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.
Baby Wants Candy (NYC), Jill Bernard’s Drum Machine (HUGE Theatre, Minneapolis, Minn.), Tara Copeland (Los Angeles), Jeff Hiller (Los Angeles), Diamond Lion (UCBeast, NYC), Shakespeare: The Musical (UN-Scripted Theatre Company, San Francisco, CA), Mansical (Chicago), Trudy Carmichael’s Musical Mixer (Las Vegas/NYC), Choral Rage (Magnet Theater, NYC), and MORE!
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.
Sponsored by SixPoint Brewery.
This Thursday Sept. 6th at 10pm marks the debut of The Magnet Theater’s 8th Director’s Series! This month, Neil McNamara directs Deep Dish, a long form improv show interspersed with character monologues, a staple of Chicago-style improvisation. In Chicago, McNamara has worked with Second City, The Annoyance, iO and Boom Chicago. Fresh to New York, McNamara is bringing a Chicago staple to the east coast, DEEP DISH!
Featuring Peter McNerney, Beth Newell, Nick Kanellis, Julia Hynes and Neil McNamara.
Every Thursday at 10pm in September! More Info HERE.
Congrats are in order to the newest Megawatt teams! Megawatt is Magnet’s house team system–You can catch these brand spankin’ new teams, along with your favorite vets every Wednesday at 7, 8, 9, and 10pm. These fancy new teams here will debut this comingWednesday, September 5th. Be there or be square. You can make reservations for the 7pm debut here (and we recommend that you do, it will super definitely sell out), after that it’s once you’re in, you’re in.
The Teams!
New Team Plaid
Philip Wolff
Russ Armstrong
Kevin Kiernan
Bianca Casusol
Alexis Lambright
Will Quinn
Andrew Vuillemier
Branson Reese
New Team Egg White
Kevin Cobbs
Desiree Nash
Ian Caruth
Jason Scott Quinn
Woody Fu
Tony Mui
Joe Lepore
Teddy Shivers
New Team Indigo
Matt Shafeek
Matt J. Weir
Brian Frange
Dennis Zavolock
Pat May
Jaclynn Larington
Shaun Farrugia
Eli Itzkowitz
New Team Rose Petal
Steve Slate
Hannah Chase
Sebastian Conelli
Nathan Peterman
Adam Twitchell
Mike Dwyer
Evan Barden
Vince Milosevich
There are also brand new additions to Horses, The Wrath and Featherweight
Horses
Frank Bonomo
Kelly Buttermore
Kim Ferguson
Federico Gardunio
George Fernandez
David Etkin
Al King
Michael Lutton
The Wrath
Andrew Yurman Glaser
Michael Kroll
Ross Taylor
Charlotte Rabbe
Scott Lawrie
Rob Penty
David Gonyo
Emily Shapiro
Featherweight
Justin Moran
Elana Fishbein
Blake Merriman
Noel Dineen
Willy Appelman
Congratulations to the new Magnet Sketch Teams! Magnet Sketch Teams are the sketch comedy equivalent of Megawatt, our house improv teams. Sketch Teams are groups of writers and performers who will work with directors to create a run of sketch shows. Thank you to all those who applied, we’re excited to introduce these incredible teams! The first show is Sunday September 16th at 9:30! See you there!
TEAM LEONARDO
Ruby Marez
Lisa Herring
Alex Marino
Phoebe Tyers
Todd Shaeffer
Adam Twitchell
Ingrid Ostby
Bob Kern
Steph Garcia
TEAM RAPHAEL
Willy Appelman
Kim Ferguson
Vince Milosevich
Stephanie Streisand
Alan Fessenden
Sarah Pappalardo
Joe Miles
Sean Taylor
Andrew Vuilleumier
TEAM DONATELLO
Emily Shapiro
Jim Turner
Branson Reese
Nivea Serrao
David Rynn
Nick Feitel
Kaitlin Fontana
Geri Cole
Jon Moisan
TEAM MICHELANGELO
Jane Stolar
Gretchen Poole
Jana Schmieding
Ben Kharakh
Matt Antonucci
Danielle Tolley
Lauren Olsen
Joe Lepore
Matt Wassung
Saturday, July 28th marked the Magnet Theater’s second Ladies Night. From 7pm – 11:30pm the stage was set for only those with X chromosomes. Hosted by Magnet’s Artistic Director Megan Gray and Registrar Kim Ferguson, the shows featured over 50 female performers from all over the city, improvising, reciting poetry and putting on a sketch show.
The 7 & 8pm blocks featured female improvisers from Magnet, The PIT and UCB, in mixed combinations you have probably never seen before (except in your dreams). The Magnet was packed to capacity, as 9pm brought a special :Kiss*Punch*Poem: Ladies Night edition — all female poets and all female improvisers.
