Fanatic Salon Theater

Recess
2024-04-26 19:30 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Fanatic Salon, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90066, United States
ReCeSS: Reqqy – Laura Ralston + Cody Saunders w/Music by Ryan Brookshire, Clowny – Copycat, Sketchy – SSHH!, Singy – Singing in the Range!

ReCeSS is a new monthly variety show at fanaticSalon, every 4th Friday of the month!We feature improv, clown/character, sketch, and musical entertainment.You can pay in advance or at the door. Buy on Eventbrite by Wednesday, April 24, for $10, or $15 after.Doors at 7:30pm with refreshments served in the courtyard before, during intermission, and after the show.8:00pm – Reqqy – Spinning off from Requiem for a Scene, Laura and Cody are digging into something with a live score from Ryan Brookshire!8:30pm – Copycat – Beginning with a suggestion, a chain of interconnected scenes unfolds, repeating, gradually evolving and adding complexity, until ultimately circling back to the original starting point.==Intermission==9:00pm – SSHH! – Bryan Saunders, Cody Saunders, Erin Heaney, and James Heaney team up with other performers including Laura Ralston for a mostly-table read sketch performance.9:30pm – Singing in the Range – A fully imrovised musical monoscene accompanied by musical director Ryan Brookshire!
$15

Kathryn Schorr's Saturday Night Comedy Club
2024-04-27 20:00 | Fanatic Salon, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90066, United States
Stand Up Featuring
Karen Forman
Ben Thompson
Lydia Robinson
Whitney Raynor
Kathryn Schorr
Roz Browne
James Graves

8pm
$15
Free parking, free wine and snacks, Party on the patio!

Opening Night
2024-04-28 19:30 - 21:00 | Fanatic Salon, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90066, United States
Opening Night — The Improvised Musical
Based in Hollywood, California, the Opening Night cast combines Chicago and Los Angeles improv with the Broadway stylings of Rodgers & Hammerstein, Gilbert & Sullivan, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Bob Fosse and Edith Head. Occasionally, they borrow the helicopter from Ms. Saigon. They usually give it back.
Featuring Derek Miller, Matt Young, Michael Pollock, Shulie Cowen, Mark McConville, Norm Thoeming, & Hilary Rowe.
With Special Guest – Parvesh Cheena
$15

The WPA Zoom
2024-05-01 19:00 - 20:00 | Fanatic Salon, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90066, United States
Jane Morris is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Wednesday WPA
Time: May 1, 2024 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Every week on Wed, until May 22, 2024, 4 occurrence(s)
May 1, 2024 07:00 PM
May 8, 2024 07:00 PM
May 15, 2024 07:00 PM
May 22, 2024 07:00 PM
Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.
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Improv Famous
2024-05-03 20:00 - 21:00 | Fanatic Salon, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90066, United States
Come see this collection of Improv All-Stars.
Featuring
Frank Caeti
Michelle Gilliam
Leo Gonzalez
Jane Morris
Lauren Pritchard
Nnamdi Ngwe
Tezz Yancy
and
Russ Gooberman

Produced by Jay Sukow

$15

Kimmy K's Comedy Debut Birthday Bash
2024-05-04 20:00 - 21:00 | Fanatic Salon, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90066, United States
Limited seating — get on the spaceship!

Comedy n Chill
2024-05-11 19:30 - 21:00 | Fanatic Salon, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90066, United States
Fanatic Salon & Comedy n’ Chill presents:
A night of stand up
Hosted by Maria Bruggere
& Surprise Drop-Ins!
$15
Doors 7:30, show 8:00

Trans4merz feat. Bucket o' Snakes, Waterbrains and Mr. Johnson
2024-05-18 20:00 - 21:00, 2024-06-22 20:00 - 21:00 | Fanatic Salon, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90066, United States
Trans4merz feat. Bucket o’ Snakes, Waterbrains and Mr. Johnson

$15

Off the Wall with Mostly Organic
2024-05-19 20:00 | Fanatic Salon, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90066, United States
Off the Wall and Mostly Organic with Carol Weiss on the piano.
With Special Guest: Reinaldo Garcia
$15

Recess
2024-05-24 19:30 - 22:00 | Fanatic Salon, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90066, United States
ReCeSS: Reqqy – Laura Ralston + Cody Saunders w/Music by Ryan Brookshire, Clowny – Copycat, Sketchy – SSHH!, Singy – Singing in the Range!

ReCeSS is a new monthly variety show at fanaticSalon, every 4th Friday of the month!We feature improv, clown/character, sketch, and musical entertainment.You can pay in advance or at the door. Buy on Eventbrite by Wednesday, April 24, for $10, or $15 after.Doors at 7:30pm with refreshments served in the courtyard before, during intermission, and after the show.$15

Sing! A Night of Musical Improv
2024-05-31 19:30 - 22:00 | Fanatic Salon, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90066, United States
Sing!

Singing in the Range + HOT CAKES + Improv Karaoke w/you, the audience!, & musical director Ryan Brookshire!!

Get ready for an evening of non-stop entertainment with three thrilling acts!
First up, witness the comedic genius of HOT CAKES as they delight you with their short-form improvisation prowess.
Then, be transported into a world of musical storytelling with Singing In The Range’s captivating monoscene performance.
And as the night reaches its peak, join in the fun as audience members take the spotlight in improv karaoke, guided by the brilliant accompaniment of the incomparable Ryan Brookshire.
Don’t miss this unforgettable night filled with laughter, music, and endless surprises!
You can pay in advance or at the door. Buy on Eventbrite by Wednesday, March 27 for $10, or $15 after.
Doors at 7:30 with refreshments served in the courtyard, show starts at 8!
8:00pm – HOT CAKES – Allie Reed, Emerson Boatwright, Hanna Barlow, Kahlil Maskati, Keith Newman, Libby Dorot, & Paul Turner. They are coached by the angel of a human and rockstar: Andrew Young.
8:30pm – Singing in the Range – We’ve been performing at FanaticSalon and having a blast, after meeting in various musical improv classes across Los Angeles.
9:00pm – Improvised Karaoke Jam – Never before heard songs suggested by the audience, with names drawn to sing songs made up on the spot as solo, duo, or groups including backing vocal support and accompaniment by Ryan Brookshire!
$15

Improv Famous
2024-06-01 20:00 - 21:00 | Fanatic Salon, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90066, United States
Come see this collection of Improv All-Stars.
Featuring
Jane Morris
Kevin Mcgeehan
Jeff Michalski
Stephanie Weir
Craig Cackowski
Ali Davis
Bob Dassie
Carla Cackowski
and
Dave Razowsky

Produced by Jay Sukow

$15

The Jailbait Chronicles
2024-06-02 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-06-07 20:00 - 21:00 | Fanatic Salon, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90066, United States
(A Not Solo Solo Show) 8pm
Written and performed by Clara York. Directed by Jane Morris. Featuring Laura Ralston, Teruko Mitsuhara, Connie Chen.
$15

Are You Dressed For the Apocalypse?
2024-06-08 20:00 - 21:00 | Fanatic Salon, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90066, United States
Join internationally-acclaimed, award-winning comedian Alicia Dattner for her newest comedy show, “Are You Dressed for the Apocalypse?”

In this standup comedy show, Alicia explores what’s so funny (and not) about climate change, instagram influencers, spiritual appropriation, earthing, self-love, the mustachioed men of Valencia, dog people, authentic relating, the big bang, and ants carrying cheetos. It’s raw, uncensored, apocalyptic, non-dual, post post-feminist trauma-informed comedy at its finest! Plus, there’s a ukulele.

Alicia brings a light heart to dark times. You’ll leave this show having laughed, maybe cried a little, and feeling oddly hopeful.

Are You Dressed for the Apocalypse – First World Problems from Alicia Dattner on Vimeo.

$20

Backyard Improv
2024-06-10 19:30 | Fanatic Salon, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90066, United States
Backyard Improv presents another great improvised event!
You can pay in advance or at the door. Buy on Eventbrite by Wednesday, May 8, for $10, or $15 after.
Doors at 7:30pm with refreshments served in the courtyard before, during intermission, and after the show.
8:00pm – Requiem for a Scene – We explore dramatic, abstract, and comedic themes with a unique, music inspired format. Sam Worek will be our guest star this week!
8:30pm – Those Girls – Those Girls have been an indie improv team since 1977. The Bronx. Heat. Summer. Summer of Sam. That’s a lie. Those Girls formed in 2023 and have performed all over LA!
==Intermission==
9:00pm – Dub Set – Inspired by short-form dubbing games, Dub Set performs a long-form improv show where improvisers on the sidelines provide all the voices for the actors in the scenes. They perform every 3rd Thursday at 8 p.m. at The Pack!
9:30pm – Space Heater – This Backyard Improv staple has been keeping the space warm since 2021!

$15

Backyard Improv
2024-06-14 19:30 - 22:00 | Fanatic Salon, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90066, United States
Requiem for a Scene and Space Heater welcome Hi Baby Gorgeous and Theoretical Mass! Branson NeJame will live score Requiem for a Scene!

You can pay in advance or at the door. Buy on Eventbrite by Monday, June 10, for $10, or $15 after. Online ticket sales close at 7pm on Friday, June 14. You can also purchase at the door using cash, Venmo, or credit card, even if you arrive a little late!
Doors at 7:30pm with refreshments served in the courtyard before, during intermission, and after the show.
8:00pm – Requiem for a Scene – We explore dramatic, abstract, and comedic themes with a unique, music inspired format. Branson NeJame will live score for us tonight!
8:30pm – Hi Baby Gorgeous – Fresh off their recent Lloyd residency at UCB, Hi Baby Gorgeous are coming to fanaticSalon!
==Intermission==
9:00pm – Theoretical Mass – instein famously predicted the theoretical mass of a pineapple stuck in an improvisational black hole as E=HA^2.
9:30pm – Space Heater – This Backyard Improv staple has been keeping the space warm since 2021!

$15

Comedy n Chill
2024-06-15 20:00 | Fanatic Salon, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90066, United States
Fanatic Salon & Comedy n’ Chill presents:
A night of stand up
Hosted by Julia Austin

$15
Doors 7:30, show 8:00

Off the Wall with Mostly Organic
2024-06-23 20:00 | Fanatic Salon, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90066, United States
Off the Wall and Mostly Organic with Carol Weiss on the piano.
With Special Guests Barbara Howard and Nnamdi Ngwe
$15

Impact (CANCELLED)
2024-06-30 15:00 - 17:00 | Fanatic Salon, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90066, United States
There are no coincidences… only connections. A remarkable chain of “follow-signs” lead award-winning (and totally jaded) playwright/composer/performer Amy Engelhardt to Lockerbie, Scotland. What begins as a bucket-list trip to honor lost friends evolves into a personal and global exploration of grace, kindness and simplicity. A multimedia scrapbook of the journey, Impact unfolds through photographs, video, storytelling and soul-stirring original songs as previous and newfound connections unexpectedly yield a renewed hope for humanity. With a smattering of Satanic, singing nuns (like you do).

BIO/IMPACT info
Composer/lyricist/bridge-and-tunnel kid AMY ENGELHARDT wrote the score for OBA Best New Musical nominee BASTARD JONES at the cell theatre NYC (Resident Artist), TRIPTYCH (book/music/lyrics, NY Transit Museum Commission), CONTACT (lyrics, Puget Sound Theatre Award) and A COMEDY OF ERAS (ACT Seattle w/the Flying Karamazov Brothers). She received MAC’s Burman Songwriting Award and co-created TUNE IN TIME, New York’s Musical Theater Game Show (“the BMI Musical Theatre workshop on steroids”) at the York Theatre. From 1998-2012, Amy toured the US/Europe as the sole female vocalist/writer for Grammy-nominated, genre-busting band The Bobs and has been a regular “sublebrity” guest in Judith Owen & Harry Shearer’s annual CHRISTMAS WITHOUT TEARS (LA/NY/Chicago). And in 2019, as Mother Superior of the Chattering Order of St. Beryl in Amazon Prime’s GOOD OMENS immersive promo campaign (Winner: 7 International Clio Awards), she led a convent of Satanic, rock-belting nuns at series events in London, New York, Hollywood and Austin and produced their EP Unholy Night for Amazon Music. She still insists that her third solo album (FINISH WHAT YOU) will be released in 2020. www.amyengelhardt.com
IMPACT comes home to the Fanatic after presentations at Bethany Arts Community (NY), NAMBA Arts (Ventura), the Chicago Circus & Performing Arts Festival, the National Women’s Theatre Festival (Jury Prize: Best Original Score) and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Later this year, IMPACT heads to the Providence Fringe Festival, The Tank NYC and London’s Voila Festival.

$20

Harry Potter Live!
2024-06-30 20:00 - 21:00 | Fanatic Salon, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90066, United States
Harry Potter Live! (The Show That Shall Not Be Named) performs a Wizarding World-themed improvised story at the Fanatic Salon theater in Culver City.
For more see harrypotterimprov.com

Contact showthatshall@gmail.com for any ticketing questions
$15

Improv Famous
2024-07-05 19:00 - 21:00 | Fanatic Salon, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90066, United States
It’s the return of Improv Famous! Come join us Friday, July 5th and see some of the best improvisors on the planet. Produced by Jay Sukow
$20

Improvise Like a Pro with Jeff Michalski
2024-07-06 10:00 - 17:00 | Second City, 230 West North Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60614
Improvise like a pro. A 2-day intensive workshop followed by a performance at Second City’s Martin De Mart Theater.
Presented by Jeff Michalski, Co-Founder of Second City E.T.C.
July 6 · 10am – July 7 · 5pm CDT

Agenda
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Jeff Michalski
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Day 1&2 LUNCH TIME
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Day 1&2
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
DAY 2 (July 7th) WePolak Show + Showcase at the SC’s Martin De Mart
Theater

$200

Backyard Improv
2024-07-12 19:30 - 22:00 | Fanatic Salon, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90066, United States
Backyard Improv welcomes Last Men on Earth and Singing in the Range along with Requiem for a Scene & Space Heater w/Ryan Brookshire on keys!

You can pay in advance or at the door. Online ticket sales close at 7pm on Friday, July 12. You can also purchase at the door using cash, Venmo, or credit card, even if you arrive a little late!Doors at 7:30pm with refreshments served in the courtyard before, during intermission, and after the show.8:00pm – Requiem for a Scene – We explore dramatic, abstract, and comedic themes with a unique, music inspired format. Ryan Brookshire will live score for us tonight!8:30pm – Last Men on Earth – They are a well-established improv team that holds the cagematch record at improv space with 26 weeks!==Intermission==9:00pm – Singing in the Range – A fully improvised musical accompanied by musical director Ryan Brookshire. Be transported into a world of musical storytelling with our captivating monoscene performance!9:30pm – Space Heater – This Backyard Improv staple has been keeping the space warm since 2021!

$15

Off the Wall with Mostly Organic
2024-07-14 20:00 | Fanatic Salon, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90066, United States
Off the Wall and Mostly Organic with Carol Weiss on the piano.
With Special Guests Dan Stransky and Miranda Shade.
$15

Anna Simeri Comedy Night
2024-07-20 20:00 - 21:00 | Fanatic Salon, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90066, United States
Anna Simeri and friends take over the Fanatic Salon.
$15

https://fanaticsalon.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Download.mp4

Recess
2024-07-26 19:30 - 22:00 | Fanatic Salon, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90066, United States
ReCeSS:
Reqqy – Reqqy,
Clowny – Alvarado & Clancy,
Singy – Singing in the Range,
Singy – Improv Karaoke Jam!
ReCeSS is a monthly variety show at fanaticSalon, every 4th Friday of the month!
We feature improv, clown/character, sketch, and musical entertainment.
Buy on Eventbrite or via fanaticSalon.com for $15, or pay at the door via Venmo, cash, or charge!
Doors open at 7:30pm with refreshments served in the courtyard before, during intermission, and after the show.
8:00pm – Reqqy – Nick Kaufman joins Laura Ralston and Cody Saunders to find movement, play, and spontaneity improvised to a pre-recorded soundtrack.
8:30pm – Alvarado & Clancy – Chris Alvarado and Liam Clancy have a complicated relationship to comedy.
==Intermission==
9:00pm – Singing in the Range – A fully improvised musical monoscene accompanied by musical director Ryan Brookshire!
9:30pm – Improv Karaoke Jam! – You, the audience, participate by dropping names of never-before-heard songs in one bucket, and your name(s) in another! We will call out songs and names, and you come to the stage and sing a one of a kind song, accompanied by Ryan Brookshire, and backed (on request or not!) by members of Singing in the Range!
Come enjoy this one of a kind experience, and get your time on stage! Participation not required, but you’ll probably want to sing along with the chorus from your seats!

$15

Kathryn Schorr's Saturday Night Comedy Club
2024-07-27 20:00 | Fanatic Salon, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90066, United States
Stand Up Featuring
Ben Thompson
Kazu Kusano
Same Orson
Diana Hong
Dana Kiel
Eliot Chang
James Graves
Miyo Yamauchi

8pm
$15
Free parking, free wine and snacks, Party on the patio!

The Jailbait Chronicles
2024-08-04 19:30 - 21:00 | Fanatic Salon, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90066, United States
(A Not Solo Solo Show) 8pm
Written and performed by Clara York. Directed by Jane Morris. Featuring Laura Ralston, Teruko Mitsuhara, Connie Chen.
$20
