Fanatic Salon Theater

Sing! A Night of Musical Improv
2023-11-17 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Fanatic Salon, 3815 Sawtelle Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90066, United States
SING! Musical Improv: Short Range w/Kristen Cook, Singing in the Range, Improvised Karaoke Jam!!

We are pleased to bring back our new musical group, Singing in the Range! We are all improvisers from various parts of Los Angeles who have studied musical improv together, performed our first show at fanaticSalon several weeks ago, and ready to return and rock the house again!
We are also excited to open up the show with Short Range featuring Kristen Cook (Rosé , tons of other things) to play some fun short form musical games.
We’ll end the night with our Improvised Karaoke Jam, which was a huge hit last time!
Branson NeJame will be working the keyboard all night!
You can pay in advance or at the door. Buy on Eventbrite by Monday, November 15 for $10, or $15 after.
Doors at 7:30 with refreshments served in the courtyard.
8:00pm – Short Range featuring Kristen Cook
9:00pm – Singing in the Range
9:30pm – 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 Branson NeJame!

Trans4merz feat. Bucket o' Snakes, Waterbrains and Mr. Johnson
2023-11-18 20:00, 2023-12-09 20:00
The Trans4merz Feat. Mr. Johnson, Bucket O’ Snakes and Waterbrains
SAG-AFTRA & WGA get in free!
$15

Alexis Bradby
2023-11-19 17:30 - 19:00
Alexis Bradby runs an hour of standup.

Featuring:
Briana Crowe
Antjuan Tobias
Lexie Grace

Off the Wall & Mostly Organic
2023-11-26 19:30
Off the Wall and Mostly Organic with Carol Weiss on the piano.
With Special Guests:
Rick Overton
Melinda Chilton
and
Jason Owsley
$15

Culver City Comedy Club
2023-12-01 20:00
Live from the Fanatic Salon. Great lineup with a surprise guest!
$15

Comedy n Chill Holiday Show
2023-12-02 20:00
The Holiday Show!
Hosted by Maria Bruggere

Opening Night
2023-12-03 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-02-18 19:30 - 21:00
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.
$15

Backyard Improv
2023-12-08 19:30 - 21:00
Backyard Improv’s last show of 2023! With Batshet and The Other Other Guys!
You can pay in advance or at the door. Buy on Eventbrite by Wednesday, November 8, for $10, or $15 after.
Doors at 7:30 with refreshments served in the courtyard before, during intermission, and after the show.
8:00pm – Requiem for a Scene – Requiem features a show star who will perform in all the scenes. This week we are playing our no-star format! We explore dramatic themes with a unique, music inspired format.
8 :30pm – Batshet – A constantly evolving, experimental group that focuses on groupwork and challenging the idea of what normal improv even is.
9:00pm – The Other Other Guys – You’ve seen The Other Guys, starring Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell. Now see The Other Other Guys, starring two dudes, who aren’t Mark Wahlberg or Will Ferrell, but who both have dogs.
9:30pm – Space Heater – This Backyard Improv staple has been keeping the space warm since 2021!

WPA Christmas Party Show
2023-12-10 20:00
Have as much fun as we do at the WPA Christmas show.
An Uplifting Event Featuring:
Kathrynn Schorr
Rebecca O’Brien
Bernadette Birkett
Suzanne Brown
Clara York
Mattie Singleton
Miyo Yamauchi
Anne Wally
Roz Browne
Val Kuhns
George Kessler
$15

Fanatic Salon Comedy Showcase
2023-12-15 19:30 - 21:00
Comedy by:
Lydia Robinson
Kazu Kusano
Chris Watikus
Patrick Davis
Karen Haber
Daniel Ferrell
Maria Bruggere

Improv Co-op Presents: Immediate Theater
2023-12-16 20:00
Featuring:
Bernadette Birkett
Dan Castellaneta
Deb Lacusta
Jonathan Stark
Lance Kinsey
Jeff Michalski
Jane Morris
Michael Bernard

$15

Off the Wall & Mostly Organic
2023-12-17 19:30
Off the Wall and Mostly Organic with Carol Weiss on the piano.
With Special Guest:
Phil Lamarr
$15

Improv Famous
2023-12-30 19:00 - 21:00
It’s the return of Improv Famous! Come join us Saturday, December 30 at 7pm and see some of the best improvisors on the planet create scenes based on the stories from 10-time Moth Slam winner (including the 2019 New York GrandSlam) KEVIN MCGEEHAN! With Will Hines, Jane Morris, Jaime Moyer, Nnamdi Ngwe, Andel Sudik and Jay Sukow
$20

Trans4merz feat. Bucket o' Snakes, Waterbrains and Mr. Johnson
2024-01-06 20:00, 2024-02-10 20:00
The Trans4merz Feat. Mr. Johnson, Bucket O’ Snakes and Waterbrains
$15

Backyard Improv
2024-01-12 19:30
Looking forward to the show! If you get a specific lineup I can update the description online and/or at least include them in the promo stuff.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/backyard-improv-in-the-theater-at-fanaticsalon-tickets-788846149067

https://www.facebook.com/events/1069893484155572

Backyard Improv welcomes 2024 with a great show!

Requiem for a Scene and Space Heater welcome Copycat and Pro Shakers featuring Jane Morris and friends!
You can pay in advance or at the door. Buy on Eventbrite by Wednesday, January 10, for $10, or $15 after.
Doors at 7:30 with refreshments served in the courtyard before, during intermission, and after the show.
8:00pm – Requiem for a Scene – Requiem features a show star who will perform in all the scenes. This week we welcome Katrina Lofgren! We explore dramatic, abstract, and comedic themes with a unique, music inspired format.
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.
9:00pm – Pro Shakers – Improv all-stars featuring Jane Morris!

9:30pm – Space Heater – This Backyard Improv staple has been keeping the space warm since 2021!

Comedy n Chill
2024-01-19 20:00
Hosted by Maria Bruggere
Featuring:
Pippa Spindel
August Derose Jones
Wub Savell
Miranda Meadows
AJ Faji
$15

Friday Open Mic
2024-01-19 22:00 - 23:30
Our Friday Open Mic is hosted by Wub Savell

Kathryn Schorr's Saturday Night Comedy Club
2024-01-20 20:00
Stand Up Featuring
Orion Levine
Maunda Oyin
Kathryn Schorr
Roz Browne
Keira McGill
Rene Hundert

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

Off the Wall with Mostly Organic
2024-01-21 20:00
Off the Wall and Mostly Organic with Carol Weiss on the piano.
$15

Backyard Improv
2024-01-26 19:30
Backyard Improv in the Theater performs every 2nd and 4th friday at the fanaticSalon!

We invite two new teams to perform as well, so the lineup is always changing.

You can pay in advance online or at the door.

Doors at 7:30 with refreshments served in the courtyard.

Requiem for a Scene – Improvisational theatre with a focus on emotion, connection, and drama.

Space Heater – This former Westside Resident team has been keeping the backyard warm since 2021!

$15

Comedy n Chill
2024-01-27 20:00, 2024-02-17 20:00
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

Opening Night
2024-01-28 19:30 - 21:00
Opening Night — The Improvised Musical
(L to R) Derek Miller, Norm Thoeming, Shulie Cowan, Michael Pollack, Josh Funk, and Hilary Ryan are musical improv comedy ensemble Opening Night.
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.
$15

Anna Simeri Comedy Night (CANCELLED)
2024-02-02 20:00 - 21:00
Anna Simeri and friends take over the Fanatic Salon.
$15

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

Sing! A Night of Musical Improv
2024-02-03 19:30 - 21:00
Singing in the Range continue our run of SING! @ fanaticSalon!

This evening starts with the debut of Reqqy, followed by Singing in the Range with a full 25 minute musical made up on the spot.

We close the night out with Improv Karaoke, where everyone can participate.

Branson NeJame will be working the keyboard all night!

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 – Reqqy – Laura Ralston and Cody Saunders present the 2-person debut of our Requiem inspired form with live score by Branson NeJame.

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 Branson NeJame

The Caroline Etudes
2024-02-06 20:00
A new play by Steve Sajich.
Starring:
Erika Goodwin
and
Christopher Karbo

$20

Backyard Improv
2024-02-09 19:30
Backyard Improv presents another great improvised event.
Requiem for a Scene and Space Heater welcome back Theoretical Mass and for the first time we welcome Chairs!
Doors at 7:30 with refreshments served in the courtyard before, during intermission, and after the show.
8:00pm – Requiem for a Scene – Requiem features a show star who will perform in all the scenes. We explore dramatic, abstract, and comedic themes with a unique, music inspired format.
8:30pm – Chairs – Cody Banks, Justin Carty, Hannah Kornberg, Daryl Lee, Liz McDonnell, Ian Vens, Weston Woods make their first appearance at fanaticSalon!
9:00pm – Theoretical Mass – Einstein 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!
