Advance ticket purchase is strongly encouraged and available HERE.
*A note that any festival performance may contain adult language, content or themes. All show lineups subject to change without notice.
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Friday, October 4th - 7:30 PM Performance $15
The Backlot Comedy House (Oshkosh, WI)
The Backlot Comedy House located in Downtown Oshkosh is fun, sassy and full of unexpected moments. Their in-house troupe consists of teachers, social media managers and sales people by day, actors by night!
Flower Shop Bangers (Chicago, IL)
An improv troupe that gets weird with it. The Flower Shop Bangers met while participating in the Gorilla Tango Theater Improv Zoo. One fateful night they were the only ones to show up and they had so much fun they saw no reason to stop. Originally a trio, FSB is comprised of Stuart Allard and Daniel Anderson.
RadioOctave (Kansas City, MO)
High Energy. High Octane. High Pitched: They ask the audience to write suggestions of duos or relationships (eg "cat and dog", or "ex-lovers") on slips of paper and we draw them out of the Flower Pot throughout the show. They’ll take them as loosely or as literally as we want and make touching and hilarious scenes and songs that will having you singing on the way home. RadioOctave has performed for the Kansas City Improv Festival, Omaha Improv Festival and the Compass
Improv Festival in St Louis, MO as well as frequent shows in Kansas City. Featuring: Lawrence March and Maggie Cargill, with Mackenzie Reed as musical director.
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Friday, October 4th - 9:30 PM Performance $15
ComedyCity (DePere, WI)
ComedyCity is proud be the 2019 Green Bay Festival hosts. ComedyCity is a troupe of improvisational comedy performers that feature 4 shows each week, and because it’s improvisation, you never see the same show twice. ComedyCity is the longest running comedy club in Northeast Wisconsin – They’ve been performing in and around the area for over 30 years.
Bad Spiders! (Minneapolis, MN)
Bad Spiders is a young, married couple with slightly more experience doing long-form improv than they have sharing a last name. Their first performance was in 2018, on the eve of their first wedding anniversary. During their set, they use the meaning of an audience member's name to deeply examine the elements of relationships, and then starburst those elements into a kaleidoscope of chemistry-filled chaos.
Playtime with Patrick & Preston (Chicago, IL)
Playtime with Patrick and Preston are 2 person Improv. They look for the fun in everyday life.
jorts! (Minneapolis, MN)
jorts! is a Minneapolis-based long form improv trio that formed in 2014 with the mission of having the most fun in recorded improv history. jorts! promises a show that's funny, loud, touching, touchy, big, weird, highly charged and damn near belligerent if the time is right.
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Friday, October 4th - 11PM Afterglow Gathering
The Green Room Bar
An informal gathering/meet & greet with all of the performers! All are welcome!
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Saturday October 5, 7:30 PM Performance $15
OMG Improv (Des Plaines, IL)
Omg! Improv have been performing Improvisation in Chicago since their inception in 2011. Showcasing unapologetic “short form” games similar to those seen on the hit show “Whose Line is it Anyway” this high energy group has performed for the Grand Rapids (MI) Improv Festival, Chicago Improv Festival and on all of the best stages in Chicago including Judy’s Beat Lounge at The Second City, The Annoyance, The Playground, Comedy Sportz, Laugh Out Loud Theatre and many more!
Despite crossing football enemy lines to perform in Green Bay, we do comedy and therefore have nothing to do with sports! Come see us play games where we perform our skits based on YOUR suggestions and everyone wins!
Liquor & Sweatpants (Green Bay, WI)
Founded on friendship and forged in music, former world-famous duo Liquor & Sweatpants return to the GBIF stage. They will take you on a journey of sight and sound as they explore the challenges of life on the road and your everyday world.
Murder Clown (Minneapolis, MN)
Murderclown is the duo no one was ready for. Butch Roy & Erin Kennedy take the audience on a journey that quickly moves from bad to worse, all while exploring how the most seemingly harmless things have the potential to become our greatest fear.
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Saturday, October 5 - 9:30 PM Performance $15
Tim & Mike Rule the World (Los Angeles, CA)
Longtime friends and improvisers, Tim Stoltenberg (Second City Touring Group, NBC's Chicago Fire, and USA's Sirens) and Mike Eserkaln (Author, ComedyCity Creative Director, Beer and Board Games, Cardboard Theatre) bring their wealth of improv experience to GBIF. Their shows are as enjoyable as unpredictable. Will they take over the world or change it for the better?
Hot Fries (Chicago, IL)
Performing together for 3 years, Hot Fries takes on the challenge of bringing an audience members' memorable day to the stage through an onslaught of mis-directions.
ANARCHY: an Improvised Rock Opera (Chicago, IL)
ANARCHY is a completely sung, completely improvised rock opera featuring Chicago's finest musical improvisers. Get ready to fight the power!
Organ Donors (Green Bay, WI)
Organ Donors is a select feature set of the 2019 festival talent and instructors. They strongly encourage you to give a part of yourself to others in need and your suggestions to their performance
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Saturday, October 5 - 11PM Afterglow Gathering
The Green Room Bar
An informal gathering/meet & greet with all of the performers! All are welcome!
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TICKETS
Ticket options:
Weekend Pass $45 – Admission to all shows, both days
Daily Pass $25 – Admission to both shows on either Friday or Saturday
Show Admission – $15 per show
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