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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.

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!

Sketch comedy that changes shape every show!

Our HOUSE TEAMS bring audiences the exhilarating, supportive and one of a kind experience of long form improvisation!

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!

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.

Court is in session! 

Real cases, real judgements, really good show. 

PIT instructors Jenny Bareilles and Patrick McCartney improvise together as a duo.  

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!

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.

The 100 Sketches Per Hour Players are delighted to attempt this feat of comedic endurance as they perform 100 sketches in under 1 hour. Will they succeed? Will they fail? One thing's for sure, they're leaving everything out on that stage.

You're invited to join director Travis Irvine for a special screening of "Killer Raccoons! 2! Dark Christmas in the Dark" at the world famous PIT Loft!

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

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!

Febster is a sketch show that will make you laugh (hopefully) and cry (hopefully not... unless paired with laughter).

The Placeholders team with other indie teams and stand ups for an hour of laughs.

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!

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

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.

It's like a game of Telephone, but with a movie!

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

Chimp Cocktail is composed of the most brilliant sketch comedy minds of the post-World War II, pre-World War III generation.

Documentary format improv show

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.)

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!

“Two Much with Peter & Matt” is a half short form, half long form improvised show featuring Peter Bisgaier and Matt Pozzuolo

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.

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.

Together they create a one act play on the spot that oscillates between a swift kick in the groin and a wet kiss on the mouth.

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.

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.

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.

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!

The Circle of Life takes a crazy turn!!!

Your Intrusive Thoughts are at it again with an improvised set that is sure to flood your brain. Get ready for improv, standup, characters, and more!

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!!

This is a Message for Ted, a solo performance, is a comedic coming of age memoir about Oona’s first cellphone and the strange calls that followed.

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.

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!

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

New York City's Trashiest Talk Show

Fight for democracy in the most dramatic election season yet!

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

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

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!

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!

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!

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)

So come on out to our show and bring you troubles with you. We’ll be sure to give to the best BAD ADVICE you’ve ever had.

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?

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.

Join Taylor as she navigates the ups and downs of trying to make it in this cruel, cruel world.

An onstage comedy adventure, where YOU create the heroes, YOU cast the spells, and YOU roll the die! For this night only, adventuring alongside a mighty improv team, Rent-a-Friend!

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.

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!

"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").

This is for funny people @NITE… take a seat and shut your trap (you should’ve seen the other guy...)

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!

Leatherface Larry has had enough of Ted Danson. And Susie. And Jeff. And Leon. Someone has to save Cheryl, and maybe all of Texas. A musical of epic proportions, including numbers by spirit guides Marty Funkhouser and Richard Lewis.

The World’s FIRST: A.I. vs Human Comedy Roast Battle.

If you love improv but want more than just laughs, you've come to the right place.

A New PIT Show where everything that happens from the moment people walk in, to the second standup performance, gets improvised upon by two brilliant teams Centralia’s style.

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.

Sunny Outlaw performs his signature technique to improvise 60 minutes of completely-made-up material.

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.

Join The PIT’s very first improv show EN ESPAÑOL! What will IMPROV EN ESPAÑOL! look like? Our Spanish speaking cast will perform a 40 minute set along with a guest that DOES NOT know Spanish.

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.

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

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!

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

Buckle up for an unhinged night of comedy! Featuring New York's wildest stand-ups and a cornucopia of characters from sketch duo Matt & Jack

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

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

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…

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!

LaLaHaHa is a musical sketch group that specializes in making silly songs with our best friends, as it is vital for one's mental and physical health to laugh while you sing and sing while you laugh.

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

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.

See 4 teams battle it out for a spot in our March Madness Improv Tournament!

Tom Waits takes his Ol’ 55 for a spin through 1998, to see what all the high school hullabaloo was about.

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.

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.

Breaking the Internet LIVE! is a high-energy interactive, improvised game show hosted by Summer Moran!

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!

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

Two socially stunted college freshman attempt to comfort their friend in her time of need.

He's back in the saddle....

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.

Come see the material that did NOT get our performers a spot on SNL, JFL, or KGL! Okay, we made that last one up.

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!

A sketch show with a family name...

Brisk air, leaves falling, it’s always dark, it’s coming — cuffing season. And you won’t buy me a salad? What am I to you… Chopt Liver?

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.

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.

An outrageous, off-the-wall sketch show written and performed by some of the hottest performers from Second City, UCB, BCC, and of course, THE PIT!!!!!!

Frog Boyz Presents a night of stand up, animation, and sketch comedy by Sketch Team 6.

Smarties, tums, loose peanuts: the pocket candy of Gods!

There will be no promises that you will like the show because comedy is ultimately subjective, much like one's preference of ice cream flavor.