— FESTIVAL SCHEDULE: THURSDAY —
6PM / KICKOFF COCKTAILS & IMPROV JAM:
Cocktail hour in the lounge. Informal improv jam in the showroom.
FREE. Open to ALL performers AND the public! No tickets necessary.
7PM SHOW:
THE MISERABLES
Wanna see a Horror musical or a Superhero musical?
Well, Burlington-based team “The Miserables” performs a made-up musical based on a genre suggested by the audience. Hollywood won’t produce it, but The Miserables will!
POTTY TIME
Daniel Dagesse interviews a random audience member about their own bathroom story and recreates it, with assistance from the audience (who adds characters with the ding of a bell). The only catch? Daniel has to play every single character in the scene!
VALLEY IMPROV
Valley Improv, the premiere improv troupe of the Upper Valley (NH/VT), was founded in 2008 and has been performing energetic comedy for kids and adults for many years. Based on audience suggestions, they create hilarious scenes on the spot that will have you rolling!
RACCOON CHORUS
Raccoon Chorus is a team from Burlington, VT that creates an improvised musical from scratch based off of a suggestion of a single location. Will there be heroes, villains, love, conflict, betrayal, redemption? We all find out together when a brand new musical unfolds on stage!
8:15PM SHOW:
PET STORE
Fresh off their 10-episode first season run of the live sitcom “Pet Store,” the show's writers & performers are ready to toss their scripts and take to the improv stage. Enjoy a raw, hypoallergenic, PETA-approved montage of scenes that you'll either never see again, OR might make it into Season 2. They don't have a lot of ideas.
THE BABIES
The Babies are Burlington Vermont’s newest long form improv team.
Come watch a high energy and thought provoking set that will have you wondering, “have they ever done this before?” Doesn’t matter - they’re babies!
TOBIN TALES
Tobin Mollett weaves a fully improvised story in the style of classic dark fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm or Hans Christian Andersen, narrating and playing all the characters. It's a magical tightrope walk through a land of talking animals, witches, giants, curses, and happily ever afters.
CAROUSEL DADDY
Carousel Daddy has been performing together since 2022 in Vermont. The team performs a “Spokane,” creating a home scene and spinning that out into other scenes, characters, and themes for your entertainment. Mysteriously, they rehearse in a train station.