It seems like just yesterday we had our first weekend run and here we are six months later announcing our full line-up for December! This is our last run of the the year so it’s a bit bigger than our previous weekend runs and it is full of holiday themed shows and one night only events!
We’re welcoming special appearances by the very fun Two Late With Rob & Joe and the fantastic Wadsworth Constant- both doing their first live shows in Philly in several years! We’re also welcoming a full-cast appearance by a group very near and dear to my heart – The Future! I had the pleasure of directing the future for much of their time as a regular performing team. They’ve been scattered across the country the last few years, but continued to perform in festivals up until covid put the kibosh on that. Now they reunite for their first, live, full-cast show since (we think) early 2018!
If all we had were the above shows it would be an amazing run. Of course that’s not all though. We have Not Yet Rated back doing an improvised holiday horror comedy, Study Hall with special guests, Borrowed Time featuring Keane Cobb, Hoffman, and the first live appearance of Smoke Break, Extree! Extree! with some good news, Thank You Places doing a holiday musical, the free improv jam, and the first annual Crossroads Comedy Theater Holiday Variety Show – Winter Wonderjawn!
Winter Wonderjawn is the successor of the Sideshow Holiday Special, which I ran a bunch of times over the years. It’s also looking to pay respect to the Secret Pants Holiday shows of yesteryear. There is improv, sketch, stand-up, and more. There will be an announcement very soon featuring the full list of acts and performers. It’s a supersized holiday event not to be missed!
We hope to see you around the theater for the last run of the year. If not, we hope to see you in the new year. Best wishes to you and yours heading into this holiday season.
Mike Marbach
Crossroads Comedy Theater Founder
WINTER CLASSES NOW ENROLLING!
We don’t have a full on training center yet, but we definitely have things to teach you! Whether you’re interested in improv or sketch comedy we got you covered. If you need more time paying you can email us to request a payment plan. Comedy classes are also a great gift! And to be completely cliche it’s a gift that keeps on giving. So if you’re looking for something to give that person who has everything – we recommend getting them a digital gift card which is good for any of our classes and shows purchased online.
BORROWED TIME FEATURING KEANE COBB, SMOKE BREAK, AND HOFFMAN
Borrowed Time is a comedy showcase featuring a mix of improv and stand-up. Each show features a different acts not produced by Crossroads, so it’s a chance to see some stuff you might not otherwise get to see. Tonight features improv teams Hoffman and Smoke Break and Stand-up from Keane Cobb!
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16TH @ 7:30PM | $8 – $10
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TWO LATE WITH ROB & JOE HOLIDAY SPECIAL
Crossroads Comedy Theater is excited to welcome a special, one night only, guest performance of Two Late with Rob & Joe! Two Late is a late night variety show in the tradition of The Tonight Show and Late Night with Conan O’Brien. Comedians Rob Alesiani and Joe Tuzzi will bring you a hilarious and fully produced show full of celebrity guests, hilarious monologues, musical acts, sketch and stand-up comedy, and Interactive audience games. So stay up “Two Late” and join us, Philly!
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16TH @ 9:00PM | $8 – $10
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THANK YOU, PLACES: AN IMPROVISED MUSICAL
Save the gas and two hours traveling to Broadway and see a fully improvised Broadway style show created right in front of you right here in Philly! Crossroads Comedy Theater is proud to welcome a guest performance by Thank You Places: An Improvised Musical! This independently produced improvised show is a one-hour, Broadway-style musical that is entirely made up on the spot, created from a single audience suggestion! The story, the music, the lyrics, everything created just for you. This show is part of Crossroad Comedy Theater’s line-up of Holiday themed comedy shows sure to get you in the holiday spirit.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17TH @ 7PM
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WINTER WONDERJAWN: A HOLIDAY VARIETY SHOW
Crossroads Comedy Theater is proud to present its first annual holiday variety show! This supersized holiday special is full of sketch, music, stand-up, burlesque, and more. It’s a show that is is sure to put you in the holiday spirit while you knock back a few holiday spirits. Acts include: Samantha Russell, Wilfredo Diaz, Steve Swan Vs Joe Moore, The Incredible Shrinking Matt & Jacquie, Alyssa Al-Dookhi, Jessica Ross and Kaitlin Thompson, the Flannel Chucks, Two Wolves, Frank & Courtney, the Mean Wendy band, Fiona Firebomb, Mike Marbach, and host Geoff Jackson!
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17TH @ 9:00PM
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STUDY HALL: COMEDY INSPIRED BY LECTURES
Deck the (Study) Halls! Your favorite lecture based improv show is back live on stage for some in person lessons and laughs! Invited guests from different areas of expertise will present a lecture on a topic from their field for discussion after which a cast of some of Philly’s funniest performers will use what they’ve learned (or didn’t) to improvise hilarious scenes right before your eyes! You’ll learn and laugh in one fantastic hour!
This show features Greg Stuart (Philadelphia Art Museum), Jennifer Blaine (Performer / Producer), and more!
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18TH @ 7:00PM
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NOT YET RATED: AN IMPROVISED HOLIDAY HORROR
Do you hear what I hear? Not Yet Rated is back with a brand new improvised horror comedy just in time for the holiday season. Using your favorite horror movie tropes, the cast creates a completely new movie just for you! Monsters, haunted houses, demonic possession, psychological thrillers, slashers… it’s all on the table in a show never seen before and -like many of the characters- never to be seen again! The only thing we know going in is that it’s the holiday season.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18TH @ 8:30PM
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THE FUTURE
THE FUTURE! Doing whatever it takes to make audiences laugh since 2013, this hilarious improv team has built a reputation domestically and abroad as a group of weirdos who create comedy that is always more than the sum of their parts. Give them a suggestion and watch as it gets turned into a recreation of the past, a twisted sci-fi dystopia, or possibly a feat of physical strength. Fred Brown, Caitlin Corkery, David Donnella, Rob O’Neill, Kristen Schier, and Molly Scullion reunite in Philly for one night only in their first full cast, live on stage show since 2018!
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18TH @ 10:00PM
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FREE IMPROV JAM AT THE CROSSROADS
Itching for some stage time after over a year indoors? Looking to maybe try improv for the first time? Come on out out to the Free Improv Jam at the Crossroads! All experience levels are welcome to sign up and hop on stage. Don’t have any improv experience? No worries! You’ll be paired with a more experienced improviser so you two can shine together. You’ll do a scene or two, have some fun, and maybe make some new friends! If you want to come and simply enjoy the scenes – feel free! Crossroads Jam is hosted by Jabari Dortch & Rachel Semigran.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19TH @ 6:00PM
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EXTREE! EXTREE! COMEDY INSPIRED BY THE NEWS!
Extree! Extree! Read all about it! Comedy show discusses the news of the week and improvises hilarious scenes inspired by it! News articles and videos are presented to the cast who will be seeing them for the first time. Get caught up on the latest goings on of this big blue marble and laugh with with some of Philly’s best performers!
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19TH @ 7:00PM
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THE WADSWORTH CONSTANT
Improvised Absurdist One-Act Plays by Portland’s Kristen Schier and Philadelphia’s Nick Gillette. Professional idiocy in a world of amateur idiots. Drawing from the theatrical traditions of Albee, Ionesco, and Beckett, two veteran improvisors launch themselves into a newly generated world of absurdity and existentialist themes. Since its inception in 2014, the Wadsworth Constant has continued to astound and delight audiences from coast to coast.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19TH @ 8:00PM
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