SAK Comedy Lab
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The Maestro has the following upcoming performances at SAK Comedy Lab.
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January 5 - Throw Down! @ 7:30 pm
January 19 - Throw Down! @ 7:30 pm January 19 - Scharf & Waldon @ 9:15 pm January 19 - Stand-up Mashup! @ 10:15 pm January 26 - Throw Down! @ 7:30 pm January 26 - Pepe's Truth or Dare Improv @ 10:15 pm February 14 - Valentine's Show @ 6:00 pm February 14 - Valentine's Show @ 8:00 pm February 14 - Valentine's Show @ 10:00 pm February 16 - Throw Down! @ 7:30 pm February 16 - Stand-up Mashup! @ 9:15 pm February 16 - Scharf & Waldon @ 10:15 pm March 9- Throw Down! @ 7:30 pm March 9 - The Lottery @ 9:15 pm March 9 - Scharf & Waldon @ 10:15 pm |
March 25 - Duel of Fools @ 7:30 pm
March 25 - King of the Hill @ 9:30 pm March 21 - Spring Break Improv Show @ 7:30 pm March 23 - Spring Break Improv Show @ 7:30 pm March 23 - Scharf & Walden @ 9:15 pm March 23 - Pepe's Truth or Dare Improv @ 10:15 pm March 30 - Throw Down! @ 7:30 pm March 30 - Scharf & Waldon @ 9:15 pm April 7 - Duel of Fools @ 7:30 pm April 7 - Gorilla Theatre @ 9:30 pm April 8 - Duel of Fools @ 7:30 pm April 8 - King of the Hill @ 9:30 pm April 13 - Scharf & Waldon @ 7:30 pm April 13 - The Lottery @ 8:30 pm |
The Maestro and Alum Wayne Brady
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The Maestro performs regularly with these SAK shows throughout the season.
"Keith Johnston's Gorilla Theatre"
This show features four of our professional improvisers directing each other in improvised scenes, games and songs to fit their chosen theme for the evening. The audience plays along by rewarding the best directed scenes. General Admission: $17.00 USD, Florida Residents: $14.00 USD |
"Duel of Fools"
This is SAK's signature improv show. Two teams of professional improvisers compete for your laughs with audience judges selected at the start of the show. The actors make up songs, scenes and characters in front of your eyes with the help of the audience's suggestions & participation. General Admission: $17.00 USD, Florida Residents: $14.00 USD |
"Yule of Fools" This is SAK's signature improv show, themed for the holidays. Two teams of professional improvisers compete for your laughs with audience judges selected at the start of the show. The actors make up songs, scenes and characters right in front of your eyes with the help of the audience's suggestions and participation. General Admission: $17.00 USD Florida Residents: $14.00 USD |
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"Brawl For All" 12 TEAMS. 12 WEEKS. 1 WINNER.This seasonal show pits 12 themed teams of improvisers against each other in a 12 week competition (2 teams per show). Winners of each round progress to the next round. In the end, one team will be crowned Brawl champions. Past teams have included a chain gang (literally chained together), a duo of two stereotypical moms, and a boy band. Don't miss the madness. General Admission: $10.00 USD |
"The Lottery" STUDENTS MEET THE MASTERS FOR A HILARIOUS SHOW! In this show, six lucky SAK improv students are randomly selected from their classes to perform alongside several of our professional performers. The result is an energetic and hilarious mashup of amateur and professional. The ticket prices for this show are as follows: General Admission: $6.00 USD |
"Rookie Rumble" STUDENT IMPROV COMPETITION! Are you ready for SAK's student comedy battle?! 16 SAK University graduates have undergone additional training, have paired up into comedy duos, and will compete against each other with you the audience as judge. Each week will feature four teams competing. After eight weeks, only one team will be crowned Rookie Rumble Champions! General Admission: $5.00 USD |
Previewing in April 2016
Lights Up! Improvised Rock Opera
What do you get when you take some rock and roll, add a dash of musical theatre and mix it all together with a team of fearless improvisers? Lights Up: The Improvised Rock Opera! Inspired by such classics as Tommy, Spring Awakening and American Idiot, Lights Up pushes musical improvisation to the next level, creating a completely original and rocking performance each evening based off a single suggestion. This fast-paced, song-filled rock opera is sure to light up your evening and leave you wanting more. Created and directed by David Charles. |
FOUR PERSON COMEDY IMPROV SHOW The Thursday Night Throw Down is an all-new improv competition performed by the SAK professionals. Each player will take turns being challenged by the other three to lead an improvised challenge. It could be a song, a scene or some use of the audience, but whatever it is, it's gotta impress the audience judges. This show is 75 minutes with an intermission and is rated for all ages! The ticket prices for this show are as follows: General Admission: $14.00 USD Florida Residents: $12.00 USD Students/Hospitality/Military: $10.00 USD |
TWO-MAN SHOW YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS!
SAK's most successful duo show hit the stage in this hilarious night out! Adam Scharf and Brett Waldon team up to do their own unique brand of "kitchen sink" improv. A sarcastic, whimsical, sometimes topical, always ridiculous journey through the minds of two improvisors. Enjoy as Adam and Brett improvise scenes inspired by conversations with the audience. The ticket prices for this show are as follows: General Admission: $8.00 USD |
FLAMBOYANT, MATURE AUDIENCE IMPROV SHOW
Pepe, The Orlando Fringe Festival performer called “hysterical … flamboyant, and wildly inappropriate” by the Orlando Sentinel, joins the always unpredictable improv ensemble at SAK Comedy Lab with Pepe’s Truth or Dare Improv Show. Pepe will host this over-the-top, adults only improv show, featuring SAK Ensemble members Robyn Pedretti Kelly, T. Robby Pigott, John Connon, and Chris Dinger performing ridiculous scenes like Grindr Chat, The Blind Makeover, and the Lip-synch For Your Life Challenge. All scenes are made up on the spot and inspired by audience suggestions. The ticket prices for this show are as follows: General Admission: $6.00 USD |
A MASHUP OF STAND UP COMICS AND IMPROVISERS!
Check out this unique late night offering which features local stand up comedians mixing it up with SAK's improv pros. You'll see a fun mix of stand up and improv comedy. The ticket prices for this show are as follows: General Admission: $6.00 USD |
A LIVE PODCAST RECORDING!
Real life besties Amanda and Emily are back with a new show, totally unique to the SAK stage. Since their last improv show at SAK, these best friends have been hard at work producing a podcast that's taking off in popularity among SAK students, fans and beyond. Here's your chance not only to hear the recorded podcast, but to attend their live podcast recording that only happens once each month. Every show is different, unpredictable, and filled with audience interaction and commentary. Click for Facebook Click for podcast on iTunes Instagram: Amanda_Emily_Show Twitter: AmandEmshow The ticket prices for this show are as follows: General Admission: $6.00 USD |
FREESTYLE RAP AND IMPROV MASH UP!
SAK improv pros mash up with freestyle rap artists to create a high energy, intense comedy experience. This popular show only comes around every once in a while and should not be missed! The ticket prices for this show are as follows: General Admission: $10.00 USD |
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SAK Makes Stuff UpNowhere else in Florida will you find a place like SAK Comedy Lab. Since 1991, our professional ensemble of improv actors has entertained audiences with our unique brand of live improvised comedy. We take your suggestions and make up characters, scenes and songs on the spot. Our comedy is fun and edgy for adults, but also widely enjoyed by our younger fans.
If you like the show “Who’s Line is it Anyway”, you’ll like our show. In fact, SAK was a starting place for the careers of Wayne Brady as well as writers, actors and producers for “Mad TV”, “Saturday Night Live”, and sitcoms such as “Scrubs”, “The Office” and “30 Rock”. Check out our beautiful 250 seat venue, grab beer or wine from our concession lobby, and see the next generation of national comedic talent. 
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The History of SAKSAK Theatre enjoyed its humble beginnings in Buffalo Minnesota when a troupe of four individuals with a background in evangelical street theater began performing at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival in 1977. After a few years, opportunities arose for SAK to perform at multiple festivals simultaneously. The original troupe trained additional performers and SAK grew from four to twelve.
In 1982, while performing at a festival in Largo Florida, entertainment scouts from the Walt Disney Company came looking for entertainment acts to populate the World Showcase at the newly opening EPCOT Center. SAK Theatre Company was now an official corporation and moved its base of operations to Florida. For seven years, SAK produced, performed and managed live audience participatory comedy shows for Walt Disney World in the U.K. and Italy pavilions, as well as countless other shows performed in and around the parks. SAK also continued to appear at festivals, expos and fairs around the world well into the 1990’s, and was employing over 30 full-time performers, production and office staff. In 1991 after the Disney contract ended, SAK Theatre Company opened the SAK Comedy Lab on Church Street in downtown Orlando. This first venue was a 99 seat comedy theater dedicated to performing original comedy plays (many developed through improvisation) and improv shows. It was at this time when the SAK signature improv comedy competition “Duel of Fools” was born. Every Friday and Saturday night for the past 23 years, two teams of improvisers have battled against each other to see who could make up the funniest scenes, sketches and songs based on audience suggestions. It’s been a hilarious bloodbath. Over two decades have passed with two theater moves, and SAK Comedy Lab still thrives in the heart of Downtown Orlando at it’s beautiful 250 seat venue. Since it’s inception in 1991, the “Lab” has grown to become one of the largest theaters and training centers for improvisation in the Southeast. It currently serves over 30,000 patrons a year as well as major Central Florida organizations such as the Orlando Magic, Florida Hospital and Darden Restaurants with its team training and corporate comedy shows. SAK is currently experiencing unprecedented breakaway growth and looks forward to entertaining Orlando audiences for another two decades and beyond. |