throwdown presented by On The Spot
January 27, 2016 @ 7:15 pm - 8:15 pm
On the Spot Improv presents the Walkabout Wednesday Improv Throwdown! Free Comedy!
Now in its Third Season, this high-energy short form improv comedy show pits 1 guest Improviser against our Iron Improvisers in a 2v2 battle for points, laughs, and audience appreciation. Your suggestions start the scenes, your approval crowns the winner! To keep the improvisers honest, our referee will monitor the action, awarding points for stellar play. And if the improvisers stumble, watch out for the yellow flag and loss of points.
Show starts at 7:30 at the ARTS at Marks Garage, and it goes down EVERY WEDNESDAY. The performer lineup is constantly changing to incorporate the island’s best improvisers and special guests, so the only guarantee is a hilarious time. This is a family-friendly show (with penalties awarded for the occasional slip-up) – come one, come all!
Best of all, this show is FREE!
About OTS Improv (from otsimprov.com):
On The Spot Improv is Hawaii’s longest running improv group. Established 2001, On the Spot from Aiea Hawaii, have been entertaining audiences all across the country with their unique brand of improvised theater. The group has been called one of the most innovative improv groups in the world by Chicago Improv Festival Executive Producer Jonathan Pitts for their unique approach to improvised theatre. Their signature style incorporates narrative storytelling, minimal dialog, and strong blocking to create cinematic images to tell complex stories.
OTS made a name for themselves in the national improv community creating several original genre-esque formats, such as their improvised macabre show “Tell Tale Dreadful,” their improvised homage to the master of suspense “Hitchcock,” their playful 1920’s live action silent movie show “HUSH.”
They Have performed all over the country such as the Austin Out of Bounds Comedy Festival, Phoenix Improv Festival, Chicago Improv Festival, and recently at the Seattle Festival of Improv Theater.
Currently the ON THE SPOT is a full time partner with Hawaii Academy of Performing Arts / ARTS at Marks. Along with performing monthly improv shows, On the Spot also teaches on going improv classes, Produces a yearly scripted play, and host the annual Improvaganza Hawaii festival of Improv all from their home base at the ARTS at Marks Garage located in the Heart of the Honolulu Chinatown Arts District. (1159 Nuuanu Ave.Honolulu Hi, 96813)