— FESTIVAL SCHEDULE: SATURDAY —
5:00PM FAMILY-FRIENDLY SHOW:
THIS BLOCK ONLY: RATED G, AND ADMISSION IS FREE!
VALLEY IMPROV
Valley Improv, the premiere improv troupe of the Upper Valley of New Hampshire and Vermont, was founded in 2008 and has performing fun, energetic comedy for kids and adults throughout northern New England for many years. Based on audience suggestions, they will create spontaneous, hilarious scenes on the spot that will have you rolling with laughter!
THE PEOPLE’S IMPROV GROUP
The People's Improv Group is the University of Vermont's one and only improv group. They enjoy performing as many different forms of improv as they can get their hooves on. From Burlington to D.C., P.I.G has traveled the East Coast and left a trail of mud (and laughter!) in their wake. P.I.G is very grateful to VCC for their continued support and is excited to hog the stage at Big Pond!
GOOD CLEAN FUN
Good Clean Fun! is a team made up of some of Vermont Comedy Club’s most seasoned touring company performers. Each month, this friendly, funny troupe performs a high-energy, spontaneous, family-friendly improv show of short form games and silly scenes. It’s a popular show at VCC, and great for kids of all ages!
6PM SHOW:
WACKO
‘Yes and?’ GO F*** YOURSELF. ‘Harold?’ I HARDLY KNEW HIM. ‘Four square?’ THREE CIRCLE. Base realities are for cowards and being grounded is for nerds that get caught! WACKO throws caution to the wind and violates every sensible rule of "good improv." Lean into the madness, unrestrained by rules!
QUESTIONABLE DECISIONS
Questionable Decisions is one of Montreal's largest and most beloved improv troupes! Watch as they perform their unique take on the Pretty Flower (Spokane) format, which blends a dramatic narrative with hilarious world-building. So fun!
AWKWARD CONVERSATIONS
Matt & Benji take your awkward conversations and make them into something less awkward and much more funny. Matt & Benji both perform regularly at Sea Tea Comedy Theater in Hartford, CT. Come be awkward with them!
BLIND DATE
Blind Date is a regularly performing house team at Sea Tea Comedy Theater in Hartford, CT. They are a silly and high energy team that utilizes the Harold form to fully explore comedic ideas they find onstage in different settings and scenarios.
7PM SHOW:
PRIDDY PLAYFUL PRODUCTIONS
An improvised fairytale! Join us for a retelling of your favorite fable‚ with a twist! Using an audience suggestion, this Montreal-based troupe will recreate a well-known story — as you’ve never seen it before — right in front of your eyes.
$ DOPE CITY $
In $Dope City$, the night is alive with possibility, and anything can happen under the cover of darkness. It's a place where dreams are born and memories are made, where the spirit of adventure thrives and the pulse of the city beats on into the early hours of the morning.
MILLENIAL X-STREAMZ
No accompanist? No problem. Two millennials on opposite ends of the generation take karaoke requests and turn them into a musical in front of your eyes. They don’t know what the songs will be or when the music will start and stop!
YOUTH IN ASIA
Fresh off their Second City Review, “Youth in Asia: Are You Proud of Me Yet?”, part of the cast travels from Chicago to Vermont to be the 1st largest Asian improv group in the 2nd whitest state in the USA. Are you proud of us yet?
8:15PM SHOW:
PLEASE & SPANK YOU
Please and Spank You is a team from Boston that brings together hilarious improvisers from all walks of American life. Together, they take a location and use it to explore the range of human experience. Watch this team work together to create a world like you have never seen before!
WOODSTOCK
Just like the real-life music festival but for improv, Woodstock is an incredibly diverse act of NYC’s best improvisers all on one mega team! Mellow out and come take in the peace, love, and improv of Woodstock as they perform the signature Soundtrack form by taking suggestions of songs to inspire their scenes!
KINGDOM KIDS
Kingdom Kids are a playful, imaginative trio of comedians who all grew up in the same rural corner of the world: the "Northeast Kingdom" of Vermont. Today, they are some of the most experienced comedy performers and teachers in the Northeast. With a shared sense of humor that is smart, sarcastic and silly, the Kingdom Kids are always a wild, fun audience favorite.
9:30PM SHOW:
ALL THE WORST PEOPLE
The mission: assemble All the Worst People and force them to do improv. Challenge accepted! Based on your suggestion they'll perform a Cat's Cradle: a flexible, spontaneous collection of connecting scenes that morph together and combine into a chaotic mess of a show. (Chaotic mess in a good way.) You'll love it!
IMPLODING
Imploding features four improv teachers from Montreal who are passionate about experimentation and discovery. Inspired by JTS Brown, they’ve added their unique twist on the form. Fresh from winning Montreal Improv’s 2023 Threepio competition, they aim to grow so close that they’ll implode into a whirlwind of laughter!
PEOPLE PEOPLE
People People is a longform team from Boston and a former house team for the Union Comedy theatre. They strive to perform the most ridiculous Harold you've ever seen, chock-full of the smartest and dumbest comedy humanly possible. When People People perform, they leave the audience chanting "people people, people people, people people..."
MEMENTOS
Mementos is a two person improv team that can't remember who they are, how they got here, and why they can't remember anything. With clues tattooed on them from audience members, they'll figure out it together. It's like Christopher Nolan's Memento, but shorter, better, and at least a little bit funnier.
10:30PM / CLOSING NIGHT
30-MIN IMPROV JAM (“MIX TAPE”):
Closing night Improv Jam.
“Mix Tape” style, based on random song cues from the booth.
FREE. Open to ALL performers AND the public!
No tickets necessary.
