| TUESDAY,
JANUARY 6TH |
 |
 |
 |
|
7:00pm •
$5
TEAM PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP
FEATURING
Michael Bell, Tom Cairney, Chris Camp, Brad Engle, Lizzie
Goldberg - Redner, Kelly Kreye, Michael Lutton, Christine
Magee, Dave Maulbeck, Christian Paluck, Binu Paulose, Jason
Salmon, Jana Schmieding, Lauren Strope, Adam Taylor, Jed
Teres
Directed by Armando Diaz |
8:30 pm • $5
LEVEL FOUR CLASS SHOW
FEATURING
Rebecca Brooks, Laura Crocenzi, Noel Dinneen,
John Dixon, Kathleen Durkin, Dave Fleischer, Robert Grady,
Jeff O'Leary, Rory O'Sullivan,
Austin Smith, Lauren Strope, and Tony Weiss.
|
10 pm • Free
CASUAL SKETCH Give your
comedy works-in-progress a one-night-stand.
All the pleasures of sketch with no strings attached.
Monologues, sketches, videos and more!
Hosted by Leanne Linsky |
|
| WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY 7TH |
 |
MEGAWATT
High-Powered improv from
Magnet's own Super Groups. Our resident ensembles gather
to dazzle audiences with various forms of improv comedy.
The forms are constantly evolving, and no two shows are
the same. Come see what your favorites are up to this week. |
7:00pm •
$5
HARLEQUIN
Chrissie Mayr, Cliff Campbell, Jen Sanders, Samantha Gurewitz,
Bob Kern, Bret LaFontan, Liz Haag • Directed by Louis
Kornfeld
FEATHERWEIGHT
Russ Armstrong, Justin Moran, Jared McGrail, Noel Dineen,
Elana Fishbein, Jess Lane, Blake Merriman, Jesse Acini
• Directed by Peter McNerney
|
8:30pm •
$5
DYNASTY
Eden Gauteron, Michael McFarland, Elizabeth Findlay, John
Roukis, Alexis Saarela,
Jen Cowan, Matt Koff, Brigid Boyle • Directed by
Mark Grenier
MOXIE
Dan Buchbinder, Ian Caruth, Leslie Korein, Rylan Morrison,
Garrett Palm, Karsten Cross, Erik Martin
|
10:00pm
• $5
PHOOKA
Madalyn Mako, Steven Slate, Angela DeManti, Emily Shapiro,
Jon Bander, Matt Shafeek, David Levin, David Etkin •
Directed by Alex Marino
CRUSH
Frank Bonomo, Chet Siegel, Steve Horak, Brandon Lisy, Brian
Bockrath, Lauren Olson, Nick Kanellis, Taylor White •
Directed by Christian Capozzoli
|
11:30pm
• FREE
MAGNET MIXER
Magnet students past and present join improvisers from
all the world over and non-improvisers who just want to
play, forming rare and wonderful one-night-only teams.
Sign up starts at 10:30.
HOSTED BY DYNASTY
Eden Gauteron, Michael McFarland, Elizabeth Findlay, John
Roukis, Alexis Saarela,
Jen Cowan, Matt Koff, Brigid Boyle • Directed by
Mark Grenier
|
| THURSDAY,
JANUARY 8TH |
 |
THURSDAY
NIGHT OUT
DOLLAR BEERS!
ONE $5 Ticket gets you in for the whole evening! |
7:00pm
•
THE BOSS MIXER
HOSTED BY
THE BOSS
Dan Fairall, Quinton Loder, Charles Whitcroft, Beth Cartier,
Hugh Strange, Louis Kornfeld |
8:30pm
TEAM X & THE BOSS
Two powerhouse veteran Magnet teams
steal the stage and the lights in this shared
hour long show.
TEAM X
James Aylward, Devlyn Corrigan, Joe Dembner,
Lucas Held, Marcy Jarreau, and Rob Penty
THE BOSS
Dan Fairall, Quinton Loder, Charles Whitcroft, Beth Cartier,
Hugh Strange, Louis Kornfeld |
10:00PM
HELLO LASER &
JUNIOR VARSITY
HELLO LASER
Paul Downs, Alan Fessenden, Corey Grimes, Alex Marino,
Dave Warth
JUNIOR VARSITY
Lucia Aniello, Jarret Berenstein,
Jane Borden, Kevin Cragg, Megan Gray, Jamie Rivera, Sean
Taylor, Shawn Wickens |
11:30PM
30,000KHZ OF SOUND
A long-form improv show in the dark which uses
audio samples found on shortwave radio as inspiration
for scenes.
Featuring Brigid Boyle, Kevin Cragg, Dan Fairall,
Eden Gauteron, Damon Ketron, Ashley Ward
Directed by Shawn Wickens.
http://www.30000khz.com |
| FRIDAY,
JANUARY 9TH |
 |
 |
 |
 |
7:00
pm• $5
IMPROV REVUE
Watch the latest Magnet Conservatory students present
a compelling array of forms:
The Time Dash, The Montage, The Mono Scene and
Freeze Tag.
FEATURING
Todd Bieber, Kim Fenwick, Nat Freedberg, Dayna La Rosa,
Brittney Lower, Eric Ludwig, Emilyn Morielli, Justin Peters,
Jon Roufaeal, Rachel Werbel, Sarah Yorra
Directed by Armando Diaz |
8:30pm •
$5
LEAD MCENROE
Lead McEnroe reviewed in The Apiary!
www.theapiary.org
Remember that dive bar you always
ended up at after work? That movie theater where you had
your first kiss? That go-kart place you went for your
eighth birthday? Lead McEnroe hopes you do. Working from
a single suggestion of a place from your memory, we'll
show you what happens when the bar closes down for the
night, the girl runs home to her parents, and the go-kart
operator decides to go for one of his joy-rides. Lead
McEnroe presents their original long-form, Songs of the
Cul-De-Sac.
Lead McEnroe is: Mike Barry. Nick Benaquista.
Tim Eberle. Dan Scivoletti. Rob Williams.Directed by Alex
Marino
www.leadmcenroe.com |
10:00pm •
$7
MADE-UP-MUSICAL
The Made-Up Musical sings and dances its way
onto the Magnet Theater stage with a one of a kind musical
comedy every week! After an interview with an audience
member, the cast weaves together a full one-act musical,
complete with all the songs, trappings and melodrama you’d
expect from our friends on Broadway.
FEATURING
John O'Donnell, Tara Copeland, Alex Marino and Louis Kornfeld,
along with seasoned improvisers Scott Glover, Jessica
Allen, Robin Rothman, and Megan Gray.
Music provided by the unrivaled Frank Spitznagel
|
11:30pm
• $5
BAM: Brides Against Monsters: A Sketch Comedy Epic
Within each of us rages a war as old as time
– one between the vestal Brides of our better selves,
and the insatiable Monsters of our darkest appetites.
And so with an unwavering calm, BAM daringly sets their
newest sketch show against the backdrop of this purely
psychological and totally fictitious war. Careening from
courtrooms to classrooms, from the interrogation rooms
to little old ladies’ living rooms, BAM gives the
battle voice and action, scale and gravity, wigs and costumes,
videos and rock and roll.
With
Jon Bander, Alex Marino, and Alan Fessenden
Whose side are you on?
|
| SATURDAY,
JANUARY 10TH |
 |
 |
 |
 |
7:30pm •
$5
NEW PLAY
NEW PLAY is an improvised play in two acts or
less. It's a moving and meaningful contribution to New
York's vibrant theater scene. Possibly.
NEW PLAY stars Chicago improvisational veterans
Peter Grosz, Deb Downing, Ed Herbstman, Katie Caussin,
Melanie Hoopes, Jonathan Karpinos and Kelly Haran. Directed
by Sandy Marshall, NEW PLAY is based on PLAY, which ran
for two successful years at Chicago's iO Theater (and
featured some of the cast members of NEW PLAY).
The NEW PLAY ensemble writes a play while they
are performing it, streamlining the cumbersome and often
wasteful 'process' traditionally used to develop scripts.
Eliminating re-writes, readings, rehearsals, and other
'distractions,' the cast of NEW PLAY harnesses the power
of live theater with no preparation, opening (and closing)
a brand new play each week.
NEW PLAY doesn't re-hash the stereotypes of well-known
theatrical styles or authors for easy laughs. Instead,
the cast explores original stories and characters every
show, as if in the voice of some yet undiscovered playwright.
The results range from poignant to hilarious, and occasionally
both at the same time.
Show may contain strobe lights, loud explosions,
nudity, objectionable themes, and gunfire. Or it may not.
|
9:00pm •
$5
4 TRACK
One of Magnet Theater's signature shows, 4TRACK is improv
comedy with a jolt. It's 40 minutes of non-stop fun. This
show is wild, raucous and whiplash hilarious. From a single
suggestion, 4TRACK delivers huge characters, high stakes,
bold risks and big energy to make a show that is daring,
truthful, brutal and funny.
*A TIME OUT NEW YORK CRITIC'S PICK*
Voted Best New Improv Show of 2007 by Time Out New York!
click
here to read the article
FEATURING
George Basil, Frank Campanella, Christian Capozzoli, Matt
Evans
|
10:30pm •
$5
STATUES
OF LIBERTY
Coming straight out of Chicago, USA, the Land
of Lincoln, these three cats bring a funk unsmelt before
in New York City. Flowing like amber waves of grain and
poppin' off like the rockets red glare, it's fast, it's
outrageous, it's dangerous, it's hilarious, it's rock
'n roll lil mama, so plug it in, baby! So...
Are you ready to breathe free?
FEATURING
Peter McNerney, Nick Kanellis, Russ Armstrong
Directed by Christian Capozzoli of 4-TRACK
Read
their latest rave review in The Apiary!
|
12:00 • Free
MAGNET MIXER
Magnet students past and present join
improvisers from all the world over and non-improvisers
who just want to play, forming rare and wonderful one-night-only
teams. Sign up starts at 10:30.
HOSTED BY
FEATURING
You. |
| SUNDAY,
JANUARY 11TH |
| |
 |
 |
|
|
8:00pm • $5
TEST
DRIVE
Every Sunday Test Drive features two brand new shows, never
before seen on the Magnet stage, from improv, sketch and
one-person shows to short films, stand-up and more. These
shows are so new they still have that new comedy smell.
MR. WHITEPANTS' COMEDY HOUR
Join Mr. Whitepants and the Mr. Whitepants gang for a
Mr. Whitepants evening of Mr. Whitepants sketch comedy
that will have you shouting the name "Mr. Whitepants!"
for years to come.
Written and performed by Matt Koff, Roy Koshy, Dan McCoy,
Rob Morrison, and Meghan O'Neill.
Directed by Mark Grenier.
and...
THE BITTER POET'S "LOOKING FOR
LOVE IN ALL THE WRONG CAFÉS, STRIP CLUBS AND BLACK
BOX PERFORMANCE SPACES"
Downtown Man Of Angst, The Bitter Poet, shares his guitar-driven,
explosive, unrequited love poems in this painfully honest
romp about finding True Love and the strippers you meet
along the way. A high-energy, irreverent celebration of
the stupid things we do for love. With special guest,
the Beautiful Downtown Burlesque Performance Artist, Sestina
X! |
9:30pm • $5
MAGNET INFERNO
Two teams throw down the gauntlet for a night of divine
comedy. Each week, the reigning champion will take on another
torturous challenge, as they journey deeper into the inferno.
They must survive 9 challenges over 9 weeks to prove themselves
as Gods among men. Will they live or fry? Only you can decide.
THIS WEEK:
Winner
vs
Iron
Ruckus
Dave Bluvband, Frank Hejl, Dustin Drury, Bryce Richardson,
Dan Black, Domenico Manzolillo, Laura Zeis,
Brett White |
|
| TUESDAY,
JANUARY 13TH |
 |
 |
|
|
7:00pm •
$5
TEAM PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP
FEATURING
Michael Bell, Tom Cairney, Chris Camp, Brad Engle, Lizzie
Goldberg - Redner, Kelly Kreye, Michael Lutton, Christine
Magee, Dave Maulbeck, Christian Paluck, Binu Paulose, Jason
Salmon, Jana Schmieding, Lauren Strope, Adam Taylor, Jed
Teres
Directed by Armando Diaz |
8:30 pm • $5
LEVEL FOUR CLASS SHOW
FEATURING
Rebecca Brooks, Laura Crocenzi, Noel Dinneen,
John Dixon, Kathleen Durkin, Dave Fleischer, Robert Grady,
Jeff O'Leary, Rory O'Sullivan,
Austin Smith, Lauren Strope, and Tony Weiss.
|
|
|
| WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY 14TH |
 |
MEGAWATT
High-Powered improv from
Magnet's own Super Groups. Our resident ensembles gather
to dazzle audiences with various forms of improv comedy.
The forms are constantly evolving, and no two shows are
the same. Come see what your favorites are up to this week. |
7:00pm •
$5
HARLEQUIN
Chrissie Mayr, Cliff Campbell, Jen Sanders, Samantha Gurewitz,
Bob Kern, Bret LaFontan, Liz Haag • Directed by Louis
Kornfeld
FEATHERWEIGHT
Russ Armstrong, Justin Moran, Jared McGrail, Noel Dineen,
Elana Fishbein, Jess Lane, Blake Merriman, Jesse Acini
• Directed by Peter McNerney |
8:30pm •
$5
DYNASTY
Eden Gauteron, Michael McFarland, Elizabeth Findlay, John
Roukis, Alexis Saarela,
Jen Cowan, Matt Koff, Brigid Boyle • Directed by
Mark Grenier
MOXIE
Dan Buchbinder, Ian Caruth, Leslie Korein, Rylan Morrison,
Garrett Palm, Karsten Cross, Erik Martin
|
10:00pm
• $5
PHOOKA
Madalyn Mako, Steven Slate, Angela DeManti, Emily Shapiro,
Jon Bander, Matt Shafeek, David Levin, David Etkin •
Directed by Alex Marino
CRUSH
Frank Bonomo, Chet Siegel, Steve Horak, Brandon Lisy, Brian
Bockrath, Lauren Olson, Nick Kanellis, Taylor White •
Directed by Christian Capozzoli
|
11:30pm
• FREE
MAGNET MIXER
Magnet students past and present join improvisers from
all the world over and non-improvisers who just want to
play, forming rare and wonderful one-night-only teams.
Sign up starts at 10:30.
HOSTED BY FEATHERWEIGHT
Russ Armstrong, Justin Moran, Jared McGrail, Noel Dineen,
Elana Fishbein, Jess Lane, Blake Merriman, Jesse Acini
• Directed by Peter McNerney
|
| THURSDAY,
JANUARY 15TH |
 |
THURSDAY
NIGHT OUT
DOLLAR BEERS!
ONE $5 Ticket gets you in for the whole evening! |
7:00pm
•
JUNIOR VARSITY MIXER
HOSTED BY
JUNIOR VARSITY
Lucia Aniello, Jarret Berenstein,
Jane Borden, Kevin Cragg, Megan Gray, Jamie Rivera, Sean
Taylor, Shawn Wickens |
8:30pm
TEAM
X & THE BOSS
Two powerhouse veteran Magnet teams
steal the stage and the lights in this shared
hour long show.
TEAM X
James Aylward, Devlyn Corrigan, Joe Dembner,
Lucas Held, Marcy Jarreau, and Rob Penty
THE BOSS
Dan Fairall, Quinton Loder, Charles Whitcroft, Beth Cartier,
Hugh Strange, Louis Kornfeld |
10:00PM
HELLO LASER &
JUNIOR VARSITY
HELLO LASER
Paul Downs, Alan Fessenden, Corey Grimes, Alex Marino,
Dave Warth
JUNIOR VARSITY
Lucia Aniello, Jarret Berenstein,
Jane Borden, Kevin Cragg, Megan Gray, Jamie Rivera, Sean
Taylor, Shawn Wickens |
11:30PM
30,000KHZ OF SOUND
A long-form improv show in the dark which uses
audio samples found on shortwave radio as inspiration
for scenes.
Featuring Brigid Boyle, Kevin Cragg, Dan Fairall,
Eden Gauteron, Damon Ketron, Ashley Ward
Directed by Shawn Wickens.
http://www.30000khz.com |
| FRIDAY,
JANUARY 16TH |
| |
|
 |
 |
7:00
pm• $5
ME ME ME
|
8:30pm •
TBD |
10:00pm •
$7
MADE-UP-MUSICAL
The Made-Up Musical sings and dances its way
onto the Magnet Theater stage with a one of a kind musical
comedy every week! After an interview with an audience
member, the cast weaves together a full one-act musical,
complete with all the songs, trappings and melodrama you’d
expect from our friends on Broadway.
FEATURING
John O'Donnell, Tara Copeland, Alex Marino and Louis Kornfeld,
along with seasoned improvisers Scott Glover, Jessica
Allen, Robin Rothman, and Megan Gray.
Music provided by the unrivaled Frank Spitznagel
|
11:30pm
• $5
BAM: Brides Against Monsters: A Sketch Comedy Epic
Within each of us rages a war as old as time
– one between the vestal Brides of our better selves,
and the insatiable Monsters of our darkest appetites.
And so with an unwavering calm, BAM daringly sets their
newest sketch show against the backdrop of this purely
psychological and totally fictitious war. Careening from
courtrooms to classrooms, from the interrogation rooms
to little old ladies’ living rooms, BAM gives the
battle voice and action, scale and gravity, wigs and costumes,
videos and rock and roll.
With
Jon Bander, Alex Marino, and Alan Fessenden
Whose side are you on?
|
| SATURDAY,
JANUARY 17TH |
 |
 |
 |
 |
7:30pm •
$5
NEW PLAY
NEW PLAY is an improvised play in two acts or
less. It's a moving and meaningful contribution to New
York's vibrant theater scene. Possibly.
NEW PLAY stars Chicago improvisational veterans
Peter Grosz, Deb Downing, Ed Herbstman, Katie Caussin,
Melanie Hoopes, Jonathan Karpinos and Kelly Haran. Directed
by Sandy Marshall, NEW PLAY is based on PLAY, which ran
for two successful years at Chicago's iO Theater (and
featured some of the cast members of NEW PLAY).
The NEW PLAY ensemble writes a play while they
are performing it, streamlining the cumbersome and often
wasteful 'process' traditionally used to develop scripts.
Eliminating re-writes, readings, rehearsals, and other
'distractions,' the cast of NEW PLAY harnesses the power
of live theater with no preparation, opening (and closing)
a brand new play each week.
NEW PLAY doesn't re-hash the stereotypes of well-known
theatrical styles or authors for easy laughs. Instead,
the cast explores original stories and characters every
show, as if in the voice of some yet undiscovered playwright.
The results range from poignant to hilarious, and occasionally
both at the same time.
Show may contain strobe lights, loud explosions,
nudity, objectionable themes, and gunfire. Or it may not.
|
9:00pm •
$5
4 TRACK
One of Magnet Theater's signature shows, 4TRACK is improv
comedy with a jolt. It's 40 minutes of non-stop fun. This
show is wild, raucous and whiplash hilarious. From a single
suggestion, 4TRACK delivers huge characters, high stakes,
bold risks and big energy to make a show that is daring,
truthful, brutal and funny.
*A TIME OUT NEW YORK CRITIC'S PICK*
Voted Best New Improv Show of 2007 by Time Out New York!
click
here to read the article
FEATURING
George Basil, Frank Campanella, Christian Capozzoli, Matt
Evans
|
10:30pm •
$5
STATUES
OF LIBERTY
Coming straight out of Chicago, USA, the Land
of Lincoln, these three cats bring a funk unsmelt before
in New York City. Flowing like amber waves of grain and
poppin' off like the rockets red glare, it's fast, it's
outrageous, it's dangerous, it's hilarious, it's rock
'n roll lil mama, so plug it in, baby! So...
Are you ready to breathe free?
FEATURING
Peter McNerney, Nick Kanellis, Russ Armstrong
Directed by Christian Capozzoli of 4-TRACK
|
12:00 • Free
MAGNET MIXER
Magnet students past and present join
improvisers from all the world over and non-improvisers
who just want to play, forming rare and wonderful one-night-only
teams. Sign up starts at 10:30.
HOSTED BY
FEATURING
You. |
| SUNDAY,
JANUARY 18TH |
 |
 |
 |
|
6:30pm
• FREE
LEVEL ONE CLASS SHOW |
8:00pm • $5
TEST
DRIVE
Every Sunday Test Drive features two brand new shows, never
before seen on the Magnet stage, from improv, sketch and
one-person shows to short films, stand-up and more. These
shows are so new they still have that new comedy smell.
"OH, NO! NOT ANOTHER
ONE WOMAN SHOW!"
With Emily Bryan
and...
George the Roofer
|
9:30pm • $5
MAGNET INFERNO
Two teams throw down the gauntlet for a night of divine
comedy. Each week, the reigning champion will take on another
torturous challenge, as they journey deeper into the inferno.
They must survive 9 challenges over 9 weeks to prove themselves
as Gods among men. Will they live or fry? Only you can decide.
THIS WEEK:
Winner
vs
Queen
of Sharks
Michael Newman, Jason Tyne-Zimmerman, Lorie Steele, Amanda
Peck, Brian Schell, Colin McNally, Sara Blake |
|
| TUESDAY,
JANUARY 20TH |
 |
 |
|
|
7:00pm •
$5
TEAM PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP
FEATURING
Michael Bell, Tom Cairney, Chris Camp, Brad Engle, Lizzie
Goldberg - Redner, Kelly Kreye, Michael Lutton, Christine
Magee, Dave Maulbeck, Christian Paluck, Binu Paulose, Jason
Salmon, Jana Schmieding, Lauren Strope, Adam Taylor, Jed
Teres
Directed by Armando Diaz |
8:30 pm • $5
LEVEL FOUR CLASS SHOW
FEATURING
Rebecca Brooks, Laura Crocenzi, Noel Dinneen,
John Dixon, Kathleen Durkin, Dave Fleischer, Robert Grady,
Jeff O'Leary, Rory O'Sullivan,
Austin Smith, Lauren Strope, and Tony Weiss.
|
|
|
| WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY 21ST |
 |
MEGAWATT
High-Powered improv from
Magnet's own Super Groups. Our resident ensembles gather
to dazzle audiences with various forms of improv comedy.
The forms are constantly evolving, and no two shows are
the same. Come see what your favorites are up to this week. |
7:00pm •
$5
HELLO LASER
Paul Downs, Alan Fessenden, Corey Grimes, Alex Marino,
Dave Warth
FEATHERWEIGHT
Russ Armstrong, Justin Moran, Jared McGrail, Noel Dineen,
Elana Fishbein, Jess Lane, Blake Merriman, Jesse Acini
• Directed by Peter McNerney |
8:30pm •
$5
DYNASTY
Eden Gauteron, Michael McFarland, Elizabeth Findlay, John
Roukis, Alexis Saarela,
Jen Cowan, Matt Koff, Brigid Boyle • Directed by
Mark Grenier
MOXIE
Dan Buchbinder, Ian Caruth, Leslie Korein, Rylan Morrison,
Garrett Palm, Karsten Cross, Erik Martin
|
10:00pm
• $5
JUNIOR VARSITY
Lucia Aniello, Jarret Berenstein,
Jane Borden, Kevin Cragg, Megan Gray, Jamie Rivera, Sean
Taylor, Shawn Wickens
CRUSH
Frank Bonomo, Chet Siegel, Steve Horak, Brandon Lisy, Brian
Bockrath, Lauren Olson, Nick Kanellis, Taylor White •
Directed by Christian Capozzoli
|
11:30pm
• FREE
MAGNET MIXER
Magnet students past and present join improvisers from
all the world over and non-improvisers who just want to
play, forming rare and wonderful one-night-only teams.
Sign up starts at 10:30.
HOSTED BY HARLEQUIN
Chrissie Mayr, Cliff Campbell, Jen Sanders, Samantha Gurewitz,
Bob Kern, Bret LaFontan, Liz Haag • Directed by Louis
Kornfeld
|
| THURSDAY,
JANUARY 22ND |
 |
THURSDAY
NIGHT OUT
DOLLAR BEERS!
ONE $5 Ticket gets you in for the whole evening! |
7:00pm
•
HELLO LASER MIXER
HOSTED BY
HELLO LASER
Paul Downs, Alan Fessenden, Corey Grimes, Alex Marino, Dave
Warth |
8:30pm
TEAM
X & THE BOSS
Two powerhouse veteran Magnet teams
steal the stage and the lights in this shared
hour long show.
TEAM X
James Aylward, Devlyn Corrigan, Joe Dembner,
Lucas Held, Marcy Jarreau, and Rob Penty
THE BOSS
Dan Fairall, Quinton Loder, Charles Whitcroft, Beth Cartier,
Hugh Strange, Louis Kornfeld |
10:00PM
HELLO LASER &
JUNIOR VARSITY
HELLO LASER
Paul Downs, Alan Fessenden, Corey Grimes, Alex Marino,
Dave Warth
JUNIOR VARSITY
Lucia Aniello, Jarret Berenstein,
Jane Borden, Kevin Cragg, Megan Gray, Jamie Rivera, Sean
Taylor, Shawn Wickens |
11:30PM
30,000KHZ OF SOUND
A long-form improv show in the dark which uses
audio samples found on shortwave radio as inspiration
for scenes.
Featuring Brigid Boyle, Kevin Cragg, Dan Fairall,
Eden Gauteron, Damon Ketron, Ashley Ward
Directed by Shawn Wickens.
http://www.30000khz.com |
| FRIDAY,
JANUARY 23RD |
| |
 |
 |
 |
7:00
pm• $5
ME ME ME |
8:30pm •
$5
LEAD MCENROE
Lead McEnroe reviewed in The Apiary!
www.theapiary.org
Remember that dive bar you always
ended up at after work? That movie theater where you had
your first kiss? That go-kart place you went for your
eighth birthday? Lead McEnroe hopes you do. Working from
a single suggestion of a place from your memory, we'll
show you what happens when the bar closes down for the
night, the girl runs home to her parents, and the go-kart
operator decides to go for one of his joy-rides. Lead
McEnroe presents their original long-form, Songs of the
Cul-De-Sac.
Lead McEnroe is: Mike Barry. Nick Benaquista.
Tim Eberle. Dan Scivoletti. Rob Williams.Directed by Alex
Marino
www.leadmcenroe.com |
10:00pm •
$7
MADE-UP-MUSICAL
The Made-Up Musical sings and dances its way
onto the Magnet Theater stage with a one of a kind musical
comedy every week! After an interview with an audience
member, the cast weaves together a full one-act musical,
complete with all the songs, trappings and melodrama you’d
expect from our friends on Broadway.
FEATURING
John O'Donnell, Tara Copeland, Alex Marino and Louis Kornfeld,
along with seasoned improvisers Scott Glover, Jessica
Allen, Robin Rothman, and Megan Gray.
Music provided by the unrivaled Frank Spitznagel |
11:30pm
• $5
BAM: Brides Against Monsters: A Sketch Comedy Epic
Within each of us rages a war as old as time
– one between the vestal Brides of our better selves,
and the insatiable Monsters of our darkest appetites.
And so with an unwavering calm, BAM daringly sets their
newest sketch show against the backdrop of this purely
psychological and totally fictitious war. Careening from
courtrooms to classrooms, from the interrogation rooms
to little old ladies’ living rooms, BAM gives the
battle voice and action, scale and gravity, wigs and costumes,
videos and rock and roll.
With
Jon Bander, Alex Marino, and Alan Fessenden
Whose side are you on? |
| SATURDAY,
JANUARY 24TH |
 |
 |
 |
 |
7:30pm •
$5
NEW PLAY
NEW PLAY is an improvised play in two acts or
less. It's a moving and meaningful contribution to New
York's vibrant theater scene. Possibly.
NEW PLAY stars Chicago improvisational veterans
Peter Grosz, Deb Downing, Ed Herbstman, Katie Caussin,
Melanie Hoopes, Jonathan Karpinos and Kelly Haran. Directed
by Sandy Marshall, NEW PLAY is based on PLAY, which ran
for two successful years at Chicago's iO Theater (and
featured some of the cast members of NEW PLAY).
The NEW PLAY ensemble writes a play while they
are performing it, streamlining the cumbersome and often
wasteful 'process' traditionally used to develop scripts.
Eliminating re-writes, readings, rehearsals, and other
'distractions,' the cast of NEW PLAY harnesses the power
of live theater with no preparation, opening (and closing)
a brand new play each week.
NEW PLAY doesn't re-hash the stereotypes of well-known
theatrical styles or authors for easy laughs. Instead,
the cast explores original stories and characters every
show, as if in the voice of some yet undiscovered playwright.
The results range from poignant to hilarious, and occasionally
both at the same time.
Show may contain strobe lights, loud explosions,
nudity, objectionable themes, and gunfire. Or it may not.
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9:00pm •
$5
4 TRACK
One of Magnet Theater's signature shows, 4TRACK is improv
comedy with a jolt. It's 40 minutes of non-stop fun. This
show is wild, raucous and whiplash hilarious. From a single
suggestion, 4TRACK delivers huge characters, high stakes,
bold risks and big energy to make a show that is daring,
truthful, brutal and funny.
*A TIME OUT NEW YORK CRITIC'S PICK*
Voted Best New Improv Show of 2007 by Time Out New York!
click
here to read the article
FEATURING
George Basil, Frank Campanella, Christian Capozzoli, Matt
Evans
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10:30pm •
$5
STATUES
OF LIBERTY
Coming straight out of Chicago, USA, the Land
of Lincoln, these three cats bring a funk unsmelt before
in New York City. Flowing like amber waves of grain and
poppin' off like the rockets red glare, it's fast, it's
outrageous, it's dangerous, it's hilarious, it's rock
'n roll lil mama, so plug it in, baby! So...
Are you ready to breathe free?
FEATURING
Peter McNerney, Nick Kanellis, Russ Armstrong
Directed by Christian Capozzoli of 4-TRACK
|
12:00 • Free
MAGNET MIXER
Magnet students past and present join
improvisers from all the world over and non-improvisers
who just want to play, forming rare and wonderful one-night-only
teams. Sign up starts at 10:30.
HOSTED BY
FEATURING
You. |
| SUNDAY,
JANUARY 25TH |
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6:30PM
• FREE
LEVEL TWO CLASS SHOW |
8:00pm •
$5
TEST
DRIVE
Every Sunday Test Drive features two brand new shows, never
before seen on the Magnet stage, from improv, sketch and
one-person shows to short films, stand-up and more. These
shows are so new they still have that new comedy smell.
THE HIGH SCORES
We're another sketch show, only better.
No impersonations, no puns. Serious f-ing comedy.
and...
SEXUAL DANCING FOR DUMMIES |
9:30pm • $5
MAGNET INFERNO
Two teams throw down the gauntlet for a night of divine
comedy. Each week, the reigning champion will take on another
torturous challenge, as they journey deeper into the inferno.
They must survive 9 challenges over 9 weeks to prove themselves
as Gods among men. Will they live or fry? Only you can decide.
THIS WEEK:
Winner
vs
Thank
You, Robot
Jeremy
Bent, Seth Lind, Matt Little, Casey Savage, Christopher
Scott, Abra Tabak, John Robert Wilson |
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| TUESDAY,
JANUARY 27TH |
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7:00pm •
$5
TEAM PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP
FEATURING
Michael Bell, Tom Cairney, Chris Camp, Brad Engle, Lizzie
Goldberg - Redner, Kelly Kreye, Michael Lutton, Christine
Magee, Dave Maulbeck, Christian Paluck, Binu Paulose, Jason
Salmon, Jana Schmieding, Lauren Strope, Adam Taylor, Jed
Teres
Directed by Armando Diaz |
8:30 pm • $5
LEVEL FOUR CLASS SHOW
FEATURING
Rebecca Brooks, Laura Crocenzi, Noel Dinneen,
John Dixon, Kathleen Durkin, Dave Fleischer, Robert Grady,
Jeff O'Leary, Rory O'Sullivan,
Austin Smith, Lauren Strope, and Tony Weiss.
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| WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY 28TH |
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MEGAWATT
High-Powered improv from
Magnet's own Super Groups. Our resident ensembles gather
to dazzle audiences with various forms of improv comedy.
The forms are constantly evolving, and no two shows are
the same. Come see what your favorites are up to this week. |
7:00pm •
$5
HARLEQUIN
Chrissie Mayr, Cliff Campbell, Jen Sanders, Samantha Gurewitz,
Bob Kern, Bret LaFontan, Liz Haag • Directed by Louis
Kornfeld
FEATHERWEIGHT
Russ Armstrong, Justin Moran, Jared McGrail, Noel Dineen,
Elana Fishbein, Jess Lane, Blake Merriman, Jesse Acini
• Directed by Peter McNerney |
8:30pm •
$5
DYNASTY
Eden Gauteron, Michael McFarland, Elizabeth Findlay, John
Roukis, Alexis Saarela,
Jen Cowan, Matt Koff, Brigid Boyle • Directed by
Mark Grenier
MOXIE
Dan Buchbinder, Ian Caruth, Leslie Korein, Rylan Morrison,
Garrett Palm, Karsten Cross, Erik Martin
|
10:00pm
• $5
PHOOKA
Madalyn Mako, Steven Slate, Angela DeManti, Emily Shapiro,
Jon Bander, Matt Shafeek, David Levin, David Etkin •
Directed by Alex Marino
CRUSH
Frank Bonomo, Chet Siegel, Steve Horak, Brandon Lisy, Brian
Bockrath, Lauren Olson, Nick Kanellis, Taylor White •
Directed by Christian Capozzoli
|
11:30pm
• FREE
MAGNET MIXER
Magnet students past and present join improvisers from
all the world over and non-improvisers who just want to
play, forming rare and wonderful one-night-only teams.
Sign up starts at 10:30.
HOSTED BY CRUSH
Frank Bonomo, Chet Siegel, Steve Horak, Brandon Lisy,
Brian Bockrath, Lauren Olson, Nick Kanellis, Taylor White
• Directed by Christian Capozzoli
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| THURSDAY,
JANUARY 29TH |
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THURSDAY
NIGHT OUT
DOLLAR BEERS!
ONE $5 Ticket gets you in for the whole evening! |
7:00pm
•
MOXIE SCRATCH - OFF
HOSTED BY
MOXIE
Dan Buchbinder, Ian Caruth, Leslie Korein, Rylan Morrison,
Garrett Palm, Karsten Cross, Erik Martin |
8:30pm
TEAM
X & THE BOSS
Two powerhouse veteran Magnet teams
steal the stage and the lights in this shared
hour long show.
TEAM X
James Aylward, Devlyn Corrigan, Joe Dembner,
Lucas Held, Marcy Jarreau, and Rob Penty
THE BOSS
Dan Fairall, Quinton Loder, Charles Whitcroft, Beth Cartier,
Hugh Strange, Louis Kornfeld |
10:00PM
HELLO LASER &
JUNIOR VARSITY
HELLO LASER
Paul Downs, Alan Fessenden, Corey Grimes, Alex Marino,
Dave Warth
JUNIOR VARSITY
Lucia Aniello, Jarret Berenstein,
Jane Borden, Kevin Cragg, Megan Gray, Jamie Rivera, Sean
Taylor, Shawn Wickens
|
11:30PM
30,000KHZ OF SOUND
A long-form improv show in the dark which uses
audio samples found on shortwave radio as inspiration
for scenes.
Featuring Brigid Boyle, Kevin Cragg, Dan Fairall,
Eden Gauteron, Damon Ketron, Ashley Ward
Directed by Shawn Wickens.
http://www.30000khz.com |
| FRIDAY,
JANUARY 30TH |
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7:00
pm• $5
TWO FUNNY |
8:30pm •
$5
LEAD MCENROE
Lead McEnroe reviewed in The Apiary!
www.theapiary.org
Remember that dive bar you always
ended up at after work? That movie theater where you had
your first kiss? That go-kart place you went for your
eighth birthday? Lead McEnroe hopes you do. Working from
a single suggestion of a place from your memory, we'll
show you what happens when the bar closes down for the
night, the girl runs home to her parents, and the go-kart
operator decides to go for one of his joy-rides. Lead
McEnroe presents their original long-form, Songs of the
Cul-De-Sac.
Lead McEnroe is: Mike Barry. Nick Benaquista.
Tim Eberle. Dan Scivoletti. Rob Williams.Directed by Alex
Marino
www.leadmcenroe.com |
10:00pm •
$7
MADE-UP-MUSICAL
The Made-Up Musical sings and dances its way
onto the Magnet Theater stage with a one of a kind musical
comedy every week! After an interview with an audience
member, the cast weaves together a full one-act musical,
complete with all the songs, trappings and melodrama you’d
expect from our friends on Broadway.
FEATURING
John O'Donnell, Tara Copeland, Alex Marino and Louis Kornfeld,
along with seasoned improvisers Scott Glover, Jessica
Allen, Robin Rothman, and Megan Gray.
Music provided by the unrivaled Frank Spitznagel
|
8:00pm • $5
FOCUS
Hey, Darlings! Come sit down with a
cup of coffee (or perhaps a martini) and join the panel
of five of New York's most talkative and opinionated women
as they discuss the weekly events and interview alluring
guests, from the worlds of literature, politics, comedy,
and more. This show will keep you in FOCUS. Let's talk
about issues, over drinks!
FEATURING
Brigid Boyle, Emily Bryan, Nicole Cascio, Caroline Ficksman,
and Alexis Saarela. Special appearance by Roy Koshy
Created by Emily Bryan directed by Christian
Capozolli with Video Direction by Louie Pearlman
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| SATURDAY,
JANUARY 31ST |
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7:30pm •
$5
NEW PLAY
NEW PLAY is an improvised play in two acts or
less. It's a moving and meaningful contribution to New
York's vibrant theater scene. Possibly.
NEW PLAY stars Chicago improvisational veterans
Peter Grosz, Deb Downing, Ed Herbstman, Katie Caussin,
Melanie Hoopes, Jonathan Karpinos and Kelly Haran. Directed
by Sandy Marshall, NEW PLAY is based on PLAY, which ran
for two successful years at Chicago's iO Theater (and
featured some of the cast members of NEW PLAY).
The NEW PLAY ensemble writes a play while they
are performing it, streamlining the cumbersome and often
wasteful 'process' traditionally used to develop scripts.
Eliminating re-writes, readings, rehearsals, and other
'distractions,' the cast of NEW PLAY harnesses the power
of live theater with no preparation, opening (and closing)
a brand new play each week.
NEW PLAY doesn't re-hash the stereotypes of well-known
theatrical styles or authors for easy laughs. Instead,
the cast explores original stories and characters every
show, as if in the voice of some yet undiscovered playwright.
The results range from poignant to hilarious, and occasionally
both at the same time.
Show may contain strobe lights, loud explosions,
nudity, objectionable themes, and gunfire. Or it may not.
|
9:00pm •
$5
4 TRACK
One of Magnet Theater's signature shows, 4TRACK is improv
comedy with a jolt. It's 40 minutes of non-stop fun. This
show is wild, raucous and whiplash hilarious. From a single
suggestion, 4TRACK delivers huge characters, high stakes,
bold risks and big energy to make a show that is daring,
truthful, brutal and funny.
*A TIME OUT NEW YORK CRITIC'S PICK*
Voted Best New Improv Show of 2007 by Time Out New York!
click
here to read the article
FEATURING
George Basil, Frank Campanella, Christian Capozzoli, Matt
Evans
|
10:30pm •
$5
STATUES
OF LIBERTY
Coming straight out of Chicago, USA, the Land
of Lincoln, these three cats bring a funk unsmelt before
in New York City. Flowing like amber waves of grain and
poppin' off like the rockets red glare, it's fast, it's
outrageous, it's dangerous, it's hilarious, it's rock
'n roll lil mama, so plug it in, baby! So...
Are you ready to breathe free?
FEATURING
Peter McNerney, Nick Kanellis, Russ Armstrong
Directed by Christian Capozzoli of 4-TRACK
|
12:00 • Free
MAGNET MIXER
Magnet students past and present join
improvisers from all the world over and non-improvisers
who just want to play, forming rare and wonderful one-night-only
teams. Sign up starts at 10:30.
HOSTED BY
FEATURING
You. |
Magnet Theater
hosts a variety of performances and special events Tuesdays
through Sundays at 254 West 29th Street, between 7th and
8th Avenues, ground floor. Most shows are only $5. Beer
and wine are for sale (Brooklyn Lager, Blue Moon, Stella,
Red Stripe, Pabst, Delle Venezie Pinot Grigio, Monjardin
Chardonnay, Tilia Malbec Syrah, and Glamour Puss Pinot
Noir). No drink minimum. Wheelchair-accessible. Air-conditioned.
DIRECTIONS
Reservations are recommended!
Call 212-244-8824. We'll only contact you if
there is a problem. Lobby opens 30 minutes before showtime
and reservations are held until 15 minutes prior. Schedule
is subject to change. |
Reservations are recomended! Call 212-244-8824.
We'll only contact you if there is a problem.
Lobby is open 30 minutes before showtime and reservations are
held until 15 minutes prior.
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