BIG TeamsBaltimore Improv Group's mainstage troupes perform on regularly scheduled nights at Single Carrot Theater. BIG's house teams also perform at festivals around the country.
Biggies like to stay busy! BIG performers come together to create teams that focus on a specific theme or format. Several special projects go on to perform at Del Close Festival in NYC, Second City Festival in Chicago, and other festivals around the country! Groups like Mi'nority Report perform regularly, while other projects are available on an occasional basis. Check out the calendar regularly for any upcoming show dates. House Team Schedule
BIG has house teams that perform at a regular time slot every Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday night.
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Aftermath
Fridays @ 8pm
Two troupes enter, one troupe leaves. From the remnants of the two previous troupes come Aftermath. These gentlement build their sets, once scene balanced upon the next until they and the audience stand atop a Tower of Comic Babel. |
After School Grandma
They might come in like a
Harold and go out like a Pretty Flower; anything goes with this free-form improv troupe. The only guarantee is that you’ll see compelling characters facing life’s problems, together. |
Bears Only
Friday @ 9pm
One of Baltimore Improv Group’s newest troupes is doing long form improv’s oldest format. Watch as this talented group of improvisers turns one suggestion into a whole world of exciting possibilities. |
The BIG SHow
Sometimes there is nothing better than a new mix. Take a group of BIG folks that haven’t performed together before, toss in short form & cheddar, sit back and enjoy.
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CommuniKate: ArtAlive!
In CommuniKate:ArtAlive! Kate Billingsley takes art history off its dusty, erudite shelf and gives people an intimate, visceral, emotional connection with artists they love. Performer and audience explore together what inspired each artist to create a specific piece of art and what they wanted to communicate. The show is fun, spontaneous and often transgressive, filled with adventure and beauty.
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Flannel Club
Impromptune is a group of experimental improvisers and musicians working together to explore the use of song as a medium for improv. The troupe is working toward performing full-length improvised musicals.
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Fractal
Alternate Tuesdays @ 7:30pm
Fractal is a long-form improv team taking part in the Conservatory program at the Baltimore Improv Group. We perform every other Tuesday at 7:30 p.m |
Ghost Party
Two ladies. One board game. Roll the dice and let the story unfold.
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Giorgos & Friends
A series of solo projects from the unsettled mind of Mike Harris, including such shows as Giorgos Hourdakis Fix Your Love and Aloysius Boutte’s What’s Wrong with White People.
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Gus
Saturday @ 9pm
Gus performs a fast-paced, ridiculous style of improv comedy. They’ve performed at festivals all over the U.S., and they’ve performed with everyone from burlesque girls to modern dancers, and even their parents. |
Heather and Stangers
Improv comedy with puppets? Yup, improv comedy with puppets. This group of BIG ladies creates an improv playground before your eyes.
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Hostel
Saturday @ 9pm
Grab your passport and kiss your mommy and daddy goodbye, Hostel is open for business, and they love to play with others! This group welcome improvisers from all over to play in for each of their shows. |
Impromptune
Impromptune is a group of experimental improvisers and musicians working together to explore the use of song as a medium for improv. The troupe is working toward performing full-length improvised musicals.
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Larage
Every other Tuesday at 7:30pm
Here's what's up. We're LaRage and we do improv. Give us a word, any word, and we'll blow your mind. We perform every other Tuesday at 7:30 p.m |
Lekker
Saturday @ 8pm
Lekker has been a BIG mainstage troupe since 2009; not ones to rest on their laurels, Lekker constantly challenges themselves to try new formats and find new connections with their audiences. Their strength is in the emotions; their performances are mainly relationship-driven, and they strive to find human moments in the most ridiculous of situations. |
Local Spot
Ever had the itch to say what’s really on your mind at the office party? Maybe, you’ve just wanted to see what life was like in another time and place? Come check out Local Spot as they explore the drama and hilarity of a life lived recklessly. All they need is a suggestion from the audience and they’ll explore the craziness of life in an improvised one-act play right before your eyes!
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The Movement
BIG and The Collective pair up to present an evening of seamlessly woven unscripted comedy and dance based on audience suggestion. Dancers bend and form their bodies to become the beautiful set while Improvisers blend in with dancing, creating unbelievable collaborative art. This show, The Movement, has been performed for seven years to sold-out audiences at the Baltimore Museum of Art, Theatre Project, and the Creative Alliance. In 2011, The Movement was featured at the Chicago Improv Festival.
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Minority Re’port
Every other Friday @ 7pm
Minority Re’port is a unique troupe representing the underrepresented in improv. With our mix of high-energy, audience-inspired improv, we create characters you’ll never forget, and leave you as satisfied as your mama’s sweet potato pie. |
Old City
Friday @ 9pm
Welcome to Old City. The male/female ratio may be off, but here everyone loves you as you are. Move on in to BIG’s newest city where bars outnumber people, and the drink of the night is always Delicious Comedy. |
One of us is drunk
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Plan B
Friday @ 7pm
Plan B is the longest running troupe in BIG’s comedy arsenal. Expect short form (Whose Line is it Anyway?-style) games with high energy, big characters, and major laughs! |
Queerprov
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Scripted
Nothing says Improv Comedy like a Script! Sometimes a special holiday calls for a night of sketches. We’ve hit Valentine’s Day (Rated R for Romance) and July 4th (BIG’s American History). Next up? We’re looking at you, Arbor Day.
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Skinesthesia
Skinesthesia mixes improvisers, body painters, and models. The models and painters create sets and props around the improvisers and even characters that get voiced by the folks of BIG.
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Training for Prom
Saturday @ 8pm
Training for Prom performs longform improv with its heart on its sleeve. A troupe young in years and at heart, but old in their souls, they combine whimsy with emotional connection to create that giddy first-date feeling. They have performed in the Charm City Fringe Festival and the New York City Improv Festival, as well as the Baltimore Improv Festival. |
Unaffiliated
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Unscripted
Using audience suggestions and props, our performers create characters and scenes that come together to form a theatrical experience you’ll never forget. An ever-present director, improvised music choices, and visible stagehands turn the traditional theater experience on its head in this participatory experience. A fully improvised play will be invented every night, and each audience will experience a completely different show…some plays will be funny, some will be touching, and some will be dark. And we encourage the audience to bring unusual objects for use as props.
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