Interested in taking an improv class?
The Improv Trick is offering Introduction to Improvisation starting March 24!
Learn "The Trick" to Improv. This highly recommended class is a comfortable and supporting environment, suitable for people who have never been onstage before. Beginning Students find this work easier than they thought and Advanced students find The Improv Trick approach fresh and inspirational.
This class is taught by Bill Chott and George Malich. Chott appears on Disney's *Wizards of Waverly Place, The Ringer* and *Saturday Night Live*. He's performed and taught internationally for *The Second City, Improv Olympic, *and* Upright Citizen's Brigade*. He also teaches workshops for Special Olympics Global Messengers. George Malich is an award-winning St. Louis Actor, star of the film *A. Anonymous* and one of the leading improv teachers in St. Louis, having trained with Keith Johnstone. Your first session of this 4 week introductory course is free. This Lifetime Class can
be repeated to help you develop a firm foundation in the fundamentals of improvisation. This Lifetime Class is only $150 and you can register at the free class at a $25 discount. Scholarships, Gift Certificates, and Internships are now available. For more info, call 314-922-1998, e-mail info@theimprovtrick .com or visit www.theimprovtrick.com
All classes take place at 2715 Cherokee Street, St. Louis, MO 63118.
Wednesdays 3/24-4/14 7:30-9:30PM
Sundays 3/28-4/25 (Does not occur on 4/4) 3:00-5:00PM
Hope to see you soon,
The Improv Trick
STL 314-922-1998
LA 323-359-8588
Weekly Shows Tuesday and Wednesday
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Friday, March 5, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
Improv Benefits for Haitian Earthquake Relief
Tuesdays and Wednesday nights are always special for The Improv Trick. This weeks shows need your support more urgently than ever.
We're raising funds for Haitian Earthquake Relief. If you've been out to a show before and enjoyed it, please bring friends for a night (or two) of fun for a necessary cause.
Tuesday's Benefit
January 19, 2010
Improv Trick Harold Night and Longform Jam
The Improv Trick Comedy Underground
2715 Cherokee St.
8pm - FREE - Donations accepted at the door
Wednesday's Benefit
January 21, 2010
Bill Chott's Late Nite Improv Comedy Jam
Mangia Italiano
3145 S. Grand
10:30pm - FREE Donations accepted at the door
We're raising funds for Haitian Earthquake Relief. If you've been out to a show before and enjoyed it, please bring friends for a night (or two) of fun for a necessary cause.
Tuesday's Benefit
January 19, 2010
Improv Trick Harold Night and Longform Jam
The Improv Trick Comedy Underground
2715 Cherokee St.
8pm - FREE - Donations accepted at the door
Wednesday's Benefit
January 21, 2010
Bill Chott's Late Nite Improv Comedy Jam
Mangia Italiano
3145 S. Grand
10:30pm - FREE Donations accepted at the door
Lifetime Improv Class
From Bill Chott:
LIFETIME IMPROV CLASS
One price pays for free improv classes...for the rest of your Life!
Perform in a showcase and join us onstage for shows twice weekly!
Cost: $150, only $125 if you pre-register online.
Learn "The Trick" to Improv. This highly recommended class is a comfortable and supporting environment, suitable for people who have never been onstage before. Beginning Students find this work easier than they thought and advanced students find The Improv Trick approach fresh and inspirational. Students of this class appear in an improv showcase and can perform twice weekly at Improv Trick shows. This class is taught by Bill Chott and George Malich.
Chott is the star of Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place, The Ringer and Saturday Night Live. He's performed and taught internationally for The Second City, Improv Olympic, Upright Citizen's Brigade. He also teaches workshops for Special Olympics Global Messengers.
George Malich is an award-winning St. Louis Actor, star of the film A. Anonymous and one of the leading improv teachers in St. Louis, having trained with Keith Johnstone.
If you enjoy this free class, you can register at a discount for a 4-week introductory course — The Lifetime Class — that you can take again and again. This Lifetime Class is only $150 and you can register at the free class at a $25 discount.
WHERE: The Improv Trick Comedy Underground - 2715 Cherokee, STL MO 63118
WHEN: Sundays 3-5pm, Wednesdays 7:30-9:30pm - Sit in on either class for Life!
COST: $150, only $125 if you pre-register online.
Scholarships, gift certificates, and internships are now available. For more info, call 314-922-1998 or visit theimprovtrick.com
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Improv Benefit for childhood cancer this Saturday
One Night Only!!!! The Improv Trick is proud to host the "BAD BOYS OF KANSAS CITY IMPROV!"
October 17 at 8:00 pm at The Improv Trick Comedy Underground!
Tickets are only $10 and proceeds will benefit Alex's Lemonade Stand, a charity dedicated to fighting childhood cancer.
For more information or to make reservations, call 314-922-1998
Please invite your friends!!! This is going to be a really fun event!
Kansas City Improvisers to Play St. Louis for Cancer Charity
St. Louis – Loaded Dice, Kansas City’s Bad Boys of Comedy are coming to St. Louis to perform with Bill Chott’s Improv Trick on October 17th, 2009. Loaded Dice promises to bring fun, fast-paced comedy with a whole lot of attitude from Missouri’s “West Coast” and a portion of the ticket sales will benefit Alex’s Lemonade Stand, a foundation that supports finding a cure for childhood cancer. The show begins at 8:00 PM.
Loaded Dice competed in Kansas City’s Improv Thunderdome which pits nine improv teams against one another twice a year to determine who the best improvisers in Kansas City are. The Bad Boys of Comedy won, two times, a feat that no other team can claim. The Kansas City-based troupe also hosted a twenty-four-hour comedy benefit this summer raising over $1200 for Alex’s Lemonade Stand.
Clay Morgan, director of Loaded Dice, wants to expand the troupe’s comedy arsenal and help kids at the same time. Loaded Dice partnered Alex’s Lemonade Stand because it supports research going on at KU Med Center and Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. “It was sort of a no-brainer to team up with such a great charity. Plus, they were really jazzed about the idea. Laughter is the best medicine,” Morgan said. He hopes that playing with teams in other cities will raise awareness of Alex’s Lemonade Stand and to learn from other improvisers.
“When we play with other troupes, we always learn from their style. We use that to play better and smarter. Performing with teams in Kansas City is great, but there are other cities doing great improv, like St. Louis and Springfield, that are just a few hours away. They offer different styles of doing what we love to do” Morgan says.
Bill Chott, owner of the Improv Trick, hosted the Kansas City Improv Festival a few years ago and Morgan and Chott became friends on Facebook. This connection has led to the cross-state performance for Loaded Dice. The men of Loaded Dice are very excited to perform in St. Louis.
“We’re pretending we are rock stars on tour. We get a chance to do what we love in front of new audiences,” Morgan adds, “We aren’t going to tear up a hotel or anything like that, but we will hit the stage with all the swagger and confidence that is associated with bands like KISS and AC/DC.”
The Loaded Dice will also be teaching a workshop on Sunday October 18 at 1 pm.
Registration is just $25 for Current Improv Trick Students and $30 for everyone
else. Space is limited so reserve your spots today!
314-922-1998
The Improv Trick Comedy Underground is at 2715 Cherokee St. STL, MO 63118
October 17 at 8:00 pm at The Improv Trick Comedy Underground!
Tickets are only $10 and proceeds will benefit Alex's Lemonade Stand, a charity dedicated to fighting childhood cancer.
For more information or to make reservations, call 314-922-1998
Please invite your friends!!! This is going to be a really fun event!
Kansas City Improvisers to Play St. Louis for Cancer Charity
St. Louis – Loaded Dice, Kansas City’s Bad Boys of Comedy are coming to St. Louis to perform with Bill Chott’s Improv Trick on October 17th, 2009. Loaded Dice promises to bring fun, fast-paced comedy with a whole lot of attitude from Missouri’s “West Coast” and a portion of the ticket sales will benefit Alex’s Lemonade Stand, a foundation that supports finding a cure for childhood cancer. The show begins at 8:00 PM.
Loaded Dice competed in Kansas City’s Improv Thunderdome which pits nine improv teams against one another twice a year to determine who the best improvisers in Kansas City are. The Bad Boys of Comedy won, two times, a feat that no other team can claim. The Kansas City-based troupe also hosted a twenty-four-hour comedy benefit this summer raising over $1200 for Alex’s Lemonade Stand.
Clay Morgan, director of Loaded Dice, wants to expand the troupe’s comedy arsenal and help kids at the same time. Loaded Dice partnered Alex’s Lemonade Stand because it supports research going on at KU Med Center and Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. “It was sort of a no-brainer to team up with such a great charity. Plus, they were really jazzed about the idea. Laughter is the best medicine,” Morgan said. He hopes that playing with teams in other cities will raise awareness of Alex’s Lemonade Stand and to learn from other improvisers.
“When we play with other troupes, we always learn from their style. We use that to play better and smarter. Performing with teams in Kansas City is great, but there are other cities doing great improv, like St. Louis and Springfield, that are just a few hours away. They offer different styles of doing what we love to do” Morgan says.
Bill Chott, owner of the Improv Trick, hosted the Kansas City Improv Festival a few years ago and Morgan and Chott became friends on Facebook. This connection has led to the cross-state performance for Loaded Dice. The men of Loaded Dice are very excited to perform in St. Louis.
“We’re pretending we are rock stars on tour. We get a chance to do what we love in front of new audiences,” Morgan adds, “We aren’t going to tear up a hotel or anything like that, but we will hit the stage with all the swagger and confidence that is associated with bands like KISS and AC/DC.”
The Loaded Dice will also be teaching a workshop on Sunday October 18 at 1 pm.
Registration is just $25 for Current Improv Trick Students and $30 for everyone
else. Space is limited so reserve your spots today!
314-922-1998
The Improv Trick Comedy Underground is at 2715 Cherokee St. STL, MO 63118
Monday, October 5, 2009
FREE Improv Class, Longform Class begins Monday
FREE Improv Class Wednesday, Longform Class begins this Monday, October 5.
Take this FREE class and you can register for The Lifetime Class:
Introduction to Improv – Level 1
Wednesdays, 7-9pm – Join in anytime, for Life!
PUBLIC SPEAKING, NETWORKING, FUN
Bill Chott from SNL, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and The Ringer is recognized nationally as one of the best improv teachers. Take advantage of this class while he’s in town, and you’ll be able to take it for FREE for the rest of your Lifetime. Bill and others teach this class year-round and once you’ve taken the class you can always come back and take this class for free. This class is a safe and comfortable environment, suitable for beginners and experienced improvisers looking for a fresh point of view.
Students in this class will be eligible to perform in a Student Showcase at the Improv Trick Comedy Underground.
The Improv Trick Comedy Underground is located at 2715 Cherokee St. Saint Louis, MO 63118
Instructors: Bill Chott and Marc Pruter
Take this FREE class and you can register for The Lifetime Class:
Introduction to Improv – Level 1
Wednesdays, 7-9pm – Join in anytime, for Life!
PUBLIC SPEAKING, NETWORKING, FUN
Bill Chott from SNL, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and The Ringer is recognized nationally as one of the best improv teachers. Take advantage of this class while he’s in town, and you’ll be able to take it for FREE for the rest of your Lifetime. Bill and others teach this class year-round and once you’ve taken the class you can always come back and take this class for free. This class is a safe and comfortable environment, suitable for beginners and experienced improvisers looking for a fresh point of view.
Students in this class will be eligible to perform in a Student Showcase at the Improv Trick Comedy Underground.
The Improv Trick Comedy Underground is located at 2715 Cherokee St. Saint Louis, MO 63118
Instructors: Bill Chott and Marc Pruter
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
*FREE TIX* WED 9/9 - Improv Comedy Show
From BJ "Honkey" Lane, of the Improv Trick:
Friends of St. Louis Improv, Talent, and Artists –Come See Why The Improv Trick Won an RFT Masterminds Award, and why BILL CHOTT/Improv Trick was featured in This week's RFT cover feature!!
Our last stage match at The Stable.... An all-ages event.
St. Louis' top comedy improvisers match wits in The Stagematch, a no-holds-barred, knock-down, drag out head to head bout. Audience suggestions are spun into pure comedy gold in this evening of competitive improv.
Imagine if Wrestling at the Chase broke out at a Whose Line Is It Anyway improv show! Cheer your heroes, boo your villains, and you'll laugh till you're down for the count at The Stable (St. Louis's hottest new brewhouse and distillery) to play games and share new games. Teams of 2 players set comedy records, bring home the gag trophy and bash wits for your comedy enjoyment.
Funds will be raised for scholarships for local youth scholarships to become improv students, and this party will go on way into the night.Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Doors Open at 9:00pmThe Stable
Looking forward to seeing you at the show. Good food, drinks, laughs and memories, let me know how many free tickets you need.
1821 Cherokee Street (at Lemp)
St. Louis (Benton Park by Lemp Brewery)Bringing improv back to St. Louis ,
BJ “Honkey” Lange
Student/Performer, The Improv Trick
314.922.1998
info at theimprovtrick dot com
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Free Improv Comedy Show Tonight!
If you haven't been to the Improv Trick Comedy Underground for the longform jam, then tonight is the night you need to go! You will be amazed as teams of improv actors create an entire play-let, from a single audience suggestion, right before your very eyes! And tonight, we have, Doug Foehner, acid head guitarist, opening the show.
The Improv Trick Comedy Underground is located at 2715 Cherokee, between Iowa and Ohio. The show starts at 8:00pm with LIVE music. Doors open at 7:30pm. Admission is FREE and you may B.Y.O.B.
Tuesday Nights at the Improv Trick feature a sampling of longforms, like:
So come on out for a riotous good time!
The Improv Trick Comedy Underground is located at 2715 Cherokee, between Iowa and Ohio. The show starts at 8:00pm with LIVE music. Doors open at 7:30pm. Admission is FREE and you may B.Y.O.B.
Tuesday Nights at the Improv Trick feature a sampling of longforms, like:
- Dream (an audience member recounts their day, as our players portray that night's possible dream);
- Armando (a player provides comedy monologues based on an audience suggestion, and the other players create a montage of scenes, based on ideas generated from the monologues);
- Ugly Coyote: Harold (three different scenes revisited three times with palate-cleansing short-form games between).
So come on out for a riotous good time!
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
National Improv Tour Coming this Saturday
Chris Trew and Tami Nelson’s Dream of Meal Tour brings Austin Comedy’s finest two-person show and classes to St. Louis’s Improv Trick Comedy Underground.
Here's what the critics have to say:
Chris Trew and Tami Nelson are nationally touring performers and instructors and are the official improv group of Studio8.net.
The duo met, trained and began performing together in New Orleans at the Comedy Conservatory. After Hurricane Katrina they relocated to Austin, Texas where improv became life. After attending nearly every comedy festival in North America performing and studying the art form they returned to Austin and co-founded the ColdTowne Theater and Conservatory.
Chris and Tami were at the forefront of an improv revival and played a major role in exploding the burgeoning Austin improv scene. From 2006 to 2008 they were the Artistic and Conservatory Directors, producing and performing in hundreds of shows as well as training hundreds of students.
They’ll be performing at the Improv Trick Comedy Underground Saturday, August 1 and teaching the following workshops:
The Improv Trick Comedy Underground
2715 Cherokee St.
St. Louis, MO 63118
Here's what the critics have to say:
“Clever…deliriously unpredictable” – The Onion
“A fiercely enjoyable brain warp of a time” – The Austin Chronicle
“Energetic and razor sharp” – The Gothamist
Chris Trew and Tami Nelson are nationally touring performers and instructors and are the official improv group of Studio8.net.
The duo met, trained and began performing together in New Orleans at the Comedy Conservatory. After Hurricane Katrina they relocated to Austin, Texas where improv became life. After attending nearly every comedy festival in North America performing and studying the art form they returned to Austin and co-founded the ColdTowne Theater and Conservatory.
Chris and Tami were at the forefront of an improv revival and played a major role in exploding the burgeoning Austin improv scene. From 2006 to 2008 they were the Artistic and Conservatory Directors, producing and performing in hundreds of shows as well as training hundreds of students.
They’ll be performing at the Improv Trick Comedy Underground Saturday, August 1 and teaching the following workshops:
- Freestyle Rapping – Saturday, August 1, 5-7pm
- The Pattern is Everything – Sunday, August 2, 2-4pm
- Device Art – Sunday, August 2, 4:30-6:30
The Improv Trick Comedy Underground
2715 Cherokee St.
St. Louis, MO 63118
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Tuesday Night Longform Improv
This Tuesday (as well as every Tuesday!) Ugly Coyote along with The Improv Trick present the Harold Night and Longform Jam! Come out and watch as the players spin completely improvised scenes, games, and vignettes into a three act play all based on a single suggestion from the audience! The night is free and fun and starts at 8:00 pm! So don't miss your chance to get in on the underground comedy scene in St. Louis at:
The Improv Trick Comedy Underground:
2715 Cherokee St.
St. Louis, MO 63118
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St. Louis, MO 63118
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Improv Jam Tonight
We hope you can join us for our special All*Star Comedy Improv Jam and Bastille Day Extravaganza tonight at 8:00 p.m. It is FREE and FUN and FUNNY!
Ugly Coyote performs The Harold (a long-form improvised set of three acts forming a solid play created before the audience's very eyes and based on a single suggestion) every Tuesday night at 8:00 pm - 2715 Cherokee!
Come dressed for the occasion (whatever All*Star or Bastille Day means to you) and you may be eligible for prizes!!
Ugly Coyote performs The Harold (a long-form improvised set of three acts forming a solid play created before the audience's very eyes and based on a single suggestion) every Tuesday night at 8:00 pm - 2715 Cherokee!
Come dressed for the occasion (whatever All*Star or Bastille Day means to you) and you may be eligible for prizes!!
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Stage Match TONIGHT ... June 3rd at The Stable.
Bill Chott (Saturday Night Live, The Ringer, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) hosts this hilarious opening night benefit for a new St. Louis comedy tradition.
St. Louis's top improvisers will match wits in The Stagematch, a no-holds-barred, knock-down, drag out head to head bout. Audience suggestions are spun into pure comedy gold in this evening of competitive improv.
Imagine if Wrestling at the Chase broke out at a Whose Line Is It Anyway improv show! Cheer your heros, boo your villains, and you'll laugh till you're down for the count.
Funds will be raised for scholarships for local improv students, and this party will go on way into the night.
At The Stable 1821 Cherokee Street (at Lemp)
Doors Open at 9:00pm
June 3
Suggested Donation $10
Friday, May 8, 2009
Workshop & Auditions & Audition Workshop
Audition Workshop - Stop Making the Same Mistakes!
Work in Film and TV
Learn from a Working Professional with experience in Top 10 films and TV’s highest rated shows. Bill Chott (Saturday Night Live, The Ringer) teaches you his secret methods.
Learn Audition Technique Tips and Tricks:
How to Prepare for the Unexpected.
Get an Instant Guaranteed Callback!
Learn how to market yourself.
Turn a Question into an Instant Showcase!
Audition Technique Workshop
Only $50! Register with a friend and save $10
Sunday May 10 7-9pm
At The Improv Trick
2715 Cherokee Street
St. Louis, MO 63118
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Comedy Audition with Saturday Night Live's Bill Chott
The Improv Trick will be holding comedy auditions on Sunday, May 24, 2009 from 3:00 - 6:00 pm at 2715 Cherokee. For work with Bill Chott (Saturday Night Live, The Ringer) on stage, at festivals, tours, corporate events, and online content. All ages, no experience necessary. Call 314-922-1998.
Bill Chott
Actor: Website Reel IMDb
The Improv Trick
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Multicultural Audition
The Improv Trick will be holding multicultural auditions for scholarships and performance on Sunday, May 17, 2009 from 7-9 pm at 2715 Cherokee. Seeking African-American, Latino, Asian, all ages and all ethnicities for work with Bill Chott (Saturday Night Live, The Ringer) on stage, at festivals, tours, corporate events, and online content. All ages, no experience necessary. Call 314-922-1998 or e-mail at info at theimprovtrick dot com.
Work in Film and TV
Learn from a Working Professional with experience in Top 10 films and TV’s highest rated shows. Bill Chott (Saturday Night Live, The Ringer) teaches you his secret methods.
Learn Audition Technique Tips and Tricks:
How to Prepare for the Unexpected.
Get an Instant Guaranteed Callback!
Learn how to market yourself.
Turn a Question into an Instant Showcase!
Audition Technique Workshop
Only $50! Register with a friend and save $10
Sunday May 10 7-9pm
At The Improv Trick
2715 Cherokee Street
St. Louis, MO 63118
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Comedy Audition with Saturday Night Live's Bill Chott
The Improv Trick will be holding comedy auditions on Sunday, May 24, 2009 from 3:00 - 6:00 pm at 2715 Cherokee. For work with Bill Chott (Saturday Night Live, The Ringer) on stage, at festivals, tours, corporate events, and online content. All ages, no experience necessary. Call 314-922-1998.
Bill Chott
Actor: Website Reel IMDb
The Improv Trick
----------
Multicultural Audition
The Improv Trick will be holding multicultural auditions for scholarships and performance on Sunday, May 17, 2009 from 7-9 pm at 2715 Cherokee. Seeking African-American, Latino, Asian, all ages and all ethnicities for work with Bill Chott (Saturday Night Live, The Ringer) on stage, at festivals, tours, corporate events, and online content. All ages, no experience necessary. Call 314-922-1998 or e-mail at info at theimprovtrick dot com.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Free improv class and party
Bill Chott (Saturday Night Live, The Ringer) is back in St. Louis! He just shot a scene with Johnny Depp in the upcoming film The Rum Diary. He's in town through June and he'll be teaching classes for adults, kids and teens.
Don't miss this chance. Please tell a friend.
Kids know Bill as Mr. Laritate from Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place and PBS's Curious George. Teens know him from Johnny Knoxville film The Ringer, and Dude Where's My Car. Everyone at Altenheim has seen him on ER and MONK.
Join us this Saturday, April 18, for a FREE Improv class, party, improv jam and networking event. . To register, please email info at theimprovtrick dot com or call 314-922-1998.
To find out more about the classes Bill is teaching while he's in town, please visit http://www.theimprovtrick.com.
Thanks,
The Improv Trick Team
The Improv Trick in St. Louis is at 2715 Cherokee Street.
Don't miss this chance. Please tell a friend.
Kids know Bill as Mr. Laritate from Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place and PBS's Curious George. Teens know him from Johnny Knoxville film The Ringer, and Dude Where's My Car. Everyone at Altenheim has seen him on ER and MONK.
Join us this Saturday, April 18, for a FREE Improv class, party, improv jam and networking event. . To register, please email info at theimprovtrick dot com or call 314-922-1998.
To find out more about the classes Bill is teaching while he's in town, please visit http://www.theimprovtrick.com.
Thanks,
The Improv Trick Team
The Improv Trick in St. Louis is at 2715 Cherokee Street.
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