Upcoming Events!

Chopt Liver
Thursday 4/3 – Friday 6/20
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?

My Letters to Keith Urban
Thursday 4/3 8:30 pm
A lonely husband desperate for friends writes to Keith Urban after forming an imaginary connection after buying is 30 Songs in 30 Days instructional guitar DVD from an infomercial. The letters release Michael, me, the husband’s most intimate desires for connection as a stay at home dad who married into money.
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PROFOUND: An Improvised Experimental Experience
Thursday 4/3 – Saturday 6/14
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?”

In-Person
Friday Feel-GOOD IMPROV JAM
5-6PM EST
Friday 4/4 – Friday 6/27
Find out why people are saying the Feel Good Jam is the best way to start the weekend!

Big Cup Presents: The Power Of Friendship
Friday 4/4 – Friday 6/6
Join Big Cup & friends the first Friday of the month at the PIT Loft April, May, and June, as they boldly ask: can friendship make comedy stronger? Does love conquer all? Join us for laughs from improv, characters, and stand up, and stay for poignant realizations that your friends really ARE your biggest strength. Peace, love, and Big Cup ✌️☮️☕️

CHARACTER COUNTS OPEN MIC
Friday 4/4 – Friday 6/27
CHARACTER COUNTS is a Character Open Mic where you can workshop current characters AND/OR develop brand new ones! Every Friday we'll start with a quick refresh of the 'Pillars of Character' from host Liz Coin, followed by YOUR 5-minute sets. Come early to sign up - beginners, character improvisers, and clowns are welcome! Join us for this Friday mic, where Character Counts! HOSTED BY LIZ COIN $5 CASH AT THE DOOR SIGNUPS IN-PERSON FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE

Great Gatsby!
Friday 4/4 – 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").

Crowdsource
Friday 4/4 – Friday 6/6
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!

Hot Goss
Friday 4/4 – Friday 6/6
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.

THE BEFORE SOLOCOM SHOW
Friday 4/4 9:30 pm
The PIT's SOLOCOM 2025 is only one week away! Come test your material at this show BEFORE the show. Each performer gets 5 minutes.

CAN’T HARDLY WAITS
Friday 4/4 10:00 pm
Tom Waits takes his Ol’ 55 for a spin through 1998, to see what all the high school hullabaloo was about.

TWO MUCH w/Peter & Matt
Friday 4/4 – Saturday 9/20
“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).

The No Duds Failure Hour
Saturday 4/5 – Saturday 6/7
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.

Sotto Voce & Friends
Saturday 4/5 – Saturday 6/7
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!

Ladies Stand-Up! (Men Sit Down) Open Mic
Saturday 4/5 – 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

The Baldwins
Saturday 4/5 – Saturday 12/6
"One of the most impressive and absurd long-form improv routines in the city." - TimeOut NY

Broads in the Attic
Saturday 4/5 – Sunday 6/8
A comedy variety show hosted by two eccentric New Yorkers (played by Diana Aydin and Mikayla Sherfy), who secretly live in The PIT Annex.

The Black Coalition and Crew
Saturday 4/5 – Saturday 6/7
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!!
Ross Belsky Presents….
Saturday 4/5 – Saturday 6/28
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.

In-Person
GRAD SHOW: Level 1 Improv | Masters
SUN 2-3 PM
Sunday 4/6 2:00 pm
Come see our talented PITizens perform!

Improvised Dungeons & Dragons
Sunday 4/6 – Sunday 6/1
A live, onstage comedy adventure, where YOU create the heroes, YOU cast the spells, and YOU roll the (20 sided) die!

Gender Bender Comedy Hour
Sunday 4/6 – Sunday 6/1
Join Kim & Yaro as they host a night of stand-up and improv inspired by the opposite sex.

Austin Olson Presents…
Monday 4/7 – Monday 4/28
Austin Olson Presents is a unique comedy experience every Monday night at The People’s Improv Theater, showcasing a variety of improv, sketch, and theatrical performances that will leave you in stitches.

Monday Musical Jam!
9:30-10:30PM EST
Monday 4/7 – Monday 6/30
The PIT Musical Jam is THE place to get your sing-prov reps!
Lady Paper Presents
Tuesday 4/8 – Saturday 5/10
The premier papery improv team, Lady Paper, presents their original form, The Estuary. FEATURING: Josh Ellman, Jack Homesley, Justin Alejos, Jo Hoskins, Amanda Figueiredo, Alex Rood, Casey LaMountain, Victoria Narayan

CABIN FEVER: CAMPFIRE
Tuesday 4/8 8:00 pm
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)

LEVEL UP Improv JAM
Tuesday 4/8 – Tuesday 6/24
All LEVELS welcomed! Come level up by using what you've learned in class.

The Wednesday Show MIC
Wednesday 4/9 – Wednesday 6/25
It’s a VARIETY SHOW! Bring it ALL and we literally 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!

BoogieManja: A Sketch Comedy Collective
Wednesday 4/9 – Wednesday 6/18
Sketch comedy that changes shape every show!

Wednesday Night Scene Jam!
9:30-10:30PM EST
Wednesday 7/3 - Wednesday 9/25
Our little gem nestled right in the middle, is the perfect way shake off the TUESDAYS and let your scenes breathe!

SOLOCOM NYC’25: LOH/MCFAWN/GREISING/O’BRIEN/HARVEY-PARKER/MCNAIR
Thursday 4/10 6:00 pm
SOLOCOM NYC has launched over 400 new solo comedies that have gone on to longer runs, tours and festivals around the world (including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.)
ALEX LOH
MONICA MCFAWN
CLAIRE GREISING
OBI
EMMY HARVEY-PARKER
KATHARINE MCNAIR

SOLOCOM NYC’25: COHEN/DAISY/ASARO
Thursday 4/10 6:30 pm
SOLOCOM NYC has launched over 400 new solo comedies that have gone on to longer runs, tours and festivals around the world (including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.)
JESS COHEN
KZ DAISY
ROB ASARO

SOLOCOM NYC’25: RODRIGUEZ/STEINGOLD/CERNIGLIA/DIEDERICH
Thursday 4/10 8:00 pm
SOLOCOM NYC has launched over 400 new solo comedies that have gone on to longer runs, tours and festivals around the world (including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.)
PEACHES RODRIGUEZ
ELYSE STEINGOLD
TIM CERNIGLIA
ERICA DIEDERICH

SOLOCOM NYC’25: INGE/HERSHEY/ROMNEY
Thursday 4/10 8:00 pm
SOLOCOM NYC has launched over 400 new solo comedies that have gone on to longer runs, tours and festivals around the world (including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.)
MICHAEL INGE
CAROLINE HERSHEY
KRISTEN ROMNEY

SOLOCOM NYC’25: REINISCH/WANG
Thursday 4/10 8:30 pm
SOLOCOM NYC has launched over 400 new solo comedies that have gone on to longer runs, tours and festivals around the world (including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.)
DANIEL REINISCH
ERIC WANG

SOLOCOM NYC’25: SANCHEZ/JOHNSON/REILLY/PROOTHI/SHAMBLIN
Thursday 4/10 10:00 pm
SOLOCOM NYC has launched over 400 new solo comedies that have gone on to longer runs, tours and festivals around the world (including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.)
KEVIN SANCHEZ
MICHELLE RENEE JOHNSON
KENNY REILLY
AK PROOTHI
KYLE SHAMBLIN

SOLOCOM NYC’25: THU. 4/10 10:30-11:30 (ANNEX)
Thursday 4/10 10:30 pm
SOLOCOM NYC has launched over 400 new solo comedies that have gone on to longer runs, tours and festivals around the world (including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.)

SOLOCOM NYC’25: STORRS/PIPER/GURGANUS/SPEAR/BAZEMORE
Friday 4/11 6:00 pm
SOLOCOM NYC has launched over 400 new solo comedies that have gone on to longer runs, tours and festivals around the world (including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.)
MATT STORRS
JOSHUA PIPER
GILLIAN GURGANUS
CHELSEA SPEAR
CHRIS BAZEMORE

SOLOCOM NYC’25: SEN/FISHER/SYAM/HATCHER
Friday 4/11 8:00 pm
SOLOCOM NYC has launched over 400 new solo comedies that have gone on to longer runs, tours and festivals around the world (including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.)
KILARA SEN
BEN FISHER
PIYALI SYAM
WILLONIUS HATCHER

SOLOCOM NYC’25: OGATA/BERMAN
Friday 4/11 8:00 pm
SOLOCOM NYC has launched over 400 new solo comedies that have gone on to longer runs, tours and festivals around the world (including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.)
ATSUSHI OGATA
REBECCA BERMAN

SOLOCOM NYC’25: HIGGINS/FARAHNAKIAN/PARKER
Friday 4/11 9:00 pm
SOLOCOM NYC has launched over 400 new solo comedies that have gone on to longer runs, tours and festivals around the world (including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.)
MATT HIGGINS
ALI REZA FARAHNAKIAN
AUSTIN SKY PARKER

SOLOCOM NYC’25: DEGEN/FRICKE
Friday 4/11 9:30 pm
SOLOCOM NYC has launched over 400 new solo comedies that have gone on to longer runs, tours and festivals around the world (including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.)
MIKE DEGEN
HANS FRICKE

SOLOCOM NYC’25: CHANEY/MONTGOMERY/BERGER/COIN
Friday 4/11 10:00 pm
SOLOCOM NYC has launched over 400 new solo comedies that have gone on to longer runs, tours and festivals around the world (including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.)
MILES CHANEY
TOMMY MONTGOMERY
MADELYN MILLER
MARS BERGER
LIZ COIN

SOLOCOM NYC’25: AQUILES/TATALIAS/DERMANSKY/SWILLEY
Saturday 4/12 2:00 pm
SOLOCOM NYC has launched over 400 new solo comedies that have gone on to longer runs, tours and festivals around the world (including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.)
MELISSA AQUILES
JIM TATALIAS
MICHAEL DERMANSKY
BAILEY SWILLEY

SOLOCOM NYC’25: HIGGINS/FOGARTY/SHAPIRO/WICKENS/FITZER
Saturday 4/12 4:00 pm
SOLOCOM NYC has launched over 400 new solo comedies that have gone on to longer runs, tours and festivals around the world (including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.)
OONA HIGGINS
SHARON FOGARTY
AUDREY SHAPIRO
SHAWN WICKENS
NOAH FITZER

SOLOCOM NYC’25: DELALLA/SENEVIRATNA/SCHULTES/LADD/SCHULTES
Saturday 4/12 6:00 pm
SOLOCOM NYC has launched over 400 new solo comedies that have gone on to longer runs, tours and festivals around the world (including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.)
AMANDA DELALLA
GAYAN SENEVIRATNA
KRISTIN SCHULTES
JOHN LADD
LAUREN SCHULTES

SOLOCOM NYC’25: COHALL/LOVE/TIWARI/VAN EPPS/OUTLAW
Saturday 4/12 6:00 pm
SOLOCOM NYC has launched over 400 new solo comedies that have gone on to longer runs, tours and festivals around the world (including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.)
JONATHAN COHALL
ALLISON LOVE
PREETI TIWARI
ANN VAN EPPS
SUNNY OUTLAW

SOLOCOM NYC’25: DUNCAN/SCHROEDER/CISZEWSKI
Saturday 4/12 8:00 pm
SOLOCOM NYC has launched over 400 new solo comedies that have gone on to longer runs, tours and festivals around the world (including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.)
SYDNEY DUNCAN
JULIA SCHROEDER
MICHAEL JOHN CISZEWSKI

SOLOCOM NYC’25: LIU/SMITH-HOGAN/CUMMINGS
Saturday 4/12 8:00 pm
SOLOCOM NYC has launched over 400 new solo comedies that have gone on to longer runs, tours and festivals around the world (including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.)
PETER LIU
PAIGE SMITH-HOGAN
LAUREL CUMMINGS

SOLOCOM NYC’25: SOUCHACK/MULLER/MCGAFFIGAN
Saturday 4/12 8:30 pm
SOLOCOM NYC has launched over 400 new solo comedies that have gone on to longer runs, tours and festivals around the world (including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.)
HOLLY SOUCHACK
NIKKI MULLER
KATHERYN MCGAFFIGAN

SOLOCOM NYC’25: PATI/RUIZ
Saturday 4/12 9:30 pm
SOLOCOM NYC has launched over 400 new solo comedies that have gone on to longer runs, tours and festivals around the world (including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.)
ISHA PATI
DAVEY MICHAEL RUIZ

SOLOCOM NYC’25: GOTTESMAN/GALINSKY/MARTINO/MELLETT
Saturday 4/12 10:00 pm
SOLOCOM NYC has launched over 400 new solo comedies that have gone on to longer runs, tours and festivals around the world (including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.)
RICHARD GOTTESMAN
PHILIP GALINSKY
KATE MARTINO
KARLA MELLETT

SOLOCOM NYC’25: BAUCOM/PATER/CARY/ANDERSON
Saturday 4/12 10:30 pm
SOLOCOM NYC has launched over 400 new solo comedies that have gone on to longer runs, tours and festivals around the world (including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.)
V. LYNN BAUCOM
RYAN PATER
HOPE CARY
JAMES ANDERSON

SOLOCOM NYC’25: COHN/BRENDEL/RODINO-COLOCINO/MANZOLINE/STEINBERG
Sunday 4/13 2:00 pm
SOLOCOM NYC has launched over 400 new solo comedies that have gone on to longer runs, tours and festivals around the world (including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.)
MICHELLE COHN
LAUREN BRENDEL
MICHELLE RODINO-COLOCINO
SHELLI MANZOLINE
TARA STEINBERG

In-Person
GRAD SHOW: Level 1 Musical Improv | Gostow
SUN 2-3 PM
Sunday 4/13 2:00 pm
Come see our talented PITizens perform!

In-Person
GRAD SHOW: Level 3 Improv | Higgins
SUN 4-5 PM
Sunday 4/13 4:00 pm
Come see our talented PITizens perform!

SOLOCOM NYC’25: MAINELLI/SCHWARTZ/BERNARD/GEIGER
Sunday 4/13 4:00 pm
SOLOCOM NYC has launched over 400 new solo comedies that have gone on to longer runs, tours and festivals around the world (including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.)
MARIA MAINELLI
HEATHER E. SCHWARTZ
MEGAN BERNARD
MEGAN GEIGER

SOLOCOM NYC’25: SINCLAIR/POWELL/POWERS/MEEHAN/WHITTEN
Sunday 4/13 6:00 pm
SOLOCOM NYC has launched over 400 new solo comedies that have gone on to longer runs, tours and festivals around the world (including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.)
AIMEE SINCLAIR
AMY POWELL
BETH ANN POWERS
JOHN MEEHAN
LISA WHITTEN

SOLOCOM NYC’25: PENZA/WILKINSON/MCNAMARA/MATTHEWS/COLEMAN
Sunday 4/13 8:00 pm
SOLOCOM NYC has launched over 400 new solo comedies that have gone on to longer runs, tours and festivals around the world (including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.)
DYLAN PENZA
EDDISON WILKINSON
ROBIN MCNAMARA
JENNY MATTHEWS
KATHERINE COLEMAN

SOLOCOM NYC’25: LIMBRICK/HAYES/ROXBURY
Sunday 4/13 8:30 pm
SOLOCOM NYC has launched over 400 new solo comedies that have gone on to longer runs, tours and festivals around the world (including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.)
TIM LIMBRICK
CAT HAYES
REYNARD ROXBURY

SOLOCOM NYC’25: TEMPLETON/KELLY/WATERS/CARBONE
Sunday 4/13 10:00 pm
SOLOCOM NYC has launched over 400 new solo comedies that have gone on to longer runs, tours and festivals around the world (including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.)
RICHARD TEMPLETON
DELANEY KELLY
ROSS WATERS
KRISTEN CARBONE

Redshirts: An Improvised Sci-Fi Musical
Tuesday 4/15 – Tuesday 6/3
Not a fan of Star Trek? No problem!

The Understudies
Tuesday 4/15 8:00 pm
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.
Night Shift presents Nothing to See Here
Wednesday 4/16 – Friday 6/13
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!

PIT ENSEMBLES
Thursday 4/17 – Thursday 9/25
Experience live, long-form, and musical improvisation with our HOUSE TEAMS!
4/17 PREMIER LINEUP!
Team - "Penalty Boxxx" 7PM
Team - "Bodega Butter" 7PM
Team - "Pyramid Scheme" 8PM
Musical Team - "WhimSync" 8PM

The Series Finale
Thursday 4/17 – 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.

Thorn and Petal Stick Present: Completely UN-Scripted Shakespeare!
Friday 4/18 – Friday 6/13
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!

Love’s a Funny Thing
Friday 4/18 – Friday 6/13
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.).
The Intimate Comedy Show – Size Doesn’t Matter
Friday 4/18 8:00 pm
Come hang out with 15 to 20 strangers and laugh with 5 comedians! We're talking secrets, gossip, fantasy, and who knows what else. I don't know, it's intimate.

PEOPLES SKETCH REVUES presents: TOPICAL
Friday 4/18 – Friday 8/22
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.

Suitably Disgraceful: Live at The PIT
Friday 4/18 – Friday 6/20
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!

The Dale and Mary Show
Friday 4/18 – Friday 5/9
Dale and Mary are a rural couple that are real good at making simple life real complicated. They just can’t seem to see eye-to-eye but their foibles are the dysfunctional glue that bonds and keeps them plodding on!

Theatre Sports!
Friday 4/18 – 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!

Premier Pit
Friday 4/18 – Saturday 6/14
THE BIG REACTION: A Night of Indie Musical Improv
Saturday 4/19 5:30 pm
This show brings together some of NYC’s favorite indie musical improv teams and performers, all on one stage!

Love is Live!
Saturday 4/19 – Saturday 6/14
New York's Hottest dating show! Love could be right around the curtain!

Celebrating their 25th year! Centralia's unique style of comedy improv is a must see for any comedy improv fan.

The Duck Show
Saturday 4/19 – Saturday 6/21
Waddle down to one of the funniest stand-up comedy showcases this side of the pond!

Fifth Floor Walkup
Saturday 4/19 – 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!

Noa & Raquel present… VarieTEA Comedy Show
Saturday 4/19 9:30 pm
It's Tea Time at the PIT Fishbowl, and you're invited! Join Noa and Raquel for an evening of goofs, gaffes, tea, and treats. Enjoy a dazzling array of New York City's funniest comedians, musicians, and variety acts surrounded by friends. Tea and cookies will be offered as well, with all proceeds going back to the performers.

Three Pole Hunch
Saturday 4/19 10:00 pm
This show will be a narrative-focused long-form improv show featuring a special guest opener hand picked by the TPH girls themselves
Student Driver: Indie Road
Sunday 4/20 – Sunday 6/15
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.

Improv-ing Upon Standup
Tuesday 4/22 – Tuesday 6/24
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.

Small Town Tall Tales
Wednesday 4/23 6:30 pm
Watch some of the PIT's best improvisers dig into the real hometowns of our audience, unearthing the legends, lore, and small-town scandals that mayors would rather we all forgot.

VERN & Friends!
Wednesday 4/23 – Wednesday 6/25
Join us for an evening of laughter, tears, and song, right out of a Sondheim fever dream.

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.

Kenny Mayne: Jokes + a Movie
Thursday 4/24 10:30 pm
For one low price, you get jokes, a movie, and answers. What the hell else are you doing on a Thursday?

Super 8
Friday 4/25 – Friday 6/20
Welcome to the improvised documentary — a longform improv show filled with talking heads, found footage, re-enactments, and more!

a good old fashion improv show
Friday 4/25 7:00 pm
"Join a cast of all star improvisers, comedians, and who knows what else for this night that is sure to be good old fashion fun."

Midwestern Delicacy
Friday 4/25 8:00 pm
The best of the midwest gather for a delicious comedy casserole! This variety show will feature stand-up, characters, music, and more. The only rule? Every artist is MIDWESTERN and a DELICACY.

Michael John Ciszewski: TGIF
Friday 4/25 – Friday 6/20
TGIF (TESTING GAY IDEAS, FUNNY)!! PIT favorite and NYC comedian Michael John Ciszewski (Edinburgh Fringe, Off-Broadway) makes his return to 29th Street after sell-out smash hits LOVEFOOL and IF MEMORY SERVES for a Friday night Spring 2025 residency exploring BRAND NEW MATERIAL for his upcoming, as-yet-untitled, masterpiece-in-the-making FIFTH solo hour of comedy about his unbearably iconic mother, the way we build our own legacies, and the blistering stupidity of falling in love again and again. At every date, he’ll be joined by his favorite comics, drag artists, and queer performers. How’s that for divine comedy?!
The Sunny & Mike Hour
Friday 4/25 – Friday 5/30
Up-and-Coming NYC comedians Sunny Outlaw & Mike Warner team up to provide an hour of explosive improv comedy!

Your Father and I
Friday 4/25 – Friday 6/27
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.

In-Person
GRAD SHOW: Level 1 Improv | Jacobson
SAT 4:30-5:30 PM
Saturday 4/26 4:30 pm
Come see our talented PITizens perform!

Skip Skip Visits Your Neighborhood
Saturday 4/26 – Saturday 6/28
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!

Fritz & Babs Babalicious Sketch Show
Saturday 4/26 – Saturday 5/24
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!!!!!!

The Depression Sketch Comedy Show
Saturday 4/26 – Saturday 6/28
Charlotte has succumbed to depression and must try various experiences in life to pull herself out. It's hilarious.
To Drop A Dime
Saturday 4/26 8:00 pm
You’re invited to a sit down meeting where you, the audience, are members of most powerful mafia families in nyc. But here’s the catch: one of you is wearing a wire. And were about to find out!

Beverly is a dynamic and uproarious sketch comedy ensemble, pushing the boundaries with a perfect blend of cheekiness and absurdity.

Scripts on Stage
Saturday 4/26 – Saturday 6/21
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

2prov Mayhem
Saturday 4/26 9:30 pm
A night where some of NYCs finest 2prov duos take the stage with their own style, comedic flair and infectious energy. Come hang with us while we take you on the wild ride of 2prov!

It’s a Lifestyle
Saturday 4/26 – Saturday 6/21
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.

The Wayfaring Strangers Present Your Improvised Bluegrass Musical Jambalooza!
Sunday 4/27 – Sunday 6/22
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…

An American (Not) in Paris
Tuesday 4/29 6:30 pm
An American (not) in Paris portrays the experience of loneliness, the inimitability of youth, and the reality check of growing up in a relatable, heartfelt, and ultimately laughter and smile inspiring way. You’ll leave hating Americans and Gen Z a little less (no promises, I guess).

QueerProv NYC
Tuesday 4/29 – Tuesday 6/24
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!

Freshly Squeezed
Wednesday 4/30 6:15 pm
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.)

jake schick: nothing
Friday 5/2 – Friday 6/20
A night of experimental stand-up from NYC comedian Jake Schick. Watch Jake develop this hour-long solo show live with occasional special guests!

for funny people @ NITE
Friday 5/2 10:00 pm
This is for funny people @NITE… take a seat and shut your trap (you should’ve seen the other guy...)

In-Person
GRAD SHOW: Level 4 Improv | Alu
SAT 3-4 PM
Saturday 5/3 3:00 pm
Come see our talented PITizens perform!
The Crisis Actors
Saturday 5/3 – Saturday 6/21
Comedy scenes, songs and sketches from some of New York’s funniest up-and-coming comic actors and writers.

Shotgun Theater
Saturday 5/3 – Saturday 11/1
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.

Maurine & Maurice Show
Saturday 5/3 – Thursday 5/15
The Maurine & Maurice Show is an absurdist mob-comedy experience where a retired gangster and his luxury-loving wife plunge an unsuspecting tour group into chaos—mixing scripted and unscripted antics, musical interludes, and a prohibition-era twist in a wildly immersive spectacle of crime, comedy, and calamity.

In-Person
GRAD SHOW: Level 2 Improv | Duncan
SUN 2-3 PM
Sunday 5/4 2:00 pm
Come see our talented PITizens perform!

Kidprov!
Sunday 5/4 – Sunday 6/1
Real-life improviser parents and their children create magic and adorable mayhem on stage.

In-Person
GRAD SHOW: Level 1 Improv | Shulman
SUN 5:30-6:30 PM
Sunday 5/4 5:30 pm
Come see our talented PITizens perform!

CHARACTERS GOT TALENT!
Tuesday 5/6 – Tuesday 6/3
Welcome to Characters Got Talent, the ultimate showcase where comedians put their wildest, weirdest, and most unhinged characters to the test!

YELLING AT PIGEONS
Thursday 5/8 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.

The NYCDA Comedy Showcase
Thursday 5/8 10:30 pm
NYCDA students perform standup comedy for the first time headlined by The Pit's own Chris Griggs!

LaLaHaHa
Friday 5/9 7:00 pm
Join LaLaHaHa for a night of music, laughter, and both at the same time! LaLaHaHa is a musical sketch group based in New York City.

In-Person
GRAD SHOW: Level 3 Improv | Swearingen
SAT 3-4 PM
Saturday 5/10 3:00 pm
Come see our talented PITizens perform!

In-Person
GRAD SHOW: Level 2 Improv | Ashey
SAT 4:30-5:30 PM
Saturday 5/10 4:30 pm
Come see our talented PITizens perform!

In-Person
GRAD SHOW: Level 1 Stand-Up | Griggs
SAT 5:45-7:00 PM
Saturday 5/10 5:45 pm
Come see our talented PITizens perform!

Little Darlings
Saturday 5/10 9:30 pm
Join us for some long-form character-driven improv that will leave you wanting to pinch our cheeks and call us cutie patooties.

Curb Your Texas Chainsaw Massacre the Half Improv Musical
Saturday 5/10 10:30 pm
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 First Two Woman Show
Tuesday 5/13 6:30 pm
One woman shows are typically very tight, polished, and one woman. This is not that. In The First Two Woman Show, best friends Hannah and Carolina will act out scenes from their lives and attempt to share the spotlight.
Aboot Time: Toronto & Friends
Tuesday 5/13 – Tuesday 9/16
Pit Ensembles Alumni team Toronto are back and they're bringing their friends. You give them the suggestion, they supply the fun, Canadian style.
Daddy Finale Gets a Win
Friday 5/16 6:00 pm
Improv Team ‘Daddy Needs A Win’ performs their season finale after a successful run with PIT Ensembles. It’s long form improv comedy with high energy, relevant subject matter, & synergetic group play. Featuring: Ted Andricos Max Banks Beau Danner Teddy Fischer Tiffany Huntley Francis Laguna-Driscoll Rebecca Miller Anna Nelson Mark Said Coached By Sunny Outlaw.

Febster
Friday 5/16 7:00 pm
Febster is a sketch show that will make you laugh (hopefully) and cry (hopefully not... unless paired with laughter).

The Improvised Solo Show!
Saturday 5/17 5:30 pm
Sunny Outlaw performs his signature technique to improvise 60 minutes of completely-made-up material.

The Hyperkinetic Hour
Saturday 5/17 – Saturday 6/7
An explosive, high energy hour of improvised dark comedy hosted by Hyperkinetic (est. 2023).

Backdoor Barbecue
Saturday 5/17 – Saturday 7/26
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!

In-Person
GRAD SHOW: Level 2 Acting | Whelski
TUES 6:30pm
Tuesday 5/20 6:30 pm
Come see our talented PITizens perform!

The All-American Rejects
Tuesday 5/20 8:00 pm
Come see the material that did NOT get our performers a spot on SNL, JFL, or KGL! Okay, we made that last one up.

That’s Our Show!
Thursday 5/22 9:15 pm
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!
Who Says Two Beautiful Women Can’t Host a Comedy Show?
Friday 5/23 7:00 pm
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?

OLD FAVORITES OPEN MIC
Friday 5/23 8:00 pm
Featuring oldies AND goodies, the Old Favorites Open Mic will feature comics performing jokes/bits from their EARLIEST days in comedy (stand-up & characters welcome). This mic is open to YOU to dust off some of your old work. The older and dustier the better.

CRUD! presents…
Friday 5/23 – Friday 6/27
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!

In-Person
5/20/25 GRAD SHOW: Level 1 Improv | Alu
SAT 4:30pm
Saturday 5/24 4:30 pm
Come see our talented PITizens perform!

The Awakening
Saturday 5/24 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.

PechaKucha Comedy Show
Sunday 5/25 8:30 pm
Come watch comedians deliver their best PechaKucha on stage and be inspired by their hilarious presentations!

A 2 Safe Life
Wednesday 5/28 6:30 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.

Is This Normal?
Friday 5/30 6:00 pm
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.

PIT/SNL Scholarship Showcase
Friday 5/30 7:00 pm
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!

Awkward Family Dinner
Saturday 5/31 – Friday 7/25
A fully improvised 2-Act play that brings the audience to witness the most awkward daily dinner.

Fowl Play
Saturday 5/31 7:30 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.
With Love,
Saturday 5/31 9:00 pm
"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.

#40sandsingle – The Secrets to Finding LOOOOVE!!!
Thursday 6/5 – Wednesday 6/18
Dr. Kara Kibara sells her services through a hybrid Ted talk-workshop transformation-improv - performance style as the best dating and relationship guru.

Clarice Presents: My Lucky Number Ruined My Life
Friday 6/6 – Saturday 9/13
Clarice formally invites you to an hour long revue of short-form comedic vignettes (colloquial, American: "sketches").

The Shy Vaudevillian
Friday 6/6 10:00 pm
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!

Sopranos and Snakes on a Plane on Ice the Half Improv Musical
Saturday 6/7 10:30 pm
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.
Tap and Friends Play the Hits!
Friday 6/13 8:00 pm
A multi-talented group of performers brings you an action packed hour of hilarious characters, music, stand-up, sketch, and improv comedy.

Horse Beef
Tuesday 6/17 – Friday 9/19
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.

Swiftie 101
Tuesday 6/17 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.
SHADOWCASTS presents: ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
Thursday 6/19 9:15 pm
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!

PAPA SQUAT
Friday 6/20 7:00 pm
Papa Squat is a sketch show created by deeply special freaks with one goal: to make you laugh, baby.

Screaming Crying Throwing Up: A Fangirl Sketch Show
Saturday 6/21 6:00 pm
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 Nicole Matarese Taylor Sniffen Cahlia Walton Scott Kidwell

Fun Time!
Friday 6/27 6:00 pm
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!!

Bad Poetry
Friday 6/27 9:30 pm
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.

Girl Theory
Saturday 6/28 – Saturday 11/15
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.
Message in a Bottle
Sunday 6/29 7:00 pm
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
Sunday 6/29 8:30 pm