SCIT NEWS

Don’t have postcards? Just use post its (Taken with...

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:00:12 -0400

Don’t have postcards? Just use post its (Taken with Instagram)

On the list! (Taken with Instagram)

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:00:34 -0400

On the list! (Taken with Instagram)

You can’t see him too well, but Aaron Kleiber is reading...

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:09:05 -0400

You can’t see him too well, but Aaron Kleiber is reading the 287:802,083 best of the burgh winners (Taken with Instagram)

Dillion puttin bands tagetha! (Taken with Instagram)

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:17:37 -0400

Dillion puttin bands tagetha! (Taken with Instagram)

TFM, such excitement! (Taken with Instagram)

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:54:15 -0400

TFM, such excitement! (Taken with Instagram)

Right now-Ron Placone serving truth to a sold out audience!...

Sat, 23 Jun 2012 20:33:08 -0400

Right now-Ron Placone serving truth to a sold out audience! (Taken with Instagram)

In a rut?

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 08:57:00 -0400

Take an Improv Class!

You know the feeling. You find yourself repeating the same routine over and over again. Every person, place or thing in your life starts to annoy you!  Steel City Improv Theater is here to help. Take a Level One Improv class with us and begin reaping the benefits today! Here are just a few:

#1 Movement!  There is a lot of dynamic and specific movement in improv. It’s the most fun workout you’ll ever have.

#2 Get silly again. Remember when silly voices and odd word combinations where the best thing since sliced widgets? Be a kid again. It’s good for you.

#3 Make statements. So many of us are unsure of things. Why?  Because we’re conditioned to ask questions. But they are not very useful in improv. When we make statements and get specific, ambiguity is lifted and we get clear about where we are going.

Retired House Team Wall (Taken with Instagram)

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:11:37 -0400

Retired House Team Wall (Taken with Instagram)

Dan Derks made this! (Taken with Instagram)

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:10:19 -0400

Dan Derks made this! (Taken with Instagram)

ALEXDJ with Sizemic Activity

Fri, 18 May 2012 10:00:21 -0400

So what is the answer to that old timeless condundrum of what happens when an Computer Engineer meets up with an Epigone Poet on stage? AlexDJ is like Severn Darden and Elaine May had kids and only let them watch The Monkees, Spike Jones and listen to Skintree! O how the zaniness ensues…from becoming a snail, two cows eating grass, and that all needed answer to what happen Marys’ lost shoes. So come on down and join in the fun! Also watch the beauty and grace of Sizemic Activity who open this magical show of wonders and glee!

TRANSLATED: This show will be pretty good, because Alex & DJ have similar comic sensibilities. The Monkees are cool, Spike Jones is cool, Skintree sucks, but I guess they both like screaming. There will be crazy things that will happen, so please buy a ticket to our show and laugh at us doing zany stuff. Sizemic Activity (Justin Vetter, Nicole Antonuccio) will be our opener, and they’re pretty great, too.

CRIME SCENE IMPROV: FRIDAY AT 9:30

Thu, 17 May 2012 13:51:49 -0400

Crime Scene Improv. In the seedy underbelly of any city, countless
crimes are committed. The first to respond are Crime Scene
Investigators. Spend the night witnessing a crime, investigating the
crime and hopefully a confession. It’d be a crime…to miss it. YEAH!

HAIL, POETRY!

Thu, 17 May 2012 09:57:33 -0400

HAIL, POETRY! The SCIT’s first fully improvised operetta makes it debut over two nights this weekend! Friday, May 18 & Saturday, May 19, both at 8pm.

Come to the Steel City Improv Theater May 18th & 19th at 8pm for the SCIT’s first fully improvised operettas!

Veteran performers from Pittsburgh’s Savoyards are teaming up with SCIT’s seasoned improvisers for night of punctilious plots and Victorian vocals made up entirely on the spot. We’ve jibe and joke, and quip and crank, for lowly folk and men of rank!

Come down for a joyous good time if you like rhyme! Take an extended leave if you like recitative! And if arias entice, why not see it twice? Each show will be completely different based on your delightful suggestions.

Just $5 American dollars!

NEW CLASSES NOW REGISTERING!

Wed, 16 May 2012 13:28:57 -0400

Finally! A Saturday Level One! Starting July 7!

Level Two on Wednesdays! Starting July 11!

Tuesdays for Level Four! Starting JUNE 5!

Musical Improv 101! On Thursdays! Starts July 5!

Bricolage is looking for improvisers!

Tue, 15 May 2012 12:01:33 -0400

Bricolage is an incredibly cool and interesting theater company downtown. They’re currently casting for their new production, STRATA - and they’re looking for improvisers. Jump at the chance to work work with this awesome company! Details Below, or HERE.

Bricolage is holding non-Equity auditions for STRATA on May 22-23, 2012. Auditions will take place at Bricolage, 937 Liberty Avenue, downtown.

We are seeking performers aged 27 and up, of all genders and ethnicities. Bricolage is an equal opportunity employer.

STRATA will run August 1 - September 1, with the possibility of extending.
Rehearsals will begin in July.

Auditions will be conducted in small groups. STRATA is an interactive project, and as such we are particularly seeking actors with strong improvisational skills. The cast will be interacting with participants, who will have agency and be asked to make choices. While there will be a skeleton “script,” much of the project is based on improvisation within the world we are creating with STRATA.

Due to the nature of the project, we are not asking auditioners to prepare monologues. Rather, please arrive in comfortable clothes and be prepared to participate in various improvisational activities in a small group setting.

To sign up for a 15-minute audition slot, please email Corinne Neal at corinne [AT ]webbricolage [DOT] org. If you have an electronic headshot & resume, please attach in your email.

Congratulations to the new TFM Teams!

Tue, 01 May 2012 10:03:04 -0400

Can’t wait to see you starting this Monday, May 7!

Team Pattycake

Justin Vetter, Nathan Ratliff, Brett Goodnack, Dan Derks, Jerome F, Keara Kelly, Nicole Antonuccio and Alex Rudzki

Team Prantl’s

Cassie Brehmer, Anna Gilchrist, Ben Amiri, Derek Minto, Ayne Terceira, Conner McCanlus, Eric Nicholas and Lorin Kozlowski

Thank you to all that auditioned!

SCIT House Team Auditions!

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:46:41 -0400

The SCIT House Team Auditions are THIS SATURDAY! Have you signed up for your time slot yet?

Being on a SCIT House Team is an amazingly fun thing. As a SCIT House Team member, you are placed on a SCIT Team that performs every Monday as part of our Totally Free Monday line up. You also receive a card that gets you into SCIT Shows for free! We highly encourage House Team members to support the improv community & help it grow by seeing shows, participating in the SCIT Social (by hosting and by participating), and by developing and mounting your own shows, groups, twoprovs and everything else. We want you to experiment, make friends, hang out and become vital parts of the SCIT community.

Go to our audition page to sign up for a time slot! It’ll be the most fun audition you’ll ever have!

A VERY SPECIAL TFM TONIGHT

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:12:49 -0400

Tonight, we bid farewell to the current TFM lineup. Enjoy just one last night of three awesome teams - Hush Hush Consensus, The Up & Up, and The Union (with a very special guest). Tonight’s going to be a good night, so come & join us for a fun evening of laughs, tears and lots and lots of meaningful touches.

SCIT Social is ON tonight!

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:46:19 -0400

SCIT SOCIAL IS ON AS USUAL!

Tonight will be hosted by Justin Zell.

630pm - 730pm

(615pm sign up begins)

Come and watch and/or play for free: http://fb.me/DrtydWrc

THE RETURN OF POST CRISIS: TONIGHT. 9:30PM

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:11:22 -0400

Hollywood type Mike Capristo is back in town to complete the improv crystal ball that is POST CRISIS.

Only one night only, there’s a good chance this will never happen again, ever, so be there! Plus, is there anything worse than trying to explain an improv set to your friend that wasn’t there? Especially when it was hilarious, and the whole crowd was laughing hysterically, and your friend just blows it off and is like “Hm. I guess you had to be there”, and you just want to smack them right in the face.

Don’t be that guy.

Only $5 Cash for what just may be the most exciting night of your life.

TONIGHT! THE NILESH SHOW AT 8PM!

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:23:12 -0400

Tonight at the SCIT, things are happening that may never happen again.

At 8pm, The Nilesh Show makes his only early show appearance.

What, you say? The Nilesh Show at 8pm? Can’t be done. Well, it will, and it’s gonna. Nilesh is a mysterious figure, who may never appear at this time slot again. Catch Nilesh Fever*. Featuring Iguanatron (Brian Gray & Greg Gillotti).

All this show for only $5 Cash at the SCIT Box Office.

* I’d feel horrible if you really caught Nilesh Fever. It’s an awful disease and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. It was a stupid choice of words, and I’m truly sorry. Stay healthy.