Nice Show! (in LA)

Nice show! at The Broadwater (Second Stage) THE SHOW MUST GO ON…Take a break from the heartbreak and devastation in L.A. to enjoy 90min of chicken soup for your improv soul.

JOHN DARDENNE brings you improv geniuses from THREE GENERATIONS this month!

Special guests 1/24/25:

JESSE ESPARZA (writer ABC’s Mixedish and HULU’s Maggie) (hilarious actor and improvisor who’s directed sketch groups at UCB and THE PACK. watch him go CRAZY on stage!! jesse is one the most confident and unhinged improvisors you will ever have the joy of seeing!!)

ANOINTED GREENS (April Rock. Dyani Rejae, Paige Elson) (insanely talented sketch group fresh off a stint writing for Chris Rock on SNL!!! jumping back into the improv fray for one night only. do NOT miss seeing these badasses [and dear friends] now before they have their own TV show!)

PEDRO LOPEZ (CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, OZARK) (after improvising with Pedro for a decade and watching him act in over 20 TV shows and big-time movies like JUNGLE CRUISE and TRIPLE FRONTIER, I can say for certain he’s a crowd favorite and absolute comedy goldmine. I have no idea what will happen when a veteran performer like Pedro comes to face to face with our kid performers, but you just have to be there to enjoy the fireworks!)

HIGH SCORE (Madeline Cook, Matt Devine, Bob Hsiao, Ellen Lang, Justin Liu, Rocio Prado, Brittany Charlotte Smith, Sean Williams) (UCB Lloyd Team 2024-2025!! some of the best-handpicked improvisers in the city, baby! feat. new and old friends!! i’m so honored and excited to have them on Nice Show!!!)

LINZY AND THE BOYS (Linzy Beltran (UCB Betty), Sanjay Rao (Netflix’s HIT MAN), David Danipour (UCB Harold), and John Dardenne (Lyft driver). (This may be the best improv team no one’s heard of because I just made up the name without consulting the rest of the group) HOLY SHIT I LOVE THIS GROUP who met initially as a house team at The Pack!

***LITERAL CHILDREN (I teach kids improv and have invited TWO TINY TITANS to join me) (This is UNMISSABLE) Winona! Advaith! This is first so you gotta get there at 7pm if you wanna see the INCREDIBLE KIDS

Whether you are a friend, enemy, or neutral observer this is a high-stakes opportunity to see John Dardenne succeed or fail. Be there.

Starts 7PM PT