Friday, September 9, 2011 | 8:30pm | $10 suggested | Mature Content Likely

An alternative rock improv performance. A mix of the familiarity of “Whose Line is it Anyway?”, the best of the New York underground stand-up scene and the sketch comedy stylings of Second City. Music, Comedy, Art, Magic, Dance, and Life merge for a night of truly spectacular improv. Classic Bent Theatre games and performers merge with the new in this fantastic comedy experience. This is not your usual Bent Theatre show….this (much like hipsters) is unique.

Friday, July 29, 2011 | 8pm | $10 suggested | Mature content likely

An alternative rock improv performance. A mix of the familiarity of “Whose Line is it Anyway?”, the best of the New York underground stand-up scene and the sketch comedy stylings of Second City. Music, Comedy, Art, Magic, Dance, and Life merge for a night of truly spectacular improv. Classic Bent Theatre games and performers merge with the new in this fantastic comedy experience. This is not your usual Bent Theatre show….this (much like hipsters) is unique.

Suggested Donation
(We’d like $10…but we understand if that’s too much)

Friday, June 24, 2011 | 8pm | $10 suggested | Mature content likely

An alternative rock improv performance. A mix of the familiarity of “Whose Line is it Anyway?”, the best of the New York underground stand-up scene and the sketch comedy stylings of Second City. Music, Comedy, Art, Magic, Dance, and Life merge for a night of truly spectacular improv. Classic Bent Theatre games and performers merge with the new in this fantastic comedy experience. This is not your usual Bent Theatre show….this (much like hipsters) is unique.

Suggested Donation
(We’d like $10…but we understand if that’s too much)

Monday, June 27, 2011 | 6:30pm – 9:30pm | $20

Using the master of truth and nonviolence, Mohandas K. Gandhi, learn to find the essence of Truth in improv, comedy, characters and in oneself. Learn to understand nonviolence in improv and the secrets of Satyagraha (Gandhi’s truth force).

Instructor – Alex Modic

Cost is $20 a class. Cash or check to be paid to the instructor of the day

Monday, May 23, 2011 | 6:30pm – 9:30pm | $20

Comedy doesn’t come from phallic humor and fart jokes. Real comedy comes from real people and how they react with other people. Learn how to create real comedy from real relationships and finally understand why people say “my family is so funny…but you have to know them to get it.”

Instructor – Andy Davis

Cost is $20 a class. Cash or check to be paid to the instructor of the day

Friday, May 20, 2011 | 8pm – 10pm | Doors at 7:30 | $10 |
Not Recommended for Young Children

Bent Theatre’s Alternative Comedy Experience

An alternative rock improv performance. A mix of the familiarity of “Whose Line is it Anyway?”, the best of the New York underground stand-up scene and the sketch comedy stylings of Second City. Music, Comedy, Art, Dance, and Life merge for a night of truly spectacular improv. Classic Bent Theatre games and performers merge with the new in this fantastic comedy experience. This is not your usual Bent Theatre show….this is unique.

Friday, March 25, 2011 | 8pm | $5 | Not recommended for children

An alternative rock improv performance. A mix of the familiarity of “Whose Line is it Anyway?”, the best of the New York underground stand-up scene and the sketch comedy stylings of Second City. Music, Comedy, Art, Dance, and Life merge for a night of truly spectacular improv. Classic Bent Theatre games and performers merge with the new in this fantastic comedy experience. This is not your usual Bent Theatre show….this (much like hipsters) is unique.

Friday, January 28, 2011 | 8pm | $5 | Not recommended for children

An alternative rock improv performance. A mix of the familiarity of “Whose Line is it Anyway?”, the best of the New York underground stand-up scene and the sketch comedy stylings of Second City. Music, Comedy, Art, Dance, and Life merge for a night of truly spectacular improv. Classic Bent Theatre games and performers merge with the new in this fantastic comedy experience. This is not your usual Bent Theatre show….this (much like hipsters) is unique.

Friday, October 22, 2010 | 8pm | $5

Central VA’s most popular comedy act for the past 5 years. Come out and join the Bent Theatre for a fabulous comedy show featuring improv, sketch, and music all made up on the spot based on your suggestions. What do you want to see? Sean Connery at Bodos? Lunar plumbers? Your family celebrating Arbor Day? You tell us

Also featuring, the improv detective act, Noir-Prov.

Saturday, July 17, 2010 | 8pm | $10

The Wu, Charlottesville’s newest, brashest and boldest improv troupe, is a collection of comedians performing under the direction of Charlottesville comedy veteran Jim Zarling. Combining music, philosophy and stand up comedy with improv, Wu Prov is truly a new theatrical experience.