Friday Fun and Games: Comedy at Highwire Improv

No AI, no script, no second takes. Highwire Improv presents real performers building the entire show live, from your suggestions.

Tonight’s lineup is:

Short Ribs: Short form games for your love of rapid-fire chaos!

Local Spot: Formed in 2015, Local Spot uses an audience member’s favorite color to create a show place entirely in one location, at one time, with no edits, jumps, cuts, or other improv trickery. Performers are forced to live with the decisions they’ve made for the entire show without the ability to escape in an edit. Expect a character- and emotion-driven show in which anything can happen, and the improvisers have to deal with it.

What is an improv show, exactly?

Improv is live theater created spontaneously by the performers with the inspiration of the audience. Unless noted otherwise, it’s a comedy show, made even more exciting, intriguing, and hilarious by the fact that none of it is pre-scripted! At an improv show you’ll see a wide range of creative and fascinating humans perform a highwire act by making comedy out of thin air! It can take many forms, including short competitive games, slice of life scenes, and full length sitcom or movie style performances!

A Highwire Improv show is truly a once in a lifetime performance, never done before and never to be done again!

About the Venue:

The Highwire Center is Highwire Improv’s home base in the Highlandtown neighborhood of Baltimore! Part of Highlandtown Main Street and the Highlandtown Arts District, The Highwire Center is home to classes, free workshops, shows, community events, corporate training, and more! The Highwire Center is accessible, with ramp access available, an ADA restroom, and flat transit throughout the space.

About Highwire Improv:

Highwire Improv’s mission is to steward a community of artists committed to growth, collaboration, joy, and justice — in Baltimore and around the world — through improvisational theater.

Learn more at https://www.highwireimprov.com