Arcade Comedy Theater

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2024-02-01 19:30 (America/New_York) | Arcade Comedy Theater, 943 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, 15222, United States
Bring your team or an act!

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!
Tickets $7FREE FOR PERFORMERSAges 16 & up

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House Team Hot Spot
2024-02-02 19:00
Arcade Comedy Theater presents the House Team Hot Spot, a show featuring a rotating set of our very own improv comedy teams. Each performance features three house teams jumping into the hot spot and bringing their unique brand of comedy. See dynamic short-form games with plenty of opportunities for the audience to get involved; kick back and watch a full long-form improv set unfold based on a single suggestion. All of it adds up to a unique night of live comedy that burns bright for 75 minutes!
Hosted by Jennifer Holz

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Chicanery with Chi Chi
2024-02-02 20:00
Pittsburgh’s Spicy Siren is back to help usher in “cuffing season” and share her two cents on the lover’s holiday. Arcade Comedy Theater’s self-proclaimed Drag Princess will dazzle you with her vocals, charm you with her wit, and make you question all of your choices Ñ In a fun way of course!

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The Stand Up Laboratory
2024-02-02 21:00
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Fridge Art Sketch Show
2024-02-03 19:00
FREE POPCORN ALERT!!!
This touring group of improvisers, actors, and comedians returns from their Cleveland showcase to bring their performance back to their home Arcade Comedy Theater and the Burgh! All new sketches from award-winning writers. You’ll meet almost familiar faces like Willy Wonka’s mother, butchered Shakespeare, that Mormon throuple, & more. Take a popcorn, grab a drink from Arcade’s New Bar, and settle in for the most unique date night or Galentine’s outting of yinz life!

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Irony CIty: Am I the Jagoff
2024-02-03 20:00
We’ve all been there. Maybe you disrupted a wedding that didn’t have a cookie table, asked for fries on your salad at a fancy restaurant (what were you doing there anyway?), or heaven forbid, moved a parking chair. You probably asked yourself at some point, “Am I the Jagoff?”
Veteran improv troupe Irony City will help answer those questions! Sort of. Each month a local comedian will tell us about a time where they MIGHT have been a jagoff. That story will inspire improvised scenes by Irony City, and at the end, we’ll all know, were they the jagoff or not?

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Level Up Stand Up
2024-02-03 21:00
Make it an evening you’ll remember by swinging down to Arcade, buying a beer at their new bar, and watching the most stacked stand-up show in town! See the #1 Voted Best comedian in the Burgh, Tyler Ray Kendrick, with hard hitters Amanda Averell and Jus Janell. The show’s started by Steel City AF’s Kimberly Bennett, and hosted by Pittsburgh Pride performer Asher O’Briant. Chrissy Costa commands the room as our headliner. Don’t miss it!

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Hot Jam with Ricky Romance
2024-02-08 19:30
Hop up and play with Ricky Romance

Join Ricky Romance as they host Hot Jam, a long-form improv 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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B!tch Please
2024-02-09 19:00
The B words are back with a special 7pm show and you know what that means? NO CUSSING (well, we’re gonna try!) Come on out to our Censored show for a bleeping good time.
Featuring stand up from Amanda Averell, short form improv games, and a long form set by a one night only cast of comedy queens. Join us and see how many times we fail to keep it clean in this early evening romp.
B!tch please is a celebration of women throughout time breaking traditional roles to gain rights and fulfill the dreams we build for ourselves.
Hosted by Molly Graham & Mary Quick

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Fondue for Two
2024-02-09 20:00
In need of a Valentines date? Professional improvisers* and matchmakers** Alex Conti and Raina will set two lucky audience members on the fondue date of their dreams! Featuring improv by Ricky Romance (Caleb Breckon, Scott Duda, Megan Klein, Tricia Pennington and Erin Ross), comedy from Trombone (Sara Kantner fresh from France), and an actual pot of hot cheese, you lovebirds won’t want to miss this one!
*not really
**not at all

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The Latchkey Kids
2024-02-09 21:00
Join The Latchkey Kids and guests for this improv comedy show inspired by the crap we grew up watching.

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Arcade Hootenanny
2024-02-10 20:00
The Arcade Hootenanny is styled after the classic Chicago-style improv show featuring monologist-inspired scenes. Our storyteller tells real-life stories inspired by an audience suggestion, and then Pittsburgh’s best and brightest improvisers present a fast & funny set based on elements from the story. Produced by Nick Jaramillo

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Chris & Matty's Champagne Social Club
2024-02-10 21:00
Looking to relax? Have a drink, kick your feet up, and just laugh that fine A** off? Well, then, look no further than the smooth and sultry vibes of Chris & Matty’s Champagne Social Club!A variety show that blends together the magic of the speakeasy 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.

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Lucky Draw
2024-02-15 19:30
Arcade Comedy Theater presents “Lucky Draw” an improv comedy show where half of the cast is drawn at random! Each show, Arcade Academy students and team members drop their names into box at the start of the night. Throughout the evening, the hosts will be playing short form games and doing a long-form set that mixes up these performers alongside special guests, teachers, and coaches from the Arcade community.If you’re a student or improviser, this is a perfect chance to maybe try out new games or play with some seasoned performers.
And if you’re just looking for a fun, unique night out – you’ll get a chance to see some inventive and exciting new comedy for less than a price of a movie ticket (oh yeah, and you can BYOB).

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House Team Hot Spot
2024-02-16 19:00
Arcade Comedy Theater presents the House Team Hot Spot a show featuring a rotating set of our very own improv comedy teams. Each performance features three house teams jumping into the hot spot and bringing their unique brand of comedy. See dynamic short-form games with plenty of opportunities for the audience to get involved; kick back and watch a full long-form improv set unfold based on a single suggestion. All of it adds up to a unique night of live comedy that burns bright for 75 minutes!

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Bootleg Reboots
2024-02-16 21:00
Plot Synopsis: Five comedians are forced to improvise their way through a *CRIME MOVIE* that none of them have ever seen before! Will the audience suggestions be the hero or villain of the story? Will a list of character names help them at all?? Or will a poorly edited trailer confuse them even further??? It’s either a legendary blockbuster or a cinematic flop with *BOOTLEG REBOOTS*
Directed by: Jeremiah IonRuntime: 75 minutesTickets $15 / $10 college studentsAges 16 & up

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Night at the Moonseum 2
2024-02-17 19:00
Join us for an evening of learning and laughs as Pittsburgh’s Moonshot Museum brings a load of lunar themed educational segments led by Moonshot’s educational director, Mike Hennessy (seen recently on NASA TV). This all ages show is meant to inspire not only curiosity, but comedy, as Arcade’s improvisers will use these segments to fuel scenes and games.

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Khairy Creek & Kadeem Richardson: 2 Black Dad's Tour
2024-02-17 21:00
Part of Arcade Comedy Theater’s celebration of Black comedy — we welcome back comedian Khairy Creek with special guest Kadeem Richardson.

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Pgh Improv Jam w Well Known Strangers
2024-02-22 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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Strictly Lady Like Comedy
2024-02-23 19:00
Step into a world of laughter and fun at Arcade Comedy Club 23 Feb as we present a night filled with hilarious comedy featuring some incredibly talented ladylike comics!
Join us for an unforgettable evening with the likes of Cassi Bruno, Stacey Fleurime as our charming host, and Rebecca Canterbury. The icing on the cake is our fabulous headliner, JC Coccoli, who is sure to leave you in stitches with her comedic brilliance. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to experience a night of joy and laughter that will have you talking about it long after the curtains close.
Get ready to be entertained and join us for a comedy extravaganza that promises to be nothing short of amazing!

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Comedian Chris Higgins
2024-02-23 20:00
Chris Higgins is a native of Boulder, CO, and a Chicago-based stand-up comic. Since moving to Chicago, he has become a staple at all the clubs in town and has begun touring nationally. His new album, “Good Boy” just debuted #1 on iTunes. Chris is also featured in VICE TV’s new show Tumbleweeds starring Killer Mike. His TikTok series @god_n_angel1 is the dumbest thing on the internet and has over one million followers. Come get a high five after the show!

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Select Start presents "Shrek Start"
2024-02-23 21:00
Once upon a time in a far away swamp, there lived an improvy improv team named Shrek Start, whose precious stage of solitude is suddenly shattered by an invasion of Monsieur Tech Booth, his suggestion-giving audience members The Merrymen, and onions (with layers!). They were all banished from their kingdom by Lord Arquaad Comedy Theater.
Determined to save their home, not to mention Shrek Start’s stage, Shrek Start cuts a deal with Arquaad and sets out to rescue Special Guests Victoria Kallsen, Kate Miller, and Chelsea Schneider. Will Shrek Start restore order to the land? Find out at the greatest improv show never seen.

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BIPOCALYPSE
2024-02-24 19:00
An improv comedy show presented by performers from the Global Majority.

Produced by Sharief MacDougal and Cindy Dallas.

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Well Known Strangers
2024-02-24 20:00
Coulda been an astronaut if not for never getting the chance to go to space camp? Woulda married a celebrity if not for spilling a drink on their mother? Shoulda worked for Richard Branson on his private island if not for having webbed feet? In their brand-new format, Well Known Strangers will take inspiration from an audience interview based on a big Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda from their life and weave the information into a hilarious mockumentary-style show. You’ll see a world where that “coulda, woulda, shoulda” came true and how it affected the characters in that alternate version of reality.
Veteran improv team Well Known Strangers have been performing long-form improv for over a decade. They are excited to make an audience member more “well known” for this one-night-only show!

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Knights of the Arcade: Epic D&D Adventure
2024-02-24 21:00
A live Dungeons & Dragons-inspired comedy show
“Best Nerd Fantasy Come to Life” by Pittsburgh Magazine“A neo-geek wet dream” – Pittsburgh City Paper
A comedy quest awaits! Knights of the Arcade is an award-winning comedy show that takes audiences on a wild, madcap adventure every month. A recurring cast of characters (a dwarf, a monk, a rogue, a sorcerer and a fighter) 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.
Runtime: 75 minutes

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CLASS SHOW: Stand Up 101
2024-02-29 19:00

House Team Hot Spot
2024-03-01 19:00
Arcade Comedy Theater presents the House Team Hot Spot — a show featuring a rotating set of our very own improv comedy teams. Each performance features three house teams jumping into the hot spot and bringing their unique brand of comedy. See dynamic short-form games with plenty of opportunities for the audience to get involved; kick back and watch a full long-form improv set unfold based on a single suggestion. All of it adds up to a unique night of live comedy that burns bright for 75 minutes!
Hosted by Jennifer Holz

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Chicanery with Chi Chi
2024-03-01 20:00
Pittsburgh’s “Spicy Siren” and “Drag Princess” of Arcade Comedy Theater will be going full-out in her last iteration of “Chicanery with Chi Chi.” You can expect an You can expect explosive performance full of showtunes, antics, and plenty of self deprecating humor.
Kick-ball-change and shuffle over to Arcade Comedy Theater because the fun will only take place for “One Night Only!”

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Stand Up Laboratory
2024-03-01 21:00
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.
Runtime: 75 minutes

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Irony City: Am I the Jagoff
2024-03-02 20:00
Improv comedy night!
Join veteran comedy troupe Irony City as they deftly navigate social missteps on the first Saturday each month. You’ve 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?” Join us as a local comedian confesses a potential jagoff moment, sparking hilarious improvised scenes from Irony City. In the end, YOU will judge: were they the jagoff? March features storyteller Anne Casper, with Seramillo and 8-Bit.
Don’t miss this popular monthly show featuring some of the city’s most experienced improvisers.

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