It’s The Racket! Make some noise for indie comedy night!
Tickets: $8 at the door
Bring Your Own Sketch (BYOS) is like an open mic, but for sketch scripts!
Scripts are read in a table-read style. You can bring your own performers to read the script, or cast volunteers from the audience.
BYOS is a great opportunity to show off your scripts, get feedback, or just have fun.
Cost: Free!
In honor of Women’s History Month, Mettlesome is running Girlhood every Friday at 7:00.
An all-woman cast digs out the photos from their past that didn’t *quite* make it into the scrapbook for an improvised show about the sweet, the sour, and the seriously funny parts of womanhood.
Tickets: $9 at the door
The cast of Well Seasoned invites you to an improv comedy kickback where Black comedy takes center stage.
Tickets: $9 at the door
Join Hush Hush for a special comedy show full of deep laughs and true revelations. Each show, audience members add their anonymous confessions into our bucket of truth. Our cast of improv all-stars read those aloud and turn one person's wild shame into everyone's party.
Tickets: $9 at the door
House Party features a cast of improvisers as they bring your suggestions to the life for a hilarious good time. (Don’t worry, we’ll never pull you on stage unless you want to be there.
Tickets: $9 at the door
In honor of Women’s History Month, Mettlesome is running Girlhood every Friday at 7:00.
An all-woman cast digs out the photos from their past that didn’t *quite* make it into the scrapbook for an improvised show about the sweet, the sour, and the seriously funny parts of womanhood.
Tickets: $9 at the door
The talented cast of Show and Tell will weave true stories into comedic gold, live on stage for one night only.
Plus Lakehouse! Two-time King Shit Cagematch Champions, Lakehouse performs a monoscene that is full of surprises.
Tickets: $9 at the door
One suggestion leads to the creation of a whole new world of comedy.
Tickets: $8 at the door
Everybody who attends will get a chance to perform. Put your name in the bucket and get randomly assigned to a group. Featuring players of all experience levels.
Great for students, beginners, and veterans! Free to attend and participate.
It’s The Racket! Make some noise for indie comedy night!
Tickets: $8 at the door
Experience a completely improvised musical comedy show. Watch and listen as the cast of Broken Records makes up songs on the spot with live accompaniment, based on suggestions from you, the audience.
Tickets: $9 at the door
Join Hush Hush for a special comedy show full of deep laughs and true revelations. Each show, audience members add their anonymous confessions into our bucket of truth. Our cast of improv all-stars read those aloud and turn one person's wild shame into everyone's party.
Tickets: $9 at the door
Catch this award winning solo show before it heads to Edinburgh!. “Notes from a Narcissistic Negro & Other N Words" by Elizabeth June (Blackish, Hightown) " is a dramedy detailing her childhood & clergy sexual abuse and cancer survival. All songs, stories, spoken word and stand-up sets are a testimony of her triumph over trauma. Explicit Language and Situations. For adults 18+.
FREE SHOW
One location. A world of comedy.
The cast of Golden Age will showcase a whole world of characters all based on your suggestions.
Tickets: $9 at the door
A cast of current Mettlesome students and House Team members are chosen at random to perform a night of improv comedy. Hosted by Lotto Master Corey Brown.
Tickets: $8 at the door
Students of Advanced Study: Short-Form Improv will kick off the night with some high-energy short-form improv games. Then experience a completely improvised musical comedy show. Watch and listen as the cast of Broken Records makes up songs on the spot with live accompaniment, based on suggestions from you, the audience.
Tickets: $9 at the door
Love improv? Love singing? Come sing with the Broken Records musical improv team at this free musical improv jam.
Empire is a musical improv comedy supergroup based in New York City and Buffalo, NY. Each show is a completely improvised Broadway-inspired comedy musical where everything is made up on the spot: the songs, characters, storylines, even the “choreography!” Featuring performers whose credits include Netflix, Baby Wants Candy, and Off Book.
Tickets: $20
Join Hush Hush for a special comedy show full of deep laughs and true revelations. Each show, audience members add their anonymous confessions into our bucket of truth. Our cast of improv all-stars read those aloud and turn one person's wild shame into everyone's party.
Tickets: $9 at the door
Come ready to this reading series from Durham’s own Bull City Press for engaging poetry, fiction, and nonfiction from established and emerging writers.
Admission: Free!
Empire is a musical improv comedy supergroup based in New York City and Buffalo, NY. Each show is a completely improvised Broadway-inspired comedy musical where everything is made up on the spot: the songs, characters, storylines, even the “choreography!” Featuring performers whose credits include Netflix, Baby Wants Candy, and Off Book.
Tickets: $20
Talented improv team Show and Tell will weave true stories into comedic gold, live on stage for one night only.
Tickets: $9 at the door
Benny Feldman is a stand-up comedian known for his one-liners about butterflies, frogs, and for performing with Tourette’s syndrome.
One suggestion leads to the creation of a whole new world of comedy.
Tickets: $8 at the door
Experience a completely improvised musical comedy show. Watch and listen as the cast of Broken Records makes up songs on the spot with live accompaniment, based on suggestions from you, the audience.
Tickets: $9 at the door
Join Hush Hush for a special comedy show full of deep laughs and true revelations. Each show, audience members add their anonymous confessions into our bucket of truth. Our cast of improv all-stars read those aloud and turn one person's wild shame into everyone's party.
Tickets: $9 at the door
It’s an improvised musical for kids!
A made-up story with songs, all inspired by your suggestions.
Fun for ALL ages - no, seriously.
Help us create the world with your drawings and suggestions.
This special pilot presentation is FREE!
This class show is the culmination of a six-week improv comedy deep dive. Come out and support the graduates of Mettlesome Instructors Asher DeMadet’s and Lillian Ekem’s Improv 101: Intro to Improv class!
Tickets: $7 at the door
It’s The Racket! Make some noise for indie comedy night!
Tickets: $8 at the door
One location. A world of comedy.
The cast of Golden Age will showcase a whole world of characters all based on your suggestions.
Tickets: $9 at the door
A show with high charisma.
Watch a live-play Dungeons & Dragons show with dice rolling and improvised storytelling! Costumed improvisers role-play as recurring characters in a unique story prepared by the Dungeon Master. Audience participation (and a giant D20 dice) helps determine the fate of our bumbling heroes.
Tickets: $9 at the door
It’s The Racket! Make some noise for indie comedy night!
Featuring: Sprung, a sketch comedy show about new beginnings (and some premature endings) and Marie Curious.
Tickets: $8 at the door
Bring Your Own Sketch (BYOS) is like an open mic, but for sketch scripts!
Scripts are read in a table-read style. You can bring your own performers to read the script, or cast volunteers from the audience.
BYOS is a great opportunity to show off your scripts, get feedback, or just have fun.
Cost: Free!
A brand-new sketch showcase every month! Come see unique and original sketch comedy from the best Mettlesome has to offer.
$9 at the door
The cast of Well Seasoned invites you to an improv comedy kickback where Black comedy takes center stage.
Tickets: $9 at the door
This class show is the culmination of a six-week sketch comedy deep dive. Come hear the graduates of Tristan Yonce’s and Kevin Delgado’s Sketch 101: Intro to Comedy Writing show off at a table read!
Tickets at the door: $7
This class show is the culmination of a six-week deep dive into the art of clowning. People interested in clowning are invited to attend and even participate in a few of the exercises!
Admission: Free
This class show is the culmination of a six-week improv comedy deep dive. Come out and support the graduates of Mettlesome Instructor Adrienne Tegreeny’s Improv 101: Intro to Improv class!
Tickets: $7 at the door
House Party features a cast of improvisers as they bring your suggestions to the life for a hilarious good time. (Don’t worry, we’ll never pull you on stage unless you want to be there.
Featuring students from Mettlesome Instructor Miles Amiri’s Advanced Study Short-Form Improv class!
Tickets: $9 at the door
A brand-new sketch showcase every month! Come see unique and original sketch comedy from the best Mettlesome has to offer.
$9 at the door
The talented cast of Show and Tell will weave true stories into comedic gold, live on stage for one night only.
Plus Lakehouse! Two-time King Shit Cagematch Champions, Lakehouse performs a monoscene that is full of surprises.
Tickets: $9 at the door
ONE NIGHT ONLY! Hot off the Edinburgh Fringe festival, this is Liz's tour of the show before her Off-Broadway run at SoHo Playhouse!
This cheerful tornado includes a sermon from “Cheeky Greek Orthodox Priest,” an improvised scene starring one lucky audience member, and a video call full of fatherly wisdom from Dad.
Tickets: $20 ADV / $25 ATD
Experience a completely improvised musical comedy show. Watch and listen as the cast of Broken Records makes up songs on the spot with live accompaniment, based on suggestions from you, the audience.
Experience a completely improvised musical comedy show. Watch and listen as the cast of Broken Records makes up songs on the spot with live accompaniment, based on suggestions from you, the audience.
Tickets: $9 at the door
A show with high charisma
Watch a live-play Dungeons & Dragons show with dice rolling and improvised storytelling! Costumed improvisers role-play as recurring characters in a unique story prepared by the Dungeon Master. Audience participation (and a giant D20 dice) helps determine the fate of our bumbling heroes.
Tickets: $9 at the door
One location. A world of comedy.
The cast of Golden Age will showcase a whole world of characters all based on your suggestions.
Tickets: $9 at the door
The students of Aditya Pabba’s Advanced Study: Narrative Improv class will create two completely improvised plays opening and closing on the same day.
Tickets: $7 at the door
It’s The Racket! Make some noise for indie comedy night!
Ft. improv teams Buffalo Goth Girls and Unhinged.
Tickets: $8 at the door
It’s an improvised musical for kids!
A made-up story with songs, all inspired by your suggestions
Fun for ALL ages - no, seriously
Help us create the world with your drawings and suggestions
This special pilot presentation is FREE!
Join Hush Hush for a special comedy show full of deep laughs and true revelations. Each show, audience members add their anonymous confessions into our bucket of truth. Our cast of improv all-stars read those aloud and turn one person's wild shame into everyone's party.
Tickets: $9 at the door
In honor of Women’s History Month, Mettlesome is running Girlhood every Friday at 7:00.
An all-woman cast digs out the photos from their past that didn’t *quite* make it into the scrapbook for an improvised show about the sweet, the sour, and the seriously funny parts of womanhood.
Tickets: $9 at the door
Everybody who attends will get a chance to perform. Put your name in the spinner and get randomly assigned a team to a group. Featuring players of all experience levels.
Great for students, beginners, and veterans! Free to attend and participate.
One suggestion leads to the creation of a whole new world of comedy.
Tickets: $8 at the door
The cast of Show and Tell talented will weave true stories into comedic gold, live on stage for one night only.
Plus Candy! A a long-form set from long-time improvisers Corey Brown and Andy North! Watch this talented duo weave a complex comedy quilt.
Tickets: $9 at the door
One location. A world of comedy.
The cast of Golden Age will showcase a whole world of characters all based on your suggestions.
Tickets: $9 at the door
Come ready to this reading series from Durham’s own Bull City Press for engaging poetry, fiction, and nonfiction from established and emerging writers.
Admission: Free!
The students of Aditya Pabba’s Advanced Study: Narrative Improv class will create two completely improvised plays opening and closing on the same day.
Tickets: $7 at the door
This class show is the culmination of a seven-week improv comedy deep dive. Come out and support the graduates of Mettlesome Instructor Craig Carter’s Improv 401: The Harold class!
Tickets: $7 at the door
Join Hush Hush for a special comedy show full of deep laughs and true revelations. Each show, audience members add their anonymous confessions into our bucket of truth. Our cast of improv all-stars read those aloud and turn one person's wild shame into everyone's party.
Tickets: $9 at the door
House Party features a cast of improvisers as they bring your suggestions to the life for a hilarious good time. (Don’t worry, we’ll never pull you on stage unless you want to be there.
Tickets: $9 at the door
In honor of Women’s History Month, Mettlesome is running Girlhood every Friday at 7:00.
An all-woman cast digs out the photos from their past that didn’t *quite* make it into the scrapbook for an improvised show about the sweet, the sour, and the seriously funny parts of womanhood.
Tickets: $9 at the door
It’s The Racket! Make some noise for indie comedy night!
Featuring: To be announced!
Tickets: $8 at the door
One location. A world of comedy.
The cast of Golden Age will showcase a whole world of characters all based on your suggestions.
Tickets: $9 at the door
The students of Aditya Pabba’s Advanced Study: Narrative Improv class will create two completely improvised plays opening and closing on the same day.
Tickets: $7 at the door
This class show is the culmination of a six-week sketch comedy deep dive. Come hear the graduates of Tristan Yonce’s Sketch 101: Intro to Comedy Writing show off at a table read!
Tickets at the door: $7
This class show is the culmination of a six-week improv comedy deep dive. Come out and support the graduates of Mettlesome Instructor Ross White’s Improv 101: Intro to Improv class!
Tickets: $7 at the door
Join Hush Hush for a special comedy show full of deep laughs and true revelations. Each show, audience members add their anonymous confessions into our bucket of truth. Our cast of improv all-stars read those aloud and turn one person's wild shame into everyone's party.
Tickets: $9 at the door
Experience a completely improvised musical comedy show. Watch and listen as the cast of Broken Records makes up songs on the spot with live accompaniment, based on suggestions from you, the audience.
Tickets: $9 at the door
In honor of Women’s History Month, Mettlesome is running Girlhood every Friday at 7:00.
An all-woman cast digs out the photos from their past that didn’t *quite* make it into the scrapbook for an improvised show about the sweet, the sour, and the seriously funny parts of womanhood.
Tickets: $9 at the door
Known for his role on 30 Rock and his signature satirical style Judah Friedlander brings his stand-up to Durham.
House Party features a cast of improvisers as they bring your suggestions to the life for a hilarious good time. (Don’t worry, we’ll never pull you on stage unless you want to be there.
Tickets: $9 at the door
The students of Aditya Pabba’s Advanced Study: Narrative Improv class will create two completely improvised plays opening and closing on the same day.
Tickets: $7 at the door
