Arcade Comedy Theater

Lucky Draw
2023-08-17 19:30 (America/New_York) | Arcade Comedy Theater, 943 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, 15222, United States
A night of random improv encounters!
Arcade Comedy Theater presents “Lucky Draw” — an improv comedy show where half of the cast is drawn at random! Each show, Arcade Academy students and team members drop their names into box at the start of the night. Throughout the evening, the hosts will be playing short form games and doing a long-form set that mixes up these performers alongside special guests, teachers, and coaches from the Arcade community.
If you’re a student or improviser, this is a perfect chance to maybe try out new games or play with some seasoned performers.
And if you’re just looking for a fun, unique night out — you’ll get a chance to see some inventive and exciting new comedy for less than a price of a movie ticket (oh yeah, and you can BYOB).
Runtime: 75 minutesFree for performers

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Super Late Night
2023-08-12 22:00 - 23:30
A superhero talk show
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a late-night variety show hosted by Pittsburgh’s very own Super Boy! Come and experience a night full of comedy, live music, and improv with a league of talented performers in this superhero themed late-night show.

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Blue Light Special
2023-08-12 21:00 - 22:30
One of Arcade’s longest-running stand-up comedy showcase returns this Saturday, featuring an outstanding lineup of local out-of-town talent!
Hosted by Chris Scriva. This month join Learnmore Jonasi, Andy Mango (nee Stuchell), Don Arner, Jesse Feng, and from Washington, D.C. Dom Grayer for a night of laughter!

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Arcade Hootenanny
2023-08-12 20:00
Chicago-style improv comedy
The Arcade Hootenanny is styled after the classic Chicago-style improv show featuring monologist-inspired scenes. Our storyteller tells real-life stories inspired by an audience suggestion, and then Pittsburgh’s best and brightest improvisers present a fast & funny set based on elements from the story. Produced by Nick Jaramillo.

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Moop Troop and Friends
2023-08-12 19:00
Frank, Kevin, Matt, & Mindy are at it again! This time around, they each invited a friend. Join Moop Troop on a voyage of comedy, with live original music, improv both long and short, games, and some fun characters that’ll keep the journey lively.

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The Latchkey Kids
2023-08-11 21:00
The Latchkey Kids have gone too far this time and have to spend Friday night in detention. Join us and our new permanent opener (improv group Barbara, a Mother) for a night of bad kids doing bad things.
The Latchkey Kids are back-to-back Best of the Burgh winners for Best Improv Team. You can find us at Arcade Comedy Theater the second Friday of every damn month.

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Fondue for Two: Camp Talent Show
2023-08-11 19:00
Fondue For Two Presents the 2023 Talent Show
Summer camp has finally come to and end, but we will always have to the cherished memories we shared out there. And, of course, our annual talent show will celebrate our most beloved and special campers. Join camp counselors Fondue for Two (Alex Conti and Raina Deerwater) as they celebrate their campers’ talents including the musical styling of Kevin O’Brien, the characters of Sara Kantner, and the completely improvised summer musical! We’ll see you next year at camp!
Fondue for Two is Pittsburgh’s resident improv duo named after television’s highly lauded and often panned television series GLEE (2009-2015). Other local improv teams join your favorite girls for a night of laughs!

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Hot Jam with Ricky Romance
2023-08-10 19:30
Hop up and play with Ricky Romance

Join Ricky Romance as they host Hot Jam, a long-form improv jam presented at the Arcade Comedy Theater and open to all performers! Each month, performers can sign up to be randomly placed on an improv ensemble team that will exist for just one night only.
As an audience member, you’ll see the cutting edge of improv comedy, all inspired by a few suggestions.

Runtime: 75 minutes
Tickets $7 Pay as you wishFree for performersAges 16 & up

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Level Up Stand Up
2023-08-05 21:00
Arcade Comedy Theater’s popular stand-up comedy showcase, Level Up Stand-Up, is back!
Each month, see a new lineup of some of Pittsburgh’s best comics alongside up-and-coming and touring guests. BYOB or grab a drink from our bar, and get ready for a fun and affordable night of comedy in the Cultural District.
Hosted by Chris Duvall

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Irony City: Am I the Jagoff?
2023-08-05 20:00 - 21:30
We’ve all been there. Maybe you disrupted a wedding that didn’t have a cookie table, asked for fries on your salad at a fancy restaurant (what were you doing there anyway?), or heaven forbid, moved a parking chair. You probably asked yourself at some point, “Am I the Jagoff?”
Veteran improv troupe Irony City will help answer those questions! Sort of. Each month a local comedian will tell us about a time where they MIGHT have been a jagoff. That story will inspire improvised scenes by Irony City, and at the end, we’ll all know, were they the jagoff or not?

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Kevin's Garage presents Garage Sale
2023-08-05 19:00
Kevin’s Garage Presents Kevin’s Garage Garage Sale featuring Jump Button.
Stop by Arcade Comedy Theater with whatever items you want to put on sale at the Garage Sale and watch this re-imagination of a longtime summertime tradition inspire a night full of improvised comedy. Best items brought by an audience member will win a garage sale themed prize!

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The Stand Up Laboratory
2023-08-04 21:00
Where new jokes come alive!
The Stand-Up Laboratory is a new incubator space presented by Arcade Comedy Theater. Every month, the Lab will present a mix of feature comics and a roster of comedians chosen from online submissions. Enjoy a night of comedy highlighting newer material from Pittsburgh’s best comedians and its rising stars.

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Chicanery with Chi Chi
2023-08-04 20:00
Chicanery with Chi Chi:
Pittsburgh’s own “Spicy Siren” is up to her same antics in this month’s installment of Chicanery. Prepare yourself to experience her salacious vocals, quintessential banter, irreverent buffoonery, and her traffic stopping cackle.
So sashay over and witness the undeniable charm, wit, and absolutely spicy spirit of Miss Chi Chi de Vivre!

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House Team Hot Spot
2023-08-04 19:00
Arcade Comedy Theater presents the House Team Hot Spot â a show featuring a rotating set of our very own improv comedy teams. Each performance features three house teams jumping into the hot spot and bringing their unique brand of comedy. See dynamic short-form games with plenty of opportunities for the audience to get involved; kick back and watch a full long-form improv set unfold based on a single suggestion. All of it adds up to a unique night of live comedy that burns bright for 75 minutes!Hosted by Jennifer Holz
Featuring house teams: Party Pack, Grandpa, and Jump Button

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Your ACT with Nonsense
2023-08-03 19:30
Bring your team or an act!

Tonight, the A.C.T. stage is yours! Bring your improv teams, sketch group, or stand-up act for an open mic-style show where the lineup is created on the spot. A perfect opportunity for artists to try something new in a short set and for audiences to see some experimental and cutting edge comedy. The evening is guided by Nonsense!
Tickets $7FREE FOR PERFORMERSAges 16 & up

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Knights of the Arcade: Epic D&D Comedy
2023-07-29 21:00
A comedy quest awaits!
Knights of the Arcade is an award-winning comedy show that takes audiences on a wild, madcap adventure every month. A recurring cast of characters (a dwarf, a monk, a rogue, a sorcerer and a fighter) are joined by special guests and led by their maniacal dungeon master. Where they’re going, who they fight, and if they ultimately succeed is decided upon live dice that are rolled and projected on the theater wall.
The Knights have been making geeks and non-geeks laugh for 10 years! Every show is a self-contained comedy adventure you don’t want to miss.

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Champagne Social Club
2023-07-29 20:00
Looking to relax? Have a drink, kick your feet up, and just laugh that fine A** off? Well, then, look no further than the smooth and sultry vibes of Chris & Matty’s Champagne Social Club!
A variety show that blends together the magic of the speakeasy experience with the smokey and tantalizing atmosphere of your favorite comedy show. Join your hosts Chris Duvall & Matty Frances as you journey through a night of comedy and music that only happens once and only happens here.

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Select Start
2023-07-29 19:00
Join this ragtag improv team as they pull off the heist of a lifetime. The Arcade Comedy Theater holds all the cards, but Select Start is playing their own games they will make up as they go along. Select Start will perform short form improv, loot the vault, and walk right out the front door. Come watch Select Start Steal the Show with John Watt and Aaron B. It won’t be a show to miss, and if you don’t pay close enough attention, you just might miss it!

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Out of Order Stand Up Show
2023-07-28 22:00 - 23:30
Arcade Comedy Theater’s popular stand-up comedy showcase, Out of Order, is back with a night of laughs in our upstairs theater.
Featuring

Patrick Devine (Los Angeles)
Ben Staab (Philadelphia)
Kevin Budkey (Los Angeles)
Kedar Kelkar (Washington DC)
Zivan Vasquez (Pittsburgh)
Jesse Feng (Pittsburgh)
Hosted by: Chris Scriva

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B!tch Please: Cool Witch Summer
2023-07-28 20:00
An evening of improv, stand up, and saying the B word. It’s hot out there, but it’s COOL in here. Down with Hot Girl Summer, welcome Cool chilly vibes and witchy wonderful ladies. At a time like this who wouldn’t want to run into the woods with their favorite pals and scream at the moon to manifest their dreams! This month we dive into the history of witch culture in a spooky mid summer romp!
Featuring Stand Up Georgia Warder
The b words this month are:

Cynthia Dallas
Imani Emanuel
Jennifer Holz
Erica Larson
Kate Miller
Renee Rabenold
Sanja Savic
Nora Smith
Andrea Weatherald

B!tch Please is a celebration of ladies behaving badly throughout history. Produced and Hosted by Jocelyn Hillen Newham & Mary Quick

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Gallery Crawl
2023-07-28 18:00
Stop in to the Arcade during the Cultural District Gallery Crawl and enjoy pop-up improv comedy shows for the whole family. Performances every half hour, no tickets required.

Pittsburgh Improv Jam
2023-07-27 19:30
Join the Well Known Strangers as they host the Pittsburgh Improv Jam, a now-monthly jam presented at the Arcade Comedy Theater and open to all performers! Each month, performers can sign up to be randomly placed on an improv ensemble team that will exist for just one night only.

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CLASS SHOW: Intro to Sketch
2023-07-25 19:00
Come see the best work of our Intro to Sketch Writing students in staged readings featuring a cast of professional actors! Hosted by class instructor Frank McDade.

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CLASS SHOW: Improv 103
2023-07-24 20:30

CLASS SHOW: Improv 102
2023-07-24 19:00

Speakeasy
2023-07-22 21:00, 2023-07-22 19:00
Speakeasy invites some of Pittsburgh’s funniest storytellers to tell a true story while musician FeralCat and DJ Fadewell provide a real time soundtrack. But when the story ends, we’re just getting started. Host Alan Olifson (Moth, WordPlay) takes you behind the story, interviewing each storyteller to ask the burning questions you’d ask if you were sitting next to them at the bar. It’s Late Night for the NPR set.
Featuring special guests:

Todd Shaffer: was a regular storyteller at the Moth in Pittsburgh and his stories have appeared on the Moth Radio Hour as well as the RSK! podcast. He’s also been in Just Sayin’, WordPlay, Drinking Stories and many other true storytelling shows.
Brett Sullivan Santry: Working variously in theatre as an actordirector, teaching artist, and dramaturg, he holds MFA and MLitt degrees from Mary BaldwinUniversity’s Shakespeare in Performance program, as well as a BA in Playwriting and Directing Goddard College.

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Sketch Comedy Lab
2023-07-21 21:00
The Sketch Comedy Laboratory is a new incubator space presented by Arcade Comedy Theater to help promote the art of sketch comedy. Every other month, Sketch Lab will feature sketches from writers who have attended our writers’ room and performed by a roster of comedic actors.

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Bracket Night
2023-07-21 20:00
Bracket Night @ Arcade returns for a monthly, interactive game show where the audience and panelists get to decide the BEST STUFF. Each month, you’ll see six comedians duke it out in a battle of opinions as pop culture, food, and other stuff move through a competitive bracket. You’re in on the act too as the audience votes from their seats until a winner is determined!

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House Team Hot Spot
2023-07-21 19:00
Arcade Comedy Theater presents the House Team Hot Spot a show featuring a rotating set of our very own improv comedy teams. Each performance features three house teams jumping into the hot spot and bringing their unique brand of comedy. See dynamic short-form games with plenty of opportunities for the audience to get involved; kick back and watch a full long-form improv set unfold based on a single suggestion. All of it adds up to a unique night of live comedy that burns bright for 75 minutes!

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