Ditch your real messy family and join our fictional one for an entirely improvised holiday meal!

Once a year, pretentious uncles, live-streaming teens and neighbors who may or may not be serial killers all converge around one table filled with real food and improvised comedy by some of LA's best improvisers. Sit down, pull up a plate and join us for this once-a-year show that's been running since 2007. It's funny because they're not your family.

Featuring: Deborah Tarica, Suzi Barrett, Alex Berg, Julie Brister, Todd Fasen, Alex Fernie, Siobhan Thompson, Ronnie Adrian and Mike Castle

Oh, and food WILL be served for the audience!

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Come one, come all, for a special karaoke night with clown energy + friendsgiving holiday party vibes. Do you have a go-to karaoke bit? Have you ever imagined bringing a costume or a prop to a karaoke bar? Do you like to do popular songs, but weirdly? Or with audience participation? This night is for you. For us. For all of us. Let's gather and get hammy before we carve the ham.

Speaking of ham, we will also be running a food drive + donation drive for local shelters.

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Join us for karaoke night on impossible mode as we replace the lyrics to any SONG with words from a specific TEXT, then try to sing the results on the spot. Our songwriting system, THE WEIRD ALGORITHM, matches each line syllable-for-syllable so you can sing along if you know the tune. It all happens live: each song has never been heard before and will never be heard again.

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KARAOKE EDITION!!!

Monthly night of Music, Stand up, Storytelling, Clownery and of course, Buffoonery. Hosted by Bente Engelstoft and Peter Kim.

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Chad Damiani (STAND UP AND CLOWN) and Bill O'Neill (THE AMAZING BANANA BROTHERS) are teaming up for a silent evening of sacrament, sacrilege, healing and countless clown blessings. Live music by JC Wright (@jc.wrights.music).

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The Highland Park Clowns explore devised theater and free themselves to love and be loved.

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**THIS PERFORMANCE OF THE TOMORROW SHOW IS AT 9 PM**

In its 20th year of lauded late night lunacy! Hosted by Ron Lynch (Bob's Burgers, Corporate, Portlandia) and featuring a rotating roster of top comedians, specialty acts, musicians and performance artists -- It is not to be missed!

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Join host Jacquis Neal as he invites some of the best and funniest people in the world to Clash it out, on a game show that tests how well each person can guess the top answers to life's most basic questions that we ask!

Plus 6 audience members will have their chance at glory alongside our stars. As we will randomly select willing members from the crowd to play with our stars throughout the show! Real prizes on the line, real answers, real fun!

This month's lineup:

Joey Richter and Lauren Lopez (StarKid) vs. Erika Iishi (Apex Legends, Dimension 20) and Kiran Deol (Joysuck, Freakier Friday)

Stand up from Ray Lau (Vulture's 2025 Comedian You Will Know)

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Good Knight! is about a boy who dreams of being a knight. It is a work in progress and we will discover much together.

Featuring a special performance by Megan Stern!

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A one trans woman standup comedy where a woman reflects on herself and tries to make it make sense.

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On the Main Stage! SHOW STARTS @ 7 PM!

Funny Games is a fast-paced comedy show/open mic lottery hosted by Jo Scott, Meaghan Strickland, and Tim Lamphier. This hybrid comedy show pairs open mic slots with a couple of scheduled comedians providing the audience with the watchability of a curated show and the opportunity of an open mic!

Hosted by Jo Scott, Meaghan Strickland & Tim Lamphier

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We’re redefining what a live show can be.
Instead of asking you to put your phone away, we invite you to use it. Our second-screen format turns comedy into an interactive experience; funny, fast, and built for the way real brains work today.
It’s the only show where we actually want you on your phone.

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Welcome to Superbloom, a new standup comedy show every Monday in the Vault at 8:30pm!

We bring you the best standup in LA with a focus on queer comedians.

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Dyke Storytelling is a multi-generational storytelling show where a queer person of every decade (20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s)  tells a true story from their life. Come join us on December 2nd at 7:30 at the Elysian for an unforgettable night. 

Featuring: Michelle Chu, Grace Freud, Rosita Lama Muvdi, Kristi Reed & Beverly Crawford

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EX roomies Dylan Adler (Late Late Show) & Sam Morrson (JFL) lived together for 2 years in harmony in Brooklyn, until Dylan betrayed Sam by moving to LA. After years of spreading heinous rumors behind each other’s back on their respective coasts, these two confirmed bachelors reunite along with Kylie Vincent to put on the most unhinged, fundamentally evil showcase of comedic talent. 

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Hayden Johnson performs her new hour of standup without mentioning piss 4 times.

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Former Cirque du Soleil clown-acrobat Jonas Woolverton is Jonas McEnfro, AKA The legendary 1980s bad boy of tennis. With a pro tennis career on the rocks and five separate alimony payments, McEnfro reinvents himself as a male exotic dancer, an anger management guru, a contestant on America's Got Talent and a "Circus au Lait" performer in Las Vegas. The McEnfro Show is a wild smash hit of theatrical clowning where YOU rock the party!

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Beautiful Gowns improvises a staged reading of new plays from beloved playwright* Ryan Barton. *improviser

Have you ever seen a play so bad you wished you could laugh? But the playwright is right there? Have no fear, the improv troupe Beautiful Gowns is here. Free your snide snickers from your heart.

In A STAGED READING OF A NEW PLAY, Beautiful Gowns improvises short plays based on monologues by a guest "playwright." Beautiful Gowns is: Kay Yee, Michael Klasek, Max Debczak, Jack Skaggs, Sasan Ahmed, and Molly McLean.

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Yuletide, they’ll tide, we’ll all tide on December 3rd because A Varietyville Christmas Special is comin’ to town! Join your Varietyville pals at a new place and time as we deck the halls of The Elysian to kick off the holiday season with a merry variety special that would make Dean Martin proud.

You'll see that Wizard of LA Variety, the rosy-cheeked RON LYNCH, and songs from ESMERELDA THE PUPPET and TREVOR GOOBER! Featuring MATT FELTEN as Ebeneezer Scrooge in "Merry Christmas, Mr. Scrooge," an original mini play; plus a special video appearance by DAVID KOECHNER as Santa Clause! Enjoy festive sketches and characters by The Varietyvillians (Suzanne Nichols, Cait Bidwell, Yasha Rayzberg, Amanda Sedaka, Iris Perry, & “Transatlantic Will” Marcil) with legendary character actor, Dr. M.C. GAINEY, and music from MIKE BOLGER and The Varietyville Sound (Madison Shearer, Jared Tashjian, Cale Moore, & Fiddlin’ Tom Hanslowe), as well as cartoons from ISAIAH FERGUSON and puppetry by ALEX BARTLEY!

There’s no place like Varietyville for the holidays, so sleigh on by for a night of sketches, music, and more as we honor the timeless traditions of the Christmas season! 

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Chris Redd does an hour at The Elysian!

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The alt-comedy astrology theater troupe Planets, Planets, Planets is throwing a full moon fundraising party to resource a filmmaking project ! There will be a live performance for the chart of that moment (DEC 4, 2025, 8:00pm LA), and an extravaganza of food, drinks and activities including: Dance Party DJ, Astrology and Tarot Readings, Flash Tattoos, Horse rides, Potion-making Booth, Speed-Collage Competition, Calendars, Film Screenings, Year Ahead Screaming and MORE....

Doors 7:30pm
Performance 8:00pm

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Turning your bad date stories into musicals since 2017!

Comedian and mushy-hearted Jew, David Magidoff (Dexter: New Blood, The Morning Show) interviews one real person from the audience & one real famous celebrity guest to share one good / bad / psychotic / existential love story, and then David and his friends turn it into a full blown improvised musical!

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Free admission if it's your birthday week!!!*

This Month’s very Special Guests are Jack Brown! Liz Toonkel!

"Like a birthday party gone totally awry!" -anonymous influencer/bot

"It's your birthday -whether it's your birthday or not!"

Even if it's not yours -or anyone's birthday ever- you can come to this birthday party comedy variety show and have so much fun!

The Birthday Experience features Robert Dayton as your excitable host, wonderful puppeteer Molly Fite with Puppet Molly -a very good dancer, along with bandleader and sparkling keyboardist Lance Piebenga, and George Chen as substitute clown Mike Hans! Yayyyy! A gaggle of new friends for the audience to visit each and every show!

There's also FREE CAKE, balloons, prizes, and surprises! And loads more birthday style entertainment!

*with proof of photo ID

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Live-directed by Cirque Du Soleil front man John Gilkey (“Brilliant” - LA Times), the modern clown ensemble, Cruel Babes, invites the audience into a fever dream of physical comedy and extended absurdist composition for a new and once-in-a-lifetime ride each month. Featuring ten top performers, it is a direct descendent of the underground hit, Wet The Hippo – the show that kicked off LA’s modern clown scene back in 2012.

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BESITOS is an experimental comedy show hosted by Kat Toledo, featuring a rotating guest cohost sourced from the most trusted platform on the internet—Craigslist! Featuring a hot hot hot lineup of Los Angeles' funniest comedians, legendary TV writers, and clowns!

This month’s lineup includes films sourced from Craigslist and live performances from Alan Resnik, Brent Weinbach, Ivy Wolk, Molly Lambert, Rachel Kaly, and Christina Catherine Martinez!

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An evening of comedy with Marc Maron

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An evening of comedy with Marc Maron

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Get on the dirt clod bitch, we’re getting sucked up by a tornado! But who will be our guide as we ride the upward spiral of the dust devil’s back? With unpredictable twists at every turn of the tornado, we have no other choice than to put our fate into the hands of an ancient, infamous, back-asswards, morphing crone named Sugar Mud. Under their wings, we’ll fly this thing all the way to the TOP.

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FLWLS (pronounced Flawless) presents THE NUTCRACKER (the night before the opening night).... It is the night before the opening night of one of the world's most prestigious and esteemed ballet companies the world has seen. This audience invited dress rehearsal will be the night where all final decisions get made. Will one of them be replaced? Will one of them survive the pressures that their new company director (Chad) has placed upon them? Will the dancer who plays the rat king finally be the king of rats? This unforgettable, high stakes, high art evening will be THE black-tie event of the winter.

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Join us for a staged reading of The Mountain Digby, a new musical from Cassie Ahiers, Anthony Lombard and Alex Kliner.

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In Dead Pilots Society, scripts that were developed by studios and networks but were never produced are given the table reads they deserve.

Presented by Andrew Reich (Friends; Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story) and Ben Blacker (Thrilling Adventure Hour; The Writers Panel).

The December 7 show features scripts by Georgia Pritchett (Succession; Veep) and Ginger Gonzaga (She-Hulk; True Lies).

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On Christmas Eve, entrepreneur John Newspaper (inventor of the newspaper) and his son Roderick (the first newsie) receive a mysterious gift. Who is it from? Why is it here? Can the ghosts of Christmas future help? Will there even be newspapers in Christmas’s future? Join John Newspaper in his quasi-Victorian world for this yuletide haunting.

Featuring:

Athena Reddy (@sirathena), Danelle (@danelleisme), Julia Rose (@juliaistheman), Kevin Chu (@annoyingtwinkofficial), Dominic Ciccodicola (@heydom99), Oscar Fuentes (@irongogi), Frank Reed (@thefrankreed), and Helen Park (@helen_blerk)

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Yeti or Not, here we come! 

Yeti is one of LA’s premier improv teams and is also a group of biological siblings. Each show features two unique halves, one of them based on stories from our audience. Get ready for an evening of unparalleled unique fun inspired by you! Are you YETI for a good time?

Featuring: 

All Beardsley, Devin Field, Victoria Longwell, Vic Michaelis, Zac Oyama, Talia Tabin, Lou Wilson, Jacob Wysocki

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Freakus is a Groundlings-based improv and sketch group directed by Ted Michaels. This will be a long form, completely improvised show.

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In this D&D-meets-comedy improv live show, four intrepid 1st-level characters go up against an epic monster and meet their gruesome but heroic demise. The show’s Host, live musician, and audience participation add to the fun. Come and witness this live version of the official D&D TV show, "Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill!" —and leave your notions of “the heroes always win” at the door.

Cast includes Ify Nwadiwe (Um Actually), Jacob Wysocki (Dropout TV), Noura Ibrahim (Vampire The Masquerade: L.A. By Night), and Jon Ciccolini (FPWKK), along with DM Jared Logan (Glass Cannon Network) and Host Bill Rehor.

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The Alarmist is a comedy podcast that tackles history's greatest tragedies and figures out "who's to blame?" From the sinking of the Titanic, to the Bubonic Plague, to the break-up of The Beatles, there's no disaster host Rebecca Delgado Smith can't get to the bottom of. And now, you can join in on the blame game at one of their live recordings! This time, The Alarmist will be tackling the events that occur in the 1988 holiday classic, "Die Hard." Who's to blame for the Christmas Eve attack that turns a holiday party into a hostage crisis — and forces John McClane to save the day?

Featuring: Rebecca Delgado Smith, Clayton Early & Chris Smith
With Special Guests: Cass Buggé, Mary Grill & Dan Klein

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Welcome to Superbloom, a new standup comedy show every Monday in the Vault at 8:30pm!

We bring you the best standup in LA with a focus on queer comedians.

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Siri Dahl interviews comedians, performers and fellow industry friends about their first pop culture crushes!

This month's guests will be Little Puck, Hayden Johnson and Big Tim Murphy!

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Soft Animal is a psychedelic clown odyssey about the rise of life on earth to the fall of human civilization. A zoological existential-meltdown, it follows the arc of evolution from amoeba to Luigi Mangione. Part Darwin, part Jim Carrey, fully unhinged and relatable.

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EX roomies Dylan Adler (Late Late Show) & Sam Morrson (JFL) lived together for 2 years in harmony in Brooklyn, until Dylan betrayed Sam by moving to LA. After years of spreading heinous rumors behind each other’s back on their respective coasts, these two confirmed bachelors reunite along with Kylie Vincent to put on the most unhinged, fundamentally evil showcase of comedic talent. 

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A mostly music show meant to foster a deep sense of joy and belonging. Benjamin Jaffe will perform new and old musics and feature new and old performers attempting to add one more pretty little square to the collective quilt of our shared culture.

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Song Lab, LA’s ascending experimental rock sensation, and the Elysian Theater unveil this “richly bizarre” theatrical experience!

Time’s Arrow is a multimedia rock show that examines the ridiculousness and (hopefully) hilariousness of searching the past for the moments that shaped us, using music, projection mapping, mixed media, and clowning.  Join us for an evening of wonderful nonsense, great music, and just a sprinkle of self reflection! 

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A stand-up comedy show co-hosted by Sierra Katow & Nick Skardarasy featuring some of the best names in comedy!

Produced by Olivia Ghersen and Morgan Kowalewski

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CLANK, CLINK, CLANK. What’s that sound…is someone towing your Tesla? Oh NORRR, it’s Krampus! The half-goat half-demon Christmas monster! She’s here to steal your LA nepo babies. And this year—she’s over it. It’s a comedy, it’s a play, it’s not for kids.

Cast: Dani Colucci, Nnamdi Ngwe, Ryan Asher, Chad Damiani, Dean Evans, Sam Walt Jones, Emily Serruto, Nate Pringle, JJ Phillips, Aerica Goetten, Andrew Goetten, Louie Rinaldi
Production Design and Krampus makeup by: Matt Olaf Olson

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Laughs @ The Land is LA’s only Comedy Fashion Show (that we know of!!!) We style our performers head to toe in handmade upcycled looks from custom clothing studio Customland! This is our first time at The Elysian and we are thrilled to bring the store to you.

Customland will be popped up selling one of a kind reworked/upcycled clothing, handmade by local artisans. AND THAT’S NOT ALL - they’ll be doing custom airbrush and embroidery all night! Bring anything you want monogrammed or airbrushed, or pick from blank totes, hats and bandanas!

Featuring:

Chris Fleming @chrisflemingfleming
Dylan Adler @dylanadler_
David Brown @davidschedule
& MORE TBA!
Hosted by Maddy Schmidt (@schmidt__show) and Jenna Podell (@jen_popo)

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Ever see hilarious people make up songs onstage and think, "That's truly fucking impossible"? Well it's not. It's very possible and, in fact, the premise of this class is that: literally everyone has the ability to learn how to make up musicals. Well, this is the class show, so let’s see if that promise was kept!

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THE ONE-MAN IMPROVISED MUSICAL

"A singular blend of wit, energy, and narrative instincts." —SF Weekly

WINNER—Pick of the Fringe

WINNER—Encore Award

NOMINEE—Soaring Solo Artist

Workshopping for his Edinburgh debut, THE ONE-MAN IMPROVISED MUSICAL is an improvised musical-comedy, performed entirely by one man.

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Join Neil, Paul, and a cast of some of the most profound improvisers in the world as they present an evening of legitimate theatre, featuring themes and subtext and like metaphors and stuff.

This month’s cast TBA!

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Get ready for a fast-paced hour of unscripted hilarity as two powerhouse improv teams!

Hello! features a dynamic cast of comedy all-stars: Becca Barish, Brendan Dowling, Colleen Doyle, Nnamdi Nngwe, Olivia Nielsen, Sean Coyle, and Tyler Davis.

Ope! brings its signature Midwestern charm and fast, funny scene work with performers Jordan Lee Cohen, Andrew Knox, Alan Linic, Waleed Mansour, Katie Kershaw, and George C. Owens.ons.

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A suburban fever dream — An absurd, penultimate Home Owner Association (HOA) meeting. A grappling of control. A beautiful front lawn...Will you rat out your neighbor to gain a drop of power? Did you pick up after your dog? Who is taking minutes?! Will you vote to overthrow your HOA president, Karey Pine? Or do you like her Karen-esq, side-ways rules keeping your neighborhood flourishing and orderly...What can we learn from nature herself?

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NAW or Never is a no-holds-barred comedy-meets-wrestling showcase where anyone can step into the spotlight and try to earn a spot on the Nearly Average Wrestling roster. It’s like if The Voice got bodyslammed by Pee-wee’s Playhouse. Contestants get 60 seconds to cut a promo, show off a character, or do whatever it takes to prove they belong.

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Should we have a cig, or crash out? Annie Laurie Daniel’s solo show International Party Girl is a dark comedy and immersive theatrical experience that dives into loneliness, club culture, fake friendships, and the isolating search for connection. At its center is IPG, the ultimate party girl, trapped in the smoking section of a nightclub, teetering between the DJ booth and a breakdown. Developed with devised techniques inspired by experimental theater icons Wooster Group and Elevator Repair Service, this high-energy performance takes audiences on a wild ride through IPG’s desires, ambitions, addictions, and heartbreaks. Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, International Party Girl will leave you laughing, crying, and maybe reaching for a drink of your own.

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The show is WHITE BOY OF THE MONTH, it's "A Star is Born" for a twenty-something, where TikTok is the means to fame (playing gay for Luca Guadagnino). A normal guy who likes Fortnite and Guitar Hero, blows up online from a video and he experiences everything that comes with fame in 2025: photoshoots with Charli XCX and Rachel Sennott, his first hot-shot Hollywood Agent, and an Academy Award speech that calls for an end to gun violence and teases his bisexuality. LA's finest comics join Leo Driessen to pull off a career-high solo show run at the Elysian.

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The Armando is Los Angeles’s adaptation of the longest-running improv show ever, The Armando Diaz Experience!

Of course, in Los Angeles, we have to be extra. So get ready to see the country’s top improv comedians create scenes based on stories invented by celebrities from all over the world!

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Elysian’s monthly variety show with a rotating cast of LA’s best and weirdest comedians

This month’s cast coming soon!

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Finally! A Halloween party every month! Co-ghosts Griffin Kelly and Jacks McLaughlin are here to put the "ha" in "haunted" with this monthly variety show / costume party / desperate attempt to find some comfort in this increasingly scary world. Snacks and drinks included!

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A special night of comedy featuring two of LA's most popular improv shows!

FUCK THIS MONTH is a monthly improv comedy show that aims to cure your misery by turning your shitty month into improv comedy. Toast this garbage month off by throwing up your middle finger and sharing what made it suck so royally. A cast of veteran comedians will take your stories of woe and spin them into comedy gold.

Cast: TBA!

HOLY SHIT IMPROV is an improv show featuring the best comedy talent in Los Angeles. Up-and-coming stars mix with improv legends to create an hour of comedy that will have you yelling, “Holy Shit!”

Cast: TBA!

LIVESTREAM AVAILABLE FOR REPLAY FOR UP TO A WEEK AFTER THE SHOW.

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This Christmas, on the east side of L.A., a team of comedians have seized a theater and taken an audience hostage. One man has managed to escape...

It was Dan's dentist, and he's NOT coming back because that one sketch was TOO WEIRD. Everyone else is going to watch these people do Die Hard.

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Jade is a professional dancer. Matt trained for the Junior Olympics as a gymnast. And together, they've read "The Metamorphosis" one and a half times. Morpho Dance Fitness is an original, satirical dance workout class that combines high-energy performances with existential ennui. The result is an abstract and unconventional approach to discussing our bodies and their inherent value under capitalism, all while popping that pussy, hunty!

By Jade Daugherty and Matt Brooks

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LA's best improvisers / Anna's best friends perform a MONOSCENE.

WHAT IS A MONOSCENE?
A monoscene is an improv form that takes place in a single location, in a single span of time, with no external edits of any kind.

We are stuck on stage. Will you join us?

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Welcome to Superbloom, a new standup comedy show every Monday in the Vault at 8:30pm!

We bring you the best standup in LA with a focus on queer comedians.

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In the summer of 2020, during the height of a global pandemic, a ragtag group of clowns found a way to bring joy to the prospect of wearing masks.

For one night only, CLOWN ZOO reunites at its home theater the Elysian. Come witness the clown show that helped started a comedy revolution.

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EX roomies Dylan Adler (Late Late Show) & Sam Morrson (JFL) lived together for 2 years in harmony in Brooklyn, until Dylan betrayed Sam by moving to LA. After years of spreading heinous rumors behind each other’s back on their respective coasts, these two confirmed bachelors reunite along with Kylie Vincent to put on the most unhinged, fundamentally evil showcase of comedic talent. 

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Fresh from Elysian Artistic Director Jacquelyn Landgraf’s solo performance workshop, comedian Chris Garcia presents an ambitious hour-long work-in-progress of his new show Model Home. A fringe-style experiment in stand-up and visual storytelling, Model Home explores family, identity, and the invisible architecture that shapes who we become.

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Journey into the wilderness of Alaska where you’ll meet Larry, a burnt-out engineer who is risking his life to make it big on YouTube as a survivalist. But his relentless pursuit of fame quickly spirals into a desperate, unhinged quest for connection. It’s an incredibly playful story of isolation, masculine delusion, and modern loneliness; where you, the audience, get to play the wilderness. Featuring innovative live camera work and delightfully unpredictable audience games.

“Clever use of live video, hilarious audience participation, and a ton of vulnerability.” – The Hollywood Reporter

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Come one, come all, for a special karaoke night with clown energy + friendsgiving holiday party vibes. Do you have a go-to karaoke bit? Have you ever imagined bringing a costume or a prop to a karaoke bar? Do you like to do popular songs, but weirdly? Or with audience participation? This night is for you. For us. For all of us. Let's gather and get hammy before we carve the ham.

Speaking of ham, we will also be running a food drive + donation drive for local shelters.

Hosted by RM Aranda & Lauren Yang

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Get your tickets now to a comedy reading series unlike any other! Get your tickets now to a comedy table read series unlike any other! Including pilots, one-acts, narrative podcasts, and feature scripts that highlight upcoming talent, build community, and create some goddamn joy.

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LA's finest long-form improvisers dive into a high-octane homage to everyone's favorite improv TV show. Come witness our very own 'Drew Carey' and see if the points really DO matter!

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Tim is working on it.

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It is a monk show that is a works in progress show.

Funny. Sexy. Hot Monk Action. Stupid. Sacred and profane. Failure and success. A group of idiots come together to create a show with the audience, incubated over the course of the run.

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Tim is working on it.

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In their groundbreaking new show, Brendan Scannell and Joel Kim Booster (two famous gay guys), along with some of the funniest friends (some famous, some gay and sometimes guys), do the impossible: perform 90 minutes of stand up comedy for you to enjoy. A show like this has never been done before and will likely never happen again, so you won’t want to miss it!

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As part of our Masters of Surrealism Series we bring you: TREASURES OF SOVIET ANIMATION, VOL. 1

Director(s): Roman Kachanov, Vladimir Tarasov | Country: Russia | Year: 1980

Searingly psychedelic animation from behind the Iron Curtain, with indelible images on par with SOLARIS, STALKER and YELLOW SUBMARINE.

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Duce Night brings the best stand ups, clowns, and characters in the world into the Elysian Theater for an evening of shocking, absurd, and transcendent comedy. It will ruin your life.

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Come sing along with Kelly to celebrate the holidays! What could fire up the season better than Shoes, Let Me Borrow That Top, No Booty Calls, and Text Message Breakup!?

We’ll watch videos together from days long ago…and we’ll have a raffle with prizes like a signed pair of shoes, a Kelly plushie, and more!

Heather the Vampire is so thrilled to be there too. She might even take a selfie with you (if she doesn’t drink your blood first!)

And Kelly’s mom Kathy will be there, freaking out because “Kelly’s songs are in no way connected to the meaning of Christmas!!!! I’ve got to stop this!!!!!!!!”

Proceeds go to support the work of GLAAD

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The One with Rudolph and Hermey the Aspirational Dentist

Part game show gauntlet, part nostalgic fever dream. Adam Smith's RERUN transforms classic TV into competitive nonsense, pitting three performers against each other in a series of improv challenges, physical tasks, and clown work inspired by iconic television. The winner, as determined by the judgiest audience member, wins a mediocre trophy. This month: that 1964 stop-motion classic: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

Lineup TBA!

Directed by Adam Smith 

Live music by Fred Kolouch

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This is an open rehearsal where everything we do will be completely new. Nothing from previous shows.

This will be a combination of 2 things:

1. presenting brand new material 

2. attempting to find gold in the moment thru improvisation and live direction. 

It will be a wonderfully pure mess. This is for the type of audience member who is interested in THE PROCESS rather than A GOOD SHOW.

Funny. Sexy. Hot Monk Action. Stupid. Sacred and profane. Failure and success. A group of idiots come together to create a show with the audience

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Did you feel that? That otherworldly chill that made the hairs on the back of your neck stand up? (Yes, those hairs you meant to shave...) Witness 3 BRAND-NEW, ORIGINAL HORROR STORIES brought to life by your favorite comedians at SUNDAY SCARIES! A monthly, horror-comedy show that will make you scream, laugh, cry, and possibly pee. Be there or be scared...

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*PRE SHOW ACTIVITIES STARTING AT 6:30 PM*

Hang up and call us now. Get ready for a time-bending, heart-melting cosmic circus. Your transcendent variety show from the celestial ether is taking The Elysian stage. Enjoy a bizarre evening of magic, drag, characters on characters, clown, art, and time-traveling friendship that leaves you wondering if you just fell in love. (You did.) Hosted by beautiful cosmic freaks Emily Maverick & Geri Courtney-Austein.

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Oscar & Lilly in The Vault!

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Welcome to Superbloom, a new standup comedy show every Monday in the Vault at 8:30pm!

We bring you the best standup in LA with a focus on queer comedians.

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Live at The Elysian!

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EX roomies Dylan Adler (Late Late Show) & Sam Morrson (JFL) lived together for 2 years in harmony in Brooklyn, until Dylan betrayed Sam by moving to LA. After years of spreading heinous rumors behind each other’s back on their respective coasts, these two confirmed bachelors reunite along with Kylie Vincent to put on the most unhinged, fundamentally evil showcase of comedic talent. 

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Join us for karaoke night on impossible mode as we replace the lyrics to any SONG with words from a specific TEXT, then try to sing the results on the spot. Our songwriting system, THE WEIRD ALGORITHM, matches each line syllable-for-syllable so you can sing along if you know the tune. It all happens live: each song has never been heard before and will never be heard again.

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Monthly night of Music, Stand up, Storytelling, Clownery and of course, Buffoonery. Hosted by Bente Engelstoft and Peter Kim.

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An evening of comedy with Marc Maron

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A chat room in real life. Enter the chatroom as whoever you dream to be. Jenn Scott navigates you through the internet, the ultimate form of distraction and self expression. Bring a charged phone with access to wifi/data.

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Welcome to Superbloom, a new standup comedy show every Monday in the Vault at 8:30pm!

We bring you the best standup in LA with a focus on queer comedians.

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EX roomies Dylan Adler (Late Late Show) & Sam Morrson (JFL) lived together for 2 years in harmony in Brooklyn, until Dylan betrayed Sam by moving to LA. After years of spreading heinous rumors behind each other’s back on their respective coasts, these two confirmed bachelors reunite along with Kylie Vincent to put on the most unhinged, fundamentally evil showcase of comedic talent. 

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An evening of comedy with Marc Maron

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Free admission if it's your birthday week!!!*

This Month’s very Special Guests TBA!

"Like a birthday party gone totally awry!" -anonymous influencer/bot

"It's your birthday -whether it's your birthday or not!"

Even if it's not yours -or anyone's birthday ever- you can come to this birthday party comedy variety show and have so much fun!

The Birthday Experience features Robert Dayton as your excitable host, wonderful puppeteer Molly Fite with Puppet Molly -a very good dancer, along with bandleader and sparkling keyboardist Lance Piebenga, and George Chen as substitute clown Mike Hans! Yayyyy! A gaggle of new friends for the audience to visit each and every show!

There's also FREE CAKE, balloons, prizes, and surprises! And loads more birthday style entertainment!

*with proof of photo ID

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An evening of comedy with Marc Maron

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A night of clown and improv where the audience is part of the show. The night starts with a jam where audience members are invited to take the stage, tag in, and create scenes alongside the performers. No experience needed, just a sense of curiosity and adventure. Then, sit back as seasoned improvisers take everything that’s been stirred up — the energy, themes, and beautiful chaos — and spin it into a second act.

Hosted By Jet Eveleth and Brendan Jennings

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Brad & Nick at The Elysian!

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Want to see something fresh? "Green" is a comedy show featuring a lineup of up-and-coming comedians you haven't seen yet. From stand-up to clowning, each show will deliver a new mix of comedic talent. See them before they ripen!

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In a desperate attempt to salvage their acting career, Molly decides to join an eccentric Hollywood star's culty acting group, in the hopes of becoming her protege.

Starfuckers! is a new play by Molly Kirschenbaum, directed by Sean Daniels, based on true events.

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Chekhov’s The Harmfulness of Tobacco gets rebooted for the algorithm age: one man, one VR headset, and a lecture that won’t stay on topic.

When theater director and mixed-reality artist Kevin (as a robot) Laibson set out in 2019 to create a fully AI-generated adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The Harmfulness of Tobacco, everything went wrong. The synthetic actor couldn’t act, the generated designs were awful, and eventually even his language model gave up. So instead, Laibson turned the failure itself into the performance.

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Join Neil, Paul, and a cast of some of the most profound improvisers in the world as they present an evening of legitimate theatre, featuring themes and subtext and like metaphors and stuff.

This Month’s cast TBA!

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The Magic Power Family Hour is the children’s entertainment extravaganza that you, millennial parent, didn’t know you desperately needed. 5:00 pm on Saturday, that notorious dead zone in the weekend-in-the-life of a parent, transforms into a hilarious, participatory, kid-friendly but parent-savvy spectacle modeled off of your favorite late-nite talk show!

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Frank Sriracha (HBO, TMZ, Jubilee) is the undisputed greatest performer in the last 200 years. And for just one night, he hits the stage with six of his closest personal friends for a variety show that can make even a child smile. Join Frank and his guests for the kind of night you didn't know you needed.

No refunds.

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A raunchy and chaotic, full-on fever dream, Stamptown is a late-night variety show featuring the best alternative performance on the international scene.

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A raunchy and chaotic, full-on fever dream, Stamptown is a late-night variety show featuring the best alternative performance on the international scene.

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A raunchy and chaotic, full-on fever dream, Stamptown is a late-night variety show featuring the best alternative performance on the international scene.

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Starlet is a three act play written and directed by Lily Lady. Its protagonist is a former child star and current tabloid trainwreck. Its titular star is played by Aphrodite Armstrong, with supporting roles played by Viva Gentes and Frank Mosley.

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Brigid Broderick is a gay comedian from Chicago. Her first solo show, “Horse Girl Nation,” is a fundraiser for lesbian horses to get them a special surgery that allows them to scissor and 69 at the same time. It will be a night overflowing with original music about gay guys, philanthropy, and even some stuff that is PG13. This show is produced by Alex Collyard and features musical accompaniment by the band, GOOF.

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Starlet is a three act play written and directed by Lily Lady. Its protagonist is a former child star and current tabloid trainwreck. Its titular star is played by Aphrodite Armstrong, with supporting roles played by Viva Gentes and Frank Mosley.

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Starlet is a three act play written and directed by Lily Lady. Its protagonist is a former child star and current tabloid trainwreck. Its titular star is played by Aphrodite Armstrong, with supporting roles played by Viva Gentes and Frank Mosley.

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Bite size delights from the dark side of Youtube.

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Starlet is a three act play written and directed by Lily Lady. Its protagonist is a former child star and current tabloid trainwreck. Its titular star is played by Aphrodite Armstrong, with supporting roles played by Viva Gentes and Frank Mosley.

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The Naked Comedy Show is exactly what it sounds like. Top comics with no bottoms.

Come see local comedians tell their jokes in a way you haven't seen on TikTok. As featured in The New York Times, The Naked Comedy Show features comedians from Comedy Central, Netflix, HBO, The Tonight Show, America's Got Talent, and more! These are not a bunch of whacky exhibitionist open mikers.

This event is 18+

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Tiny Idea Live! is a sketch comedy show by Ann Nelson, Eva Nemiroff, and Hrannar Björnsson, featuring all-new live sketches and never-before-seen videos! Tiny Idea’s videos have gotten more than 50 million views and have been featured in Vulture. They currently write for DROPOUT’s Make Some Noise and Game Changer. The trio has a combined age of 79 and has been described by a TikTok comment as “three of the most average-looking people I’ve ever seen.”

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A night of clown and improv where the audience is part of the show. The night starts with a jam where audience members are invited to take the stage, tag in, and create scenes alongside the performers. No experience needed, just a sense of curiosity and adventure. Then, sit back as seasoned improvisers take everything that’s been stirred up — the energy, themes, and beautiful chaos — and spin it into a second act.

Hosted By Jet Eveleth and Brendan Jennings

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She's the Goop-founding, Door-Sliding, Shakespeare-In-Loving, consciously-uncoupling Hollywood superstar.

He's a retired optometrist from Utah.

In 2016, they went skiing.

On the slopes of Deer Valley, their worlds collided, and so did they - literally. Ouch. Seven years later, in 2023, they went to court. Double ouch.

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She's the Goop-founding, Door-Sliding, Shakespeare-In-Loving, consciously-uncoupling Hollywood superstar.

He's a retired optometrist from Utah.

In 2016, they went skiing.

On the slopes of Deer Valley, their worlds collided, and so did they - literally. Ouch. Seven years later, in 2023, they went to court. Double ouch.

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She's the Goop-founding, Door-Sliding, Shakespeare-In-Loving, consciously-uncoupling Hollywood superstar.

He's a retired optometrist from Utah.

In 2016, they went skiing.

On the slopes of Deer Valley, their worlds collided, and so did they - literally. Ouch. Seven years later, in 2023, they went to court. Double ouch.

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She's the Goop-founding, Door-Sliding, Shakespeare-In-Loving, consciously-uncoupling Hollywood superstar.

He's a retired optometrist from Utah.

In 2016, they went skiing.

On the slopes of Deer Valley, their worlds collided, and so did they - literally. Ouch. Seven years later, in 2023, they went to court. Double ouch.

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DENTATA is a joyful, riotous, feral exploration of feminine ferocity, told through the poetry of witches, a misunderstood Medusa, games with the audience, and of course, a giant operatic vagina puppet.

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She's the Goop-founding, Door-Sliding, Shakespeare-In-Loving, consciously-uncoupling Hollywood superstar.

He's a retired optometrist from Utah.

In 2016, they went skiing.

On the slopes of Deer Valley, their worlds collided, and so did they - literally. Ouch. Seven years later, in 2023, they went to court. Double ouch.

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Stand-up, rap, and a first taste of Godmutha Ye — Bernice Ye’s Wuhan Clan in the making.

Before it’s polished, before it’s on tour — Bernice Ye is testing, tweaking, and unleashing her new one-hour of stand-up comedy and music. Expect bold jokes, killer rhymes, and a first taste of Godmutha Ye, leader of the notorious Wuhan Clan. Come watch the laughs, the beats, and maybe a few experiments that won’t make the final cut.

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After the success of Gwyneth Goes Skiing at Elysian, Awkward Prods are BACK with their multi award winning, Edinburgh Fringe sell-out show Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story.

Do you know the story of Diana? Probably. But do you know this story of Diana? We very much doubt it. Join Diana in heaven as she shares the untold and untrue tale of her extraordinary life.

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After the success of Gwyneth Goes Skiing at Elysian, Awkward Prods are BACK with their multi award winning, Edinburgh Fringe sell-out show Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story.

Do you know the story of Diana? Probably. But do you know this story of Diana? We very much doubt it. Join Diana in heaven as she shares the untold and untrue tale of her extraordinary life.

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After the success of Gwyneth Goes Skiing at Elysian, Awkward Prods are BACK with their multi award winning, Edinburgh Fringe sell-out show Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story.

Do you know the story of Diana? Probably. But do you know this story of Diana? We very much doubt it. Join Diana in heaven as she shares the untold and untrue tale of her extraordinary life.

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After the success of Gwyneth Goes Skiing at Elysian, Awkward Prods are BACK with their multi award winning, Edinburgh Fringe sell-out show Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story.

Do you know the story of Diana? Probably. But do you know this story of Diana? We very much doubt it. Join Diana in heaven as she shares the untold and untrue tale of her extraordinary life.

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Winner of Best Solo Theatre and the Sydney Fringe Exchange at the 2025 Hollywood Fringe Award (with an additional three nominations including Top of Fringe), QFWFQ is inspired by If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler and other works by the Italian post-modern author Italo Calvino. Touching on improvised music, Zionism, the genocide in Gaza, architectural marvels and trans identity, QFWFQ is a show that neither begins, nor ends. You’re confused. So are we.

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Frank Sriracha has recorded countless albums in his storied career as the greatest showman in the world, and tonight, he celebrates the release of his 31st. Join Frank for his big speech to kick off his album release party. The speech is five minutes long, and then the rest of the show is a party with a real dinner.

Created by Max Charbonneau. Directed by Kallie Cifra.

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Join us for karaoke night on impossible mode as we replace the lyrics to any SONG with words from a specific TEXT, then try to sing the results on the spot. Our songwriting system, THE WEIRD ALGORITHM, matches each line syllable-for-syllable so you can sing along if you know the tune. It all happens live: each song has never been heard before and will never be heard again.

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A work-in-progress comedy show written & performed by Becca Beberaggi.

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Kenny and Jess seemed to always go before or after each other at the MOTH Story Slam. A rivalry developed, which is now coming to The Skunk Room.

Battle of the Shares is a storytelling show with six storytellers telling a story on a theme. Two of the storytellers are on Jess' team and two are on Kenny's team. At the end of the show, the audience will decide which team wins. Either way it will be a great night of stories!

The stakes are low, but the shares are high!

The show's theme: Firsts

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Want to see something fresh? "Green" is a comedy show featuring a lineup of up-and-coming comedians you haven't seen yet. From stand-up to clowning, each show will deliver a new mix of comedic talent. See them before they ripen!

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Come one, Come all! Bare witness to BLAMEGANGER!

Watch as Jacob Wysocki (Pitch Perfect), Vic Michaelis (Bless This Mess), and Lou Wilson (#VanLife) spread goodwill through the inconceivable power of improv.

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Experience love at first swipe with Jake Timeline and his giant, living 85-inch wing-phone Pluggy in Instamacy, an interactive narrative pop concert about sex, romance, frigidity, isolation and desire in a world where our little phones dominate our big lives.

Starring Jake Timeline and Linzy Beltran
Co-directed by Jake Timeline and Sam Gibson

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Kylie Vincent’s problems began at conception. Her parents didn’t get an abortion. Now she has to get one.

Kylie Vincent is a 25 year old cult comedian of “gay bitches with anxious attachment style, trans women with daddy issues and black dudes into white girls”. Vincent has been recognized for their irreverent and dark traumedy at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with their 5 star show “Bird”, Comedy Central’s Stand-Up Featuring Series, and Netflix Is A Joke.

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The critically acclaimed “Drunk Black History” show has returned to the West Coast!

Comedian Brandon Collins (New York Comedy Festival) hosts this event where you’ll hear from comedians, writers, and experts who are skunked out of their mind trying to recap the biography of a historical Black figure or event that hasn’t gotten the mainstream love they deserved. In collaboration with MadCab.

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Cactus is a performance where humor and honesty meet in perfect balance.

Comedian and storyteller Jonis Josef invites audiences into a vivid, truthful, and often surprising portrait of a life lived on edge. In Cactus, he shares stories from his background, his journey, and the choices that have shaped him — mixing warmth, sharp wit, and emotional depth.

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An evening of comedy with Marc Maron

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You’re cordially invited to this interactive polyamorous wedding reception, where the Groom’s brother delivers a speech you’ll never forget! It starts out fun and silly, with your typical masculine roasting and ribbing – and gradually devolves into a drunken chaotic mess where Paul tries to understand what it means to love, but can’t get over his own toxic masculinity to recognize his loneliness. Throughout the show, audience members are cast to play various wedding guests.

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Kylie Vincent’s problems began at conception. Her parents didn’t get an abortion. Now she has to get one.

Kylie Vincent is a 25 year old cult comedian of “gay bitches with anxious attachment style, trans women with daddy issues and black dudes into white girls”. Vincent has been recognized for their irreverent and dark traumedy at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with their 5 star show “Bird”, Comedy Central’s Stand-Up Featuring Series, and Netflix Is A Joke.

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