The Comedy Bureau

Cult Classic Presents: An Improvised Freaky Friday (in LA)
2026-04-03 21:30 - 23:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café, 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90027, United States
Cult Classic is back to bring another beloved film to the stage: Freaky Friday! You’ve seen a mom and daughter swap bodies, but what about an uncle and niece? Dad and the family dog? Perhaps a magician and magician’s assistant? This improvised body swap is in the hands of the audience; you get to choose whose soul will be transplanted into whose body and watch as they learn to walk in one another’s shoes…or um…dog shoes.
Cult Classic Members:
Cast:
Liam Clancy
Bryn Doyle
Leo Driessen
Gabie Faulkner
Cam Gavinski
Bebe Katsenes
Ruby Marker
Evan O’Brien
Director: Riley Street
Starts 9:30PM PT

Hitch: Improvised Dating (in LA w/Livestream)
2026-04-04 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | UCB Franklin, 5919 Franklin Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90028, United States
Ever wanted to be a fly on the wall for someone else’s date? Well now you can. In order to promote Hitch the Musical. This all star team of improvisers are going to improvise dates for your enjoyment! Every scene will be a “date” or “double date” of sorts. Things might get horny, hearts might get broken! Either way, you’re gonna laugh ur ass off!
Featuring: Patrick McDonald, Angela Giarratana, Amanda Lehan Canto, Vic Michaelis, Vinny Thomas, Jacquis Neal, Chanse McCrary, Kylie Brakemen
Starts/streams 7PM PT/10PM ET

UCBLK (in NYC w/Livestream)
2026-04-04 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | UCB NYC, 242 East 14th Street, New York, NY, 10003, United States
UCBLK (pronounced “You See Black”) is a variety show spotlighting the best Black comedians in the city. Each month features a brand new cast performing improv, sketch, stand-up and more. Previous lineups have featured comedians whose credits include Saturday Night Live, Netflix, Apple TV, Don’t Tell Comedy & more.
The show also features giveaways from our sponsor The Travel Agency: A Cannabis Store
Featuring:
Chris Redd (SNL, Popstar)
Larry Owens (Abbott Elementary)
Jess Henderson (And Just Like That…)
Kendall Relf (Veeps)
Steve Jeanty (Lloyd Night)
Grace Johnson (Just For Laughs New Faces 2025)

Harlem’s In Living Color
& Whitney Bae

Hosted by Justin Catchens, Dominique Kaplowitz & Shem Pennant

Starts 10:30PM ET

ASSSSCAT (in NYC)
2026-04-04 20:30 - 22:00, 2026-04-10 20:30 - 22:00, 2026-04-11 20:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | UCB NYC, 242 East 14th Street, New York, NY, 10003, United States
It starts with a group of improv comedians from film & TV taking the stage with a special guest monologist. After getting a suggestion from the audience, our monologist shares off-the-cuff thoughts, feelings, and true stories inspired by your suggestion. The improvisers then spin this monologue into a series of scenes that will show you why ASSSSCAT is one of the longest running improv shows in the world!
Previous NY monologists include: Mark Hamill, Alan Alda, Tina Fey, Keegan-Michael Key, Ellie Kemper, Kevin Bacon, Jessica Williams, Phoebe Robinson, Kathleen Turner, Paul Shaffer, Daniel Dae Kim, Conan O’Brien, and more!
Starts 8:30PM ET

ASSSSCAT (in LA w/Livestream)
2026-04-04 20:30 - 22:00, 2026-04-05 20:30 - 22:00, 2026-04-11 20:30 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | UCB Franklin, 5919 Franklin Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90028, United States
What is ASSSSCAT?
It starts with a group of improv comedians from film & TV taking the stage with a special guest monologist. After getting a suggestion from the audience, our monologist shares off-the-cuff thoughts, feelings, and true stories inspired by your suggestion. The improvisers then spin this monologue into a series of scenes that will show you why ASSSSCAT is one of the longest running improv shows in the world!
Starts/streams 8:30PM PT/11:30PM ET

Ghost Stories (in NYC)
2026-04-04 22:30 - 2026-04-05 00:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | UCB NYC, 242 East 14th Street, New York, NY, 10003, United States
Did that last situationship disappear and leave you feeling like an April Fool? This show will provide some much needed catharsis!
First, you’ll hear one of NYC’s funniest stand-ups share a ghastly tale of a time they got ghosted. Then, a comedy coven will harness the magic of improv to commune with the ghost and reveal their whereabouts.
And for the grand finale – we’ll perform a séance just for you. YOU the audience will get to share a ghost tale of your own, and our improvisers will finally gift you some closure!
Featuring…

Monologist: Meredith Dietz (The Onion, Reductress)
Improvisers: Alex Kagy, Christopher Morucci, Estar Cohen, Griffin Ostrowski, Jessie Maye Christopher, Jordan Hull, Josh Ellman, Josh Nasser, Maddy Lenny, Marcus Hunter, Nat D’Amico, Sydney Duncan, Tina Vlamis, Will Stewich
Starts 10:30PM ET

Living Room Living Room (in LA)
2026-04-05 19:30 - 20:30, 2026-04-12 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | World’s Greatest Improv School, North Vermont Avenue 1615, Los Angeles, CA, 90027, United States
LA’s funniest take on real life. Living Room Living Room is the premiere long-form improv show held at the World’s Greatest Improv School, where the city’s best comedians turn real stories into hilarious, totally unscripted scenes.

Each week features a rotating cast of WGIS’s top performers—plus surprise guests from TV, film, and the national improv scene.
Main Cast:
Will Hines (Broad City, Comedy Bang Bang, Brooklyn 99)
Sarah Claspell (Brooklyn 99, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Drunk History)
Jim Woods (The Office, How I Met Your Mother, Reno 911)
Beth Appel (Sex Lives of College Girls, Never Have I Ever)
Dave Theune (St. Denis Medical, Frasier)
Jaimie Gaul (General Hospital, Grey’s Anatomy, Medium)

Starts 7:30PM PT

RaaaatScraps (in NYC w/Livestream)
2026-04-05 19:30 - 21:00, 2026-04-12 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Caveat, 21 A Clinton Street, New York, NY, 10002, United States
RaaaatScraps is the World’s Best Improv Show from the people who produced Asssscat. Join a surprise guest monologist and NYC’s best improvisers, many from The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, who have been seen on Broad City, High Maintenance, Succession, Severance, Somebody Somewhere, Difficult People, Search Party, Mrs. Maisel, The Chris Gethard Show, Kimmy Schmidt, MCU, 30 Rock & More.
Check @raaaatscraps on IG to see who this week’s monologist is!
$18 early bird (until Dec 15, 09:30PM)
$23 standard
$23 at the door
$8 livestream
Starts/streams 7:30PM ET/4:30PM ET

Shamilton (in NYC w/Livestream)
2026-04-05 20:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | UCB NYC, 242 East 14th Street, New York, NY, 10003, United States
Shamilton is just like that, but (ahem) better! Expect the same level of hip hop, incredible songs, moving storytelling, stunning choreography and powerhouse singing… except made up on the spot.
The New York Times called Shamilton “One of the top 5 comedy shows to catch”.
Comedy supergroup Baby Wants Candy presents “Shamilton!”, the Hamilton-inspired hip hop improvised musical created in 2016 in LA and playing to sold out crowds all over the place, including the Kennedy Center in DC, a national touring company and weekly sold out shows in New York and LA.
Starts/streams 8:30PM ET/5:30PM PT

The Good Time (in NYC)
2026-04-09 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Brooklyn Comedy Collective, 167 Graham Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11206, United States
The Good Time (@thegoodtimeimprov) is a fully improvised show based on one suggestion from the audience. The Good Time is a team made up of Chicago improv veterans who have performed at The Second City, iO Chicago, The Annoyance, Logan Square Improv.
Openers: TBA
Cast:

Miranda Rozas (@sexydragonbuttmuncher)

Molly Ledbetter (@molly_ledbetter)

True Walters (@verdad_walters)

Tania Cordova (@tkcordova)

Garrett Williams (@badboygargar)

Lisa Albano (@lisa.albano)

Henrik Blix (@henrikontheweb)

Colin Rourke (ballin_rourke)

Starts 7PM ET

SLOP MAN GROUP (in NYC)
2026-04-09 20:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Brooklyn Comedy Collective, 167 Graham Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11206, United States
WARNING: ground-shaking experimental comedy inbound. Join SLOP & Friends for SLOP MAN GROUP, an unlicensed parody show that will break the barriers of improv comedy, music, and the fabric of the universe. SLOP is a comedy trio that does highly physical, crazy style improv and sketch. SLOP has been seen at New York Comedy Festival, iO Fest, Fun & Dumb Improv Festival, Chris Gethard’s “That Show,” and were a Home Team at BCC in 2024.
Line-Up:
SLOP @slopcomedy is:
Grant Cleaveland @grant.cleaveland
Joe Harrington @josephbuckleyharrington
Levi Collins @levirambis
Full lineup TBA!
Starts 8:30PM ET

Demon Time (in NYC)
2026-04-09 20:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Brooklyn Comedy Collective, 167 Graham Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11206, United States
Join the freaks of the BCC for a night of mania. All new wild-ass improvised sketches every week. Welcome to hell, it’s a party.
Featuring:

Bianca Dot (@bianca.dot)

Caitlin Dullea (@bird_cait)

Danielle Clarke Fisher (@danielleclarkefisher)

Dave Quiñones

Grant Cleaveland (@grant.cleaveland)

Ian Lockwood (@mrianlockwood)

Irving George

Jay Reed (@irving.jpeg)

Joe Harrington (@josephbuckleyharrington)

Josh Nasser (@noshjasser)

Kendra Singh (@kendrawsing)

Lauren Olster (@laurenol_star)

Lily Armstrong (@lilyarmweak)

Mac Edgerly (@mecadgerly)

Micah Sterenberg (@micah_humble_blessed)

Maya Sharma (@goodjobmaya)

Molly Ledbetter (@molly_ledbetter)

Philip Markle (@philipsparkle)

Priya Gandhi (@priyasgandhi)

Ritam Mehta (@mehtaritam)

Tim Myer (@numberonetim)

Thomas Frances (@thomas__frances)

Wilfredo Diaz (@wilfredojdiaz)

Will McDonald (@willgmcdonald)

Zoë Tanton (@zoetanton)

& new special guests each week!
Starts 8:30PM ET

Interference: An Improvised Radio Hour (in LA)
2026-04-09 21:30 - 23:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café, 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90027, United States
An improvised radio hour, hosted by Ruby Karp! Join legends of the airwaves for a one-night-only performance, complete with ad breaks, breaking news, and behind-the-scenes drama. Some of LA’s funniest improvisers will reimagine iconic, silly, and often forgotten programs from the Golden Age of Radio.
Featuring:
Waleed Mansour (Dropout, Superstore)
Kylie Brakeman (Smosh, Artist on Artists on Artists)
Sammie (Stapleview)
Fin Argus (Queer As Folk, One of Us)
More TBA!
Hosted by Ruby Karp (The Charlie Puth Show, Pitch Please, UCB)
Produced by Good Get Productions

Starts 9:30PM PT

LANE MOORE - Heart-Throb Slasher: A Live Improvised 1980s Horror Movie (in NYC)
2026-04-10 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | The Twisted Spine, 306 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11211, United States
Heart-throb Slasher is a totally improvised, choose-your-own-adventure style show, that’ll keep you laughing as the bodies drop.

We’re thrilled to welcome Lane Moore (creator of “Tinder Live! with Lane Moore” and author of the books How To Be Alone andYou Will Find Your People: How To Make Meaningful Friendships As An Adult) to The Twisted Spine for a special performance of her new horror comedy show!
“Heart-Throb Slasher: A Live Improvised 1980s Horror Movie” is a new horror comedy show created by Lane Moore, where *you* choose who lives…or dies. Using 1980s teen board games and audience participation, host Lane Moore leads you through a wild ride of a totally improvised 1980s horror film. Will Lane find love in the 1980s, or, will one (or all) of her suitors fail to make it out alive?
Starts 7PM ET

Playhouse Masterpieces with Neil Campbell & Paul Rust (in LA)
2026-04-10 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Elysian, 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 90039, United States
Join Neil, Paul, and a cast of some of the most profound improvisers in the world as they present an evening of legitimate theatre, featuring themes and subtext and like metaphors and stuff.
Featuring:
Neil Campbell
Paul Rust
Dan Lippert
Mike Mitchell
Claudia O’Doherty
Clare O’Kane
Pat Regan
Starts 7:30PM PT

The Improvised Shakespeare Company (in LA)
2026-04-10 20:00 - 21:30, 2026-04-11 20:00 - 21:30, 2026-04-12 20:00 - 21:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Largo at The Coronet Theatre, 366 North La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, United States
Based on one audience suggestion The Improvised Shakespeare Co. creates a fully improvised play in Elizabethan style. Each play is completely improvised, so each play is entirely new!
Starts 8PM PT

Friday Fix! (in LA w/Livestream)
2026-04-10 20:30 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | UCB Franklin, 5919 Franklin Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90028, United States
UCB’s weekly improv double header! A night of improv comedy featuring two of LA’s top teams performing back-to-back. Get your FIX every FRIDAY.
Starts/streams 8:30PM PT/11:30PM ET

Drunk Theatre LA (near LA)
2026-04-10 21:00 - 22:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4th Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90401, United States
A comedian takes five shots of whiskey in a row and tries to perform an improvised play with five sober comedians. What could go wrong?!

A comedian takes five shots of whiskey in a row and tries to perform an improvised play with five sober comedians. What could go wrong?!
Drunk Theatre is the entirely improvised, unpredictable, and crazy comedy show that’ll kick your weekend into overdrive. Come see what iHeartRadio, CBS, LA Times, DoLA, SF Weekly, SF Chronicle, SFGate, Thrillist, TimeOut, and WeLikeLA have all been talking about. Limited seating and space is available, so grab your tickets now before it sells out!

Check-in opens at 8pm, show starts promptly at 9pm
Limited ticket availability at the door.

The cast: Sahil Desai, Ittai Geiger, Cassie Grilley, Rodd Naimi, Oleg Trofimov, & 5 Shots of whiskey
~ A Guest Production on the Santa Monica Playhouse Main Stage ~
*Event is all ages but we can’t guarantee the comedy will be kid friendly.*

Starts 9PM PT

Fuck This Month (in LA w/Livestream)
2026-04-11 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Elysian, 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 90039, United States
Fuck This Month is one of the most popular live comedy shows in Los Angeles featuring some of the best improvsiers in the world. Audiences are invited to share what makes their month shitty and the cast of comedians perform improv comedy based off the audience’s stories.
Line-up TBA
Starts/streams 7:30PM PT/10:30PM ET

Pinot Noir (in LA)
2026-04-11 22:30 - 2026-04-12 00:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | UCB Franklin, 5919 Franklin Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90028, United States
Cynicism, fatalism, moral ambiguity — these traits form the bedrock of my favorite genre of storytelling: Noir. There’s something about a tired detective, searching desperately for clues (and meaning), that we can all relate to — or at least, poke fun of.
Earthy, bold, full-bodied — THESE traits form the bedrock of my favorite beverage: Wine. There’s something about a nice, tall glass of red wine (or white, if you’re weak) that always makes you think, “life’s not that bad.”
PINOT NOIR combines my two favorite things on earth into a gripping, gut-busting (due to both bloat and laughter), wine-fueled story that no one will ever remember. Each improviser brings an unopened bottle of wine to the show (or a special, non-alcoholic drink if he/she/they are sober) and they have until the end of the set to finish it.
So tighten your trench-coats and light up those cigarettes, cause this Noir thriller will leave quite the taste in your mouth.
Cast: Liam Clancy, Devon Drew, Cam Gavinski, Paul Heredia, Matt Linton, Hannah Pilkes, Alexis Rhiannon
With special guest Christina Kartchner!
Starts 10:30PM PT

LETS FUCKING GO!!: An Indie Improv Show & Jam @ UCB NYC (in NYC)
2026-04-12 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | UCB NYC, 242 East 14th Street, New York, NY, 10003, United States
For improvisers only
Starts 6:30PM ET
Bring your own team to jam
Anyone can play, no need of team to jam
Submit your group here

QT's presents... JOY! (in LA w/Livestream)
2026-04-12 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | UCB Franklin, 5919 Franklin Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90028, United States
We are UCB’s first all trans/gender nonconforming/non binary improv team, and what better way to celebrate than doing some improv based on your most joyful memories?!
Trans and gender nonconforming people have had a rough few years… For many in our community, this is a time of anxiety, fear, and fury. It’s now more important than ever to create spaces of pure, unadulterated queer fun where we can rest, relax, and recharge.
Come spend an hour laughing with us as we all try to pretend the outside world doesn’t exist! Allies are of course welcome
Cast: Alex Song-Xia (they/them), Chris Renfro (they/them), E.R. Fightmaster (they/them), Jiavani (she/him), Joan Ford (she/her), Jordan Myrick (they/she), JZ Zepeda (they/them), Krys Tabujara (they/them), Lyndsey Frank (they/them), Nick Tiffany (they/any pronouns), Ruha Taslimi (they/them), Sara Caplan (she/her)
Starts/streams 7PM PT/10PM ET
