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A dynamic troupe of improvisors - bringing you hilarious, fast-paced improvisation in the style of "Whose Line is it Anyway?" Every show is filled with surprises - for the performers as well as our audience! Our audience members say it best:
  • "That was awesome - my face hurts from laughing!"
  • "I have not laughed that much since I don't know when!"
  • "This was fantastic!"
Arthur Totally woke up with a feverish cold, so he called in to the office and pulled out the cough syrup and the TV Guide. He expected to snooze through the same old lineup of daytime television, but soon discovered that the medication (with some help from the audience) had something completely different in store for him...
There was a big time Christmas party. The next morning, the party host was found dead in a dumpster behind the Arby's. This hilarious whodunnit will introduce you to some of the most outrageous suspects you could ever imagine, and with a different group of suspects and new surprises at each performance, no two shows are ever alike. Who did it? You tell us - and see if you can send the right bad guy (or girl) to jail.
It's a thrill ride of comedy competition! 2 teams face off in improvised battle - each vying for top-notch scores from members of the audience. Whose comedy will reign supreme? Only time - and the audience - will tell!

It's the most improvisors we've ever had on stage in a single show - and they're not pulling any punches! This special show only comes around once in a blue moon - and you do NOT want to miss it!
We have lots of ideas – too many for all of them to make it to the stage! As ETC closes its first season, we’ll bring you a showcase of funny things that didn’t make it in this year – as well as some new ones for next year. After the show, the audience will get to vote for what they want to see turned into a full-length show for our upcoming second season! PLUS: a special sneak peek at our big, big second season opener coming in August, 2009!
It's a comic voyage the likes of which you've never seen. There's an atmosphere of celebration - but what happens when the ship runs into trouble on the open seas? Our fearless captain, his hapless crew, and a cast of wacky travelers are sure to make this a journey you won't forget!
A holiday tradition of turkey and dressing is turned on its ear when this wacky family comes together. All the kin folks gather round, and find themselves squaring off against irritating neighbors, a riches-to-rags landlord, and the most challenging thing of all – themselves. Don’t miss this hilarious send-up of the traditional holiday of gluttony!
It was just another day – until an audience dropped a mystery in Frank Chocula's lap. What seemed a simple case turned into a complex plot involving the seedy world of crime and intrigue. Who will Frank meet - and what perils lie in store? Even we won't know until the audience tells us. Don't miss this hilariously gritty film noir improv show!
Based upon the Chicago-style Harold, Tigers of Tomorrow begins innocently enough with the audience asking questions. The answers to those questions explode into three different story lines which weave themselves together through the hilariously quirky improv you've come to know and love.
We'd like to tell you what it's about or who the characters are - there's just one problem: we won't know until the audience tells us. Will it be a space adventure with atomic schoolmarms? Or perhaps a medical drama plagued by runaway rhinos? There's only one way to find out - come to the show and tell us which way to go!
Election Day is coming - and a cast of typically wacky hopefuls are clamoring for the audience vote! Which two bizarre candidates will make it onto the final ballot? How will they duel it out through a hilariously perilous campaign fraught with whatever scandal, corruption, and lies the audience exposes in their private lives? Come on out and give those politicians the hell you always wanted to - without being labeled a terrorist! AND - cast YOUR vote to determine who wins it all in this hysterical send-up of the political process!
It's oppressively hot, and the household barely contains the rising tension. Classes, lifestyles, and values collide in fiery clashes on the family porch. Will the family be torn apart by the passions that drive them? Can Southern gentility withstand the blazing July heat? Should there be a character named "Skippy"? All of these questions can be answered, child - out on the hot Southern porch.
Jobs seem to be the big topic on everyone's mind these days, and ETC brings the various jobs of our audience members to the stage in this hilarious vocational comedy! Watch as we follow the career path of one of our guests and see how the jobs they used to have lead them to where they are today. From irritating bosses and oddball coworkers to that one customer you just can't stand, this show will show you exactly where you want to job that shove!
It's everything you love and hate about daytime soaps: the outlandish characters, the lavish locales, and the completely insane problems of the fabulously wealthy and completely ridiculous. Tune in for this hilarious romp with the most unusual cast of characters and uncanny series of twists you can imagine!