Magnet Theater Blog: News and Ideas about Comedy, Improv Shows & Classes in NYC

Due to Hurricane Sandy, The Magnet Training Center will be CLOSED on Monday October 29th, 2012.  All scheduled classes for Monday, October 29th are CANCELLED.  There will also be no shows at the theater tonight.  Please stay safe and obey storm warnings!  We’ll see you after all this crazy Sandy business settles.

Due to MTA shutdowns, ALL shows are cancelled at The Magnet Theater Sunday, October 28th.  Classes starting at or after 3pm are cancelled as well.  Stay tuned to The Magnet blog, Facebook page and twitter for other possible cancellations early in the week.

We are now accepting applications for The Circuit!  How does The Circuit work?  Glad you asked, every Friday night at 10pm, three Circuit teams perform the Harold at the Magnet Studio Theater. Teams exist for three months – enough time to perform a good amount of shows before the next round of Circuit teams replace the current ones.  Circuit Teams are made up of Magnet Theater students who’ve completed up to Level 3, graduates of our Training program and veteran performers.  We believe that in order to get better at improv, you need to do it.

The Deadline to apply is October 31st.  Teams will be announced November 5th, 2012. The next round of Circuit shows will begin November 9th, 2012. Teams will alternate weeks through the end of January 2013. If you have any questions, please email Circuit@MagnetTheater.com.

For the application, go no further than right here: Circuit Team Application 

The Director Series, a 4-week series of performances wherein a Director selects a cast and presents a different form, is presenting it’s GREATEST HITS!  This month, your favorite shows are coming back!  The Monoscene (10/11), The Movie (10/18) and Evente (10/25) will make appearances with completely different casts during the month of October!

“The Greatest Hits” starts this week with The Monoscene directed by Alan Fessenden!  The Monoscene is an improvised form that takes place entirely in one location with no edits of any kind. Like an improvised one act play we get to see the different stories and relationships that inhabit a single location.

Featuring: Megan Gray, Sean Taylor, Quinton Lodder, Maddy Mako, Emily Shapiro, Angela Demanti, Jason Scott Quinn and Matt J. Weir.

More Information Here! 

Ladies and Gentleman, it’s HERE!  The Magnet Theater presents The Fourth Annual New York Musical Improv Festival from October 4-7!  Over 100 performers from as far as Toronto, Los Angeles, Chicago and as close as Broadway, will converge on the Magnet Theater stage to create fully improvised musical performances – ranging from traditional musical theatre fare to adrenaline-pumping rap battles.  All performances take place at The Magnet Theater, the center for musical improv study and performance in the U.S.

Company 29′s newest sketch show takes a good hard look at all things that ROCK.  Not just music ladies and gentleman, we’re talking love, freedom, and some good old fashioned Hall & Oates!  Featuring the Magnet’s best sketch writers and performers, this promises to be one of Company 29′s funniest shows yet.  Rock and Roll is a character driven sketch show entirely based around a beautiful traditional “American” art form – Rock & Roll.

Company 29 is the Magnet Theater’s sketch company in residence, dedicated to producing new and original sketch comedy featuring the Magnet’s best sketch writers and performers.  Featuring:  Mike Barry, Kevin Cobbs, Nick Kannellis, Ruby Marez, Justin Peters, Lauren Olson, Rachel Rauch, Jamaal Sedayao, Jason Scott Quinn, and Rob Williams.  Written By: Kevin Cobbs, Mike Barry, Tim Eberle, Sarah Pappalardo and Jed Teres.  Directed By: Nick Benaquista and Assistant Directed By:  Amanda Ariel Peggy Xeller.

RESERVATIONS:

Friday, September 21st at 7:00 P.M.

Saturday, September 22nd at 7:30 P.M.

Sunday, September 23rd at 8:00 P.M.

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