Upcoming Events!

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

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

The Peoples Improv Theater is thrilled to announce the 13th Annual INDIE-pendence Day Fest, NYC’s longest-running indie improv festival! This festival brings together the best indie improv teams from around the world for an unforgettable 2-day celebration of community, creativity, and fun.

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!

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.

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

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

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.

After a successful run at the PIT’s SOLOCOM Fest, Tommy Montgomery is BACK with his solo show in the PIT Loft! Dogs in Strollers, Babies on Leashes is a comedy show to ruin your childhood. Described by audience members as “hilarious”, “crazy”, and “terrifying”, this show parodies your favorite characters like Mickey Mouse, Mario, Elmo, and more. Oh boy! Come to the PIT to watch some Saturday cartoons like you’ve never seen before!

The improvised show with hot questions and even hotter wings.

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

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.

A morning news host delivers bad news. A coworker takes a personal call. A performance of A Christmas Carol goes awry. Watch Harper and Aidan make their live sketch debut in this absurdist sketch show.

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

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

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

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!

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!

In this work in progress show for a work in progress, stand-up comic Mateo Rodriguez-Hurtado shares their new 30 minute set, with a little help with their friends. Lineup to be announced! Mateo Rodriguez-Hurtado (@_laserpipe) is a Chicago born, Bed-Stuy based multihyphenate MexiRican loca. They co-host & co-produce the all queer people of color stand-up show Glory W(hole), with Lili Pujol, on the lower east side. In NYC, Mateo has performed at Club Cumming, Littlefield, BAAD!, HERE Arts Center, The Kitchen, Chateau de 420 Marcy, among other lugares.”

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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.

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…

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

Ms. Frizzled (no relation) and her magic van (no relation) are here to help burnt-out adults learn about the fascinating world around them. A dumb improv show for smart people.

New York City's Trashiest Talk Show

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.

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

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

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

Wigs is on-your-feet narrative storytelling — character-driven, fully embodied, and guided by quick, brilliant actors who craft an entirely new story every single night.

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.

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.

Not a fan of Star Trek? No problem!

“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).

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

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!!

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

Experience a curated tasting menu of live performance — inspired by the Japanese tradition of letting the chef decide. Stand-up, slideshows, music, poetry, clown, sketch, improv, and character bits — all served short, bold, and unexpected. A variety show for the adventurous palate.

Improv on x1.5 speed.

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

It's Christmas in July! Christmas in July is a Holiday-themed character show in the middle of the summer.

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.)

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

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

Alternative Medicine!

Presented by the Peoples Sketch Revues’ ABSURD TEAM!

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

Fight for democracy in the most dramatic election season yet!

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.

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

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

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

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!

Fast. Furious. Funny. ADHD comedy is a swiftly packed hour of stand up that will entertain, not drain. Featuring comics from HBO, The Daily Show, Fallon and more.  No two-hour endurance test. No drink minimum. No sad nachos. Just the good stuff: sharp comics and killer sets. Because a comedy show should never feel like a marathon.

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.

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

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

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

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

Fool Harmonic!

Presented by the Peoples Sketch Revues’ MUSICAL TEAM!

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

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

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

Come watch this show and go through the ups and downs with us!

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

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

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

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.

Get ready to be thunderstruck in this late night comedy hour that’ll blow ur Pom poms off . Interactive. Insane. It Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders Parody!

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

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

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

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

Ever want to step into the life of a diabetic, self certified funny, fresh out of acting school, big fore-headed girl? Well my friends you are in luck! Get ready for the debut of Alexa Springman (5’4”) - a stand up special that travels through the development of a theatre kid to prevent another outbreak.Prepare for a evening of laughs, songs, and slight child bullying.

Are you tired of all of the noise out in the real world? Well come see a show where the improvisers are completely silent!

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.

"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."

Sometimes, people have one-night stands they don't remember, and wake up next to someone unbelievable. This time it's Vivek Ramaswamy. It's like The Hangover- but worse.

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

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

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

What do gulags, jazz clubs, soap carving, and awkward first dates have in common? Just one thing: Joseph Stalin.

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

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

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

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.

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