Saturday, July 11th

As part of Improv Comedy on "Second Saturdays" at the Westport Coffeehouse Theatre.

FIRST at 6:30 p.m. (house opening at 6:00 p.m.)

THE TRIP FIVES w/ BABEL FISH

The Trip Fives welcome one of the hottest improv troupes in town, Babel Fish, who performed at the Chicago Improv Festival in April.

Babel Fish will start the night off with a BING!
Then both groups will morph into one, creating a spontaneous BANG!
After intermission, the Trip Fives will go off like dynamite. BOOM!

Tickets are $10.00

THEN at 9:00 p.m. (House opening at 8:30 p.m.)

IMPROV THUNDERDOME.

SEASON FOUR, ROUND ONE

Season four journeys BEYOND Thunderdome. Thirty-six local improvisers were selected to participate in a random draft to create nine teams of four. Below are the results and schedule.

ROUND #1 MATCH UP:

BLACK YANKEES
(Jonathan Bender, Keith Curtis, Patrick Craft & Pearl MacDonald)

vs.

RAGNAROK
(Jeremy Alexander, Aron Carlson, Joe Henley & Joe Stephenson)

vs.

WIN ONE FOR THE NIFER
(Ed Doris, Tim Lemke, Lance Meisner & Nifer Honeycutt)

Tickets are $10.00

Call 913-375-5168 for reservations

***Reservations for Thunderdome NOT available until 6/24 (two weeks before show)***

Tuesday, June 30th

A different night. A different venue. And now, there's a BAR!!!

Join us for a weeknight of improv comedy at the recordBar. 

The Trip Fives share the stage with Improv Thunderdome's inaugural champs, Loaded Dice. Kind of an encore performance, if you will.

See the two groups that had the Pitch's Alan Scherstuhl "convulsing with laughter" at their May 9th performance at the Westport Coffeehouse. 

Tickets are $5.00

Show starts at 7:00 p.m.

Come early and get something to eat or have a drink to unwind.

Call 913-375-5168 for reservations

Saturday, June 13th

THIS SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELED

As part of Improv Comedy on "Second Saturdays" at the Westport Coffeehouse Theatre.

8:00 p.m. (house opening at 7:30 p.m.)

Bare TV, Kansas City's original improvised talk show, is back after a ten year hiatus.  Some of Kansas City's best improvisors will create characters in front of the "studio audience" and then work with local writers to produce a talk show complete with a band leader, commercials and sketches. 

Tickets are $10.00

Call 913-375-5168 for reservations

Saturday, May 9th

As part of Improv Comedy on "Second Saturdays" at the Westport Coffeehouse Theatre.

8:00 p.m. (house opening at 7:30 p.m.)

The Trip Fives share the stage with Improv Thunderdome's inaugural champs, Loaded Dice.

Loaded Dice will start the bidding with their very own 25 minute set.

Next both groups raise the stakes by working together with a variation of scenes and monologues.

Then, after intermission, the Trip Fives will go all in and take home the pot.

Tickets are $10.00

Call 913-375-5168 for reservations

Improv Thunderdome Season 6 Schedule

Thunderdome pits nine teams of local improvisers against each other in a four month battle. Each team will get 30 minutes to prove their worthiness. Audiences will decide each month which team shall move on to the championship match.

For season six, we will again journey BEYOND Thunderdome. Local improvisers participated in a random draft to create nine teams of four. And then 9 coaches were randomly assigned to each team.

The Season 6 Schedule:

ROUND #1
Saturday, July 10th at 9:00 pm

DANGER, GAZELLE! - Coach: Ed Doris
(Tom Kessler, Jarod Kilgore, Christian Robinson & Jim Sturgill)
vs.
GORILLA GLUE - Coach: Keith Curtis
(Trent Birney, Jeremy Danner, Patrick Lindhorst & Zak Roland)
vs.
NEW YORK CITY PIGEON CREW - Coach: Jared Brustad
(Michael Grush, Tim Marks, Jim Montemayor & Kodi Theilgaard)

ROUND #2
Saturday, August 14th at 9:00 pm

GENERATION GAP - Coach: John Robison
(Mike Ferris, Harrison George, Guy Maggio & Julie Miller)
vs.
TRUFFLE FRIES - Coach: Jen Roser
(Aaron Bagby, Chantè Keller, Matt Massey & Nick Rigoli)
vs.
WHITE EYED PEAS - Coach: Trish Berrong
(Patrick Craft, Jessica Robins, Julie Robison & Joe Stephenson)

ROUND #3
Saturday, September 11th at 8:00 pm*

*the time has been moved due to the cancelation of the early show

ALICE - Coach: Clay Morgan
(Nifer Honeycutt, Clayton Ingram, Shannon Peery & Robert Steele)
vs.
CANDY VAN - Coach: Scott Connerly
(Levi Eubanks, Chris Fuston, Martha Maggio & Cindy Paasch)
vs.
GAMMA RAY - Coach: Paul DeMerchant
(Taylor Brown, Maggie Cargill, Garrett Hicks & Aron Wallis)

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Saturday, October 9th at 9:00 pm
Rd 1 Winner
vs.
Rd 2 Winner
vs.
Rd 3 Winner

Saturday, April 11th

Continuing Improv Comedy on "Second Saturdays" at the Westport Coffeehouse Theatre.

9:00 p.m. (house opening at 8:30 p.m.)

IMPROV THUNDERDOME.
SEASON THREE CHAMPIONSHIP!!!

Round One Winner - KILL THE DJ
(Jeremy Alexander, Charley Belle, Jonathan Bender & Ben Brest)
From the trenches of short form improv, the next Goliath of impending Thunderdome doom awaits to seize your humor and strangle it into submission. These Comedy City veterans bring forth their hilariously violent approach and unhealthy temperament as a blood sacrifice to your entertainment appetite. Sensibilities culled from the Midwest, Back East and the North Coast will blow your mind!

vs.

Round Two Winners - BABEL FISH
(Mandy Bannon, Patrick Craft, Keith Curtis, Joe Henley, Nathan Stewart & Jim Sturgill)
Babel Fish don’t like to play by the rules. Babel Fish turn things on their head, not because they want to shake the very foundations of the Improv world, but because they are bored. Babel Fish let the world run through their head and spit it up on stage for the sheer joy of living on the edge, and Babel Fish hope you want to come out and play as much as they do.

vs.

Round Three Winners - THOSE PEOPLE
(Doug Altman, Amy Virginia Buchanan, Garrett Kelly, Spencer Lott, JT Nagle & Alex Nichols)
Coming off a successful run in Lawrence, THOSE PEOPLE are bringing their peculiar brand of comedy to KC stages. Inspired by the Chicago improv scene, THOSE PEOPLE push the traditional long-form style to the unmitigated limits of absurdity. One audience-suggested axiom/platitude/cliche loses meaning through a series of flat-out bizarre scenes (and some things that may not even qualify as scenes). As much as a good laugh, THOSE PEOPLE appreciate a good blank "WTF?" stare.

Tickets are $10.00

Call 913-375-5168 for reservations

***Reservations for Thunderdome NOT available until 12/27 (two weeks before show)***

Saturday, March 14th

As part of Improv Comedy on "Second Saturdays" at the Westport Coffeehouse Theatre.

FIRST at 6:30 p.m. (house opening at 6:00 p.m.)

THE TRIP FIVES w/ IMPROV-ABILITIES

Two of Kansas City's most exciting improv troupes share the stage for one night only.

First Improv-Abilities will do there thang.

Next both troupes will combine forces and take over the universe for 30 minutes.
Then, after intermission, the Trip Fives will hit it and quit it.

Tickets are $10.00

THEN at 9:00 p.m. (House opening at 8:30 p.m.)

IMPROV THUNDERDOME.

SEASON THREE, ROUND THREE

THOSE PEOPLE

(Doug Altman, Amy Virginia Buchanan, Garrett Kelly, Spencer Lott, JT Nagle & Alex Nichols)
Coming off a successful run in Lawrence, THOSE PEOPLE are bringing their peculiar brand of comedy to KC stages. Inspired by the Chicago improv scene, THOSE PEOPLE push the traditional long-form style to the unmitigated limits of absurdity. One audience-suggested axiom/platitude/cliche loses meaning through a series of flat-out bizarre scenes (and some things that may not even qualify as scenes). As much as a good laugh, THOSE PEOPLE appreciate a good blank "WTF?" stare.

vs.

THE TRIP FOURS
(Ed Doris, Tim Lemke, Megan Mercer & Jen Roser)
As the origin story goes, four improvisers were exposed to a liquid mutagen during a traffic accident. The mutagen caused the improvisers to become more human-like in intelligence and dexterity. Within days the improvisers develop the power of speech. It is then that they trained themselves in improvutsu, so they can grow strong enough to win the Thunderdome championship.

vs.

TRIVIAL PROV-SUIT

(James Nelson & John Robison)
This ridiculous duo pits KC improv veterans John Robison and James Nelson against each other in a clash of trivia! They hit the stage with stacks of Trivial Pursuit cards and ask each other questions, and every incorrect answer yields an improv scene! Fast-paced and brutally funny, Trivial Prov-suit is the most unique and unforgettable show in Kansas City!

Tickets are $10.00

Call 913-375-5168 for reservations

***Reservations for Thunderdome NOT available until 2/28(two weeks before show)***