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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 alike on a humorous journ
ey. This month, we are excited to welcome Rob Kirkpatrick to the Lafayette Famous stage!
Rob Kirkpatrick isn’t originally from Lafayette, but he likes to say he got here as quickly as he could. He hosts Acadiana’s Morning News weekday mornings on NewsTalk 96.5 KPEL. It may surprise you that someone who reports news doesn’t take himself too seriously. Rob says it takes a sense of humor to handle everything that comes across his desk in the KPEL newsroom every day. Rob first started in radio while studying at UL-Lafayette. His first TV job was working alongside the KATC’s “BIG THREE” Marcelle Fontenot, Jim Hummel and Rob Perillo. In 2010, he took his show on the road and set out for roles in national newsrooms at FOX in Dallas and CNN in Atlanta. He grew up in Mandeville, and made the best decision of his life turning down LSU for the Mass Communication program at UL-Lafayette. Rob’s smile is infectious at the Townsquare Media Studios in Lafayette, where he has proven himself to be a force both on-air and behind the scenes when working for clients. Rob Kirkpatrick is married to Sarah and has two daughters.
Join us for Lafayette Famous at The Omni Center on Friday, October 26th at 7:30pm! Tickets are $10 at the door ($8 with ID for Students, Teachers, and Seniors!)
Join us on Friday, October 12th at 7:30pm at The Omni Center for SuperCollider: Acadiana’s Improv Showcase brought to you by Silverbacks Improv Theatre!
This October, our featured performance troupes are
The Leather Apron Theatre Co. (LATCo.) is a non-profit comedy theatre collective from Baton Rouge. LATCo. specializes in long form improv comedy and prides itself on constantly pushing the envelope and experimenting with forms, promising for a unique and personal experience for every audience. This Friday, LATCo will present CAROUSEL: a completely improvised ensemble show consisting of character interviews, monologues, and scenes based off of an audience’s suggestion.
Tempo Tantrums Musical Improv are Lafayette’s first and only improv team dedicated solely to the art of short form & long form musical improv, made up of a cast of musical improv enthusiasts from the Lafayette and Baton Rouge improv communities.
Your Spooky Friends are Lafayette’s all-new Improvised Horror Troupe, creating improvised horror shows in the style of classic serialized horror shows like The Outer Limits, Are You Afraid of the Dark, and the Twilight Zone.
Tickets are $10*
*($8 for Students, Teachers, and Seniors (60+). ID is required for discount)
We’re throwing it waaaaay back to The 90s!
Friday, September 28th, 7:30pm @ The Omni Center
$10* general admission
*($8 with ID for Students, Teachers, and Seniors!)
On Friday, September 28th at 7:30pm, Silverbacks Improv Theatre will revisit its popular “90s Sitcom” format. The group will improvise a one-act play inspired by classic 90s television shows, such as Full House, Family Matters, Home Improvement and more.
You could call it: Step by Step Family Improvement Full of Ties in the Wonder Years when a Boy Meets World – “A 90s Sitcom” – Featuring MONIQUE (not that Monique).
Costumed in their best 90’s apparel, the performers will embrace the golden age of family sitcoms (or the lowest sitcoms of all time, depending on your perspective). Family hi-jinks, wacky neighbors, precocious kids, blended families, and coming of age – all are ripe for the picking at this one-time-only improvised event.
Join us on Friday, September 14th at 7:30pm at The Omni Center for SuperCollider: Acadiana’s Improv Showcase brought to you by Silverbacks Improv Theatre!
The September 14th SuperCollider will feature:
Join us on Friday, August 17 at 7:30pm at The Omni Center for SuperCollider: Acadiana’s Improv Showcase brought to you by Silverbacks Improv Theatre!
Tickets are $10
This month’s SuperCollider! will feature:
Two for the Road –
“Two for the Road” crafts gripping improv centered on honest and powerful relationships. Lafayette-based improvisers Sarah Mikayla Brown and Nico Zaunbrecher fully embrace the duo dynamic, shaping stories built not from wacky situations and snappy witticisms, but around the always transforming space between “I” and “thou”.
The Weaning Process –
The Weaning Process has been performing in Lafayette for about a year. They have a monthly Artwalk show at Cité des Arts and also perform at local comedy open mics.
Silverbacks Improv Theatre –
You know them and love them! Operating in Lafayette since 2012, Silverbacks Improv mixes special improvised brews for audiences across the U.S.
On Wednesday July 25, Silverbacks Improv Theatre will present a show featuring their signature improvisations – a blend of short, high-energy games followed by a one-act improvised play. Patrons can also enjoy the Omni Center art market and bar!
Silverbacks Improv Theatre 
Wednesday, July 25
Show begins at 7:30
The Omni Center – 227 Jefferson St, Lafayette, LA 70501
$10 Tickets
Tickets available at the Door
Join us on Friday, May 18 at 7:30pm at The Omni Center for SuperCollider: Acadiana’s Improv Showcase brought to you by Silverbacks Improv Theatre!
Tickets are $10
This May, SuperCollider will Feature:
Silverbacks Improv Theatre,
Ragtag (Lafayette’s All-Estrogen Improv Troupe),
And
The Family Dinner from Baton Rouge!
Silverbacks Improv Theatre is back in action and ready to treat you to an evening of improvised stories, relationships, squabbles, triumphs, failures, or maybe even earth-shattering devastation!
Join us at The Omni Center on Wednesday, May 30th at 7:30pm for a series of short-form games as well as a completely improvised One Act Play! Tickets are $10.
TEACHERS: To show our thanks for all the hard work you’ve put in all year,you can buy 2 tickets to our May 30th show for the price of 1!
(You must present your school/teacher’s ID to purchase your 2-for-1 tickets. Only one member of each duo needs to be a teacher to qualify.)
Long ago, in April of 2012, a group of improv friends held their first official improv show as a brand new improv troupe…. Since then, the group has grown, changed their name, grown some more, traveled, seen familiar faces leave, and watched new faces become familiar.
On Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at 7:30pm, join us at Feed N Seed to help us celebrate 6 years of Silverbacks Improv Theatre! We’ll be playing our favorite games and building alternate worlds!
Tickets are $10 at the door.
All we want for our 6th birthday is for YOU to be there (and to bring a friend or two to the show) to inspire us in whatever crazy hi-jinks we get up to.