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Ross Belsky Presents….

Thursday 10/10 – Thursday 12/19

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.

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Great Gatsby!

Friday 10/11 7:00 pm

"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").

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WORD OF MOUTH

Friday 10/11 10:00 pm

Ali and Matt will begin by talking to the audience to get the temperature of the room. Then they will do some improvisation from that conversation. Well over  a half a century of Improvisation between them.

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FRIDAY NIGHT MAKE A WISH IMPROV JAM

Friday 10/11 – Friday 12/27

$5 CASH Max Capacity 58 (First Come, First Serve) Join our Founder, Ali Reza Farahnakian, and Matt Higgins, to Make a Wish and jam at 11:11PM on Fridays Nights!

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Ladies Stand-Up! (Men Sit Down) Open Mic

Saturday 10/12 – Saturday 12/28

Hey gals & gender minority friends, come on down to the PIT every Saturday at 6:30pm to laugh it up in an inclusive, no pressure environment!
 
$5 CASH
DOORS @ 6:15 PM at Global Comedy Studios!
NO ENTRIES AFTER 6:45 PM
MAX CAPACITY: 20; First Come, First Serve

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Hot Goss

Saturday 10/12 – Saturday 12/14

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.

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Premier Pit

Saturday 10/12 – Saturday 12/28

CONGRATULATIONS! You’re invited to the world premier of the next great improv teams! Join us as we welcome our new friends into the brutal cut throat arena of indie improv comedy! Two teams enter the pit, and both teams will leave just fine and hopefully leave us a good review on the internet!

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Mommy Me-Ahh

Sunday 10/13 – Sunday 12/29

A musical improv comedic hour all about the trials, tribulations and delights of being a parent. A seasoned cast of improvisors who also happen to be parents of little humans will take suggestions from the audience and make up a musical anyone can relate to!

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Improv-ing Upon Standup

Tuesday 10/22 – Tuesday 12/31

The event will start out with your host Victor Pleacoff, and he will bring up one of his long-time stand up comedian buddies to do an act. After both their performances, they would kick off the improv portion of the show together, where two teams will take turns performing in Centralia's style of improv, all while using inspo from the first two comedians. With 15 minutes each team, the show concludes at exactly 1 hour.

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The Series Finale

Thursday 10/24 – Thursday 12/19

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.

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CRUD! LIVE

Saturday 10/26 – Saturday 12/28

The Artist Formerly Known As: CRUD!, is bringing late night television live on stage to West 29th Street. Forget Jay Leno and Jimmy Fallon--We’ve got a different spin on things. After watching CRUD! Live’s topical social commentary, musical guests, and performances from your favorite improv and sketch groups around the city, you’ll never watch a late night talk show the same way again. Let’s get cruddy!
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 more shows and more CRUD!

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A Waitsmare On Elm Street

Saturday 10/26 10:30 pm

Several NYC improvisers fall prey to Tom Waits (Slaney Rose Jordan), a raspy voiced free spirited troubadour who preys on improvisers in their dreams. Featuring a stellar cast that will haunt your nightmares. Will they survive the night in this improvised slasher mystery?

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The Understudies

Tuesday 10/29 – Tuesday 11/26

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.

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Ytzilla

Wednesday 10/30 6:30 pm

A dissection of ytness through the lens of Godzilla Starring Uncle Dick, this piece unfolds a family trauma through the apologetic and reformed racist Uncle Dick. Through his obsession with Godzilla he begins to understand the monstrosity of ytness, bigotry, and oppression that lives inside himself. Using a homemade Godzilla puppet Uncle Dick fuses bombastic physical comedy, audience interaction, and song to skewer white people's relationship to their ytness and schmear the truth of it's origin for all to remember.

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Meanwhile in NYC

Wednesday 10/30 8:00 pm

People go about their day all over the world…meanwhile, in NYC, watch as a cast of improvisors take you on a journey of characters - both locals and tourists - throughout our amazing city.

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Sotto Voce & Friends

Friday 11/1 – Friday 12/27

The Sotto Voce & Friends show is a complete night of story and song . Our hand picked and curated group of storytellers set the mood for the show. Then Sotto Voce presents an improvised musical that is completely sung through with no spoken dialogue!

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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 Briddess Cahlia Walton Becky Davidson Nicole Matarese

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Girl Theory

Saturday 11/2 7:30 pm

This sketch/stand-up variety spectacular finally answers the question, “why is being funny an attractive quality for men to have, but a threatening quality for women?” by giving the hottest and most threatening women in New York City the platform they deserve. No boys allowed, except in the audience where they belong <3

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GAUZE!

Saturday 11/2 – Saturday 12/7

A Comedy Show providing temporary relief for all, it's...Gauze! Catharsis awaits at this comedy variety show hosted by Diana Aydin, Ian Goldstein, and Ali Levin. Gauze! features storytelling, standup, improv and so much more from performers living with visible and invisible disabilities, chronic illness and more. All are welcome. Gauze!

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Theatre Sports!

Saturday 11/2 – Saturday 12/7

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!

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Seasoned ensemble Improv Dot Gov is excited to make their PIT debut, but shh, this show is highly classified! One lucky audience member will be interviewed about various aspects of their life, which will then fuel the improv scenes to follow. This audience member might even be offered a top-level position in the CIA, but we can't make any promises.

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The Character Annex: A Character Showcase

The Character Annex

Tuesday 11/5 – Tuesday 12/3

The Character Annex invites you to a night PACKED full of the newest and best NYC character comedians in the game. Come for a night of laughter with this rapid fire display of character comedy!

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Charlotte finds that nothing brings her joy. So she must desperately try things to see if anything makes her happy. She tries getting a dog, joining the army, getting married, and many more things. Will Charlotte find happiness or just die miserable like all of us?

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YELLING AT PIGEONS

Thursday 11/14 9:15 pm

Yelling at Pigeons is a sketch comedy group that features PIT writers and performers, who are up-and-coming-and-unwell. With an emphasis on finding hilarity in the lives of the mundane, Yelling at Pigeons presents a revue of sketches, characters, and musical performances that explore the most bizarre and downright dangerous delights of the average Joe.

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Super 8

Friday 11/15 – Friday 12/13

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

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Fowl Play

Friday 11/15 10:00 pm

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. There will be someone dressed as a giant razor blade.

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The Awakening

Saturday 11/16 6:00 pm

Each show Chris Griggs (The Baldwins) puts together a cast of artists that will delve into a unique, weird, and surreal performance of improvisation set in a dream state.  This daring style is both imaginative and hilarious. There will also be an opening dance number, music throughout and a special appearance by The Sandman.

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Come experience an improvised musical never heard of before! The Unheard Of cast brings the cutting edge of Broadway right to your front door. They experiment with new musical structures that will tickle the ear of any trained musical improvisor, and will knock the socks off of the first timer, so bring an extra pair, because when the venues are this intimate, every seat is in the metaphorical “splash zone”.

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Quintin Tarantino may have scrapped plans to make his long-awaited 10th film, but our intrepid team of nosy Letterboxd influencers dug in his trash and found the ACTUAL script! A cast of improvisers who each read this script come on stage one at a time to share a crazy detail from this movie. And once we've all shared, we show you the movie, as it was written, unabridged.

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Red Flag(s)

Sunday 11/17 8:30 pm

Red Flag(s) is not just another one-woman show. It's a comedic journey toward self-empowerment, resonating with anyone who has ever felt undervalued or pigeonholed. The play offers a hilarious and relatable exploration of modern dating, leaving audience members laughing, reflecting, and ultimately, cheering for the protagonist's strength and growth

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BadProv

Wednesday 11/20 6:00 pm

BadProv is the show that takes “bad improv”- the fumbles and mortified moments of our improv journey- and reinvents it into comedic fun!

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Fifth Floor Walkup

Friday 11/22 – Friday 12/20

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!

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Join us for an unforgettable night with the Little Miss Diva 2024 Pageant. This unique, two-person clown-based comedy show takes you on a hilarious journey through the highly competitive child pageant. This isn’t just a show—it’s an interactive experience where your laughter and involvement are integral to the fun.

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In Style

Wednesday 11/27 – Friday 12/27

Improv duo Style (Steph Jacobson & Kyle Shamblin) invites another improv duo to be In Style each show. Fashionably funny. Stylishly silly. Comfortably chaotic.

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Last Tuesday

Friday 11/29 10:00 pm

Jamie and Manya become friends over their shared loved of making laughter. But once the industry starts turning the girls against each other, they’re forced to ask themselves if the joke really trumps all?

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Monkey See, Monkey Do

Saturday 11/30 9:00 pm

Monkey Don't Know, Monkey See, Monkey Do, Monkey Wondering...why am I doing something I know nothing about and how did I find myself in this endless cycle, at least I can go watch a sketch comedy show and laugh and forget this dread.

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Two Deciduous Gals

Sunday 12/1 8:30 pm

Two Deciduous Gals is a dark comedy that will have the audience laughing while wondering if they should! TDG examines toxic masculinity, relationships with mother, and breaking patterns of abuse. Can Lisa, a small town gal, love labias and Jesus? Can Michelle, a big town gal, find her feelings after learning to hide them? Come find out! Content Warning: sexual violence, suicide, gun violence.

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Kevin Turner is the 4th of 5 kids, a military veteran in a divided country, and has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Come join the battle inside his brain. In his debut hour, Kevin balances his silly life and dark struggle with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. His goal is to make you laugh at one joke—but isn’t sure you will. Come find out!

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Charlie Katz: Sonneteer

Saturday 12/14 6:00 pm

You don’t need to know any Shakespeare to be moved and entertained by this monologuist’s tale. It’s about a prep school crush he had in 1975, and the shocking thing that happened to him just this past September! (It’s all made up, by the way, using a Shakespeare sonnet as a story-starter.)

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Backdoor Barbecue

Saturday 12/14 7:30 pm

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!

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Edgewood Avenue

Saturday 12/14 10:30 pm

Edgewood Avenue, where puppets take the lead in this unique variety show! It’s like the charm of the Muppets smashed together with the comedic styling of Saturday Night Live. Featuring a mix of sketch comedy, improv, live music, digital shorts, and stunning acts ranging from stand-up to magic! Designed to spotlight local artists and introduce audiences to new performers, Edgewood Avenue is your ticket to a night filled with laughter, puppets, and unforgettable performances.

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From the mind of a Director whose primary education was received at a place called “The Barnyard School” comes a knee-slapping sketch comedy hour featuring writers and performers trained at the PIT, Second City, BCC, and UCB.

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The Black Coalition

Saturday 12/21 9:30 pm

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!!

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What better way to celebrate your 32nd spin around the sun than packing a lineup with your favorite friends and performers and selling tickets to it? Come on out to see Some Pulp Fiction and friends as they celebrate their very own Annie! The show will feature standup comedy, improv, sketch, and hopefully cake!

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