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9th Annual Holiday Show: Online Edition!

Silverbacks Improv Theatre Presents: The 9th Annual Holiday Show
Monday, December 21st at 7:00 pm
FREE! Streaming live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SilverbacksImprovTheatre
All ages welcome

Millions of families around the world will be celebrating their holidays remotely this year – and Silverbacks are no different. We will translate our fan-favorite Holiday show into an online, one-of-a-kind, streaming event. (Please let it be one of a kind?!)

Our improvised family will meet via Zoom to celebrate a Holiday – a brand new, completely made up Holiday, that is. With the audience’s help, Silverbacks will create their own annual celebration – think “Festivus for the Rest of Us” from Seinfeld. You get to eavesdrop on this family’s improvised shenanigans, and give your suggestions via the chat window to influence the action.

Our previous holiday creations are:
Paperclip Appreciation Day (December 19, 2012)
Garden Gnome Day (December 18, 2013)
Leonardo DaVinci’s Mother’s Birthday (December 17, 2014)
Picasso-Palooza! (December 16, 2015)
St. Lampshade’s Day (December 21, 2016)
Structural Support Day (December 20, 2017)
Snowversary (December 14, 2018)
Aggressive Yoga Day (December 13, 2019)

Help bring on the end of 2020 with Silverbacks.

Improv Rumble: 2020!

The Improv Rumble pits teams of improvisers against one another in an all-out brawl. Everything’s made up, but YOUR VOTES REALLY COUNT. Who will go home the victor? The answer depends on YOU. Audience members will vote on their favorite performances to determine a team winner. Voting will take place via interactive fun with the audience’s cell phones. Most shows ask you turn off your phone – at this show you’re encouraged to wield your cell’s power! Improv Rumble features over 25 improv comedy performers from South Louisiana. The Improv Rumble is sure to be full of high energy, big laughs and friendly sportsmanship.

This year’s Rumble will take place on Saturday, February 8, 2020 – 7:30 pm , at Acadiana Center for the Arts in the James Devin Moncus Theatre.

Tickets available at https://acadianacenterforthearts.org

Improv Rumble 2019 photos courtesy of Gwen Aucoin

First SuperCollider of 2020!

Come to the 2nd Stage at Cité des Arts on Friday, January 17, 2020 at 9pm for SuperCollider: Acadiana’s Improv Showcase brought to you by Silverbacks Improv Theatre!

  • You will be entertained by:
  • The Weaning Process – Improv Troupe, a group of improvisers who came together after Silverbacks improv classes. They love to play with different formats and experiment!
  • Cult of the Stage Monkey is a troupe composed mostly of ULL students but has members of all ages. They focus on energetic, humorous short form and love to “monkey around!”
  • Two for the Road is a duo act composed of two performers who delight in the unusual and experimental. Their appearances are rare and magnificent–much like an eclipse.

Tickets are $10, and are available in advance on our Store!

Silverbacks 8th Annual Holiday Show!

It’s that time of year again! On Friday, December 13th, Silverbacks Improv Theatre will interpret their signature improvisations through the lens of a brand new, completely made up Holiday!

For this show, each of the performers will be wearing a Holiday Sweater and invite the audience to do the same. ANY Holiday themed items are welcome – the audience is invited to wear their finest Christmas, Easter, Mardi Gras, or even Groundhog Day sweaters to add to the fun.

Our 7 previously invented holidays are “Paper-Clip Appreciation Day” (2012), “Garden Gnome Day” (2013), “Leonardo DaVinci’s Mother’s Birthday” (2014), “Picasso-Palooza” (2015), “St. Lampshades Day” (2016), “Structural Support Day” (2017), and “Snowpocalypse: The Anniversary of that One Day It Snowed in Louisiana” (2018) . We can’t wait to celebrate a brand New Holiday and its many wonderful traditions with you.

7:30pm at Cite des Arts, 2nd Stage
Tickets are $10* at the door!
*($8 for Students, Teachers, and Seniors (60+). ID is required for discount)

Lafayette Famous returns October 18th!

Silverbacks Improv Theatre‘s “Lafayette Famous” features a mix of improvisation and storytelling. In this format, a local celebrity prepares 3 true stories from their life. The improvisers create scenes based on themes from the stories, bringing performers and audience on a humorous journey together.

Our featured Lafayette Famous Storyteller will be local burger-maker, Shawn Broaddus!

Shawn Broaddus is the owner of Broaddus Burgers. The 31 year old entrepreneur and Eagle Scout has worked in restaurants since he was 17. Before settling into running a business, Broaddus was an avid traveler, both stateside, visiting remote parts of our country, and abroad, to places like Thailand and the Bahamas. Now, Broaddus spends his time making social media content and creating great food.

Join us on Friday, October 18th at 7:30pm for some high quality improv! Tickets are $10*. Proceeds will benefit local charities.
*($8 for Students, Teachers, and Seniors (60+). ID is required for discount)

SuperCollider: September 6th, 2019!

Every month for SuperCollider!, Silverbacks host a different trio of improv troupes! Groups may be local favorites, traveling troupes, or exciting new formats such as horror and musical improv. 

The September 6th SuperCollider!,
hosted by local comedian, Maggie Shipley, 
will feature the following troupes: 

  • Cult of the Stage Monkey is Lafayette’s longest-running Improvisational Theatre troupe! The student organization has been delighting audiences with their quick wit and topical humor since October of 1998.  
  • Founded in 2017, The Plural Noun is an improv collaborative with a wide range of performance influences from sketch to film to black box experimentation. The troupe loves to break down the boundaries between short improv games and long form explorations of themes, aka lots of laughter, tears, and WTF! 
  • The Weaning Process is an improv troupe sprung from an improv class. They combine short games and long form in their shows and have most recently started a regular show that blends standup and improv!  

See all three troupes for the price of one! Only $10* for a night full of fun. 
The September 6th show starts at 9:00pm at the 2nd Stage at Cite des Arts!

*($8 for Students, Teachers, and Seniors (60+). ID is required for discount)

SuperCollider: July 19, 2019!

Come to the 2nd Stage at Cité des Arts on Friday, July 19th at 9pm SuperCollider: Acadiana’s Improv Showcase brought to you by Silverbacks Improv Theatre!

Audiences will get a taste of 3 different groups performing short sets.

This month, please welcome:
Rag Tag,
Haeg & Butts from Two Friends Improv Theater in New Orleans,
and the debut performance of Lively Banter Improv!

Tickets are $10*
*($8 for Students, Teachers, and Seniors (60+). ID is required for discount)

Silverbacks and Lafayette Comedy present Best Of Kevin McDonald: Stories and Sketch this August!

Silverbacks Improv Theatre and Lafayette Comedy announce the following show:

Silverbacks Improv Theatre and Lafayette Comedy Present: Best of Kevin McDonald: Stories and Sketch
Saturday, August 3
Show begins at 8:00pm
Warehouse 535
535 Garfield St, Lafayette, LA 70501
$20 tickets
Tickets available at lafayettecomedy.com

BEST OF KEVIN MCDONALD: STORIES AND SKETCH

Kevin McDonald of the legendary comedy group KIDS IN THE HALL will perform in a Lafayette show on August 3, 2019 at Warehouse 535. The Kids in the Hall is a Canadian sketch comedy group whose eponymous television show ran from 1989 to 1995 on CBC in Canada, and CBS, HBO, and Comedy Central in the United States.

The “Best of Kevin McDonald: Stories and Sketch: is a “best of” show based on Mr. McDonald’s podcast, “Kevin McDonald’s Kevin McDonald Show”. Mr. McDonald will share 3 stories and perform 4 sketches with 5 local comedy actors.