- Entering it’s 5th year, The Fracas! Improv Festival is a national collegiate improv festival, created and hosted by Second Nature Improv at USC. Attended by hundreds of college students, the three day festival features performances from college troupes around the country, panel discussions with the nation’s top comedians, and specialized workshops with LA’s most talented improvisers.
- Last year’s Fracas! was sponsored by The ONION, and featured 15 troupes from around the country. Additionally, panel discussions featured cast members from The Office, MADtv and Thank God You’re Here, as well as top performers from The Upright Citizen’s Brigade, The Groundlings, Improv Olympic, The Second City, and ComedySportz.
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Feb 5: College Improv Tournament!
Holy Carp! The time is upon us. We on Second Nature were honored to win the West Coast Regional of the Chicago Improv Festival’s College Improv Tournament back in November, and now we’re off to the FINALS in Chicago. It’s a big deal for us, and we’re thrilled to be a part of it.
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Nov 24: Last Show of 2009!
Time has really flown by. It seems just yesterday we brought on our newbies, Chris and Ian, who we’ve still yet to add to the site. But we’ve still got time, right? It’s not like the semester is quickly coming to an end…
Well, so it goes. One semester nearly down, one more on the horizon. [...] -
Apr 9: Fracas! VI is Upon Us
Fracas! VI is here. With over 40 hours of improv, 23 troupes from across the country, discussion panels with improvisers from The Office, Reno 911!, The Daily Show, Human Giant, 30 Rock, and more, and professoinal workshops with improvisers from LA’s top improv theatres, including The Upright Citizen’s Brigade, iO West, The Groundlings, and ComedySportz. For all info, visit www.2nimprov.com/fracas
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Mar 13: 2N Performing Throughout Cali
It’s Spring Break, which means time for our tour up the California coast for some awesome improv! We’ll be performing in Santa Cruz, Davis, Berkeley, and possibly more, so keep an eye out. Check out our blog for more details.
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Mar 3: Beirut Opens This Weekend!
Beirut, Alan Bowne’s wildly morbid investigation of the perils of love featuring our own Max Schneller opens this weekend. There are five free performances at the Massman theatre on the USC campus. Read on for details.
- For more news, check out our blog here.
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Feb 5: College Improv Tournament!
- Friday, Mar 12th: Ground Zero Show! 11:00 pm
- Friday, Mar 26th: Ground Zero Show! 11:00 pm
- Wednesday, Mar 31st: Ground Zero Show! 11:00 pm
- Friday, Apr 9th: Ground Zero Show! 11:00 pm