BLIND TIGER IMPROV
Roaring Good Improv in Ossining, Peekskill, and the Hudson Valley at Large
Step into the fast-paced world of unscripted comedy with the teen performers of CACA! Featuring an extraordinary cast of local high school students, this showcase highlights the next generation of comedic talent as they take the stage without a safety net.
Theater like you've never seen before and probably never will again (Brought to you by Fable and Sow's Agreement alumni) Featuring Drena Fagen, Shirley Martinez, and Michael Tyler
Performing a 25-minute feat of strength, Dance Factory invites the audience to pick out one team member and one action that they'll have to perform in every scene, supported and edited by the team. It's a combo of long- and short-form that delivers to veteran and novice audiences alike! Featuring Brent Williams, Tess Frazer, Davonte Smith, Alex Kornfeld, Chloe Prasinos, Matty Truzynski, Heidi Waldermeir, and Ha Cao
The BackyardAsians are here to perform kid-ified musical improv FOR ADULTS, inspired by TV shows you grew up with: elements of Nick Jr. and PBS Kids with just a hint of Adult Swim. Through song, dance and puppetry, they teach essential life lessons like how to spell, how to dance inside a jail cell, and how to set someone on fire. Debuting as part of Shoes Off: All Asian Improv at Second City NYC, the BackyardAsians have since graced the stages of Asian Comedy Fest, Brooklyn Comedy Collective's Fun & Dumb Improv Festival, and AF Comedy Fest in Los Angeles. Featuring Christian Masinsin, Marcy Lin, Michelle Chu, and Xuan Zhao
Up to No God takes a life-changing moment from an audience members life and uses it as inspiration for a fast-paced and action-packed improv set, using the "Eventé" form to show how our lives could go so differently depending on the choices we make--or don't make. Featuring John Kennedy, Emily Riggins, Lia Fietz, Steven Moity, Joe Mourad, Hank Wolverton, and Mary Lane Townsend
Born out of the multitude of Blind Tiger classes between them, Brick Frisbee (and their one brain cell) is ready to take on any crowd suggestion with a combination of wit, agility, and pizzazz. Brick Frisbee has a little bit of everything - Korean War stories! Eastern European witches! A monkey playing cymbals! - and, most importantly, a love of improv comedy. Featuring Bex Gavidia, Amelia Zaino, Craig Colavito, Danielle Purdy, Heather Kendall, and Jordan Balaban
For 27 years, The Josh and Tamra Show, pioneers of puppet improv, have toured the U.S. and beyond, headlining improv festivals and teaching their unique blend of comedy. Born at the Upright Citizens Brigade in New York City in 1999, their show combines puppetry with long-form improvisation. Starring seasoned long-form improvisers Josh Cohen, a Jim Henson Muppeteer and Tamra Malaga, a character actress. Each performance begins with an audience suggestion and unfolds into a hilarious, one-of-a-kind, puppet-filled adventure. (May contain adult language and situations.) Featuring Josh Cohen and Tamra Malaga
One of Blind Tiger's house teams, Brunch Punk will always take those audience suggestions in surprising and creative directions. Will it be brunch? Will it be Punk? The answer, of course, is yes! Mimosas or body piercings, or both, it will build to twenty minutes on stage that has never existed before and never will again! Featuring Michelle Piccolo Hill, Todd Brown, Regina Fontanelli, Ania Kowalczuk, Kelsea Dineen, and Niko Borhi
Welcome to Location: The Musical, the fully improvised show where a single audience suggestion unlocks an entire world. Whether it’s a bustling airport, a 24-hour diner, or a quiet library, an eclectic cast of characters intersects, collides, and navigates life in one shared setting. When emotions run too deep for mere words, the cast bursts into fully improvised, show-stopping songs! Every storyline, lyric, and melody is created live right before your eyes. Featuring Andrew Newberg, Jordan Balaban, Danielle Purdy, Brian Bagot, Natassia Velez, Michael Short, Ania Kowalczuk, Erin Sullivan, and Ian Kelleher
The Duke Comedy Theatre is a Hudson Valley nonprofit proving that people will laugh at anything: bad jobs, baffling text messages, and total strangers' most humiliating days included. The Duke turns real-life absurdities into fully improvised comedy. Their mission: help Hudson Valley adults discover their voice, build connection, and heal through the joy of comedy, because sometimes the fastest way to feel better is to say "yes, and." Featuring Michelle Lieblein, Kendra Leigh Landon, Priscilla Candelaria, Mariah Warren, Nicole Syrlik, Kristy LaRocca, and Patricia Rau.
The workshop will utilize techniques developed by Annie Loui in devised theatre and contact improv with the purpose of creating grounded meaningful connection with a scene partner. Players will be encouraged to move the “mask” beyond the face and encapsulate the entirety of the nervous system. The result of exercises in this workshop promote narrative as a bi-product, meaning when the connection between improvisers leads, the story naturally unfolds in the imagination and the inner play.
In this class, Hudson Valley Improv founder and actor Samantha Jones (Rabbit Rabbit/Netflix, Murder at the End of the World/FX, etc.) introduces her in-depth acting technique designed specifically for improvisers. This class is a crash course of her signature moves — the same ones she uses on stage and in front of the camera — to bring a performance that's not only deeply funny, but unforgettable. Samantha Jones is an actor and the founder of Hudson Valley Improv, a conservatory-style training center built on her original Improv Empowerment methodology. With over 30 years of experience as an improv direct/teacher, Sam has developed a distinct approach to training that bridges serious acting technique with the spontaneity of improv — equipping performers to bring depth, truth, and unforgettable presence to every scene.
Discover the thrill of commanding the stage alone. Led by Michael Short—Blind Tiger’s Artistic Director and creator of his own solo show Legion—this workshop teaches you how to instantly spin up multi-character scenes using rapid physical and vocal shifts.
The best part? Solo improv is the ultimate training ground for ensemble play. By mastering self-reliance and sharpening your comedic radar, you’ll return to your team as a fearless, hyper-adaptable scene partner.
Populate the stage, trust your gut, and become your own favorite cast. All experience levels welcome!
Do you love puppets? Do you love long-form improv? This workshop teaches puppetry manipulation, character development and long-form puppet performance improvisation. Learn the basics of hand and rod “Muppet style” puppetry, vocal characterization, and improvisational scene work with your new puppet character.
Students will have a better understanding of how to become the character they are playing and will be able to apply these teachings to their work in the world of acting, improv, puppetry and beyond. The experimentation of puppetry can be used as a means to free the artist or performer and help create interesting characters. You will have a blast and walk away with your very own practice puppet and a new found skill. Open to all.
So often in longform formats, we find ourselves rushing to make something happen, reaching for a hilarious or outrageous plot twist, driving the scene (or being driven), or worrying about how various plotlines will come together. The secret to the 2x2x2 format is to train your brain to leave all of that behind, and allow an intertwined world to emerge from a series of randomly paired, 2-person scenes, each inspired by a different one-word suggestion. In this workshop, we'll work the three essential muscles of this magical format: radical listening, intuitive trust, and co-discovery. Participants will also have the opportunity to try extended scenes with side-coaching to help them slow down and truly co-create their piece of the larger story.
While on stage, your brain and body are alive and full of energy. As you play, your energy builds and needs somewhere to go. It can be easy to let that energy take over your mind, your words, or your feet and lose sight of the scene and the world you and your scene partner are creating together. In this workshop, we will work on focusing that energy on slowing down, connecting with our environment, emotions, and scene partner to create beautiful, organic scenework.