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Ross Belsky Presents….

Thursday 12/12 – 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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Super 8

Friday 12/13 – Friday 6/20

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

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WORD OF MOUTH

Friday 12/13 – Friday 12/27

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 12/13 – Friday 6/27

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

Saturday 12/14 – Saturday 6/28

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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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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Hot Goss

Saturday 12/14 – Saturday 6/7

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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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 Series Finale

Thursday 12/19 – Thursday 6/12

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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Pie Town is teaming up with professional ballet dancers to bring you The Nutcracker, like you've never seen it before, completely improvised! We've invited our friends at Hell Yeah! to open the night with an improvised holiday musical. It's a festive good time!

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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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Sotto Voce & Friends

Friday 12/27 6:00 pm

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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In Style

Friday 12/27 7:00 pm

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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CRUD! LIVE

Saturday 12/28 – Friday 3/21

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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Premier Pit

Saturday 12/28 10:30 pm

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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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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Mommy Me-Ahh

Sunday 12/29 – Sunday 4/6

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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The Wednesday Show MIC

Wednesday 1/1 – Wednesday 6/25

It’s a VARIETY SHOW! Bring it ALL and we literal mean ANYTHING. We want your best five or bring your teams for a solid eight. Stand-Up, Variety, Musical Performance, Characters, Clown, Digital, Improv & Sketch, or surprise us. For one hour you are the star!

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CABIN FEVER: CAMPFIRE

Wednesday 1/1 – Tuesday 4/8

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)

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Two beautiful women are BACK in the BIG CITY of Manhattan, and they're ready to give the world what it's been asking for: A NON-DENOMINATIONAL WINTER HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA! Get ready to see some incredible digital sketch comedy, outstanding stand up, and we're going to also try to learn that jingle bell dance from the Mean Girls the Musical Movie. I can't think of a better way to ring in the new year...can you?

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Theatre Sports!

Friday 1/3 – Friday 6/13

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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Join Shawn Wickens and a lineup of his hilarious comedian friends for a unique evening of stand-up comedy—mini special style! Instead of one long set, this show is a rapid-fire showcase of shorter, punchy performances. Each comedian will bring their own flavor of humor in bite-sized doses, keeping the laughs coming and the energy high.   It's special when a Stand-Up Comedian gets to do their very own 1 Hour Special. It's a different kind of special when a few Comedians each get to do their very own Mini-Specials together!   Perfect for a cold NYC night, this is stand-up like you’ve never seen it—variety, brevity, and hilarity packed into one unforgettable show.

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Great Gatsby!

Friday 1/10 – Friday 6/6

"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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Crowdsource

Saturday 1/11 9:30 pm

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!

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The Understudies

Tuesday 1/14 – Tuesday 6/10

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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Lapdog

Wednesday 1/15 – Friday 2/7

Lapdog is the story of one woman's complicated decision to tell her new boyfriend a dirty little secret - and risk that when she does, he may never see her the same way again.

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The Dish

Thursday 1/16 10:30 pm

Improvisors Austin Olson and Steph Jacobson invite two guest hosts to join them on The Dish, a talk show inspired by The View, to give their honest and often brutal thoughts on anonymous audience members' secret confessions and hot takes. A talented team of PITizens then improvises inspired by what the hosts dish on.

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SCOTT & FLYNN

Friday 1/17 – Saturday 3/8

Kevin Scott and Dion Flynn bring their years of experience and skewed point of view to the PIT for a not-to-missed hour of hilarious improvisation. Kevin (Centralia, The Second City) and Dion (The Tonight Show) are a guaranteed good time.

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A 2 Safe Life

Saturday 1/18 7:30 pm

Comedian and storyteller Dustin D’Addato takes you on a humorous journey through a life changing brush with death. Along the way learning what is truly important: Post-it notes, High school traditions and Fancy fake penises.

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Secular Church

Sunday 1/19 – Sunday 3/16

For people who want a Church-like community, without the serious religion stuff. Secular Church is a thoughtful mix of stand-up comedy, music, and improv inspired by our many religious upbringings and communities. Take an hour to reflect and laugh at our spirituality, traditions, how they influence in our day-to-day lives, and more.

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That’s Our Show!

Thursday 1/23 – Thursday 5/22

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!

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The Awakening

Saturday 1/25 – Saturday 5/24

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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Girl Theory

Saturday 1/25 – Saturday 3/22

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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Unheard Of! Musical Improv

Saturday 2/1 – Saturday 3/29

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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Swiftie 101

Wednesday 2/5 8:00 pm

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.

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The audition of a lifetime is slipping through a wannabe actress's hands when the IRS discovers she's been moonlighting as a fake accountant. Written and performed by Katie Plott, The Worst Actress in LA explores the aching, humiliating phenomenon of trying your best with little to no success.

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BITE

Friday 2/14 – Friday 5/23

Choosing your culinary comedic experience from an eclectic, limited seasonal menu was a bold move by current service industry employees, Kate Jarecki and Analyse Capodiferro. But the ingredients at BITE are fresh and funny, with absolutely no preservatives. We aim to provide a variety of laughs for every diet.

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SHADOWCASTS

Friday 2/14 – Thursday 6/19

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!

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Fifth Floor Walkup

Saturday 2/15 – Saturday 6/14

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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Red Flag(s)

Saturday 2/15 – Wednesday 2/19

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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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 Cahlia Walton Becky Davidson Taylor Sniffen Helene Dubois Rhys Febles Scott Kidwell

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YELLING AT PIGEONS

Thursday 3/6 – Thursday 5/8

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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The Sigmund Special

Saturday 3/15 6:00 pm

The Sigmund Special is a sketch show centering some of Freud’s favorite things: therapy, sex, and humor as a coping mechanism! Written by a woman with varying levels of experience in all those areas!

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Fowl Play

Friday 3/28 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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DMV not The Musical!

Friday 4/18 – Friday 6/13

Everybody hates NYC's DMV's. Long lines. Impatient customers. Indifferent employees. Except for that one Tuesday when five strangers, waiting an eternity to renew their licenses, are bitten - completely against their will - by the musical bug. These five strangers turn the drab DMV to a fab musical scene in this irreverent musical comedy.

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Corn Fed Sketch

Thursday 4/24 – Thursday 6/26

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.

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College Radio

Saturday 5/31 7:30 pm

A playlist of sketches. Each show in this series is inspired by a musical theme – the playlist could be any genre from punk and party anthems to 70s classics and Broadway musicals. Come hear what musically inspired sketches College Radio has composed!

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