A new season of Instaplay is commencing. No more than once a month, and sometimes less often, some friends of mine put on a musical comedy. What's it called? Well, you won't know until the show and neither will they. The audience makes suggestions of titles. Then the audience votes on which title should be performed that evening. Then the cast proceeds to improvise the winning title into a play — with songs! — that runs 60-90 minutes. I have seen loads of improv comedy and these people are the absolute best.
It's directed by a gent named Bill Steinkellner, who's hailed by many as the best teacher of improv comedy around, and each performance stars Jonathan Stark, Deanna Oliver, George McGrath, Cheri Steinkellner and one guest performer. They do these in a real crummy little theater in Culver City and they're doing the first one in a while on the evening of Saturday, October 11 at 8 PM. Tickets are available here and they're pretty cheap and likely to sell out. If you live close enough to go, go. You'll have a great time.