Nice Show! (in LA)
At “Nice Show!” John Dardenne improvises with his funniest friends. We’re talking house teams, indie teams, special guests, & literal kids.
JOHN DARDENNE improvises with house teams, improv rockstars, and FOUR ACTUAL KIDS on the last Friday of the month!!!!
Special guests 2/27/26:
CHAD DAMIANI (AMERICA’S GOT TALENT, “The Clown Boss” of L.A.) Chad Damiani is one of the pioneers of LA’s contemporary clown scene – having performed over 600 shows with his groundbreaking improv/clown duo, Jetzo, and founded both the legendary “Stand Up and Clown” show and Clown Zoo – a weekly outdoor event that mixes clown and theatrical mask. Chad has traveled all over North America – teaching and performing his clown-inspired standup routines. He is known for his lovingly harsh live-directing of clowns and I can’t wait to see how he directs KIDS WHO’VE NEVER CLOWNED BEFORE. This is a must-see event!!
MISS GOLIGHTLY (Tony Garbanzos, Geo Lee, Jed Alcantara, & Terry Huang) An all-Asian, all-American improv team that’s currently on a 10-0 streak winning the UCB Cagematch alongside Asian Improv Near Me (playing together as a supergroup called FUSION HA!). These are old, dear friends who play fast, funny, and loose. You’ve seen them on ASIAN AF, MILF Fest, SF Sketchfest, and their long-running show Happy Hour at UCB. I can’t wait to introduce them to the wildest kids in comedy!
NEPO MOMMY (Lexie Elton Skye, Joe Leonard, Mitch Mitchell, Monica McPhee, & Jacinda) Hilarious hosts of the monthly Pack show “Nepo Mommy For Dummies” and former hosts of their own improv shows at WGIS and The Shared Experience, Nepo Mommy is using their nepo connections for the good of all improv-kind. I’ve seen some of these Mommies perform and I can attest they are super funny and their Nepo Children deserve all the success in the world. But will they help the careers of our four tiny improvisors?? You gotta be there to see!
DR. KLEEB (Cara Popecki, DJ Rouse, Maria Gnoza, Whitney Dillon, Sam Bodenstein, Rachel Clayton, Erik Kistel, Brad Dixon) Harold team at WGIS featuring some improv geniuses (you gotta be at the World’s Greatest Improv School)! I know some of them and they really make me laugh, and I can’t wait to meet the rest of the team and share with them the joy of improvising with not one, not two, not three, but FOUR CHILDREN with moderate SELF-CONTROL and above average improv TECHNIQUE. The stage is set for greatness!!
PLUS! (As always)
LINZY AND THE BOYS (Linzy Beltran (UCB Betty), Sanjay Rao (Netflix’s HIT MAN), David Danipour (UCB Harold), and John Dardenne (wrote TV jokes for Wanda Sykes, UCB Maude/UCB Mess Hall alum). 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. I LOVE THIS GROUP because they’re my dear friends! We all met on a house team at The Pack and boy am I glad that happened. Come to the show and YOU WILL SEE WHY!
***LITERAL CHILDREN (I teach kids improv and have invited FOUR TINY TITANS to join me) (This is UNMISSABLE) Winona! Anna!! Milo!!! Advaith!!!! This is first so you gotta get there at 7pm if you wanna see the INCREDIBLE KIDS….
Starts 7PM PT