Announcement!
Improv is for everyone! First Fridays are Free for All, Fridays at 7 are Pay-What-You-Will, and now all other shows are implementing our new sliding scale ticket model! There are three tiers of ticket pricing; all tickets gain equal access to the theater space and differ only in price.
Access Ticket – $10
We offer this price point for students, seniors or anyone else served by this option.
Standard Ticket – $15
This price point helps us continue our mission and supports our basic expenses.
Supporter Ticket – $20
When you pay at the highest tier, you support Access Tickets for those who need them and our organization’s continued growth.
To cultivate community and equity, we invite our audiences to choose the tier that works best for them. No matter what you pay, we’re delighted to have you in our audience. Let’s make Lancaster a funnier place; together!
Upcoming Shows:
All shows BYOB
Friday, August 8 · Friday Night Improv
7:00pm: Go Bulldogs!
It’s tradition around these parts that whenever you hear someone say “Go Bulldogs!”, you have to reply “GO BULLDOGS!” GBD is Lancaster Improv Players longest running team; each show is a randomized selection of players from our entire community of students, coaches, and performers. that means once you finish an improv course at LIP, you can be a Bulldog, too!
8:30pm: SAW JAMS!
Have you ever felt some sort of way during a conversation with your friends? SAW JAMS does. Watch them talk out a topic and express their feelings through some improvised comedy!
Saturday, August 9· Saturday Night Improv
7:00pm: Pandamonium, an Improv Showdown!
PANDAMONIUM, an IMPROV SHOWDOWN, is coached by Mike Andrews, LIP’s short form improv assassin. If you like shows like Make Some Noise or Whose Line Is It Anyway, then you already have a taste for short form improv games, which is what Pandamonium is primed to provide. Vote on your favorite scenes and see how the competition shakes out!
8:30pm: Ernest
Ernest [Tom Kelley, Melissa Widhson] is an improv duo working together to create characters, relationships and worlds in an instant. Think of a play being written, rehearsed and performed all at once. It’s comedy. It’s theatre. It’s entirely made-up in front of an audience.
Upcoming Classes:
Thursday Improv 101 with Angie!
This is an 8 week long class that will teach the fundamentals of long form Improv Comedy. Topics covered include agreement with a scene partner, character creation, listening as a character and an actor, and exploring the worlds created in scenes. The class ends with a graduation show where the students can show their friends and family the skills learned. Students must be 18 or older for this class!
This Class will run Thursdays from 7pm-9pm on the following dates: 9/18, 9/25, 10/2, 10/9, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, and 11/6. This class has a class show on Saturday 11/8 at 5pm! You can miss no more than two session to be eligible for the class show! Ticket sale ends at noon on Tuesday 9/16!
Scholarships are available to partially or fully cover the cost of the stated class fee. For additional information, please reach out to finance@lancasterimprovplayers.org with your request at least a week prior to the start date of the class.
See Eventbrite for full class info
See upcoming classes link below for information on an upcoming Improv 201 and Pretty Flower class if you’ve already completed our 101.
About Us
Lancaster Improv Players (LIP), founded in 2015, has performed throughout Pennsylvania.
LIP became an independent nonprofit organization in 2019.
We opened up our first improv theater at 10 S. Prince Street in August 2019.
In May 2020, we moved nearby to our present location at 16 S Prince Street in Downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
LIP teams perform on our stage weekly.
We offer an entertaining mix of long- and short-form, crafting an unforgettable experience for the audience!
Giving Back
Lancaster Improv Players gives back in many ways, find out more:
Support Us
Lancaster Improv Players is a 501(c)3 nonprofit formed in Pennsylvania. We are based out of our theater in Lancaster, PA. Please consider donating to support our work
Lancaster Improv Players has shows going 3 weekends a month and we want to see you! The best way to stay on top of what’s coming up, be it shows, classes, or our Touring Company’s appearances is via our mailing list, sign up below to keep in touch.
Much love,
The Lancaster Improv Players