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Thank you so much to everyone who came to the last Manifesto Show, and any other Manifesto Show over the last 5 years! We loved every Friday and we hope you did too.

Long live improv for the people!

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The Last Manifesto Show

After more than half a decade of bringing indie improv to the stage every Friday night, it's time to hang up our hammer and sickle. Come join us for one last night of laughs, chock full of teams we love dearly! Plus, proceeds will be donated to the LA Indie Improv Festival! 

Long live improv for the people! https://www.facebook.com/events/437044993339959/ 8pm - Doors Open 8:30pm - Free Show Begins Penguins on the Playground (Mark David Christenson, Jen Krueger) with special mystery guests! The Smokes (Susannah Becket, Neil Casey, Eugene Cordero, Katie Dippold, Brian Gallivan, Will Hines, Chris Kula, Tricia McAlpin, Billy Merritt, Joe Wengert) Crashbar (Lilan Bowden, Will Doughty, Casey Feigh, Jacob Womack, Diana Wright) 9:30pm (no intermission) Shakedown (Toni Charline, Rene Gube, Joel Jensen, Nick Mandernach, Hector Santa Cruz) Convoy (Alex Berg, Todd Fasen, Alex Fernie) and the founders of The Manifesto Show, Comrades (Mark David Christenson, Farley Elliott, Jen Krueger) We are located at: The Clubhouse [theclubhouseimprov.com] 1607 N Vermont Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027 We are improv for the people so admission is free, but we urge performers and audience alike to throw a few rubles in the donation bucket. There will also be beer and water available with donation!

https://www.facebook.com/events/437044993339959/

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4 More Shows!

Only 4 more chances to catch The Manifesto Show....

8pm - Doors Open

8:30pm - Free Show Begins

Nevada Pajamas (Philip Wiles, Victoria Longwell, James Mannion, Nick Tittone, Stephen Joseph, Katie Goldston)

Wise-ass (Jon Orner, Alan Starzinsky, Nicholas Waggoner, Cassi Jerkins, Ryan Coil, Ruha Taslimi)

Brian Won't Text Me Back (Pat Dorsey, Grace Folsom, Jeremy Lu, Peter Berg, Chris Woods, Blair Carden)

9:30pm (no intermission)

Penguins on the Playground with special guest Alex Berg! (Mark David Christenson, Jen Krueger)

Bikini Tiger (Dickie Copeland, Sarah Claspell, Scott Neiman)

Varmint (Ali Ghandour, Colin McGurk, Craig Bullock, Gregory Wallace, Jake Jabbour, Jake Regal, Jess Lane, Josh Brekhus, Marissa Strickland, Timm Sharp)

We are located at: The Clubhouse [theclubhouseimprov.com] 1607 N Vermont Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027

We are improv for the people so admission is free, but we urge performers and audience alike to throw a few rubles in the donation bucket. There will also be beer and water available with donation!

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5 More Shows

Only 5 more chances to catch The Manifesto Show....

8pm - Doors Open

8:30pm - Free Show Begins

Chaz Dean (Chuck Maa, Clark Canez, Cassi Jerkins, Robbie Weber, Saagar Shaik, Natalie Benedict, Bozant Katzakian, Rosie Leisure, Brian Bakos)

Literally Anything (Kale Hills, Matt Rath, Julia Meltzer, Haley Hepworth, Talia Tabin, Josh Brekhus)

Plumbum (Wayland McQueen, Katie Plattner, Jeremy Culhane, Gerald Grissette, Erin Raeman, Joe Weber)

9:30pm (no intermission)

Penguins on the Playground with special guest Heather Campbell! (Mark David Christenson, Jen Krueger)

FALCON (Ally Beardsley, Heather Anne Campbell, Scout Durwood, Suzi Barett, Becky Drysdale)

Bangarang! (Toni Charline, Adam McCabe, Ryan Meharry, Jacob Reed, Betsy Sodaro, Ryan Stanger, Dave Theune)

We are located at: The Clubhouse [theclubhouseimprov.com] 1607 N Vermont Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027

We are improv for the people so admission is free, but we urge performers and audience alike to throw a few rubles in the donation bucket. There will also be beer and water available with donation!

https://www.facebook.com/events/206789463140070/

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6 MORE SHOWS

Only 6 more chances to catch The Manifesto Show.... 8pm - Doors Open 8:30pm - Free Show Begins Osito (Scott Thiede, Drew Marquardt, Grace Folsom, Trevor Reece, Keeley Bright, Bryan Rainstein, Austin Highsmith) Youth Group (Ego Nwodim, Patrick McDonald, Jessica Seay Klatt, Peter Banifaz) Vegan Heat (Veronica Gruba, Nicole Villela, Kody Schmidt, Cory Webster) 9:30pm (no intermission) Penguins on the Playground with special guest Dave Theune! (Mark David Christenson, Jen Krueger) Stro Bros (Beth Appel, Paul Welsh, Dan Black, Sarah Claspell, Matt Mayer) E = MC Hammer (Celeste Busa, Kellan Meador, Dairus Hamilton-Smith, Jan Lefrancncois Gijzen, and BJ Emery) We are located at: The Clubhouse [theclubhouseimprov.com] 1607 N Vermont Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027 We are improv for the people so admission is free, but we urge performers and audience alike to throw a few rubles in the donation bucket. There will also be beer and water available with donation!

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7 More Shows Left

Only 7 more chances to catch The Manifesto Show....

8pm - Doors Open

8:30pm - Free Show Begins

Fancy (Travis Coles, Katelyn Hempstead, Taryn Leggett, Sydney Nikols, Shakira Paye, Bryan Rainstein, Geoffrey Ross, Scott Thiede)

Tupperware Party (Chrissy Baker, Sandy Green, Megan Moran)

Stuffed Crust (Jimmy Kehoe, Melissa McIntosh, Mia Schauffler, Courtney Sevener, Dani Shank, Sam Skopp)

9:30pm (no intermission)

Penguins on the Playground + Dierkes & Fernie! (Mark David Christenson, Jen Krueger + Dominic Dierkes, Alex Fernie)

The Butter (Mel Cowan, Alex Fernie, Alex Berg, Eugene Cordero, Josh Simpson, Deb Tarica, Jason Greene, Santina Muha)

The Pistons (Alex Ford, Veronica Gruba, Courtney Sevener, Robbie Webber, Nadia Osman, David Zwick, Kody Schmidt, Allyson Phillips, Nick Waggoner, James Mannion, Kristina Nikolic, Andrew Hahn, Malin von Euler-Hogan, Ryan Tweedy, Max Toretti)

We are located at: The Clubhouse [theclubhouseimprov.com] 1607 N Vermont Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027

We are improv for the people so admission is free, but we urge performers and audience alike to throw a few rubles in the donation bucket. There will also be beer and water available with donation!

https://www.facebook.com/events/252146501913025/

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The Manifesto Show’s Last Shamrock Monoscene Night

This Friday the Manifesto Show continues its St. Patrick's Day tradition with our 5th Annual Last Shamrock Monoscene Night!

Each team will perform a monoscene set in the fictional bar The Last Shamrock, but that fictional bar will be stocked with VERY REAL booze. And of course, every team will be given a UCB performer to serve as their bartender!

This year's bartenders are Dickie Copeland, Wayland McQueen, Edgar Momplaisir, Jake Regal, Joel Spence, and Jacob Wysocki! Additionally we're happy to be serving spirits from Blinking Owl Distillery this year. And as always, poster by James Mulholland.

Plus, there are only 8 more weeks left before The Manifesto Show retires, so come get in on this boozy, commie fun!

-- 8pm - Doors Open

8:30pm - Free Show Begins

Soft Serve (Ally Beardsley, Lindsey Kraft, Kandis Mak, Yak Manrique, Gwen Mesco, Edgar Momplaisir, Eileen Montelione, Jacquis Neal, Katie Plattner, Ellie Race-Moore, Kody Schmidt)

Totally Heather (Veronica Gruba, Dayna Bowers, Charlie Fay, Jiavani Linayao, Jacob Reed, Heather Sundell, Ian Carr, Ben Rosenbaum, Terry Huang, Will Choi, Keiko Agena)

Family Mattress (Jeff Kaplan, Natalie Palimides, Matt Noonan, Colin McGurk, Ally Ruddy, Jamie Gaul, Mark McColey, Max Lasser)

9:30pm (no intermission)

Penguins on the Playground (Mark David Christenson, Jen Krueger)

DC & Haley (DC Pierson, Haley Hepworth)

Beach Ghost (Nina Concepcion, Cole Fremed, Kyle Kenyon, Chase McCown, AJ Salas, Matt Stauter) --

We are located at: The Clubhouse [theclubhouseimprov.com] 1607 N Vermont Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027

We are improv for the people so admission is free, but we urge performers and audience alike to throw a few rubles in the donation bucket. There will also be beer and water available with donation!

https://www.facebook.com/events/259680771157381/

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The Manifesto Show - 9 More Shows!

Only 9 more chances to catch The Manifesto Show.... 8pm - Doors Open 8:30pm - Free Show Begins The Four Non-Blondes (Katie Nathan, Hannah Kanengieter, Rachel Chapman, Lauren Holt) Executive Brunch (Erin Byrne, Tim Neumann, Daniel Angarita, Andrew Hahn, James Leighton, Ben Dalton) Swimming Lessons (Jeremy Culhane, Mary Anthony, Jane Kim, Zoe Mallen, Jesus Oquendo, Omar Najam) 9:30pm (no intermission) Penguins on the Playground with special guest Devin Field! (Mark David Christenson, Jen Krueger) The Lab (Luke Klompien, Jacob Womack,...) Noxema (Julie Brister and Mark Rennie) We are located at: The Clubhouse [theclubhouseimprov.com] 1607 N Vermont Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027 We are improv for the people so admission is free, but we urge performers and audience alike to throw a few rubles in the donation bucket. There will also be beer and water available with donation!

https://www.facebook.com/events/223030108169516/

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The Manifesto Show - 10 More Shows

8pm - Doors Open

8:30pm - Free Show Begins

Small Town Sheriff (Mike Leffingwell and Ben Siemon)

Carol's Poolhouse (Elizabeth Bemis, Courtney Clark, Corey Clifford, Quinn Gasaway, Chloe Jacobs, Brandon Klaus, Rachel Middleton)

Yacht Club (April Mouton, Charles Mihelich, Derek Lettman, Eli Gonzalez, Ellie Race-Moore, Jessica Uhler, Katie Dill, Noah Findling)

9:30pm (no intermission)

Penguins on the Playground with special guest Will Hines! (Jen Krueger and Mark David Christenson)

Hot Prowl (Jonny Svarzbein, Julia Metzler, Josh Brekhus)

The Ladies Ann Taylor's Loft (Karolyn McKenzie, Kate Duffy, Lindsey Barrow, Pam Murphy, Betsy Stover & Jess Eason)

We are located at: The Clubhouse [theclubhouseimprov.com] 1607 N Vermont Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027

We are improv for the people so admission is free, but we urge performers and audience alike to throw a few rubles in the donation bucket. There will also be beer and water available with donation!

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8pm - Doors Open 8:30pm - Free Show Begins Arcade Currency (Ayinde Howell, Dane Troy, Aman Adumer, Gerald Grisette, Kalle Pascal, Kingsley Pascal, Edgar Momplaisir) Bearanoia (David Zwick, Winston Carter, Ross Buran, Ben Crutcher, mike Cardella, Marie buck, Heidi heyward, Rex Howell, Rachel Middleton) Gentleman Sumo (Dickie Copeland, Matt Figuera, Tom Fox and Jake Goldman 9:30pm (no intermission) Penguins on the Playground with special guest Deborah Tarica (Jen Krueger and Mark David Christenson) JAH (Jacob Wysocki, Alex Fernie, Hillary Anne Matthews) Hot Prowl (Jonny Svarzbein, Julia Metzler, Josh Brekhus) We are located at: The Clubhouse [theclubhouseimprov.com] 1607 N Vermont Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027 We are improv for the people so admission is free, but we urge performers and audience alike to throw a few rubles in the donation bucket. There will also be beer and water available with donation!

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The Manifesto Show w/ Arts & Athletics

Friday February 10th

8pm - Doors Open 8:30pm - Free Show Begins Custody Battle (Gianna De Caro, Jade Law, Kristina Nikolic, Joey Olson, Anthony Guerino, Alex Anderson, Sheridan Pierce, Jesse Crall) Delta Flow (Beth Alexandroff, Katie Marovitch, Chase McCown, Kyle Parulski, Wave Segal, Ele Woods) Hot Prowl (Jonny Svarzbein, Julia Metzler, Josh Brekhus) 9:30pm (no intermission) Penguins on the Playground (Jen Krueger and Mark David Christenson) Arts & Atheltics (Stephanie Allynne, Mookie Blaiklock, Michael Cassady, Michael Hanford, Zoe Jarman, Tricia McAlpin, Allan McLoed, Annie Mebane, Michael Mitchell) Sex Positive Science Kids (Michelle Thompson, Jake Jabbour, Marina Em, Katie Marovitch. Ally Beardsley, Chuck Maa, Matt Rath and Lyndsey Frank) We are located at: The Clubhouse [theclubhouseimprov.com] 1607 N Vermont Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027 We are improv for the people so admission is free, but we urge performers and audience alike to throw a few rubles in the donation bucket. There will also be beer and water available with donation!

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The Manifesto Show w/ Area 51

8pm - Doors Open 8:30pm - Free Show Begins Grandpa #1 (Spencer Wider, Lauren Davis, Justine Griffiths, Jaymie Parkkinen, Derek Scully, Chris Carter and Josiah Jenkins) Hot Halloween (Annabel Seymour, David Quattrocchi, AJ Berna, Sandha Khin, Joseph Gehart, Geo Lee) Hot Prowl (Jonny Svarzbein, Julia Metzler, Josh Brekhus) 9:30pm (no intermission) Penguins on the Playground (Jen Krueger and Mark David Christenson) Area 51 (Sarah Claspell, Dickie Copeland, Jessica Jardine) 3 Live Krew (Farley Elliott, Scott Neiman, Andrew Portner) We are located at: The Clubhouse [theclubhouseimprov.com] 1607 N Vermont Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027 We are improv for the people so admission is free, but we urge performers and audience alike to throw a few rubles in the donation bucket. There will also be beer and water available with donation!

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The Manifesto Show’s Back to Basics Play w/ Your Coach Night

There's no better way to start a new year than by getting back to the basics that make up the foundation of improv, and there's no better way to get back to those basics than by performing with your coach! 8pm - Doors Open 8:30pm - Free Show Begins Shaun Pistons w/ Shaun Diston (Veronica Mowgli Gruba, Andrew Dalton Hahn, Kristina Nikolic, Nadia Osman, Allyson Phillips, Kody Schmidt, Courtney Sevener, Ryan Tweedy, Nicholas Waggoner, Robbie Weber, David Zwick) Treasure Lake w/ Steve Szlaga (Daniel Trainor, Jon Millstein, Paisley Grey, Trina Dong, Lauren Rappaport, Cindy Chu) Dad Jokes w/ Mike McLendon (Heather Massie, Chaz Rodgers, Allison Garwood, Jennifer Tate, Duncan Dwyer, Andrew Keller, Cooper McGill, Adam Moshcatel, Juvi Guevara) 9:30pm (no intermission) Penguins on the Playground w/ Alex Berg, Don Fanelli, Brandon Gardner, Drew DiFonzo Marks, Dave Theune (Jen Krueger and Mark David Christenson) Kaboombox w/ Ashley Ward (Richelle Meiss, Craig Tovey, Shilpa Das, Jeff Locker, Molly Schreiber, Florence Hartigan, Gabe Greenspan) Parker Posey w/ Jonny Svarzbein (Lucé Tomlin Brenner, Jen Casio, Jillian Dunn, Hannah Kanengieter, Natalie Benedict, Katie Nathan) We are located at: The Clubhouse [theclubhouseimprov.com] 1607 N Vermont Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027 We are improv for the people so admission is free, but we urge performers and audience alike to throw a few rubles in the donation bucket. There will also be beer and water available with donation!

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Improv Teams - submit to be part of a great show and play with your coach on Friday January 20th. You have until 11:59pm to submit at themanifestoshow@gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/events/588728244657378/

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The Manifesto Show w/ Kid Grift

8pm - Doors Open 8:30pm - Free Show Begins Executive Realness (Mano Agapion, Mark Rennie, Steve Szlaga, Drew Tarver) Elefante (Jen Davis, Drew McCord Austin, Alex Sharp, Alex LeMosle-Lakehal, Rivka Roffino, and Scott Moore) Some Kinda Monster (Jacquis Neal, Kara Luiz, Skot Phillips, Noah Holcomb, Emily Dahm, Ryan Coil, Dan Prevette, Christine Renaud) 9:30pm (no intermission) Penguins on the Playground (Jen Krueger and Mark David Christenson) Kid Grift (Michael R. Carlson, Anthony Gioe, Matt Newell, Zach Reino, Richie Root, Jason Sheridan, Marissa Strickland, Erin Whitehead) My Mom's Minivan (Ryan Kohler, Justin Palmer, Juliana Morgan, Steven Szkolnik, Eric Weil, Jen McCartney, Noah Findling, Liz Kenny, and Kristen Zublin) We are located at: The Clubhouse [theclubhouseimprov.com] 1607 N Vermont Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027 We are improv for the people so admission is free, but we urge performers and audience alike to throw a few rubles in the donation bucket. There will also be beer and water available with donation!

FB Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1697586513886938/

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The First Manifesto Show of 2017 w/ PUDDY

8pm - Doors Open 8:30pm - Free Show Begins The Noise (Quinn Boyes, Nidal Bukhari, Courtney Nunes, Jeremy Olson, Lina Ortiz, and John Potter) Gefilte Phish (Natalie Benedict, Damian Dunn, Jillian Dunn, Jonathan Harris, Jeff Kaplan, Mars Sanford) Miss Golightly (Vince Yap, Jeremy Lu, Eric Bauer, Jed Alcantara, Weikei Yu, Terry Huang, Will Choi) 9:30pm (no intermission) Penguins on the Playground (Jen Krueger and Mark David Christenson) Puddy (Jake Jabbour, Josh Simpson, Wayland McQueen and Clay Larsen) Cupcakke (Bryan Rainstein, Scott Theide, Travis Coles, Lauren Holt and Drew Marquardt) We are located at: The Clubhouse [theclubhouseimprov.com] 1607 N Vermont Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027 We are improv for the people so admission is free, but we urge performers and audience alike to throw a few rubles in the donation bucket. There will also be beer and water available with donation!

FB event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/762848417199463/

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The Manifesto Show’s 5th Annual Three Person Tournament

Our Three Person Tournament returns on November 11th! The winning team is determined by audience vote, and will be rewarded with a full month residency at The Manifesto Show in 2017!!! People - competing players included - must be present at the start of a half in order to be able to vote in that half of the show. 8pm - Doors Open Round 1: 8:30pm - Nobody Cares (Byron Wu, Carl Powers, Adam Moshcatel) 8:40pm - Awesome!!! (Jake Sprague, Dhruv Uday Singh, Heather Woodward) 8:50pm - The Drama (Lisa Timmons, Priscila Davies, Laci Mosley) 9:00pm - I Am Disco (Ally Beardsley, Taylor Orci, Nadia Osman) 9:10pm - Area 51(Dickie Copeland, Jessica Jardine, Sarah Claspell) Round 2: 9:20pm - Thrupple (Kale Hills, Ryan Hitchcock, Kirby Howell-Bapiste) 9:30pm - Hello Kitty Star Wars (Natalie Benedict, Jonathan Harris, Cassi Jerkins) 9:40pm - Fun Police (Kody Schmidt, Dominique Johnson, Libby Doyne) 9:50pm - Hot Prowl (Jonny Svarzbein, Julia Meltzer, Josh Brekhus) 10:00pm - Oops! (Dennis Curtlett, Bryan Rainstein, and Scott Thiede) Final Round: 10:10pm - Round 1 Winner 10:20pm - Round 2 Winner 10:30pm - Audience Declares Winner! We are located at: The Clubhouse [theclubhouseimprov.com] 1607 N Vermont Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027 Remember, there's a team lottery slot AND a jam every night, so everyone in the audience will have a chance to play. We are improv for the people so admission is free, but we urge performers and audience alike to throw a few rubles in the donation bucket. There will also be beer and water available with donation