OKC Improv - Oklahoma's premiere showcase for improv comedy and theater - is closing out its current run with a bang this weekend with 3 awesome shows at Ghostlight Theatre Club located at 3110 North Walker in the Paseo.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8:
8pm: Twinprov: Rap-sody / The New Movement Fall Mini-Tour!

Everything starts on Friday at 8pm when improv-superstars Twinprov bring back their popular Rap-sody show, weaving together improvised songs and scenes inspired by audience suggestions followed by the Oklahoma debut of The New Movement Theater from Austin, TX. The Texas trio will be deconstructing a story from an audience member.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9TH:
- 8pm: Twinprov: String Theory / ColdTowne Theater (Austin)
- 10pm: Dan Skaggs / Me Talk Sexy / Stretchin’ It

Things continue on Saturday at 8pm Twinprov returns with their acclaimed String Theory show with special guest violinist Nicole Melki followed by the Oklahoma debut of Austin, TX based masters of improv and sketch comedy, ColdTowne Theater present Best of the Best (Not The Kickboxing Movie)t he best sketches from the last year of the ColdTowne Theater Mainstage. On Saturday at 10pm it's a special adults-only blue show with comedian Dan Skaggs, the world premiere of the poetically naughty Me Talk Sexy, and the return of raunchily raucous Stretchin' It.

Tickets are $10 each. $5 for improvisers. Admission is FREE if you're celebrating your birthday with us! Reservations are encouraged and can be made via E-Mail at okcimprov@gmail.com or by phone at 405.343.1570.

Don't forget that OKC Improv Classes continue this weekend!
More info on classes: http://www.okcimprov.com/p/classes.html

On Sunday, October 10 come learn sketch comedy from the masters at the ZEN AND THE ART OF SKETCH COMEDY Workshop taught by Michael Jastroch and Bryan "Lubu" Roberts at 1pm at Ghostlight Theatre Club. The 3 hour workshop will cost $20. There will be a limited number of seats. For reservations, call (405) 343-1570 or E-Mail okcimprov@gmail.com.

ZEN AND THE ART OF SKETCH COMEDY

Turning Your Funny Ideas Into Comedy Scenes

More often than not, the biggest roadblock to good sketch (or scripted comedy) is our own brain. Writer's block (or not having funny ideas) is an illusion! This workshop will focus on techniques that ColdTowne Theater instructors use to bypass the brain's hardware and get straight to the funny. Students will also learn basic techniques of how to craft these clever ideas into scenes, and how to refine them so they are also funny to the audience. It is possible to write a sketch show that kills every single time! And it can be done quickly. This workshop will show you how.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS:

Michael Jastroch began his comedy career as editor ‘n’ chief of NYU’s only intentionally funny publication, The Plague. While living in New Orleans, Michael worked in print media as a writer, editor, and art director and wrote and performed sketch comedy and improv with Trap Doors, ColdTowne, and ComedySportz. Michael has continued to write and perform with ColdTowne while in Austin, winning several awards for his improv including "Best Comedy Group 2008" in the Austin Chronicle Reader’s poll and the B. Iden Payne award for "Outstanding Improv Ensemble." His two person sketch group with Tami Nelson, Lovey and Lovey, won Best of Fest at the 2005 Lone Star Sketch Festival and the 2008 Frontera Fringe Festival as well as a Critic’s Pick in the 2008 Austin Chronicle Reader’s Poll. Michael is the Director of the ColdTowne Theater Mainstage sketch show. Recently, Michael was nominated for best teacher at the Austin Improv Collective Awards and the group he directs, Midnight Society, was nominated for a B. Iden Payne Theater Award. Michael has taught his improv workshops all over the country, including at the North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival in Chapel Hill, NC, the Oberlin College Improv Festival and the Gila Monster Improv Fest in Tuscon, Arizona.

Bryan Roberts began his love affair with comedy in 2003, when he began writing and performing for Austin’s No Shame Theatre. Since then, he has appeared with several different sketch groups (Hoover’s Blanket, Ghetto Sketch Warlock) and improv troupes (Look Cookie, No Chaser). His most recent achivements are the award-winning improv show Guilds Of Steel, which he created and co-directed for Gnap! Theater Projects, and his position as a sketch comedy teacher in the Coldtowne Conservatory Faculty. Recently, Bryan Roberts' performance in Shanty Town Lake was lauded by the Austin Chronicle: "The mere presence of Roberts on the boards... reduced me to tears, actual tears of laughter!"