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Chinatown Invasion Show: UH Double Rainbows

June 6, 2015 by Aaron Pughes

Special Guest: The UH Double Rainbows
Improv Comedy at Ong King

Honolulu, HI, June 12– Think Fast welcomes UH Manoa’s Double Improv Rainbows to the Chinatown Invasion: Improv Comedy Show at Ong King Art Center, 184 N King St.

The Double Improv Rainbows from UH Manoa join Think Fast Improv onstage at Ong King Arts Center for a night of unscripted theater, laughs and fun!

Think Fast will be saying goodbye to a long-time friend by playing The World’s Most Dangerous Improv Game- 2 Men, No Shoes, 50 Live Mousetraps.

Come out for a super fun time, support live comedy and have a few drinks.

Show starts at 7:30pm, show at 8pm. $10 at the door.


 

WHERE: Ong King, 184 N.King Street
WHEN: Friday, June 12th
TIMES: 7:30pm doors open, 8pm show begins!
TICKET: $10 at door
PARKING: Chinatown Municipal Parking ($3) on Smith/Nimtz and River/Nimitz

Tagged With: chinatown, hawaii, honolulu, improv, long form, mr. aaron, oahu, short form, show, Think Fast, uh, university of hawaii

On the Spot presents… Walkabout Wednesday Comedy Throwdown!

February 19, 2014 by Tim Ceder

On the Spot Improv presents the Walkabout Wednesday Comedy Throwdown.

This FREE short form improv comedy Show pits 1 guest Improviser against our Iron Improvisers as they do battle for points, laughs, and audience appreciation every Wednesday night.  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 or detracting points for violations.

Show starts at 7:30 at the ARTS at Marks Garage.  This is a relatively family-friendly show – come one, come all!

Tagged With: chinatown hawaii, comedy, free, funny, honolulu, improv, improv hawaii, oahu, otsimprov, short form, show, Throwdown

On the Spot presents… Walkabout Wednesday Comedy Throwdown!

February 19, 2014 by Tim Ceder

On the Spot Improv presents the Walkabout Wednesday Comedy Throwdown.

This FREE short form improv comedy Show pits 1 guest Improviser against our Iron Improvisers as they do battle for points, laughs, and audience appreciation every Wednesday night.  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 or detracting points for violations.

Show starts at 7:30 at the ARTS at Marks Garage.  This is a relatively family-friendly show – come one, come all!

Tagged With: chinatown hawaii, comedy, free, funny, honolulu, improv, improv hawaii, oahu, otsimprov, short form, show, Throwdown

Wednesday Improv Throwdown presented by On The Spot

February 19, 2014 by Tim Ceder

On the Spot Improv presents the Walkabout Wednesday Improv Throwdown! Free Comedy!

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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)

Tagged With: chinatown hawaii, comedy, free, funny, honolulu, improv, improv hawaii, oahu, otsimprov, short form, show, Throwdown

Mr. Aaron presents “Think Fast!”: Aloha Rachel

October 1, 2013 by Aaron Pughes

Mr.Aaron Presents a free night of improv fun with Think Fast, every second Friday at the Loading Zone, Chinatown starting at 8pm.

Join us as Think Fast! wishes one of their improvisers, Rachel Kesselman, farewell and aloha.  She’s picked her favorite short form games to play and is raring to rock out her last improv performance in Hawaii! Click here for our Facebook event!

Think Fast is a collection of students and experienced improvisers from the Adult Short Form Improv Program of Mr.Aaron Presents.  These improvisers are versed in the art of short form and long form improvisation.

Shows can vary from:

  • Showcases of local improv teams
  • Friendly theater sport competitions
  • Short Form Marathons
  • Specialty Long Forms
  • Mash-up / Team-up jams!

Tickets are FREE!

If you are an improviser or improv team looking to play, contact us through our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/mraaronpresents or send us an email at mraaronpresents@gmail.com 

We invite one and all to play!

 

Tagged With: chinatown, free, hawaii, honolulu, improv, Loading Zone, mr. aaron, short form, show, Think Fast

Original Jams Improv Show hosted by: Kimee Balmilero

January 25, 2012 by improvhi

Since everyone had SUCH a blast last time….

WE’RE DOING IT AGAIN!!!

Join us for another Original Jams Improv Show at the Greenhouse in Kakaako featuring:

Laughtrack Theater Company’s newest team: “The Imaginary Goat Show”

Special Los Angeles Guests: Andy Trask & David Park

and

OJ House Team “Everyday People”

And of course…a JAM TO FOLLOW! Anyone can play and everyone’s a winner!

Invite one and all! It’s gonna be a FUN time!

SEE YOU THERE!

Tagged With: comedy, honolulu, improv, jam, kakaako, show

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