Improvised Standup

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Doors: 10:15 p.m. | Show: 10:30 p.m.

The Lehigh Valley’s best standups and improvisers face a new challenge when they’re given topics to talk about… while they’re onstage! And… YOU might even be the one providing the topic!

Lineup TBD.

Hosts:

Addyson Teal

Addyson Teal is a multi-faceted Bethlehem-based performer, instructor, and producer/director. Serving as the Cinema & Comedy Coordinator at ArtsQuest, she has directed productions of A Golden Girls Drag Show, and I’m Probably Reading Into This, the latter being a game show that she devised and hosts. You can also see her onstage as the co-host of Lip Sync Battle at the ArtsQuest Center or with her improv team Synced Up; she previously was a member of the teams Period Drama and The Associated Mess.

She’s studied improv and standup at Temple University, Good Good Comedy Theater, and ArtsQuest. While also the regular instructor for ArtsQuest’s free improv drop-in classes, she’s taught team building workshops to many of the Lehigh Valley’s biggest companies. When Addyson isn’t working to make laughter happen, she’s onstage playing the fiddle with her Celtic band Fig for a Kiss, who released their first EP in 2019.

Ryan Hill

Ryan is the Programming Director at ArtsQuest. He performed standup for 10+ years, opening for Patton Oswalt, Dave Attell, Colin Quinn, Marc Maron, and many more, having performed for audiences in Philly, New York, Chicago, Toronto, and many random points in between. He also the Managing Director of the Associated Mess improv comedy team and has studied with both Second City and Upright Citizen’s Brigade.

This show will contain adult language and/or situations. Seating will be assigned by ArtsQuest staff upon arrival into the showroom. Anyone coming in between the ages of 13 and 17 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. No child 12 or under will be admitted.

*Student & senior discounts apply at the box office only