Upcoming Improv Shows
Leela proudly presents: Robots to Rebels | Team Dyson | Armando Company
SOLD OUT! $15 online (recommended) | $20 at the door (if available)
Saturday, April 13th @ 8:00 PM
Ninth Street Independent Film Center – 145 Ninth Street, SF
Leela proudly presents: True Medusa | Shades of Grey | Armando Company
SOLD OUT! $15 online (recommended) | $20 at the door (if available)
Saturday, April 20th @ 8:00 PM
Ninth Street Independent Film Center – 145 Ninth Street, SF
Three fantastic improv ensembles each night:
Saturday, April 13th Show:
Robots To Rebels
The evening opens with Leela’s newest Performing Improv Ensemble, Robots to Rebels. Watch out! The robots have escaped and there’s nothing artificial about their intelligence. These glossy rebels are shedding bolts and binary codes for blood and brain on their way to the stage. Expect a touch of structure and a whole lota who-knows. I’ve even heard they’ve been known to sing! Beep, boop, beep, Boom!
Robots to Rebels is:
Jocelyn Alive
Marinna Benzon
Gil Brenum
Paul A. Cook
Larissa Dahroug
Dorian MacNeil
Akira Wong
Daniel Woo
Directed by Daniel Smith
Team Dyson
Next up is Team Dyson, joy filled improv duo and real-life married couple, Amber and Dave Dyson. They will delight you with their musical short form shenanigans! Amber and Dave are seasoned Bay Area improvisors, gracing the stages of BATS Improv, Unscripted Theater Company, and The Super Dupers.
Armando Company
***And for one night only! Jeffrey Weissman, local improv teacher and character actor best known for his role as George McFly in Back to the Future 2 and 3 guest stars as the monologist for Leela’s Armando Company.
Developed by legendary improvisor and teacher, Armando Diaz (The Magnet, NYC), The Armando Diaz Theatrical Experience is a long-form improvised structure played at improv houses across the country. The premise is simple. Truth inspires great improv. A guest monologist improvises true stories, and a cast of some of the best improvisors of the SF Bay Area improvise scenes inspired by these truths. What follows is a patchwork of truthful artistic play at its finest.
April 13th’s Armando cast includes:
Dave Collins (Harold Improv Theater (HIT), Robot Butler)
Jill Eickmann (Leela’s Artistic Director, Shades of Grey)
Fontana Butterfield (Big City Improv)
Mariah Howard (Tilted Frame, True Medusa)
Daniel Smith (Backpack, Knights of Revery)
Claire Slattery (Robot Butler, Stanford Improv)
Ally Stinchfield (Backpack)
Jamie Wright (Executive Producer, The San Francisco Improv Festival)
Saturday, April 20th Show:
True Medusa
The evening opens with True Medusa performing an original longform inspired by the teachings of Julie Payne (SF’s The Committee, LA’s The Wims.) Through honest check-ins improvised dance/movement and scenes, the ladies of True Medusa weave together heart felt and hilarious feminist musings, creating a show Rosie the Riveter would be proud of…
Tonight’s True Medusa cast includes:
Allison Ayer
Tatiana Chaterji
Laine Forman
Allyn Pintal
Sara Renauer
Michele Salami
Marcia Selahi
Jessica Yeh
Shades of Grey
Next up is Shades of Grey which is comprised of Leela Resident Company Members and Bay Area improv teachers, Marcus Sams and Jill Eickmann. They perform improv comedy that tickles your funny bone and warms your heart and have performed their unique brand of humor for audiences across the country. Their stories are comprised of universal characters who live in a world that is not black and white.
Armando Company
***And for one night only! David Razowsky, master improv teacher, host of popular improv podcast A.D.D Comedy, previous Artistic Director of The Second City (LA) and frequent artistic collaborator with Steve Carrell, Stephen Colbert, and Amy Sedaris, guest stars as the monologist for Leela’s Armando Company.
Developed by legendary improvisor and teacher, Armando Diaz (The Magnet, NYC), The Armando Diaz Theatrical Experience is a long-form improvised structure played at improv houses across the country. The premise is simple. Truth inspires great improv. A guest monologist improvises true stories, and a cast of some of the best improvisors of the SF Bay Area improvise scenes inspired by these truths. What follows is a patchwork of truthful artistic play at its finest.
April 20th’s Armando cast includes:
Dave Collins (Harold Improv Theater (HIT), Robot Butler)
Jill Eickmann (Leela’s Artistic Director, Shades of Grey)
Fontana Butterfield Guzman (Big City Improv)
Mariah Howard (Tilted Frame, True Medusa)
Chris Miller (Life Plays)
Ally Stinchfield (Backpack)
Jamie Wright (Executive Producer of The San Francisco Improv Festival)
