ImprovBoston Kicks off July Schedule, Feat. Harold Night, Comedy Lab & More!

ImprovBoston announces its July schedule. All shows take place at ImprovBoston, 40 Prospect Street, Cambridge, MA. The Schedule for the month is below. Ticket prices are with each show. More information on ImprovBoston is available at http://improvboston.com

Wednesdays, July 3-31

7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $12/$10 students

COMEDY LAB

Each month ImprovBoston presents a brand new comedy show comprised of three sets. You can expect to see everything from sketch to improv, and even stand-up comedy.

9:30 p.m.

Tickets: $10

HUMP SLOT

July 3 - "Naked Comedy" The first Wednesday of every month at 10PM, the Naked Comedy Showcase hosts Boston's best comedians performing in the nude, hosted by Andy Ofiesh! (18+ ID required.)

July 10 - Kerfluffle

July 17 - Comedy Lottery

July 24 - Rock Band Night

July 31 - Naked Comedy

Thursdays, July 4-25

7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $12/$10 students

HAROLD NIGHT

Every Thursday night our resident ImprovBoston Harold teams perform Harold, THE classic long form improv format, with occasional special guests. From a single audience suggestion, each Harold team creates a 25-minute comedy show from scratch, an original improvised set exploring a world of characters we guarantee you won't soon forget.

9:00 p.m.

Tickets: $12/$10 students

SKETCHHAUS

What's Sketchhaus? Imagine if Saturday Night Live and The Kids In the Hall had a baby, and that baby grew up awesome and hilarious, and showed up every Thursday at 9PM at ImprovBoston. Wouldn't you want to see that baby? You bet you would.

9:30 p.m.

Tickets: $10

HAROLD NIGHT

Fridays, July 5-26

7:00 p.m.

Tickets: $12/$10 students

STUDIO 40

Studio Teams are independent Sketch and Improv Comedy Teams from the Boston Area who perform regularly in the ImprovBoston Studio, OH! They are self-motivated ensembles, driven by a love for a comedy, often coached and directed by instructors from the ImprovBoston Comedy School and ALWAYS HILARIOUS! Come see for yourself.

8:00 p.m.

Tickets: $18/$14 students

IMPROVBOSTON MAINSTAGE

The ImprovBoston Mainstage is the ever-evolving show that is the cornerstone of ImprovBoston. Blending skillful storytelling, memorable music, audience participation, and joyful chaos, an elite cast of Boston's best improvisers creates a show that redefines itself with every performance. No rules. No boundaries. Just spectacular comedy and incredible improvisation.

9:00 p.m.

Tickets: $12/$10

CAGEMATCH

A new challenger takes on the champion every week at CageMatch. Each team gets 22 minutes performing head-to-head longform improv, no games but the game of the scene. And the audience decides the winner. The champ comes back to defend the title; the loser stays home. Started in Boston by Mike McDonald and produced for ImprovBoston by young bucks Luke Bruneaux and Conor Allen, CageMatch promises to be an improv show you DO NOT WANT TO MISS!

10:00 p.m.

Tickets: $18/$14 students
BOSTON'S UNSCRIPTED MUSICAL PROJECT (B.U.M.P)

B.U.M.P. is an hour long fully improvised musical complete with live band. Boston's Unscripted Musical Project (B.U.M.P.) - is a fully-improvised one-act musical. After getting a single suggestion from the audience, the cast of B.U.M.P. creates a musical experience full of heroes, villains, and comic relief and weaves their tale into a Broadway-like production all as the audience watches. Everything from the songs to the dancing to the music created by our full band is improvised. No two shows are ever the same!

10:30 p.m.

Tickets: $10

FRIDAY NIGHT FANTASY

July 5 - MAGIC: THE GATHERING: THE SHOW

You are a witness to one of the greatest battles of sorcery ever seen. Two wizards are bent on destroying each other because of an ancient grudge-perhaps one stole the other's shoveled out parking spot? By playing the popular fantasy card game Magic: The Gathering, they enlist creatures of good-angels, elves, passers-by- and creatures of evil-goblins, trolls, tax collectors-to battle one another in a proxy war. The wizards call on elements of fire, water, earth, and air, drawing lethal power from all around them, and from little cardboard cards! And behold! COMEDY GOLD!

July 12 - ASTEROID MISSION

The international crew of the TELLUS-2 is on a mission to save earth from a certain asteroid strike.This is their last chance. These unlikely heroes will need to step up to save the planet. But how will they handle the pressures of the final frontier? Find out in this completely improvised space comedy.

July 19 - MAGIC: THE GATHERING: THE SHOW

July 26 - HEROES

David Marino and Erik Volkert -- These two guys know their nerd-lore. Steeped in thousands of years of science fiction and fantasy tradition (they are immortal, of course), they will stretch the boundaries of your imagination and take you on a comedic tour of other worlds -- from sailboats to starships, from mundane to magical, from helpless... to HEROES!

11:30 p.m.

Tickets: Free

NIGHTCAP

Before you call it a night on a Fridays and Saturdays, make plans to stop by ImprovBoston, grab a drink at the bar and catch a FREE set of Boston's BEST stand-up comics and improv comedy acts. We guarantee you Laugh Out Loud! (And if not, it's 100% FREE, so you have nothing to lose.) Nightcap shows last until Midnight-ish. Come for the 10pm show and save your seat for Nightcap.

Saturdays, July 6-37

6:00 p.m.

Tickets: $14/$8 kids under 12

FAMILY SHOW

Our improv and music extravaganza is completely made up on the spot every week based on your suggestion. No two shows are alike! Best of all, children who want to participate have opportunities to be on stage and take part in the fun! Our show is ideal for family outings, birthday parties, and school field trips! Best for children ages 4 and above, but appropriate for ALL ages and an absolute favorite for teens, though they refuse to admit it at first, you know, just like a teenager.

7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $12/$10 students

MISTER DIPLOMAT

MISTER DIPLOMAT offers an adrenaline rush of improvised comedy - The Diplo format, which features a special guest monologist (storyteller, improvisers might say "Armando") each week, most closely resembles ASSSSCAT performed by the Upright Citizens Brigade in New York. For a decade in North Carolina, and now in Boston, MISTER DIPLOMAT hijacks audiences at home, at comedy events including the Chicago Improv Festival, Charleston Comedy Festival, Boston Comedy Arts Festival, and on stage at the UCB Theatre for the Del Close Marathon, and takes them for a ride. Our goal every night is to improvise a comedy EVENT, where audiences get to know our special guest and also laugh Hard, REAL Hard.

8:00 p.m.

Tickets: $18/$14 students

IMPROVBOSTON MAINSTAGE

9:00 p.m.

Tickets: $12/$10 students

SKETCH CAGEMATCH

10:00 p.m.

Tickets: $18/$14 students

FACE OFF

Now most audiences have seen Whose Line, you know, the show with Drew Carey on ABC Family, and maybe some of you have seen that show Nick Cannon did for MTV. Well, Boston, Face Off kicks it up a notch with a latenight show (not appropriate for the whole family) and they guarantee to make you part of the action. You provide the suggestions; Face Off performs; you laugh; you vote for the Team you prefer. REPEAT! Teams of improv comedians literally face off against each other for your laughs and approval.

11:00 p.m.

Tickets: $10

INTERESTING POINTS

Who wins when four of the brightest comedians Boston has to offer compete for the ultimate prize, five minutes of uninterrupted stage time, the audience, that's who! Interesting Points! It's about putting comedians to the test. Are they really experts or just great liars? Will they convince you to indulge in a new guilty pleasure? Will they crumble facing our Random Topic Wheel of Death? Find out if 6 of Boston's funniest have what it takes to compete for the ultimate prize....stage time to do whatever they want! Come experience the only improvised game show where the audience always wins.

11:30 p.m.

Tickets: Free

NIGHTCAP

Sunday, July 7-28

7:00 p.m.

Tickets: $5

THE JAM

The Jam combines three acts. The first two acts change weekly, and feature comedy from Boston and beyond, encore performances of our showcase shows, and Boston's elite comedy talent experimenting with new improv formats, characters and standup. For the 3rd act, audience members, guests and ImprovBoston cast come together for an open comedy jam!

9:00 p.m.

Tickets: $10

THE PEOPLE'S SHOW

Stand up comedy by the people, for the people. Booked and hosted by Dana Jay Bein.

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