Festival Performances

Show Schedule

Tickets for shows are sold ala carte or you can purchase a Festival Pass to see multiple shows at a value price.

Shows
Saturday November 7 
BLOCK 1 – 3:00-4:30pm
BLOCK 2 – 5:00-6:30pm
BLOCK 3 – 7:00-9:30pm with intermission

Sunday November 8
BLOCK 1 – 1:00-2:30pm
BLOCK 2 – 3:00-4:30pm

Workshops
Saturday 10:00am-2:00pm
Sunday 10:00am-12:00pm

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Sat Nov 7 – Block 1 – 3-4:30 PM

Move Larissa Nielsen and Beth Lenz are ready to MOVE to your favorite tunes. Are you ready to move?!

Teenage Sewage System Nika Mabson and Jose Ver are about to have their own Freaky Friday.

Two Wongs Don’t Make a Wight
Longtime improv bros Jerome and Scott team-up to bring you a new two person improvised form

Baiku
Wild duo show,
Heightened veers close to madness,
Ends with a haiku.

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Sat Nov 7 – Block 2 – 5-6:30 PM

Because I Said So Hawaiʻi’s only all female improv comedy ensemble, they specializes in immersive long and short form improv and bringing a unique perspective to the stage.

Kitten Grenade A one-woman improvised show where the audience supplies the fuse. Using objects volunteered from pockets, purses, and persons, Keli Semelsberger transforms instantly into a succession of original characters—each with a distinct voice and point of view, created live and never to be repeated.

Flip Army Knife Reyn Afaga is single-handedly responsible for softening regulations across the islands so that you can bring your pet into locations like Home Depot (dogs and cats welcome), Whole Foods (now accepting lizards), City Mill (only fish allowed though) and now your neighborhood Zippy’s (only cats allowed though). Michael “Donut” Donato frequently engages with the Mynah bird community, and has recently partnered with Hawaii News Now, citing the Mynah birds as their one and only source of up to the minute headlines, including the Mynah bird findings on the latest midterm elections. Together they are Flip Army Knife: a duo improv team that lets their theatrical (and real life) experiences inform their performance, with each scene seamlessly blending into the next.

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Sat Nov 7 – Block 3 – 7:30-9:30 PM

Think Fast Improv Presents Pau-Ha-Hana with Barrie Kealoha where real stories inspire made up stories.

AFTERMATH with Winpenny & Andrews Five-time Po’okela winner Shannon Winpenny is a Chicago-trained actor, director, and Honolulu Laughtrack Theatre founder who teaches acting and improv across Oahu—mostly to build patience for performing with Jeff. Scene-stealing physical comedian Jeff Andrews brings a gritty New York sketch background, a face capable of hijacking entire scenes, and a talent for creating anxiety where none existed. Watch as these two seasoned performers match wits, air out grudges, and take each other down a peg purely for your entertainment. Inspired by a single audience suggestion, this two person long form explores the aftermath of an event through character driven scene work. As their characters and relationship deepen and evolve, the two performers discover the unexpected consequences, connections, and stories that emerge all created spontaneously in the moment.

The Improv Superette Serving up off da cuff laughs with a local twist! Every show is packed with colorful characters and unpredictable comedy. Fresh every show. Local every time. Come see what’s in store!

8:30-8:45 INTERMISSION

Drama Club with R. Kevin A team of master improvisors with over 726 years experience in improv combined. Okay, we just made that up, but trust us, they’re good.

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Sun Nov 8 – Block 1 – 1-2:30 PM

Twin Sandwich Three friends attempt to break the internet by discovering the next great viral video channel. Using audience participation, extremely convincing accents,  and questionable motives it is only a matter of time

Full Service – A chemistry-based team built on trust and play, where we feel free and safe to create stories together. Welcome to our living room, settle in, and get ready for an adventure inspired by you.

Surfing, Death, and Taxes Returning to the Manoa Valley Theatre stage with fast, character-driven improv! A single audience suggestion will bring to you a range of characters from different walks of life interacting in surprising and unexpected ways. Fast, unpredictable, and sometimes zany/sometimes relatable, players feature Dustin Crowther, Roland Kanuha, Nikhil Khurana, Johnny Morris, Yun Peng, and David “Tango” Tang.

Portable Friends Rain beats down, cigarette smoke fills the air, and a silhouette appears in the window of a detective’s office. Join Portable Friends, providing laughs ‘n giggles since 2024, as we explore the roles of gum-shoe, dame, patsy, four-flusher, stool pigeon, and so on in an original film noir caper created based on your suggestions. Featuring Gerick Banga, Dustin Crowther, Dorothea Gloria, Pat Gomes, Matt Nakamura, and Alfred Vergara.

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Sun Nov 8 – Block 2 – 3-4:30 PM

The Double Dunno Show The only talk show where the host and guest know each other, but not themselves! Can Dan or Donut figure out their own identities in time based on the clues they drop for each other?

Off the Clef A long-form, musical improv group whose diverse members were paired up by chance. An electrical engineer and recording artist, a teacher, a phlebotomist, and a grad student, all with deep theater roots, bring unexpected chemistry to the stage. Together they compose music you’ve never heard before and probably won’t hear again!

Yes, and Dragons! A Dungeons and Dragons improv group based on Oʻahu. We specialize in chaotic, heartwarming, on-the-spot fantasy adventures with a ton of audience participation. Our improv is unique in the fact that our improvisers can die! In the show of course, thanks to the roll of a dice every now and then. So if you enjoy fantasy, improvised storytelling, or gambling, you’ll definitely enjoy us.