Arcade Hootenanny
2025-06-14 19:00 (America/New_York) | Arcade Comedy Theater, 943 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, 15222, United States
The Arcade Hootenanny is styled after the classic Chicago-style improv show featuring monologist-inspired scenes. A storyteller tells real-life tales and improvisers present a fast & funny set inspired by elements from the story. Featuring special guest Matt Solter!

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Penny Arcade: Kids Comedy Show
2025-06-14 14:00
Be silly! Get creative! A watch-and-play comedy show for kids!
Arcade Comedy Theater presents Penny Arcade, an interactive comedy experience ideal for kids 4 to 8 years old! This 60-minute show encourages children and their parents to unleash their imaginations and sense of humor. Penny Arcade fosters collaboration, listening skills, and silliness for everyone at any age through a hands-on approach to theater. Whether your child is a natural performer or a thoughtful observer, the show adapts to each individual, giving everyone a unique and hilarious experience they’ll talk about for a long time! Penny Arcade is a fun and innovative show you won’t find anywhere else in the city.
Important information:

Runtime: 60 minutes
Tickets $12 per person (discounts for groups of 4 or 6)
Suitable for ALL ages
Parents must be present at all times
The theater is accessible for guests in wheelchairs and strollers
Child-appropriate concessions available

What to Expect
Penny Arcade was designed to include activities and subject matter appropriate for kids aged 4 to 8 — the experience is a fun, goofy time for everyone in the room!
Through games and activities, guests will learn about the foundations of improv comedy: collaboration, support, and listening. Kids can hop up and interact with the performers, use their imaginations, and get silly. By the end of the show, every guest is a “Penny Player” and has the opportunity to engage with the show and unleash their sense of humor!
While we encourage everyone in the room to engage with the production, it’s not a requirement. Children are encouraged to do what’s most comfortable for them. There are moments when everyone will be sitting down watching a live comedy performance, and when we’re all dancing and moving about the space. Quiet rooms will also be available if a family needs to step out and take a break.

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Comedy Bingo with Barbara, A Mother
2025-06-13 21:00
Come on, come all, to celebrate Pride and Friday the 13th with Barbara, A Mother’s gayest show yet! Featuring drag, bingo, drag bingo, prizes, and your favorite improvisers, it won’t be one to miss!

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The Neighborhoodlums Starring Kevin’s Garage
2025-06-13 19:00
“Our Town” meets “Parks and Recreation”! Veteran improv team Kevin’s Garage guides you on a tour of a zany fictional town, its people, and their passions, culminating in a riotous town hall meeting — all inspired by your suggestions. This innovative new format mixes shortform games, longform storytelling, and immersive elements into a hilarious improvised play sure to delight fans of comedy and theater alike.

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Pittsburgh Improv Jam with Well Known Strangers
2025-06-08 19:30
Experienced improvisers Well Known Strangers get a suggestion from the audience to inspire laugh-out-loud stories and characters. Don’t miss this night of clever and absurd scenes by this fun-loving team of goofs.

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Admit One: A Storytelling Experience
2025-06-07 21:00
Stand-up comedy is all about finding the funny in everyday life. Usually, it doesn’t matter if what you’re saying is true as long as it’s hilarious. ‘Admit One’ gives you, the audience, the chance to call comedians out! You’ll hear four riotous tales, and it’ll be your job to figure out if the comic is spitting truth or spreading lies!

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Irony City: Am I The Jagoff?
2025-06-07 20:00
Comedy veterans Irony City explore Pittsburgh, one Jagoff at a time. A popular monthly show featuring some of the city’s most experienced improvisers.
We’ve all been there: acted out at a wedding when there was no cookie table, ordered fries on a salad at a fancy restaurant, or dared to move a parking chair – afterwards wondering, “Am I the Jagoff?” Each show, the audience shares stories about potential Jagoff moments, sparking hilarious improvised scenes from Irony City.
** July 5 is a special benefit performance **
All proceeds will go toward quality-of-life care for Pittsburgh-based artist, writer, social change facilitator, Arcade alum, and all around luminous human Hanna du Plessis. In March 2023, Hannah received a terminal ALS diagnosis. The costs associated with end of life care are overwhelming. Contribute by purchasing a ticket, and/or donating directly here:http://www.givebutter.com/hanna-careLearn more about Hannah’s story:https://okaythen.net/hanna-du-plessis/

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Sketch Comedy Lab
2025-06-07 19:00
SKETCH COMEDY INCUBATOR SPACE
A staged reading for brand new sketch comedy. The Sketch Comedy Laboratory is an incubator space presented by Arcade Comedy Theater. Every other month, Sketch Lab features sketches from writers who have attended our writers room and are performed by a roster of comedic actors. See cutting edge comedy and new scripted works written by some of the city’s funniest up-and-coming writers.
Runtime: 75 minutes
Tickets $10 / $5 college studentsAges 16 & upBYOB 21+ (fee waived)

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Level Up Stand Up
2025-06-06 21:00
Get ready to laugh like never before at Arcade Comedy Theater’s electrifying Level Up Stand-Up showcase! Every month, our stage lights up with a fresh lineup of Pittsburgh’s funniest comics, rising stars, and special touring guests.
This month’s lineup is hosted by Matty Malloy and featuring Envy Sinn, Roy Gloeckl, Chrissy Costa, Asher O’Briant, and Cleveland’s Dwayne Duke as headliner.
Enjoy an unbeatable night of comedy for just $15 (with $5 BYOB). Join us in the Cultural District for an unforgettable, fun-filled evening that promises non-stop laughter and incredible entertainment!

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Class Show - CHARACTER WORK
2025-06-06 19:00
Come see Arcade’s stars of tomorrow as they introduce a cavalcade of unique comedic characters from our CHARACTER WORK intensive, hosted by Arcade Academy instructor Sara Kantner!
Ages 16 & upBYOB 21+

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The Stand-Up Laboratory
2025-06-05 21:00
Where new jokes come alive!
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. Enjoy a night of comedy highlighting newer material from Pittsburgh’s best comedians and its rising stars.

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Your ACT with Nonsense
2025-06-01 19:30
Tonight, the A.C.T. stage is yours! Bring your improv teams, sketch group, or stand-up act for an open mic-style show where the lineup is created on the spot. A perfect opportunity for artists to try something new in a short set and for audiences to see some experimental and cutting edge comedy.
The evening is guided by Nonsense!

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Knights of the Arcade Epic D&D Adventure
2025-05-31 21:00
Join Knights of the Arcade for another hilarious D&D comedy adventure! One of Pittsburgh’s longest running and best-selling comedy shows! A recurring cast of characters are joined by special guests and led by their maniacal dungeon master. Where they’re going, who they fight, and if they ultimately succeed is decided upon live dice that are rolled and projected on the theater wall.

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Well Known Strangers
2025-05-31 20:00

Beta Stage
2025-05-31 18:00
Arcade Comedy Theater’s family friendly “Penny Arcade” Improv troupe is taking a trip to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe! A whimsical drag show including puppets, comedy, and a drag queen story time. An experience yinz can only get dahntahn Pittsburgh!

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Select Start Improv Show
2025-05-30 21:00
Won’t you be our neighbor? Come on down to our Neighborhood of Make-Believe (the Arcade Comedy Theater) and join us in a night full of fun, short-form improv comedy inspired by Pittsburgh’s beloved Fred Rodgers. Take a trolley ride through our imaginations and inspire our comedic scenes with your suggestions.
Joining the neighborhood on this evening are our very special guests, Aaron Booz & Sarah Schultz. We are also delighted to have prize packages sponsored by the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh and author Stentor Danielson.
“There’s no person in the whole world like you, and I like you just the way you are.” -Fred Rodgers

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Duo Two Ways
2025-05-30 19:00
Watch veteran improvisers Fred Brown and Scott Pettis perform two very different improv styles. First, the form known as the “TJ & Dave,” – patient, theatrical, naturalistic. Second, the “Zumpf” – fast, bold, always moving. Whether you’re simply looking for an entertaining show or you’re a dedicated improv nerd, this show will leave you thinking, “wow.”
Scott was trained in Chicago. Fred was trained in Philadelphia. They met in the spring of 2023. They realized, “hey we really like performing together.” So they are doing that.

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Bootleg Reboots
2025-05-24 21:00
Reboots, BOOTLEG Reboots. It’s all spies and gadgets when five comedians improvise their way through a movie none of them have ever seen! Will they make a new franchise classic or will Bond not survive the mission? It’s always shaken AND stirred on *BOOTLEG REBOOTS*
Directed / Hosted by: – Jeremiah Ion
Starring:
– Aaron Booz
– Andreas Kiss
– Christa Brook
– Danielle Cerrie
– Jim Kappas
– Stefanie Gee

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Don Arner: Just Hear Me Out
2025-05-24 19:00
“Just Hear Me Out” a Comedic narrative that has been building since September 8, 1988. Don Arner will be bringing his heart, soul, and unpopular opinions to the Arcade stage along with his beige counterpart, the host of the evening, Tyler Ray Kendrick. Don has been building his skin in the game since 2017 as Pittsburgh Improv best standup comedian finalist 2017, 18, and 19, a Pittsburgh’s Don’t Tell Comedy regular, 2024 LA’s Comedy Chateau’s Best of the Fest, and now San Antonio’s 2025 Empire Comedy Festival top 25 selection. Bringing you a full hour of guaranteed laughs!

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New Blood: Student Showcase
2025-05-23 21:00
A night of fresh new comedy by the future stars of the Pittsburgh scene. See who’s next in improv in this showcase of Arcade Comedy Theater’s new blood.

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Long Weekend Long Form
2025-05-23 08:00 - 17:00
Kick off your Memorial Day weekend with a night of fast, funny, and totally unscripted comedy.
Long Weekend Long Form brings together three great teams for a Friday night improv showcase that’s anything but predictable.
Halpractice hosts the night with their signature chaotic charm—always ready to answer your burning questions, just like a good doctor… if that doctor made you wait two months and still didn’t take your insurance. They’re joined by their friends Pot Roast and Fondue for Two, each serving up their own flavorful take on long form improv.
Come early, laugh loud, and start your holiday weekend the right way—with friends, weird scenes, and the joyful chaos of live comedy.

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Short Form Jelly with Select Start
2025-05-18 19:30
Join comedy troupe Select Start as they host a short form improv jam open to all performers! Join them on stage for a night of improv games. Performers can sign up at the box office when they arrive. Audience members can sit back, laugh, and inspire the comedy with all kinds of fun suggestions.

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Helen Wildy & Friends
2025-05-17 21:00 - 22:30
Being Irish and gay, Helen Wildy loves rainbows and parades. NYC-based Helen was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. Her first comedy album “Bomb Threat” can be heard on Sirius XM.
Helen has been named “Best Of” in comedy in Pittsburgh, Seattle, and Raleigh and has performed all over the US and Europe. In 2024, Helen completed 3 tours for the Armed Forces Entertainment tour, entertaining our troops abroad. She worked with grad students at Duke University as a comedy advisor in their “Integrating Comedy into Science Communications” program. Helen has opened for some of her fave comedians including Dave Attell, Cameron Esposito, Maria Bamford, and Ashley Gutermuth!

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UNIQUE - Mental Health Awareness Month Show
2025-05-17 20:00
An Improv Show About Disabilities and Mental Health
Come celebrate May being MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH at Arcade Comedy Theater!
Join us for another hilarious night of anecdotes and improv provided by storytellers and performers who have two things in common: each is UNIQUE, and they all have disabilities!
Featuring monologists recruited from the disability and mental health community sharing real stories about their lives and a cast of improvisers representing a range of disabilities such as stuttering disorders, autism, PTSD, ADHD, anxiety disorders, depression, and many others! Watch this truly extraordinary troupe of improvisers with diverse disabilities come together as one cohesive unit to create scenes based on stories from people in their community that help us understand the unique challenges of living with a disability or mental health disorder.
Studies show that 1 in 4 individuals have a disability (currently over 1 billion people worldwide); 1 in 3 people will develop a disability within their lifetime, and that 1 in 4 individuals experience a mental health episode annually. Let’s come out and embrace this community on stage and welcome them into our improv world!
UNIQUE is hosted and directed by Kunal Mahajan, a person who has had a lifelong stuttering disability.

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Under the Radar: Independent Pittsburgh Improv
2025-05-17 19:00
Once a month, local independent improv teams come together and take over Arcade’s stage for a once in a lifetime lineup!
Produced by Resident Host Team: Sleepover

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The Death Show
2025-05-16 21:00
SORRY THE DATE IS WRONG IN THIS SICK SKULL IMAGE — SHOW IS FRIDAY, MAY 16 at 9 PM
Death is a part of life, sure, but why take it so seriously? The Death Show turns sorrow into satire with a little inspiration from a soon-to-be dearly departed audience member. Join some of Pittsburgh’s finest improvisers for one hilarious funeral, complete with eulogies, scenes, and even a few words from the recently deceased.

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AAPI Heritage Month Show
2025-05-16 19:00
The BIPOCALYPSE Collective presents a hilarious celebration of Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Join us for an evening of laughter and cultural appreciation as we showcase some of the city’s most talented AANHPI improvisers and other Global Majority performers.

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Got Rights?
2025-05-15 21:00
Arcade Comedy Theater presents Got Rights? – a monthly comedy open mic that celebrates and centers comedy from queer individuals, women, and femmes! Join us in our black box theater upstairs Thursday, January 16, at 10pm and witness some of Pittsburgh’s most talented and available comics work through their material. An open mic is not a show. It is practice, a place to try new jokes, adjust old ones, and, most importantly, take risks and make mistakes. Whether it’s good, bad, funny, or crass, YOU decide if you want to laugh. Got Rights? is the mic to support and enjoy the incredible talent from our vibrant comedy community. Bring your friends, your laughter, and your keen comedy judgment for a night of fresh perspectives and bold humor.

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Pittsburgh Improv Jam with Well Known Strangers
2025-05-11 19:30
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.
As an audience member, you’ll see the cutting edge of improv comedy, all inspired by a few suggestions.

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Comedy Confidential with Brittany Alexis
2025-05-10 21:00
Arcade Comedy Theater presents Comedy Confidential, a showcase of Pittsburgh’s brightest comedic talents!
Brittany Alexis brings some of her funniest few friends to the stage for an entertaining night of stand-up. This show promises a lineup of hilarious performances that will keep you laughing long after the show ends. Whether you’re a lifelong comedy fan or just looking for a fun night out, Comedy Confidential is the perfect escape into the world of humor. Come for an unforgettable evening filled with surprises, camaraderie, and, of course, a whole lot of laughter!

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