8:00 PM: Messing with Lehr

Susan Messing & John Lehr are master improvisers with  decades of experience on stage, TV, and film. They'll be performing  improv comedy in Baltimore for one night only!

About Susan:

Susan Messing, a NJ native and graduate of Northwestern University’s  Theatre School, has been an improviser and comedian for 35 years. She is  an alumna of the iO Theatre, Second City’s Mainstage, and a founding  member of Chicago’s infamous Annoyance Theatre. Susan created and has  taught her curriculum at iO and iO West, The Annoyance Theatre, The  Second City, and around the globe. Susan has been an adjunct instructor  for Loyola University, DePaul University, The School at Steppenwolf, and currently teaches for The University of Chicago. Susan has been named:

• “Improviser of the Year” – Chicago Improv Festival
• “Best Improviser” – Chicago Reader
• “Funniest Woman in Chicago” – Chicago Magazine

About John:

John Lehr is the star/creator/writer for “10 Items or Less” (TBS),  “JailBait” (Sony/Crackle) and “Quickdraw” (Hulu). He created/produced  pilots for Fox (“Team McPhearson”), TBS (“John Lehr’s Movie Club”) and  Comedy Central (“Let it Ride”). Script/development deals include  “Retreat” (NBC), “The Loop” (HBO), Troubadour (MTV), “Life on Mars”  (Sony/BBC), “King of Beers” (EUE/Sokolow), “Tommy Chong’s Pipe Dreams”  (TBS). Lehr is one of the original Geico Cavemen from the wildly  successful commercial campaign. He appeared in dozens of spots,  including the first commercial as a caveman boom operator, the caveman  in therapy with Talia Shire, the tennis spot with Billy Jean King,  Superbowl spots with Phil Simms and many more. John has appeared in  numerous television series, including “Friends” and was a series regular  on “Jesse,”. His feature film roles include “The Sweetest Thing,” and  three Noah Baumbach films, “Kicking and Screaming,” “Mr. Jealousy,” and  “Highball.” He is also a respected improvisational performer having  worked at the Organic Theater and Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago, the  Montreal Comedy Festival, Chicago Improvisational Festival and multiple  venues in Los Angeles and New York.