Upcoming Shows

Join the Well Known Strangers as they host the Pittsburgh Improv Jam, a now-monthly jam presented at the Arcade Comedy Theater and open to all performers! Each month, performers can sign up to be randomly placed on an improv ensemble team that will exist for just one night only.

A variety show that blends together the magic of the speak easy experience with the smokey and tantalizing atmosphere of your favorite comedy show. Join your hosts Chris Duvall & Matty Frances as you journey through a night of comedy and music that only happens once and only happens here. This month’s Champagne Social Club Members include Holly Skynet (Jennifer Holz), Stand-up Comedy By Melanie White, Improv by Kevin’s Garage, and Featuring a music set by the one and only Kid Mental! We’ll see you at the club.

Three of Pittsburgh’s most parentally adverse improv teams take the stage to perform improvised comedy inspired by your suggestions. Featuring Sleepover, Step-Daddy New Year, and Barbara, a Mother herself.

Roll the dice with this award-winning Dungeons and Dragons-inspired comedy show! Geek out as the audience inspires a new quest every month and our loveably-crass adventurers get themselves into a heap of trouble. A must-see show for fans of board games, pop culture, and plastic swords.

The Stand-Up Laboratory is a new incubator space presented by Arcade Comedy Theater. Every month, the Lab will present a mix of feature comics and a roster of comedians chosen from online submissions. Hosted by Ellen Lundie!

Arcade Comedy Theater presents a monthly improv comedy show by the veteran performance troupe Irony City! Join them the first Saturday of each month as they bring you a night of totally made-up comedy inspired by audience suggestions.

Arcade Comedy Theater’s popular stand-up comedy showcase, Level Up Stand-Up, is back! Featuring some of Pittsburgh’s best comics alongside up-and-coming and touring comics.

An Arcade classic: host Matt Hartman returns with his knock-down, drag-out improv comedy competition! See four performers go head to head in a series of improv comedy games, with the audience voting for the winner.

In honor of Arcade turning 10 years old, take a trip back to our original stand-up comedy showcase show: Blue Light Special. Hosted by Shannon Norman and featuring headliner Ed Bailey, special guest Derek Minto, and more.

Part of Arcade Comedy Theater’s Black History Month celebration! See a short form improv comedy show featuring The Global Majority. Produced by Nia Johnson.

Bracket Night @ Arcade returns for a monthly, interactive game show where the audience and panelists get to decide the BEST STUFF. Each month, you’ll see six comedians duke it out in a battle of opinions as pop culture, food, and other stuff move through a competitive bracket. You’re in on the act too as the audience votes from their seats until a winner is determined!

There’s “Yes &” and then there’s “Jerome &”. The comedy variety show that joins improv, sketch, stand-up, & you! Jerome has been a mainstay at the Arcade Comedy Theater, producing shows with Warp Zone, Alex O’Jerome, The Justin And Jerome Experience, and JFLE.