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A laugh out loud PIT show where everything that happens from the moment people walk in, to the stand up performances, get improvised upon by a brilliant team, Centralia style.

Come watch Queer performers get into the “Yas, and!” spirit as they spread the LGBTQIA+ agenda through improv comedy! It’ll be a gay ole time!

Join us for an evening of laughter, tears, and song, right out of a Sondheim fever dream.

Experience live, long-form, and musical improvisation with our HOUSE TEAMS!

This show is a parodies ‘experimental’ style theatre where the actors take themselves too seriously, wear all black, insert unnecessary themes, and make you think, “What the hell is going on?”

Ansa Edim's one woman storytelling show explores modern romance through the eyes of a fat Black woman boldly navigating a world of dating disasters, confusing societal expectations, and the cringey road to self-discovery.

Our PIT/SNL Scholars will be presenting their SNL style audition. So come see some of our best and brightest swing for the fences and give it all they've got!

It's a sketch comedy open mic, and the stakes couldn't be lower!

Up-and-Coming NYC comedians Sunny Outlaw & Mike Warner team up to provide an hour of explosive improv comedy!

Your Father and I would like to show you something. It is an expression of joy and of sorrow, of pleasure and pain, and, if you do it right, it takes about an hour.

You hate your job? You ever feel like you just flushed your soul into the corporate toilet? Ever want to be severed? If so, The Salty Nuts are here to help you laugh away the deadness inside of you with some high-octane comedic content that pokes fun at the doldrums of our daily grind and ignites our sense of humor to make it all seem somewhat worthwhile. The Nut Job. Hey. You gotta make a livin'.The Nut Job

A BoogieManja Production to showcase new solo characters from some of the best writer-performers in NYC.

A showcase of brand-new sketch comedy from a brand-new sketch comedy group! Fowl Play, founded by a group of odd ducks, produces comedy that’s both playful and cutting, melding absurdist humor with sharp satire.

Charlotte has succumbed to depression and must try various experiences in life to pull herself out. It's hilarious.

"With Love," is a solo variety act that explores what it’s like to be the author of your own life’s work AKA your eulogy.

Waddle down to one of the funniest stand-up comedy showcases this side of the pond! 

Two improv teams taking the stage for a night of improv comedy? Sounds like a DOUBLE WHAMMY to me! Join teams, Accidental Cowboy and ChitChat for one hour of laughs and lots of improv!

Real-life improviser parents and their children create magic and adorable mayhem on stage.

Join Kim & Yaro as they host a night of stand-up and improv inspired by the opposite sex.

Witness a team of improv comedians turn your audience suggestion into a full fledged musical with live accompaniment, original songs, characters, and dance numbers never before seen and never to be seen again.

Not a fan of Star Trek? No problem!

Step into the circle. Characters Anonymous is a comedy showcase of sketches and characters, where NYC’s sharpest comedians gather for a fictional support group meeting — each one playing an unhinged persona in desperate need of help.

Sketch comedy that changes shape every show!

A show featuring titular character Creamy Genie and his rhyming, whipped cream-wielding, mischievous crew. Improv, stand up, and general whimsy to ensure all who bear witness will forever remember the name Creamy Genie!

Dr. Kara Kibara sells her services through a hybrid Ted talk-workshop transformation-improv - performance style as the best dating and relationship guru.

Big Cup's back & friendlier than ever! And laughter, they say, is friendship's best medicine. But Big Cup always wants more friends. No amount of friends is ever enough, we need more. And we've met all our friends from being audience members at our shows.

"GREAT GATSBY!" is a parody jukebox musical of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel featuring pop hits from the early 2000s. This un-faithful retelling is this year's (Third) Best Musical (Based on "The Great Gatsby").

5 stand ups take the stage, but the one thing they can’t take with them is prepared material. The comics will engage with the audience and will also have the opportunity to get topics given to them at random. What ensues is anyone’s guess, but the one thing that is sure is that we will all have an absolute blast!

Clarice formally invites you to an hour long revue of short-form comedic vignettes (colloquial, American: "sketches").

Do you have steamy hot tea to spill? Come dish at Hot Goss – an improv show inspired by your gossip. Vent about a coworker. Trash talk your ex. Tell us about your weird cousin. You spill, we do scenes. Everyone leaves a little lighter.

Welcome to the POuRNO Shop! Enjoy a visually satisfying show about the process of creating some wet, gushy, sticky, slimey “pourn”, all made LIVE (SFW of course).

The Shy Vaudevillian combines stand-up, storytelling, and handmade visuals to create a distinctly modern vaudeville experience where body dysmorphia, lotto scratch-offs, and mansplaining collide face-first with a banana cream pie!

Using audience suggestions of blunders, bummers, hiccups, slip-ups, etc., the No Duds explore the obvious downsides and secret silver linings of failures big and small.

The Sotto Voce & Friends show is an evening of story and song . We partner with public school music programs to increase awareness of the need for arts education in public schools. Opening for us is a musical ensemble of students from the NY public school system who will perform a short set. Then Sotto Voce presents an improvised musical that is completely sung through with no spoken dialogue!

"One of the most impressive and absurd long-form improv routines in the city." - TimeOut NY

An explosive, high energy hour of improvised dark comedy hosted by Hyperkinetic (est. 2023).

It’s time to pop out and show out with The Black Coalition!!! An all BIPOC Impov team ready to make their grand debut. Come join us for some long form improv by some of the best BIPOC improvisers The PIT has to offer. See our show and join the COALITION!!

Tony’s on a trip to Italy again. But what kinda kingda ka’s in the zupa this time? The third installment of an epic musical, including numbers by Paulie Walnuts and Samuel L. Jackson.

A comedy variety show hosted by two eccentric New Yorkers (played by Diana Aydin and Mikayla Sherfy), who secretly live in The PIT Annex.

After a cryptic interview with a man in a ponytail becomes a way to make ends meet, a broke and desperate actress is forced to confront how far she’s willing to go, and what she’s prepared to lose, for a $20 bill. LAPDOG is a sexy and darkly comedic true story.

Join us for a night of stand-up, music, poetry, and sketch performances.

Pit Ensembles Alumni team Toronto are back and they're bringing their friends. You give them the suggestion, they supply the fun, Canadian style.

You’ve watched this show for seven years and finally and now it’s coming to an end. Dragons, meth, weddings, who knows what will happen. You suggest the title and we’ll show you how it ends.

Expecteth the unexpected, for no two performances shall be the same. Verily, thou shalt be swept away on a journey of laughter and tears, as the players improvise their way through the labyrinthine tunnels of a story in the the style of William Shakespeare!

It's 1980 and one of the most popular shows on television is Love's a Funny Thing, the program where young couples come on to live television and reenact their most unbelievable stories (how they met, how they fell in love, etc.).

A multi-talented group of performers brings you an action packed hour of hilarious characters, music, stand-up, sketch, and improv comedy.

Alternative Medicine!

Presented by the Peoples Sketch Revues’ ABSURD TEAM!

Night Shift presents "Nothing to See Here,” an improv comedy show blending humor with unexpected twists in a reality-bending narrative. Get ready for clever storytelling, surprising turns, and a unique mix of grounded emotion and absurdity. Join us for a great evening!

Theatresports™ is the fast-paced improv show where two teams of improvisers will compete against each other, taking your suggestions to perform hilarious scenes, songs, games and more!

Fifth Floor Walkup is a fever dream of hysterical weirdness. It's madcap, what-the heck-just-happened, screwball sketch comedy with a motley cast of PIT-trained performers. Playing in the liminal space between sketch and improv, Fifth Floor stitches together a brand new show every time with high-production sketches, original music, and digital shorts that'll leave you in stitches and maybe thinking a little differently about how you see the world!

We're a ragtag gang of Spokaniacs, exploring the outer reaches of the absurdiverse. If a rock looks unusual, we're going to pick it up and see what's underneath. (But don't worry. We always put rocks back where we found them.)

Student Driver: Indie Road is The PIT's longest running indie improv show and is finally back a multi year hiatus caused by some serious "traffic" in the world.

Through sketch comedy and character monologues, we tackle all the questions, false alarms, and mysterious symptoms that no other clinic will. Your appointment has been confirmed! Please note we are expecting wait times up to 6 hours.

Horse Beef begins every show by asking the audience for 3 desires. These 3 desires will become the starting point for 3 story lines that Horse Beef will weave together over the course of the show.

Are you a life-long (live) Swiftie with a 13 drawn on your hand? Or are you someone dipping your toes in The Lakes of the 18 years worth of lore of today's biggest pop superstar? Either way, this show is for you! We will ̶i̶n̶i̶t̶i̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶i̶n̶t̶o̶ ̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶c̶u̶l̶t̶ introduce you to the inside jokes of our fandom with educational segments leading into Taylor-themed sketches spanning topics from Jake Gyllenhaal's scarf to the Eras Tour.

Documentary format improv show

Welcome to the improvised documentary — a longform improv show filled with talking heads, found footage, re-enactments, and more!

Papa Squat is a sketch show created by deeply special freaks with one goal: to make you laugh, baby. 

Named Solo Performer of the Year 2025 (Young-Howze Theatre Awards), Ciszewski has been heralded as “a whip smart comic [who] holds the room like putty” (BingeFringe) and who “celebrates love the way Julia Child celebrated French cooking” (Monumental Entertainment). He has earned accolades including a Queer Performer’s Award Nomination at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe—where his show was named the #50 Top Show out of 3600!—and raves from critics and audiences both gay and otherwise.

People don't know what they want till you give it to them. Hence Suitably Disgraceful. In a world where art sucks and no one knows better, we become part of the problem in the form of sketch comedy that is quite disgraceful, but in a suitable way. The material contains surrealist and sadistic humor, along with some musical comedy mixed in!

A night of experimental stand-up from NYC comedian Jake Schick. Watch Jake develop this hour-long solo show live with occasional special guests!

Join the PIT’s personal Shadow Cast for a different cult classic movie with every performance. With shows including Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Room, Heathers, and more - it’s one helluva good time!

We are the Omnivores and we eat everything! What's the most memorable meal you've ever had - was it exotic, romantic, horrifying? Come tell us and watch us follow the fun inspired by your tale in this unique long-form improv journey!

Screaming Crying Throwing Up is a sketch show by fangirls for fangirls (and anyone who wants to dip their toe into fandom). Our sketches explore the brilliance and complexity of fangirls, along with our current obsessions. Everything from K-pop, to Disney, books, tv, movies, fanfic, and everything in between. Let’s get delulu! #SketchShow!AU   Featuring: Alyssa Briddes Becky Davidson Helene Dubois Rhys Febles Taylor Sniffen Cahlia Walton Scott Kidwell

Strap in for a wild ride, as we explore the world as I see it, through the lens of my sense of humor, with all of my pet peeves disguised as sketches.

I feel like bio is “new york’s hottest comedians write bad jokes… for other comedians to read for the first time LIVE at The PIT

“Two Much with Peter & Matt” is a half short-form, half long-form improvised show featuring the winners of PIT's 2025 March Madness competition, Peter & Matt (@peterandmatt).

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Join us as a group of talented actors perform LIVE two never-before-seen comedy pilots written by some of the most hilarious storytellers in the city. Come catch these shows before they make their way onto your television screen! Presented by Peter Clark-Deutsch

It's a Lifestyle is a high-energy, offbeat musical comedy that dives into modern relationships and the chaotic world of swinging. Betty and Richard, a 1920s couple stuck in a marriage rut, stumble into the swinging lifestyle through free-spirited Wilma and Otis. What begins as an attempt to reignite their spark becomes a whirlwind of wild parties, blurred boundaries, and unexpected encounters. Chaos escalates when flamboyant mob boss Tony Zamboni mistakes their gatherings for a rival gang operation, sparking misunderstandings and musical mayhem.

An improvised musical featuring old-timey bluegrass tunes and a rotating cast on traditional instruments like banjo, guitar, fiddle, mandolin, washboard, egg shakers and kazoo…

A sketch hour of absurdist and experimental comedy.

Corn Fed Sketch, the corniest sketch show in the west. What happens when you when you put a bunch Midwesterners with big dreams on a stage??? They write a sketch show! You can see the Titanic, a masked killer, and big ole glasses of whole milk. And if you’re lucky maybe you’ll get to meet The Donner Party.

It's your happy place! A stimulating sketch show adventure through your favorite things! First Day of Work Orientation! Elementary School Assemblies! The Food Network! You never know what you'll be subjected to!!

We’re getting weird, y’all! Join us each month as we put on a show with a different theme with some of our craziest friends! Who knows what’ll happen! Please check in and make sure we’re alright!

Fool Harmonic!

Presented by the Peoples Sketch Revues’ MUSICAL TEAM!

The Artist Formerly Known As: CRUD! is a mostly queer improv team. Formerly a house team at the PIT, they’ve performed at Baltimore Improv Festival and regularly spread their crud all over NYC. Follow @crud_improv for show details and more CRUD!

Comedians and writers from around New York write and perform a reading of the WORST poems you ever heard all in an effort to make each other break.

Fight for democracy in the most dramatic election season yet!

Maybe you loved your hometown, maybe you hated it, maybe you’re so indifferent you’re pissed we’re even bringing it up. Regardless— Skip Skip wants to visit! We’ll ask an audience member about where they grew up: the oddball characters, the local haunts, the myths and legends. Then we’ll make ourselves at home doing some good ol’ fashion long form improv!

Girl Theory dismisses the validity of the question “are women funny?” with a 50 minute girl-centric sketch variety show that will make you question everything that you have ever believed to be true.

A Night of Laughs, Mayhem & Unexpected Surprises!

Colin and Spenser present “Improvised Gothic Horror,” a longform improv comedy show blending the trappings of gothic horror with the goofy silly tone of goofy silly twoprov.

Experience comedy like never before at "Whole Lotta M's," the stand-up show featuring exclusively comedians whose names begin with M! It might sound mad, but the only thing crazy will be how much you laugh. Don't miss this memorable mess!

The error404_ faction commits exactly 404 errors weekly, in a rotation of satirical plays (lots of mashups), audience plants (lots of crying), and concerts (so much dancing). House band Blink Floyd/ Pink 182. Sopranos and Snakes on a Plane the Musical 3 and Curb Your Texas Chainsaw Massacre the Musical 2 coming soon.

It’s a surreal but true-to-life love story between a woman and a bottle of vodka, from the early days of awkward first love to the ultimate betrayal, and the realization that life going forward without it isn’t just doable– it can be beautiful.

Landing on Me is a heartfelt comedy about how Lisa and Michelle found—and keep finding— themselves.

Cabin Fever is throwing together a shindig, and you're invited! Join us for a night with our hilarious friends as we regale you with some quality laughs and wholesome moments! Come sit around the campfire with us while we tell stories, make jokes, and come closer together. It's a night you won't want to miss! (S'more may or may not be offered as well)

A high energy sketch show packed with absurd misunderstandings, sharp satire, and full blown musical chaos!

Black Noise presents a night of comedy featuring Ethan Howard + Friends!

The improvised show with hot questions and even hotter wings.

My Friends and I are gonna perform some sketch comedy and we'd love for you to come by!

Elevator Pitch hits the stage to perform a full length improvised musical! With the power of song anything can happen..and will!

THE DOG DAYS ARE OVER, and WET HOT SUMMER SKETCH SERIES IS BACK!!!!! 

Join the That’s Our Show ensemble for a variety spectacular in the style of classics like The Muppet Show, The Carol Burnett Show, and many others! We’ve got it all- singing, jokes, sketches, dancing, and a boat load of fun! Looking for an incredible night like no other? My friends, That’s Our Show!

BREAKING NEWS: THE PIT announces the Peoples Sketch Revues’ TOPICAL TEAM! This team will present their comedic take on the hottest political and topical stories happening in the world today. Our Topical Team is directed by Makena Reynolds and will feature sketch comedy from: Reagan Allen Sebastian Martinez Sydney Kaehler Santos Aguilar Moureen Karim Lisa Naso   PEOPLES SKETCH REVUES is a new series featuring SKETCH HOUSE TEAMS built by our theater, for our theater. These teams showcase the best of the best by presenting all forms of sketch comedy including MUSICAL, POLITICAL/TOPICAL and ABSURD/GONZO! These teams are representation of all the Peoples Improv Theater strives to achieve in the NYC comedy community.

Taking inspiration from trunk theater style performances, Beth Ann's Super Terrific Very Funny Character Comedy Extravaganza Show is a one woman tour-de-force of chaos and hilarity. Beth Ann Powers is an award winning playwright and sketch comedienne who's rapier wit and infectious energy have spread laughter across the country and beyond. Come experience a showcase of her greatest hits in this madcap solo sketch comedy show like you've never seen before. Chaps Comedy: Chaps is Washington, DC’s first all-women comedy super group made up of experienced jokesters from some of DC’s top sketch comedy teams. Adorned with their signature, jaunty suspenders and mustaches, Chaps’ vaudeville-inspired performances transcend feminine tropes with their unique blend of dark, witty, and absurdist humor.

How do we solve the gun crisis in America? Holly knows! You should hand her all of your semi-automatic, automatic, and other "matic" items! In this new solo show, Holly lays out her brilliant and not at all wild plan to solve our problems here in the states. Of course, as a true democracy does, there will be a vote at the end. So, if she can't convince you she's incredibly responsible and will handle your arms perfectly, you can vote no. Giver her your guns, already!

SAM is a wacky and irreverent improv group that recreates audience members’ hometowns with a misfit spin!

If "THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW", "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE", and "WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY", had a baby ..... PULLING FOCUS would be it!

Does the winter feel never ending? Have the horrors got you down? We’re right there with you! Stupid Hot presents a brand new sketch comedy show where we can all laugh or banshee wail into the void together. Hooray!

After knocking baseballs out of the park, Babe Ruth sets his sights even higher — the moon.

Improv on x1.5 speed.

Hot off their run as a PIT ensemble team, Daddy Needs a Win performs their unique form in their signature high-energy style.

Zany chaos ensues! We hope you join us for this wild ride of satire and foolery!

She never thought she'd be the villain, but that is exactly what she became. Come join KC Connors on her journey from a wide-eyed, "just-lucky-to-be-here" performer who fell down the rabbit hole of cruise ship life to become the bitter, glitter-encrusted monster, better known as Sparkle Duck. *Not for kids.

Backdoor Barbecue is a critically acclaimed* NYC-based sketch comedy group that serves up high-energy and tightly-structured shows. Featuring musical performances, character bits, topical monologue joke segments, and more, Backdoor Barbecue cooks up a new sketch revue with some of the funniest folks in New York!

Tom Foolers presents "Tom Foolers and Friends", a variety show with guest performances, an art auction, and improv performed by the Tom Foolers themselves! Join us for a night of fun, laughs, and some lovely art!

In this house we believe COMEDY MATTERS, You have the HUMAN RIGHT to laugh, and NO AUDIENCE MEMBER IS ILLEGAL (unless they don't laugh at our jokes). With a night of stand up comedy featuring comics who've appeared on HBO, The Daily Show and Fallon, we will NORMALIZE having a good time! Produced by a Jew, a Christian and a Muslim (stop us if you've heard this one before), this show will unite the world! Maybe. Hosted by Zaib Pirani, David Weissglass and Anne Stesney. Featuring TBD.

What happens when a team meets for the first time hours before they take the stage? 6-8 highly skilled performers come together and forced to commit... for one night only to create a never-before seen narrative. Anything can happen in this evening of experimental theater, almost as chaotic as a shotgun wedding.

The Unofficial Zoom project is a fictionalized story that follows a 40-something former child star as they face the quandaries of an aging working class millennial.

Join us for some long-form character-driven improv that will leave you wanting to pinch our cheeks and call us cutie patooties.

Put on your detective hat and leave your alibi at the door...this isn’t your average whodunit. In this fully improvised murder mystery, you run the case!

After almost a decade of writing, touring, and mastering accents no one asked for, Mary Corigliano and Zack Watson are ready to share it all — the sketches they love, the ones that bombed, and a few that probably should’ve never been written. From almost-genius to “what even was that,” they’re putting it all on stage. Come for the chaos. Stay for the laughs. Fail with us.

What if, instead of Brad and Janet, the four heroines of Sex and the City turned up at Frankenfurter’s castle?

The Better Binness Bros are binness bettering brothers from other mothers who brought their best bud Vivek from Toronto Canada to bring you baddies some summer bliss. Dodge the heat with these hot Sketchs! These guys have been all around the country doing festivals and shows and now’s your chance to see them here in NYC!

Join Amy Powell in an immersive field trip of life with an omnidirectional mind. With a wild imagination, obsessive analytical streak. Inappropriate sense of humor, and almost no social instincts, she’s improvised her way through a wide range of roles from teenage outcast to corporate vice president to author of a dirty cookbook. Questions welcomed!

A story of being an artist, licking an armpit, and losing yourself, Maria takes her grandmother's advice, "you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar", to heart. But too much honey only gets you into sticky situations. Covering topics like middle school pool parties, survival jobs, and the horrors of getting a degree in the arts, it's a show as full of humor as it is heartbreak.

Mabel & Geffrey’s Music And Family Interest Affair features a comedic lounge act performing your favorite improvised songs. As for hints of racketeering (and other exciting activities) at their latest venue? This duo is clueless!

Two half-sisters. First meeting. Family secrets will be revealed. Family futures will be decided. No one will leave unscathed.

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Full Circle Flunkie is about growing up having been undiagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in the 1980s. Finally diagnosed at age 16, follow me through my journey of mischievous smart ass in elementary school to well meaning but bumbling adult who can’t seem to get her shit together. I’m that gal with a heart of 24 karat plated gold who means well but continues to be a notorious f&#% up to this day. Want to know more about the woman who refuses to be medicated for her mental illness? Me too! P.S. Ask me about my time in lock up!

Ben Fisher explores grief, love/loss, and life, through comedy, storytelling, music, character, and maybe even ribbon-dance.