Lately, I've started going to the Improv at Mahall's in Cleveland. It's a fun show with a great group of people.
I've tried both stand-up comedy and community theater in the past, and Improv takes the best of both worlds.
Unlike stand-up, which is a solitary activity (it's just you on stage), Improv allows you to work with and play off others. Also, my own experiences with stand-up has been that the comics have a very cut-throat mentality.
In community theater you work with others, but it's extremely structured- you're limited to what the play is, or the director's interpretation of the play. It becomes repetitive. Plus, half the plays are very tragic in nature, and I continue a decade of being on a low-angst diet.
But with Improv, you work with a group of people, and come up with new things every time. And we've been lucky to work with a great group of people at Mahall's.
From this group, we found out about a sketch comedy group starting up, and now we're part of The Public Squares. I've always wanted to be on show like SNL or SCTV, so this is a dream come true. Our shows are (pitch alert!) Feb. 1 and 2nd. The crew is great, and the skits are funny.
Finally... the Mighty Bastard comes to the stage :)
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