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The San Francisco Improv Festival

Friday, Aug 22 8:00p
at Purple Onion, San Francisco, CA
Price: $20.00 - $15.00 Students & Seniors
Phone: (415) 863-1076
Age Suitability: None Specified

The San Francisco Improv Festival is back for its fifth year of improvisational comedy both locally and Nationally!

The San Francisco Improv Festival is back for its fifth year of improvisational comedy including special celebrity guests, two stages (The Union Square Stage at the SF Playhouse Stage 2) with our Mainstage at the prestigious and legendary Purple Onion!.

The full Schedule

***Opening Weekend July 10-12***
The Purple Onion
ImprovBoston and ComedySportz San Jose

The SF Playhouse Stage 2
Un-Scripted Theater (SF)
YARNS (Austin, TX)

***Long Form Weekend July 17-19***
The Purple Onion
IOwest Trophy Wife (L.A.)
Revolving Madness (SF)

The SF Playhouse Stage 2
Un-Scripted Theater (SF)
Storytellers Unplugged (SF)

***Musical Improv – July 24-26***
The Purple Onion
The Uncle Ukulele Show (MN)
Improv Cabaret (FL)

The SF Playhouse Stage 2
Un-Scripted Theater (SF)
Second Nature Univ. Southern CA

****Two Person Improv July 31st – Aug 2nd***
The Purple Onion
Cathcart & Olson (Chicago)
Ay Diego (Boston/LA)

***Genre Improv August 7th – 9th***
The Purple Onion
The Election Show (Seattle)
Get Up (Austin, TX)

***Battle of Sexes August 14 – 16***
The Purple Onion
Silver City Pink (L.A.)
SPF7 (SF)

***Race and Improv August 21st –23rd***
The Purple Onion
Pale Irish Bastards and (L.A.)
Oui Be Negroes (S.F.)

All shows run Thurs-Saturday at 8PM

go to www.sfimprovfestival for the full line up!

Sponsored by The SF Improv Alliance, Un-Scripted Theater, and Pyramid Beer

Categories: Comedy, Theater
Creator:  improvalliance
Creator:  improvalliance
Performers at this Event
The Un-Scripted Theater Company
The Un-Scripted Theater Company Remove performer from this event
The Un-Scripted Theater Company creates smart, innovative, and entertaining improvised theater that delights our audiences and advances the art and craft of improvisation. Based in San Francisco, we do a full season of completely improvised shows.
ImprovBoston
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The Premier Improvisational Comedy Company in Boston
Oui Be Negroes
Oui Be Negroes Remove performer from this event
The Original African American Improv/Sketch Comedy Company in the country
Trophy Wife Improv
Trophy Wife Improv Remove performer from this event
Improv you can take home to your mom. Based out of Los Angeles California. A part of IOwest.
The Election Show (Wing-it Productions)
The Election Show (Wing-it Productions) Remove performer from this event
Based out of Seattle Washington The Election is presented by Wing-It Productions.
YARNS
YARNS Remove performer from this event
Asaf Ronen and his one man show YARNS. Based out of Austin, Texas.
Storytellers Unplugged
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A San Francisco Improv Ensemble featuring Tim Ereneta, Shaun Landry, Ruth Halpern and Kurt Bodden they perform improvise meaningful and funny stories.
The Uncle Ukulele Show
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Nate Melcher from Minneapolis, MN is The Uncle Ukulele Show. Big Man, with a little guitar improvising.
Second Nature Improv
Second Nature Improv Remove performer from this event
Second Nature is the premiere long form improv comedy troupe at the University of Southern California. We perform free, high quality; improv shows every Friday night at the Ground Zero Performance Cafe.
Cathcart & Olson
Cathcart & Olson Remove performer from this event
Hailed as "a trip out of the mundane and into something original and fun" by Centerstage Chicago, Cathcart & Olson perform rapid-fire comedy that celebrates and analyzes current trends, human behavior, and the struggle to maintain balance in a chaotic world.
!Ay Diego!
!Ay Diego! Remove performer from this event
Critically acclaimed Ensemble two person improvisational show !Ay Diego! (With Artistic Director of ImprovBoston Will Luera and Zabeth Russell from IOwest Trophy Wife and Apple Bottom Gang) Brings the tale of Diego and his loved starved companion weaving the tale of intertwining...
Silver City Pink Improv
Silver City Pink Improv Remove performer from this event
This ensemble of talented women from Los Angeles improvises a fast, funny, and fluid three-act show based on monologues, taking the stories in outrageous unforeseen directions.
SPF7
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SPF7 is a comedy group from San Francisco. They perform live doing improvisation, sketch and standup comedy. They produce video projects. The majority of the time, they are good friends.
Pale Irish Bastards
Pale Irish Bastards Remove performer from this event
The Pale Irish Bastards are J. Anthony McCarthy, Taylor Johns and Jim McCaffree from Los Angeles. Come see what 3 bastards do until the pub opens. Or after it closes. We don't really know the difference anymore.
Location & Nearby Info
Purple Onion
140 Columbus Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94133
(415) 956-1653
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