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We all know the story: guts, determination, dedication, grit, and achieving the impossible against all odds. America loves an underdog, no matter the sport – and in this fully improvised rendition, the audience chooses the sporting event!
Using audience suggestions and unwavering determination and grit, these improvisers will spin a fully improvised version of an underdog sports movie. Honoring classics like Hoosiers, Rocky, Karate Kid and Miracle, performers will dig deep and overcome all odds on their way to an unlikely victory.
Will there be unconventional training methods, a sweaty training montage, secret pasts, and team spirit? Every night is completely different!
The cast includes Matt Saccullo of Wethersfield, Kevin MacDermott of West Hartford, Greg Ludovici of Hartford, Laura Manasewich of East Hartford, Nate Gagnon of Hartford, Drew Bligh of Hartford, Chris Dube of Bethel, Claire Zick of West Hartford, Bryan Thurston of Hartford, Stephanie Moreland of Manchester, Amy Lavorgna Antioho of Berlin, and Erica Willis of Hartford.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
Our House Improv Teams are made up of performers assembled and chosen by Sea Tea Comedy Theater's artistic directors to put on amazing improv comedy shows for you! These teams get together, take your suggestion and run with it!
House Improv Teams shows feature each group doing their own set of improvised comedic scenes. Some shows even feature special finales like one-night-only combinations of that show's teams or jams & lotteries with chances for audience members to come up and perform (if they want)!
These improv comedy groups have performers that have studied improv comedy at Sea Tea Improv Studios and other comedy training programs. They have performed at the Hartford Improv Festival and other improv festivals. Every night is different -- that's their specialty!
FRI, APR 20 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, Part Time Lifeguards, KnucklePuck
SUN, APR 22 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Ensemble, BOOP!, Dinosaur Police **
FRI, APR 27 @ 10PM: Robot Love, Breakup Tattoo
SAT, APR 28 @ 10PM: Grantch, Off the Lawn, The Buddy System
FRI, MAY 4 @ 10PM: KnucklePuck, BOOP!
SAT, MAY 5 @ 10PM: Part Time Lifeguards, The Rumour Cauldron, Robot Love
SUN, MAY 6 @ 7PM: The Buddy System, History of the Future, Dinosaur Police
FRI, MAY 11 @ 9PM: Winnipeg, HATS, Meg(h)an
FRI, MAY 25 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, Albatross, Grantch
FRI, MAY 25 @ 9PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Night Ghosts, Lady Business
FRI, JUN 1 @ 7PM: Meg(h)an, KnucklePuck
FRI, JUN 1 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, BOOP!, Part Time Lifeguards
SAT, JUN 2 @ 7PM: KnucklePuck, Off the Lawn
FRI, JUN 8 @ 7PM: Winnipeg, Albatross
FRI, JUN 8 @ 9PM: Brain's Song, Golden Ratio
SUN, JUN 10 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Piggy Got Owned *
SAT, JUN 16 @ 9PM: The Buddy System, Fairfield of Dreams, Robot Love
FRI, JUN 22 @ 7PM: Grantch, SHED
SAT, JUN 30 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, The Rumour Cauldron
* This show ends with an Improv Jam where anyone in the house can put their name in a bucket and play in the last set of the night!
** This show ends with a Student Lottery where any students currently taking an improv course at Sea Tea Improv Studios can enter to perform on stage as part of the show!
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
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Improv is for everyone! Whether you've got dreams of being a comedian, you want to strengthen your public speaking skills, or you're just sick of your board game collection, improv can help!
In this class, students will learn the basic techniques and games that professional improvisers and comedy writers use to collaboratively discover fun ideas, characters, and scenes. You'll work in teams, so you'll never be left hanging alone. Our number one rule is "make your partner look good," so come try improv in a supportive, no-pressure environment, and learn from a professional improviser!
Class Day and Time:
Saturdays from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Class Dates:
April 28, 2018
May 5, 2018
May 12, 2018
May 19, 2018
Cost: $125
Instructor: Matt Francis
All Sea Tea Improv courses and workshops are subject to our education policies: Education Policies
We all know the story: guts, determination, dedication, grit, and achieving the impossible against all odds. America loves an underdog, no matter the sport – and in this fully improvised rendition, the audience chooses the sporting event!
Using audience suggestions and unwavering determination and grit, these improvisers will spin a fully improvised version of an underdog sports movie. Honoring classics like Hoosiers, Rocky, Karate Kid and Miracle, performers will dig deep and overcome all odds on their way to an unlikely victory.
Will there be unconventional training methods, a sweaty training montage, secret pasts, and team spirit? Every night is completely different!
The cast includes Matt Saccullo of Wethersfield, Kevin MacDermott of West Hartford, Greg Ludovici of Hartford, Laura Manasewich of East Hartford, Nate Gagnon of Hartford, Drew Bligh of Hartford, Chris Dube of Bethel, Claire Zick of West Hartford, Bryan Thurston of Hartford, Stephanie Moreland of Manchester, Amy Lavorgna Antioho of Berlin, and Erica Willis of Hartford.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
Our House Improv Teams are made up of performers assembled and chosen by Sea Tea Comedy Theater's artistic directors to put on amazing improv comedy shows for you! These teams get together, take your suggestion and run with it!
House Improv Teams shows feature each group doing their own set of improvised comedic scenes. Some shows even feature special finales like one-night-only combinations of that show's teams or jams & lotteries with chances for audience members to come up and perform (if they want)!
These improv comedy groups have performers that have studied improv comedy at Sea Tea Improv Studios and other comedy training programs. They have performed at the Hartford Improv Festival and other improv festivals. Every night is different -- that's their specialty!
FRI, APR 20 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, Part Time Lifeguards, KnucklePuck
SUN, APR 22 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Ensemble, BOOP!, Dinosaur Police **
FRI, APR 27 @ 10PM: Robot Love, Breakup Tattoo
SAT, APR 28 @ 10PM: Grantch, Off the Lawn, The Buddy System
FRI, MAY 4 @ 10PM: KnucklePuck, BOOP!
SAT, MAY 5 @ 10PM: Part Time Lifeguards, The Rumour Cauldron, Robot Love
SUN, MAY 6 @ 7PM: The Buddy System, History of the Future, Dinosaur Police
FRI, MAY 11 @ 9PM: Winnipeg, HATS, Meg(h)an
FRI, MAY 25 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, Albatross, Grantch
FRI, MAY 25 @ 9PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Night Ghosts, Lady Business
FRI, JUN 1 @ 7PM: Meg(h)an, KnucklePuck
FRI, JUN 1 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, BOOP!, Part Time Lifeguards
SAT, JUN 2 @ 7PM: KnucklePuck, Off the Lawn
FRI, JUN 8 @ 7PM: Winnipeg, Albatross
FRI, JUN 8 @ 9PM: Brain's Song, Golden Ratio
SUN, JUN 10 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Piggy Got Owned *
SAT, JUN 16 @ 9PM: The Buddy System, Fairfield of Dreams, Robot Love
FRI, JUN 22 @ 7PM: Grantch, SHED
SAT, JUN 30 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, The Rumour Cauldron
* This show ends with an Improv Jam where anyone in the house can put their name in a bucket and play in the last set of the night!
** This show ends with a Student Lottery where any students currently taking an improv course at Sea Tea Improv Studios can enter to perform on stage as part of the show!
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
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Our improv comedy show is interactive, with chances for kids and adults alike to shout out suggestions and even opportunities to volunteer to play some improv games with us on stage! The comedy is all-ages -- kids and adults will have a lot to laugh about.
The show is the new Sea Tea Comedy Theater at 15 Asylum St in Downtown Hartford, near the corner of Asylum and Main -- not far from the Old State House. Street parking on a meter is free on weekends and there's also a paid lot directly across from the theater.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
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Sea Tea Comedy Theater has more than just improv!
Featuring solo comedians doing their best material. Up-and-coming comics from all walks of life!
(Looking to perform your stand-up at our theater? Email our Artistic Associate Director Laura Manasewich at laura@seateaimprov.com for more information, and in the meantime, come check out this show!)
CLOSEWe all know the story: guts, determination, dedication, grit, and achieving the impossible against all odds. America loves an underdog, no matter the sport – and in this fully improvised rendition, the audience chooses the sporting event!
Using audience suggestions and unwavering determination and grit, these improvisers will spin a fully improvised version of an underdog sports movie. Honoring classics like Hoosiers, Rocky, Karate Kid and Miracle, performers will dig deep and overcome all odds on their way to an unlikely victory.
Will there be unconventional training methods, a sweaty training montage, secret pasts, and team spirit? Every night is completely different!
The cast includes Matt Saccullo of Wethersfield, Kevin MacDermott of West Hartford, Greg Ludovici of Hartford, Laura Manasewich of East Hartford, Nate Gagnon of Hartford, Drew Bligh of Hartford, Chris Dube of Bethel, Claire Zick of West Hartford, Bryan Thurston of Hartford, Stephanie Moreland of Manchester, Amy Lavorgna Antioho of Berlin, and Erica Willis of Hartford.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
Our House Improv Teams are made up of performers assembled and chosen by Sea Tea Comedy Theater's artistic directors to put on amazing improv comedy shows for you! These teams get together, take your suggestion and run with it!
House Improv Teams shows feature each group doing their own set of improvised comedic scenes. Some shows even feature special finales like one-night-only combinations of that show's teams or jams & lotteries with chances for audience members to come up and perform (if they want)!
These improv comedy groups have performers that have studied improv comedy at Sea Tea Improv Studios and other comedy training programs. They have performed at the Hartford Improv Festival and other improv festivals. Every night is different -- that's their specialty!
FRI, APR 20 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, Part Time Lifeguards, KnucklePuck
SUN, APR 22 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Ensemble, BOOP!, Dinosaur Police **
FRI, APR 27 @ 10PM: Robot Love, Breakup Tattoo
SAT, APR 28 @ 10PM: Grantch, Off the Lawn, The Buddy System
FRI, MAY 4 @ 10PM: KnucklePuck, BOOP!
SAT, MAY 5 @ 10PM: Part Time Lifeguards, The Rumour Cauldron, Robot Love
SUN, MAY 6 @ 7PM: The Buddy System, History of the Future, Dinosaur Police
FRI, MAY 11 @ 9PM: Winnipeg, HATS, Meg(h)an
FRI, MAY 25 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, Albatross, Grantch
FRI, MAY 25 @ 9PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Night Ghosts, Lady Business
FRI, JUN 1 @ 7PM: Meg(h)an, KnucklePuck
FRI, JUN 1 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, BOOP!, Part Time Lifeguards
SAT, JUN 2 @ 7PM: KnucklePuck, Off the Lawn
FRI, JUN 8 @ 7PM: Winnipeg, Albatross
FRI, JUN 8 @ 9PM: Brain's Song, Golden Ratio
SUN, JUN 10 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Piggy Got Owned *
SAT, JUN 16 @ 9PM: The Buddy System, Fairfield of Dreams, Robot Love
FRI, JUN 22 @ 7PM: Grantch, SHED
SAT, JUN 30 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, The Rumour Cauldron
* This show ends with an Improv Jam where anyone in the house can put their name in a bucket and play in the last set of the night!
** This show ends with a Student Lottery where any students currently taking an improv course at Sea Tea Improv Studios can enter to perform on stage as part of the show!
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
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Using the fast-paced energy of short-form improv, students will learn how to explore and manipulate the game of the scene. Players will understand how to highlight interesting and unusual discoveries, play with patterns in a scene, and follow newly created logic to ridiculous or even too-true conclusions by playing to the top of their intelligence. This course ends in a share performance for an invited audience.
Class Day and Time: Saturdays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Class Dates:
May 5, 2018
May 12, 2018
May 19, 2018
== No class on 5/26 ==
June 2, 2018
June 9, 2018
June 16, 2018
June 23, 2018
June 30, 2018
Class Share: June 30, 2018 at 2PM
Prerequisites: Improv 101 or Improv 102
Cost: $225
About the Instructor: Casey Grambo is a comedian and theatre artist that performs improvisational and sketch comedy with your neighborhood, friendly improv company — Sea Tea Improv! Casey teaches improv at Sea Tea Improv studios and at Hartford Stage. She directed Sea Tea Improv’s first scripted production, GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! in November 2014 which was revived at the Sea Tea Comedy Theater in June 2017. Casey is a graduate of the long form improv program at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in NYC and holds a BA in Theatre from Fairfield University. She has had the pleasure of working with many Connecticut theatre companies in multiple capacities including Hartford Stage, Westport Country Playhouse, Playhouse on Park, Sharon Playhouse, Theatre 4, and The Goshen Players. You can follow her stunningly creative Twitter @caseygrambo, visit her website www.caseygrambo.com, or just speak to her in person.
All Sea Tea Improv courses and workshops are subject to our education policies: Education Policies
CLOSEWe all know the story: guts, determination, dedication, grit, and achieving the impossible against all odds. America loves an underdog, no matter the sport – and in this fully improvised rendition, the audience chooses the sporting event!
Using audience suggestions and unwavering determination and grit, these improvisers will spin a fully improvised version of an underdog sports movie. Honoring classics like Hoosiers, Rocky, Karate Kid and Miracle, performers will dig deep and overcome all odds on their way to an unlikely victory.
Will there be unconventional training methods, a sweaty training montage, secret pasts, and team spirit? Every night is completely different!
The cast includes Matt Saccullo of Wethersfield, Kevin MacDermott of West Hartford, Greg Ludovici of Hartford, Laura Manasewich of East Hartford, Nate Gagnon of Hartford, Drew Bligh of Hartford, Chris Dube of Bethel, Claire Zick of West Hartford, Bryan Thurston of Hartford, Stephanie Moreland of Manchester, Amy Lavorgna Antioho of Berlin, and Erica Willis of Hartford.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
Our House Improv Teams are made up of performers assembled and chosen by Sea Tea Comedy Theater's artistic directors to put on amazing improv comedy shows for you! These teams get together, take your suggestion and run with it!
House Improv Teams shows feature each group doing their own set of improvised comedic scenes. Some shows even feature special finales like one-night-only combinations of that show's teams or jams & lotteries with chances for audience members to come up and perform (if they want)!
These improv comedy groups have performers that have studied improv comedy at Sea Tea Improv Studios and other comedy training programs. They have performed at the Hartford Improv Festival and other improv festivals. Every night is different -- that's their specialty!
FRI, APR 20 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, Part Time Lifeguards, KnucklePuck
SUN, APR 22 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Ensemble, BOOP!, Dinosaur Police **
FRI, APR 27 @ 10PM: Robot Love, Breakup Tattoo
SAT, APR 28 @ 10PM: Grantch, Off the Lawn, The Buddy System
FRI, MAY 4 @ 10PM: KnucklePuck, BOOP!
SAT, MAY 5 @ 10PM: Part Time Lifeguards, The Rumour Cauldron, Robot Love
SUN, MAY 6 @ 7PM: The Buddy System, History of the Future, Dinosaur Police
FRI, MAY 11 @ 9PM: Winnipeg, HATS, Meg(h)an
FRI, MAY 25 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, Albatross, Grantch
FRI, MAY 25 @ 9PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Night Ghosts, Lady Business
FRI, JUN 1 @ 7PM: Meg(h)an, KnucklePuck
FRI, JUN 1 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, BOOP!, Part Time Lifeguards
SAT, JUN 2 @ 7PM: KnucklePuck, Off the Lawn
FRI, JUN 8 @ 7PM: Winnipeg, Albatross
FRI, JUN 8 @ 9PM: Brain's Song, Golden Ratio
SUN, JUN 10 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Piggy Got Owned *
SAT, JUN 16 @ 9PM: The Buddy System, Fairfield of Dreams, Robot Love
FRI, JUN 22 @ 7PM: Grantch, SHED
SAT, JUN 30 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, The Rumour Cauldron
* This show ends with an Improv Jam where anyone in the house can put their name in a bucket and play in the last set of the night!
** This show ends with a Student Lottery where any students currently taking an improv course at Sea Tea Improv Studios can enter to perform on stage as part of the show!
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
CLOSEOur improv comedy show is interactive, with chances for kids and adults alike to shout out suggestions and even opportunities to volunteer to play some improv games with us on stage! The comedy is all-ages -- kids and adults will have a lot to laugh about.
The show is the new Sea Tea Comedy Theater at 15 Asylum St in Downtown Hartford, near the corner of Asylum and Main -- not far from the Old State House. Street parking on a meter is free on weekends and there's also a paid lot directly across from the theater.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
CLOSEOur House Improv Teams are made up of performers assembled and chosen by Sea Tea Comedy Theater's artistic directors to put on amazing improv comedy shows for you! These teams get together, take your suggestion and run with it!
House Improv Teams shows feature each group doing their own set of improvised comedic scenes. Some shows even feature special finales like one-night-only combinations of that show's teams or jams & lotteries with chances for audience members to come up and perform (if they want)!
These improv comedy groups have performers that have studied improv comedy at Sea Tea Improv Studios and other comedy training programs. They have performed at the Hartford Improv Festival and other improv festivals. Every night is different -- that's their specialty!
FRI, APR 20 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, Part Time Lifeguards, KnucklePuck
SUN, APR 22 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Ensemble, BOOP!, Dinosaur Police **
FRI, APR 27 @ 10PM: Robot Love, Breakup Tattoo
SAT, APR 28 @ 10PM: Grantch, Off the Lawn, The Buddy System
FRI, MAY 4 @ 10PM: KnucklePuck, BOOP!
SAT, MAY 5 @ 10PM: Part Time Lifeguards, The Rumour Cauldron, Robot Love
SUN, MAY 6 @ 7PM: The Buddy System, History of the Future, Dinosaur Police
FRI, MAY 11 @ 9PM: Winnipeg, HATS, Meg(h)an
FRI, MAY 25 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, Albatross, Grantch
FRI, MAY 25 @ 9PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Night Ghosts, Lady Business
FRI, JUN 1 @ 7PM: Meg(h)an, KnucklePuck
FRI, JUN 1 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, BOOP!, Part Time Lifeguards
SAT, JUN 2 @ 7PM: KnucklePuck, Off the Lawn
FRI, JUN 8 @ 7PM: Winnipeg, Albatross
FRI, JUN 8 @ 9PM: Brain's Song, Golden Ratio
SUN, JUN 10 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Piggy Got Owned *
SAT, JUN 16 @ 9PM: The Buddy System, Fairfield of Dreams, Robot Love
FRI, JUN 22 @ 7PM: Grantch, SHED
SAT, JUN 30 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, The Rumour Cauldron
* This show ends with an Improv Jam where anyone in the house can put their name in a bucket and play in the last set of the night!
** This show ends with a Student Lottery where any students currently taking an improv course at Sea Tea Improv Studios can enter to perform on stage as part of the show!
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
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Come work on your stand-up set in a theater/club atmosphere. Stage, lights, character work, bits, whatever you want to do.
Get the full comedy club experience -- you won't be competing with bar noise and televisions while telling jokes.
We have 20 spots available (not including one 15 minute feature spot) and they are first come first serve. Sign up starts at 7:00PM and the mic will start as soon as the list is full.
There is a $5 cover charge to perform or watch. Performers get a ticket for one free drink. If you do not get on the list and stay until the end we will make sure you get up at our next open mic. Thanks
Ira Glass of This American Life says, “Great stories happen to people who know how to tell them.” Do you want to get better at captivating listeners?
Whether you want to tell your story on stage, in a business meeting, or with your grandchildren on your lap, storyteller Terry Wolfisch Cole will teach you skills to engage any audience.
Terry is a Moth StorySLAM and GrandSLAM champion. Her story of running away from home was featured on the Moth Radio Hour on NPR and in Readers Digest. She is the founder of Tell Me Another: Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Stories, a storytelling show in the Hartford area.
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All Sea Tea Improv courses and workshops are subject to our Education Policies: Education Policies
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Students will explore beyond the initial scene into second beats in this focus on longform improvisation. Players will be honing in on skills such as tag outs, bending the space, walk-ons, advancements, callbacks, group games and scene painting. The course ends in a share performance for an invited audience at Sea Tea Comedy Theater.
Class Days and Times: Wednesdays from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Class Dates:
May 9, 2018
May 16, 2018
May 23, 2018
May 30, 2018
June 6, 2018
June 13, 2018
June 20, 2018
June 27, 2018
Class Share: Sunday, July 1, 2018 at 1PM
Prerequisites: Improv 201
Cost: $225
About the Instructor: Greg Ludovici is a professional actor and a founding member of Sea Tea Improv. Greg studied acting, vocal performance, and stage directing at HARTT School and Skidmore College, and furthered his acting and dance education in London at The Poor School and Pineapple Studios. His interest in improv as an art form began in 2008 at Hartford Stage Company, and in 2011 Greg graduated from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater’s improv training program in New York City. Additionally, Greg has studied improvised musical theater at the Upright Citizens Brigade, Magnet Theater, and The PIT. In Connecticut, Greg has performed professionally with organizations including Hartford Stage Company, Sea Tea Improv, Bated Breath Theatre Company, and Hartford Children’s Theatre. When not acting, Greg puts his improv skills to work at LEGO Systems, where he creates video games, videos, and web sites for LEGO.com.
All Sea Tea Improv courses and workshops are subject to our education policies: Education Policies
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In this show, Chatterbox: Improv Meets Storytelling, we'll all hear some compelling stories for the first time, and then our improvisers spin the ideas and themes from those stories into some awesome comedy scenes for you!
Sometimes the stories are from a special guest, sometimes we'll ask the audience for stories, sometimes a professional storyteller, or sometimes it's our own improvisers -- but any way it goes, you get a little bit of improv and a little bit of storytelling!
Past Chatterbox guests include radio host/columnist Colin McEnroe, CNN analyst/former FBI agent Asha Rangappa, rapper/punk-folk musician Ceschi Ramos, slam poet Mind.Evolution., James Joyce scholar Alex Dueben, cat stories, sketch comedians Girl-ISH from Chicago, Dr. Evan Cantor, The Quagan Family, improvisor Morgan Miller, stand-up comedian Rob Santos, LEGO Master Builder Dan Steininger, a literal baby, the Culture Dogs, and the Other People's Stories series.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
CLOSEOur House Improv Teams are made up of performers assembled and chosen by Sea Tea Comedy Theater's artistic directors to put on amazing improv comedy shows for you! These teams get together, take your suggestion and run with it!
House Improv Teams shows feature each group doing their own set of improvised comedic scenes. Some shows even feature special finales like one-night-only combinations of that show's teams or jams & lotteries with chances for audience members to come up and perform (if they want)!
These improv comedy groups have performers that have studied improv comedy at Sea Tea Improv Studios and other comedy training programs. They have performed at the Hartford Improv Festival and other improv festivals. Every night is different -- that's their specialty!
FRI, APR 20 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, Part Time Lifeguards, KnucklePuck
SUN, APR 22 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Ensemble, BOOP!, Dinosaur Police **
FRI, APR 27 @ 10PM: Robot Love, Breakup Tattoo
SAT, APR 28 @ 10PM: Grantch, Off the Lawn, The Buddy System
FRI, MAY 4 @ 10PM: KnucklePuck, BOOP!
SAT, MAY 5 @ 10PM: Part Time Lifeguards, The Rumour Cauldron, Robot Love
SUN, MAY 6 @ 7PM: The Buddy System, History of the Future, Dinosaur Police
FRI, MAY 11 @ 9PM: Winnipeg, HATS, Meg(h)an
FRI, MAY 25 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, Albatross, Grantch
FRI, MAY 25 @ 9PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Night Ghosts, Lady Business
FRI, JUN 1 @ 7PM: Meg(h)an, KnucklePuck
FRI, JUN 1 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, BOOP!, Part Time Lifeguards
SAT, JUN 2 @ 7PM: KnucklePuck, Off the Lawn
FRI, JUN 8 @ 7PM: Winnipeg, Albatross
FRI, JUN 8 @ 9PM: Brain's Song, Golden Ratio
SUN, JUN 10 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Piggy Got Owned *
SAT, JUN 16 @ 9PM: The Buddy System, Fairfield of Dreams, Robot Love
FRI, JUN 22 @ 7PM: Grantch, SHED
SAT, JUN 30 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, The Rumour Cauldron
* This show ends with an Improv Jam where anyone in the house can put their name in a bucket and play in the last set of the night!
** This show ends with a Student Lottery where any students currently taking an improv course at Sea Tea Improv Studios can enter to perform on stage as part of the show!
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
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Live! One night only! This "late" night talk show will have it all:
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
Our improv comedy show is interactive, with chances for kids and adults alike to shout out suggestions and even opportunities to volunteer to play some improv games with us on stage! The comedy is all-ages -- kids and adults will have a lot to laugh about.
The show is the new Sea Tea Comedy Theater at 15 Asylum St in Downtown Hartford, near the corner of Asylum and Main -- not far from the Old State House. Street parking on a meter is free on weekends and there's also a paid lot directly across from the theater.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
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The audience suggests topics, the performer picks one and for the next 5 minutes they must do jokes on that subject only. The interaction plus the uncertainty will make this a unique show like one you have never seen.
Comedian Pat Oates hosts this crazy show that will have the audience AND THE COMIC wondering what they will say next.
Comics performing are Laura Manasewich, Brian Plumb, Jimmy Blair, Chris Cyr, Derek Carrafa and Stosh Mikita.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
See improvised comedy performances from a bunch of groups then, the audience votes to decide who wins and moves on to the next round!!!
Round 1 (2017-09-17): Part Time Lifeguards (winner) vs. Albatross vs. Cloud 9
Round 2 (2017-10-20): Part Time Lifeguards (winner) vs. Pioneer Players vs. Horse Lincoln
Round 3 (2017-11-17): Part Time Lifeguards vs. History of the Future vs. SHED (winner)
Round 4 (2018-01-19): SHED (winner) vs. Fairfield of Dreams vs. The Rumour Cauldron
Round 5 (2018-02-16): SHED vs. We Made A Thing (winner) vs. Grantch
Round 6 (2018-03-16): We Made a Thing vs. Romantic Baby (winner) vs. Breakup Tattoo
Round 7 (2018-05-18): Romantic Baby vs. Lady Business vs. Elderberry Jam
Round 8 (2018-06-15): TBD vs. TBD vs. TBD – THE FINAL ROUND!
ROMANTIC BABY is a subsection of Sea Tea Improv, Hartford's premiere improvisational comedy company. The team formed on a road trip to The Cradle of Liberty, Boston, Massachusetts, after a discussion about the genderization of infants. ROMANTIC BABY is all women and all business. When the team is fully met, Casey Grambo, Laura Manasewich, Stephanie "Sproffee" Moreland, and Julia Ludovici Pistell are all in the room.
Strong. Independent. Not willing to make you a sandwich. Lady Business is a Hartford-based, three-person improv team, and members Alison Jalbert, Allie Rivera, and Erica Willis have been performing together since the summer of 2015. Their improv brings together their love of pop culture and history, their friendship with each other, and their extensive knowledge of all things boy bands.
ELDERBERRY JAM IMPROV is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Billed as “The World’s Finest Vintage Improv,” we are a troupe of 8 experienced improvisers over the age of 50. Working diligently to prevent dementia, we playfully specialize in layering multiple short form games within an overarching longer form structure for maximal Improv fun! Our current show is called Chopped Improv, which is based on the Food Network series Chopped, but our basket of ingredients contains comedic challenges that are competitively structured into engagingly hilarious scenes.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
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Asking For A Friend is a live advice* show at Sea Tea Improv's underground comedy theater for curious people with a sense of humor.
Write down your problem, put it in the big red box, and host Chion Wolf (WNPR, The Mouth-Off at The Mark Twain House & Museum, the Hartford Hot Several, Night Fall) will help you figure it all out with her panel of unqualified yet enthusiastic, thoughtful humans.
At the end of the night, Chion picks one audience volunteer randomly who gets a free pair of tickets to next month’s show, and the grand finale is a Reading of Confessions.
Very mature children are invited, and immature adults welcomed, profanity likely.
The audio of each show will be recorded live and released later as a podcast, so if you don't want your snorting laughter or gasps of realizations broadcast to the whole world, please bring your highly-effective muffling techniques.
Asking For A Friend is on the Twitters: @AskinFerAFriend
Asking For A Friend is on the Instagrams: @askingforafriendwithchionwolf
Asking For A Friend is on the emails: Askingforafriendwithchionwolf@gmail.com
*DISCLAIMER: This is NOT professional advice! These are people discussing all sorts of problems, telling stories, and exploring philosophical conundrums.
If you're struggling in this chaotic, cruel, funny, absurd, amazing world, and you need someone to talk to, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255.
What's cool is that you don't have to be suicidal to call them. You don't need to be at your lowest point to find help. You are NOT alone, and you’re always welcome at Sea Tea.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
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Students in this class will learn to really listen to their scene partners, add interesting specifics & details, and progress & expand improvised scenes. We'll use short, fast-paced improv games to learn to act quickly and spend less time worrying about making the perfect move. Invent and inspire rich and consistent characters, and learn to create a playable environment with just miming. This course ends in a share performance for an invited audience at Sea Tea Comedy Theater.
Class Day and Time: Sundays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Class Dates:
May 20, 2018
== No class on 5/27 ==
June 3, 2018
June 10, 2018
== No class on 6/17 ==
June 24, 2018
July 1, 2018
== No class on 7/8 ==
July 15, 2018
July 22, 2018
July 29, 2018
Class Share Performance: August 5, 2018 at 1PM
Instructor: Steve Yenke
Prerequisites: None, though students with no performance experience may prefer to take one of our 4-week Intro to Improv classes before taking Improv 101.
Cost: $225
All Sea Tea Improv courses and workshops are subject to our education policies: Education Policies
CLOSEOur improv comedy show is interactive, with chances for kids and adults alike to shout out suggestions and even opportunities to volunteer to play some improv games with us on stage! The comedy is all-ages -- kids and adults will have a lot to laugh about.
The show is the new Sea Tea Comedy Theater at 15 Asylum St in Downtown Hartford, near the corner of Asylum and Main -- not far from the Old State House. Street parking on a meter is free on weekends and there's also a paid lot directly across from the theater.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
CLOSESea Tea Comedy Theater has more than just improv!
Featuring solo comedians doing their best material. Up-and-coming comics from all walks of life!
(Looking to perform your stand-up at our theater? Email our Artistic Associate Director Laura Manasewich at laura@seateaimprov.com for more information, and in the meantime, come check out this show!)
CLOSECome work on your stand-up set in a theater/club atmosphere. Stage, lights, character work, bits, whatever you want to do.
Get the full comedy club experience -- you won't be competing with bar noise and televisions while telling jokes.
We have 20 spots available (not including one 15 minute feature spot) and they are first come first serve. Sign up starts at 7:00PM and the mic will start as soon as the list is full.
There is a $5 cover charge to perform or watch. Performers get a ticket for one free drink. If you do not get on the list and stay until the end we will make sure you get up at our next open mic. Thanks
Our House Improv Teams are made up of performers assembled and chosen by Sea Tea Comedy Theater's artistic directors to put on amazing improv comedy shows for you! These teams get together, take your suggestion and run with it!
House Improv Teams shows feature each group doing their own set of improvised comedic scenes. Some shows even feature special finales like one-night-only combinations of that show's teams or jams & lotteries with chances for audience members to come up and perform (if they want)!
These improv comedy groups have performers that have studied improv comedy at Sea Tea Improv Studios and other comedy training programs. They have performed at the Hartford Improv Festival and other improv festivals. Every night is different -- that's their specialty!
FRI, APR 20 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, Part Time Lifeguards, KnucklePuck
SUN, APR 22 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Ensemble, BOOP!, Dinosaur Police **
FRI, APR 27 @ 10PM: Robot Love, Breakup Tattoo
SAT, APR 28 @ 10PM: Grantch, Off the Lawn, The Buddy System
FRI, MAY 4 @ 10PM: KnucklePuck, BOOP!
SAT, MAY 5 @ 10PM: Part Time Lifeguards, The Rumour Cauldron, Robot Love
SUN, MAY 6 @ 7PM: The Buddy System, History of the Future, Dinosaur Police
FRI, MAY 11 @ 9PM: Winnipeg, HATS, Meg(h)an
FRI, MAY 25 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, Albatross, Grantch
FRI, MAY 25 @ 9PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Night Ghosts, Lady Business
FRI, JUN 1 @ 7PM: Meg(h)an, KnucklePuck
FRI, JUN 1 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, BOOP!, Part Time Lifeguards
SAT, JUN 2 @ 7PM: KnucklePuck, Off the Lawn
FRI, JUN 8 @ 7PM: Winnipeg, Albatross
FRI, JUN 8 @ 9PM: Brain's Song, Golden Ratio
SUN, JUN 10 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Piggy Got Owned *
SAT, JUN 16 @ 9PM: The Buddy System, Fairfield of Dreams, Robot Love
FRI, JUN 22 @ 7PM: Grantch, SHED
SAT, JUN 30 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, The Rumour Cauldron
* This show ends with an Improv Jam where anyone in the house can put their name in a bucket and play in the last set of the night!
** This show ends with a Student Lottery where any students currently taking an improv course at Sea Tea Improv Studios can enter to perform on stage as part of the show!
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
CLOSEOur House Improv Teams are made up of performers assembled and chosen by Sea Tea Comedy Theater's artistic directors to put on amazing improv comedy shows for you! These teams get together, take your suggestion and run with it!
House Improv Teams shows feature each group doing their own set of improvised comedic scenes. Some shows even feature special finales like one-night-only combinations of that show's teams or jams & lotteries with chances for audience members to come up and perform (if they want)!
These improv comedy groups have performers that have studied improv comedy at Sea Tea Improv Studios and other comedy training programs. They have performed at the Hartford Improv Festival and other improv festivals. Every night is different -- that's their specialty!
FRI, APR 20 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, Part Time Lifeguards, KnucklePuck
SUN, APR 22 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Ensemble, BOOP!, Dinosaur Police **
FRI, APR 27 @ 10PM: Robot Love, Breakup Tattoo
SAT, APR 28 @ 10PM: Grantch, Off the Lawn, The Buddy System
FRI, MAY 4 @ 10PM: KnucklePuck, BOOP!
SAT, MAY 5 @ 10PM: Part Time Lifeguards, The Rumour Cauldron, Robot Love
SUN, MAY 6 @ 7PM: The Buddy System, History of the Future, Dinosaur Police
FRI, MAY 11 @ 9PM: Winnipeg, HATS, Meg(h)an
FRI, MAY 25 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, Albatross, Grantch
FRI, MAY 25 @ 9PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Night Ghosts, Lady Business
FRI, JUN 1 @ 7PM: Meg(h)an, KnucklePuck
FRI, JUN 1 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, BOOP!, Part Time Lifeguards
SAT, JUN 2 @ 7PM: KnucklePuck, Off the Lawn
FRI, JUN 8 @ 7PM: Winnipeg, Albatross
FRI, JUN 8 @ 9PM: Brain's Song, Golden Ratio
SUN, JUN 10 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Piggy Got Owned *
SAT, JUN 16 @ 9PM: The Buddy System, Fairfield of Dreams, Robot Love
FRI, JUN 22 @ 7PM: Grantch, SHED
SAT, JUN 30 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, The Rumour Cauldron
* This show ends with an Improv Jam where anyone in the house can put their name in a bucket and play in the last set of the night!
** This show ends with a Student Lottery where any students currently taking an improv course at Sea Tea Improv Studios can enter to perform on stage as part of the show!
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
CLOSEOur House Improv Teams are made up of performers assembled and chosen by Sea Tea Comedy Theater's artistic directors to put on amazing improv comedy shows for you! These teams get together, take your suggestion and run with it!
House Improv Teams shows feature each group doing their own set of improvised comedic scenes. Some shows even feature special finales like one-night-only combinations of that show's teams or jams & lotteries with chances for audience members to come up and perform (if they want)!
These improv comedy groups have performers that have studied improv comedy at Sea Tea Improv Studios and other comedy training programs. They have performed at the Hartford Improv Festival and other improv festivals. Every night is different -- that's their specialty!
FRI, APR 20 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, Part Time Lifeguards, KnucklePuck
SUN, APR 22 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Ensemble, BOOP!, Dinosaur Police **
FRI, APR 27 @ 10PM: Robot Love, Breakup Tattoo
SAT, APR 28 @ 10PM: Grantch, Off the Lawn, The Buddy System
FRI, MAY 4 @ 10PM: KnucklePuck, BOOP!
SAT, MAY 5 @ 10PM: Part Time Lifeguards, The Rumour Cauldron, Robot Love
SUN, MAY 6 @ 7PM: The Buddy System, History of the Future, Dinosaur Police
FRI, MAY 11 @ 9PM: Winnipeg, HATS, Meg(h)an
FRI, MAY 25 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, Albatross, Grantch
FRI, MAY 25 @ 9PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Night Ghosts, Lady Business
FRI, JUN 1 @ 7PM: Meg(h)an, KnucklePuck
FRI, JUN 1 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, BOOP!, Part Time Lifeguards
SAT, JUN 2 @ 7PM: KnucklePuck, Off the Lawn
FRI, JUN 8 @ 7PM: Winnipeg, Albatross
FRI, JUN 8 @ 9PM: Brain's Song, Golden Ratio
SUN, JUN 10 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Piggy Got Owned *
SAT, JUN 16 @ 9PM: The Buddy System, Fairfield of Dreams, Robot Love
FRI, JUN 22 @ 7PM: Grantch, SHED
SAT, JUN 30 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, The Rumour Cauldron
* This show ends with an Improv Jam where anyone in the house can put their name in a bucket and play in the last set of the night!
** This show ends with a Student Lottery where any students currently taking an improv course at Sea Tea Improv Studios can enter to perform on stage as part of the show!
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
CLOSEOur House Improv Teams are made up of performers assembled and chosen by Sea Tea Comedy Theater's artistic directors to put on amazing improv comedy shows for you! These teams get together, take your suggestion and run with it!
House Improv Teams shows feature each group doing their own set of improvised comedic scenes. Some shows even feature special finales like one-night-only combinations of that show's teams or jams & lotteries with chances for audience members to come up and perform (if they want)!
These improv comedy groups have performers that have studied improv comedy at Sea Tea Improv Studios and other comedy training programs. They have performed at the Hartford Improv Festival and other improv festivals. Every night is different -- that's their specialty!
FRI, APR 20 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, Part Time Lifeguards, KnucklePuck
SUN, APR 22 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Ensemble, BOOP!, Dinosaur Police **
FRI, APR 27 @ 10PM: Robot Love, Breakup Tattoo
SAT, APR 28 @ 10PM: Grantch, Off the Lawn, The Buddy System
FRI, MAY 4 @ 10PM: KnucklePuck, BOOP!
SAT, MAY 5 @ 10PM: Part Time Lifeguards, The Rumour Cauldron, Robot Love
SUN, MAY 6 @ 7PM: The Buddy System, History of the Future, Dinosaur Police
FRI, MAY 11 @ 9PM: Winnipeg, HATS, Meg(h)an
FRI, MAY 25 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, Albatross, Grantch
FRI, MAY 25 @ 9PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Night Ghosts, Lady Business
FRI, JUN 1 @ 7PM: Meg(h)an, KnucklePuck
FRI, JUN 1 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, BOOP!, Part Time Lifeguards
SAT, JUN 2 @ 7PM: KnucklePuck, Off the Lawn
FRI, JUN 8 @ 7PM: Winnipeg, Albatross
FRI, JUN 8 @ 9PM: Brain's Song, Golden Ratio
SUN, JUN 10 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Piggy Got Owned *
SAT, JUN 16 @ 9PM: The Buddy System, Fairfield of Dreams, Robot Love
FRI, JUN 22 @ 7PM: Grantch, SHED
SAT, JUN 30 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, The Rumour Cauldron
* This show ends with an Improv Jam where anyone in the house can put their name in a bucket and play in the last set of the night!
** This show ends with a Student Lottery where any students currently taking an improv course at Sea Tea Improv Studios can enter to perform on stage as part of the show!
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
CLOSEOur House Improv Teams are made up of performers assembled and chosen by Sea Tea Comedy Theater's artistic directors to put on amazing improv comedy shows for you! These teams get together, take your suggestion and run with it!
House Improv Teams shows feature each group doing their own set of improvised comedic scenes. Some shows even feature special finales like one-night-only combinations of that show's teams or jams & lotteries with chances for audience members to come up and perform (if they want)!
These improv comedy groups have performers that have studied improv comedy at Sea Tea Improv Studios and other comedy training programs. They have performed at the Hartford Improv Festival and other improv festivals. Every night is different -- that's their specialty!
FRI, APR 20 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, Part Time Lifeguards, KnucklePuck
SUN, APR 22 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Ensemble, BOOP!, Dinosaur Police **
FRI, APR 27 @ 10PM: Robot Love, Breakup Tattoo
SAT, APR 28 @ 10PM: Grantch, Off the Lawn, The Buddy System
FRI, MAY 4 @ 10PM: KnucklePuck, BOOP!
SAT, MAY 5 @ 10PM: Part Time Lifeguards, The Rumour Cauldron, Robot Love
SUN, MAY 6 @ 7PM: The Buddy System, History of the Future, Dinosaur Police
FRI, MAY 11 @ 9PM: Winnipeg, HATS, Meg(h)an
FRI, MAY 25 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, Albatross, Grantch
FRI, MAY 25 @ 9PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Night Ghosts, Lady Business
FRI, JUN 1 @ 7PM: Meg(h)an, KnucklePuck
FRI, JUN 1 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, BOOP!, Part Time Lifeguards
SAT, JUN 2 @ 7PM: KnucklePuck, Off the Lawn
FRI, JUN 8 @ 7PM: Winnipeg, Albatross
FRI, JUN 8 @ 9PM: Brain's Song, Golden Ratio
SUN, JUN 10 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Piggy Got Owned *
SAT, JUN 16 @ 9PM: The Buddy System, Fairfield of Dreams, Robot Love
FRI, JUN 22 @ 7PM: Grantch, SHED
SAT, JUN 30 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, The Rumour Cauldron
* This show ends with an Improv Jam where anyone in the house can put their name in a bucket and play in the last set of the night!
** This show ends with a Student Lottery where any students currently taking an improv course at Sea Tea Improv Studios can enter to perform on stage as part of the show!
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
CLOSEOur improv comedy show is interactive, with chances for kids and adults alike to shout out suggestions and even opportunities to volunteer to play some improv games with us on stage! The comedy is all-ages -- kids and adults will have a lot to laugh about.
The show is the new Sea Tea Comedy Theater at 15 Asylum St in Downtown Hartford, near the corner of Asylum and Main -- not far from the Old State House. Street parking on a meter is free on weekends and there's also a paid lot directly across from the theater.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
CLOSECome work on your stand-up set in a theater/club atmosphere. Stage, lights, character work, bits, whatever you want to do.
Get the full comedy club experience -- you won't be competing with bar noise and televisions while telling jokes.
We have 20 spots available (not including one 15 minute feature spot) and they are first come first serve. Sign up starts at 7:00PM and the mic will start as soon as the list is full.
There is a $5 cover charge to perform or watch. Performers get a ticket for one free drink. If you do not get on the list and stay until the end we will make sure you get up at our next open mic. Thanks
Our House Improv Teams are made up of performers assembled and chosen by Sea Tea Comedy Theater's artistic directors to put on amazing improv comedy shows for you! These teams get together, take your suggestion and run with it!
House Improv Teams shows feature each group doing their own set of improvised comedic scenes. Some shows even feature special finales like one-night-only combinations of that show's teams or jams & lotteries with chances for audience members to come up and perform (if they want)!
These improv comedy groups have performers that have studied improv comedy at Sea Tea Improv Studios and other comedy training programs. They have performed at the Hartford Improv Festival and other improv festivals. Every night is different -- that's their specialty!
FRI, APR 20 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, Part Time Lifeguards, KnucklePuck
SUN, APR 22 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Ensemble, BOOP!, Dinosaur Police **
FRI, APR 27 @ 10PM: Robot Love, Breakup Tattoo
SAT, APR 28 @ 10PM: Grantch, Off the Lawn, The Buddy System
FRI, MAY 4 @ 10PM: KnucklePuck, BOOP!
SAT, MAY 5 @ 10PM: Part Time Lifeguards, The Rumour Cauldron, Robot Love
SUN, MAY 6 @ 7PM: The Buddy System, History of the Future, Dinosaur Police
FRI, MAY 11 @ 9PM: Winnipeg, HATS, Meg(h)an
FRI, MAY 25 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, Albatross, Grantch
FRI, MAY 25 @ 9PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Night Ghosts, Lady Business
FRI, JUN 1 @ 7PM: Meg(h)an, KnucklePuck
FRI, JUN 1 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, BOOP!, Part Time Lifeguards
SAT, JUN 2 @ 7PM: KnucklePuck, Off the Lawn
FRI, JUN 8 @ 7PM: Winnipeg, Albatross
FRI, JUN 8 @ 9PM: Brain's Song, Golden Ratio
SUN, JUN 10 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Piggy Got Owned *
SAT, JUN 16 @ 9PM: The Buddy System, Fairfield of Dreams, Robot Love
FRI, JUN 22 @ 7PM: Grantch, SHED
SAT, JUN 30 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, The Rumour Cauldron
* This show ends with an Improv Jam where anyone in the house can put their name in a bucket and play in the last set of the night!
** This show ends with a Student Lottery where any students currently taking an improv course at Sea Tea Improv Studios can enter to perform on stage as part of the show!
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
CLOSEOur House Improv Teams are made up of performers assembled and chosen by Sea Tea Comedy Theater's artistic directors to put on amazing improv comedy shows for you! These teams get together, take your suggestion and run with it!
House Improv Teams shows feature each group doing their own set of improvised comedic scenes. Some shows even feature special finales like one-night-only combinations of that show's teams or jams & lotteries with chances for audience members to come up and perform (if they want)!
These improv comedy groups have performers that have studied improv comedy at Sea Tea Improv Studios and other comedy training programs. They have performed at the Hartford Improv Festival and other improv festivals. Every night is different -- that's their specialty!
FRI, APR 20 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, Part Time Lifeguards, KnucklePuck
SUN, APR 22 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Ensemble, BOOP!, Dinosaur Police **
FRI, APR 27 @ 10PM: Robot Love, Breakup Tattoo
SAT, APR 28 @ 10PM: Grantch, Off the Lawn, The Buddy System
FRI, MAY 4 @ 10PM: KnucklePuck, BOOP!
SAT, MAY 5 @ 10PM: Part Time Lifeguards, The Rumour Cauldron, Robot Love
SUN, MAY 6 @ 7PM: The Buddy System, History of the Future, Dinosaur Police
FRI, MAY 11 @ 9PM: Winnipeg, HATS, Meg(h)an
FRI, MAY 25 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, Albatross, Grantch
FRI, MAY 25 @ 9PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Night Ghosts, Lady Business
FRI, JUN 1 @ 7PM: Meg(h)an, KnucklePuck
FRI, JUN 1 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, BOOP!, Part Time Lifeguards
SAT, JUN 2 @ 7PM: KnucklePuck, Off the Lawn
FRI, JUN 8 @ 7PM: Winnipeg, Albatross
FRI, JUN 8 @ 9PM: Brain's Song, Golden Ratio
SUN, JUN 10 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Piggy Got Owned *
SAT, JUN 16 @ 9PM: The Buddy System, Fairfield of Dreams, Robot Love
FRI, JUN 22 @ 7PM: Grantch, SHED
SAT, JUN 30 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, The Rumour Cauldron
* This show ends with an Improv Jam where anyone in the house can put their name in a bucket and play in the last set of the night!
** This show ends with a Student Lottery where any students currently taking an improv course at Sea Tea Improv Studios can enter to perform on stage as part of the show!
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
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In this show, Chatterbox: Improv Meets Storytelling, we'll all hear some compelling stories for the first time, and then our improvisers spin the ideas and themes from those stories into some awesome comedy scenes for you!
Sometimes the stories are from a special guest, sometimes we'll ask the audience for stories, sometimes a professional storyteller, or sometimes it's our own improvisers -- but any way it goes, you get a little bit of improv and a little bit of storytelling!
Past Chatterbox guests include radio host/columnist Colin McEnroe, CNN analyst/former FBI agent Asha Rangappa, rapper/punk-folk musician Ceschi Ramos, slam poet Mind.Evolution., James Joyce scholar Alex Dueben, cat stories, sketch comedians Girl-ISH from Chicago, Dr. Evan Cantor, The Quagan Family, improvisor Morgan Miller, stand-up comedian Rob Santos, LEGO Master Builder Dan Steininger, a literal baby, the Culture Dogs, and the Other People's Stories series.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
CLOSEOur improv comedy show is interactive, with chances for kids and adults alike to shout out suggestions and even opportunities to volunteer to play some improv games with us on stage! The comedy is all-ages -- kids and adults will have a lot to laugh about.
The show is the new Sea Tea Comedy Theater at 15 Asylum St in Downtown Hartford, near the corner of Asylum and Main -- not far from the Old State House. Street parking on a meter is free on weekends and there's also a paid lot directly across from the theater.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
CLOSEOur House Improv Teams are made up of performers assembled and chosen by Sea Tea Comedy Theater's artistic directors to put on amazing improv comedy shows for you! These teams get together, take your suggestion and run with it!
House Improv Teams shows feature each group doing their own set of improvised comedic scenes. Some shows even feature special finales like one-night-only combinations of that show's teams or jams & lotteries with chances for audience members to come up and perform (if they want)!
These improv comedy groups have performers that have studied improv comedy at Sea Tea Improv Studios and other comedy training programs. They have performed at the Hartford Improv Festival and other improv festivals. Every night is different -- that's their specialty!
FRI, APR 20 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, Part Time Lifeguards, KnucklePuck
SUN, APR 22 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Ensemble, BOOP!, Dinosaur Police **
FRI, APR 27 @ 10PM: Robot Love, Breakup Tattoo
SAT, APR 28 @ 10PM: Grantch, Off the Lawn, The Buddy System
FRI, MAY 4 @ 10PM: KnucklePuck, BOOP!
SAT, MAY 5 @ 10PM: Part Time Lifeguards, The Rumour Cauldron, Robot Love
SUN, MAY 6 @ 7PM: The Buddy System, History of the Future, Dinosaur Police
FRI, MAY 11 @ 9PM: Winnipeg, HATS, Meg(h)an
FRI, MAY 25 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, Albatross, Grantch
FRI, MAY 25 @ 9PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Night Ghosts, Lady Business
FRI, JUN 1 @ 7PM: Meg(h)an, KnucklePuck
FRI, JUN 1 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, BOOP!, Part Time Lifeguards
SAT, JUN 2 @ 7PM: KnucklePuck, Off the Lawn
FRI, JUN 8 @ 7PM: Winnipeg, Albatross
FRI, JUN 8 @ 9PM: Brain's Song, Golden Ratio
SUN, JUN 10 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Piggy Got Owned *
SAT, JUN 16 @ 9PM: The Buddy System, Fairfield of Dreams, Robot Love
FRI, JUN 22 @ 7PM: Grantch, SHED
SAT, JUN 30 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, The Rumour Cauldron
* This show ends with an Improv Jam where anyone in the house can put their name in a bucket and play in the last set of the night!
** This show ends with a Student Lottery where any students currently taking an improv course at Sea Tea Improv Studios can enter to perform on stage as part of the show!
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
CLOSESee improvised comedy performances from a bunch of groups then, the audience votes to decide who wins and moves on to the next round!!!
Round 1 (2017-09-17): Part Time Lifeguards (winner) vs. Albatross vs. Cloud 9
Round 2 (2017-10-20): Part Time Lifeguards (winner) vs. Pioneer Players vs. Horse Lincoln
Round 3 (2017-11-17): Part Time Lifeguards vs. History of the Future vs. SHED (winner)
Round 4 (2018-01-19): SHED (winner) vs. Fairfield of Dreams vs. The Rumour Cauldron
Round 5 (2018-02-16): SHED vs. We Made A Thing (winner) vs. Grantch
Round 6 (2018-03-16): We Made a Thing vs. Romantic Baby (winner) vs. Breakup Tattoo
Round 7 (2018-05-18): Romantic Baby vs. Lady Business vs. Elderberry Jam
Round 8 (2018-06-15): TBD vs. TBD vs. TBD – THE FINAL ROUND!
ROMANTIC BABY is a subsection of Sea Tea Improv, Hartford's premiere improvisational comedy company. The team formed on a road trip to The Cradle of Liberty, Boston, Massachusetts, after a discussion about the genderization of infants. ROMANTIC BABY is all women and all business. When the team is fully met, Casey Grambo, Laura Manasewich, Stephanie "Sproffee" Moreland, and Julia Ludovici Pistell are all in the room.
Strong. Independent. Not willing to make you a sandwich. Lady Business is a Hartford-based, three-person improv team, and members Alison Jalbert, Allie Rivera, and Erica Willis have been performing together since the summer of 2015. Their improv brings together their love of pop culture and history, their friendship with each other, and their extensive knowledge of all things boy bands.
ELDERBERRY JAM IMPROV is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Billed as “The World’s Finest Vintage Improv,” we are a troupe of 8 experienced improvisers over the age of 50. Working diligently to prevent dementia, we playfully specialize in layering multiple short form games within an overarching longer form structure for maximal Improv fun! Our current show is called Chopped Improv, which is based on the Food Network series Chopped, but our basket of ingredients contains comedic challenges that are competitively structured into engagingly hilarious scenes.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
CLOSEAsking For A Friend is a live advice* show at Sea Tea Improv's underground comedy theater for curious people with a sense of humor.
Write down your problem, put it in the big red box, and host Chion Wolf (WNPR, The Mouth-Off at The Mark Twain House & Museum, the Hartford Hot Several, Night Fall) will help you figure it all out with her panel of unqualified yet enthusiastic, thoughtful humans.
At the end of the night, Chion picks one audience volunteer randomly who gets a free pair of tickets to next month’s show, and the grand finale is a Reading of Confessions.
Very mature children are invited, and immature adults welcomed, profanity likely.
The audio of each show will be recorded live and released later as a podcast, so if you don't want your snorting laughter or gasps of realizations broadcast to the whole world, please bring your highly-effective muffling techniques.
Asking For A Friend is on the Twitters: @AskinFerAFriend
Asking For A Friend is on the Instagrams: @askingforafriendwithchionwolf
Asking For A Friend is on the emails: Askingforafriendwithchionwolf@gmail.com
*DISCLAIMER: This is NOT professional advice! These are people discussing all sorts of problems, telling stories, and exploring philosophical conundrums.
If you're struggling in this chaotic, cruel, funny, absurd, amazing world, and you need someone to talk to, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255.
What's cool is that you don't have to be suicidal to call them. You don't need to be at your lowest point to find help. You are NOT alone, and you’re always welcome at Sea Tea.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
CLOSEOur House Improv Teams are made up of performers assembled and chosen by Sea Tea Comedy Theater's artistic directors to put on amazing improv comedy shows for you! These teams get together, take your suggestion and run with it!
House Improv Teams shows feature each group doing their own set of improvised comedic scenes. Some shows even feature special finales like one-night-only combinations of that show's teams or jams & lotteries with chances for audience members to come up and perform (if they want)!
These improv comedy groups have performers that have studied improv comedy at Sea Tea Improv Studios and other comedy training programs. They have performed at the Hartford Improv Festival and other improv festivals. Every night is different -- that's their specialty!
FRI, APR 20 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, Part Time Lifeguards, KnucklePuck
SUN, APR 22 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Ensemble, BOOP!, Dinosaur Police **
FRI, APR 27 @ 10PM: Robot Love, Breakup Tattoo
SAT, APR 28 @ 10PM: Grantch, Off the Lawn, The Buddy System
FRI, MAY 4 @ 10PM: KnucklePuck, BOOP!
SAT, MAY 5 @ 10PM: Part Time Lifeguards, The Rumour Cauldron, Robot Love
SUN, MAY 6 @ 7PM: The Buddy System, History of the Future, Dinosaur Police
FRI, MAY 11 @ 9PM: Winnipeg, HATS, Meg(h)an
FRI, MAY 25 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, Albatross, Grantch
FRI, MAY 25 @ 9PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Night Ghosts, Lady Business
FRI, JUN 1 @ 7PM: Meg(h)an, KnucklePuck
FRI, JUN 1 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, BOOP!, Part Time Lifeguards
SAT, JUN 2 @ 7PM: KnucklePuck, Off the Lawn
FRI, JUN 8 @ 7PM: Winnipeg, Albatross
FRI, JUN 8 @ 9PM: Brain's Song, Golden Ratio
SUN, JUN 10 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Piggy Got Owned *
SAT, JUN 16 @ 9PM: The Buddy System, Fairfield of Dreams, Robot Love
FRI, JUN 22 @ 7PM: Grantch, SHED
SAT, JUN 30 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, The Rumour Cauldron
* This show ends with an Improv Jam where anyone in the house can put their name in a bucket and play in the last set of the night!
** This show ends with a Student Lottery where any students currently taking an improv course at Sea Tea Improv Studios can enter to perform on stage as part of the show!
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
CLOSEOur improv comedy show is interactive, with chances for kids and adults alike to shout out suggestions and even opportunities to volunteer to play some improv games with us on stage! The comedy is all-ages -- kids and adults will have a lot to laugh about.
The show is the new Sea Tea Comedy Theater at 15 Asylum St in Downtown Hartford, near the corner of Asylum and Main -- not far from the Old State House. Street parking on a meter is free on weekends and there's also a paid lot directly across from the theater.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
CLOSECome work on your stand-up set in a theater/club atmosphere. Stage, lights, character work, bits, whatever you want to do.
Get the full comedy club experience -- you won't be competing with bar noise and televisions while telling jokes.
We have 20 spots available (not including one 15 minute feature spot) and they are first come first serve. Sign up starts at 7:00PM and the mic will start as soon as the list is full.
There is a $5 cover charge to perform or watch. Performers get a ticket for one free drink. If you do not get on the list and stay until the end we will make sure you get up at our next open mic. Thanks
Our House Improv Teams are made up of performers assembled and chosen by Sea Tea Comedy Theater's artistic directors to put on amazing improv comedy shows for you! These teams get together, take your suggestion and run with it!
House Improv Teams shows feature each group doing their own set of improvised comedic scenes. Some shows even feature special finales like one-night-only combinations of that show's teams or jams & lotteries with chances for audience members to come up and perform (if they want)!
These improv comedy groups have performers that have studied improv comedy at Sea Tea Improv Studios and other comedy training programs. They have performed at the Hartford Improv Festival and other improv festivals. Every night is different -- that's their specialty!
FRI, APR 20 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, Part Time Lifeguards, KnucklePuck
SUN, APR 22 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Ensemble, BOOP!, Dinosaur Police **
FRI, APR 27 @ 10PM: Robot Love, Breakup Tattoo
SAT, APR 28 @ 10PM: Grantch, Off the Lawn, The Buddy System
FRI, MAY 4 @ 10PM: KnucklePuck, BOOP!
SAT, MAY 5 @ 10PM: Part Time Lifeguards, The Rumour Cauldron, Robot Love
SUN, MAY 6 @ 7PM: The Buddy System, History of the Future, Dinosaur Police
FRI, MAY 11 @ 9PM: Winnipeg, HATS, Meg(h)an
FRI, MAY 25 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, Albatross, Grantch
FRI, MAY 25 @ 9PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Night Ghosts, Lady Business
FRI, JUN 1 @ 7PM: Meg(h)an, KnucklePuck
FRI, JUN 1 @ 9PM: Meg(h)an, BOOP!, Part Time Lifeguards
SAT, JUN 2 @ 7PM: KnucklePuck, Off the Lawn
FRI, JUN 8 @ 7PM: Winnipeg, Albatross
FRI, JUN 8 @ 9PM: Brain's Song, Golden Ratio
SUN, JUN 10 @ 7PM: Sea Tea Improv Touring Company, Piggy Got Owned *
SAT, JUN 16 @ 9PM: The Buddy System, Fairfield of Dreams, Robot Love
FRI, JUN 22 @ 7PM: Grantch, SHED
SAT, JUN 30 @ 7PM: Breakup Tattoo, The Rumour Cauldron
* This show ends with an Improv Jam where anyone in the house can put their name in a bucket and play in the last set of the night!
** This show ends with a Student Lottery where any students currently taking an improv course at Sea Tea Improv Studios can enter to perform on stage as part of the show!
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
CLOSEOur improv comedy show is interactive, with chances for kids and adults alike to shout out suggestions and even opportunities to volunteer to play some improv games with us on stage! The comedy is all-ages -- kids and adults will have a lot to laugh about.
The show is the new Sea Tea Comedy Theater at 15 Asylum St in Downtown Hartford, near the corner of Asylum and Main -- not far from the Old State House. Street parking on a meter is free on weekends and there's also a paid lot directly across from the theater.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater: https://seateaimprov.com/faq/
CLOSESea Tea Comedy Theater has more than just improv!
Featuring solo comedians doing their best material. Up-and-coming comics from all walks of life!
(Looking to perform your stand-up at our theater? Email our Artistic Associate Director Laura Manasewich at laura@seateaimprov.com for more information, and in the meantime, come check out this show!)
CLOSEHosts Patrick McGuire and Nate Gagnon present comedians and troupes as they create something you've never seen before.
Whether it's the next big thing, too strange for another stage, or a happy accident, each project is entertaining and unique.
Be part of the experiment.
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