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Two improvisers (or a full ensemble, depending on the night) build scenes from nothing in real time at one of the corridor's few dedicated performance spaces. The Box is a proper black-box theater, which means sight lines are good and the room is small enough that a bad show has nowhere to hide and a...
Long-form improv from the Improv Theatre company at The Box, starting well after midnight on a Saturday, which tells you exactly what kind of crowd you'll find. The Box is a proper black box theater, so even a small audience feels like it was planned that way, and the format rewards staying attentive rather than...
This is a one-hour sketch comedy show on The Box's Mainstage, part of a marathon 24-hour festival format where ensembles write, rehearse, and perform new material inside a single day. That constraint tends to produce work that is rawer and more surprising than polished repertory shows, which is either the appeal or the caveat depending...
The Box is one of the few rooms on Central where improv comedy actually has a home, and this co-presentation with Improv Theatre suggests a more structured, rehearsed ensemble rather...
In The Box Annex takes improv comedy somewhere extraterrestrial with A51*, a short-form set built around an alien or Area 51 conceit. The Box is a genuine black-box theater, which means sightlines are good from every seat and the room stays intimate enough that the performers can actually play off the audience. The 10:15 p.m....
This is a late-night set from Afters with the Cave at Luna Kava Root, a kava bar on Central that runs a tighter, quieter room than most venues its size....
Four of Poe's stories performed live around you, with music, staged moments, and a themed cocktail matched to each tale, all inside the Lobo's atmospheric main room on Central. The Lobo has hosted Poe-themed immersive nights before, so the staff knows how this kind of staging works in the space, and that institutional familiarity tends...
Gilbert Uribe takes the patio or front room at Tractor Brewing Nob Hill for a Thursday night set, one of the more reliable slots on this stretch of Central for catching local talent without a cover fight at the door. Tractor's Nob Hill location tends to draw a neighborhood crowd that actually listens, which makes...
A live improv comedy show at The Box, the small black-box theater on Central that has been quietly hosting some of the sharpest performance work in the neighborhood for years....
Improv Theatre takes the stage at The Box for an evening of live, unscripted comedy. The Box is a small, intimate room where nothing about your reaction goes unnoticed by...