Monkey Business Institute

All Ages Improv Show @ Glass Nickel Pizza Co!
2024-01-13 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-01-06 17:30 - 18:30, 2023-12-30 17:30 - 18:30, 2023-12-23 17:30 - 18:30, 2023-12-16 17:30 - 18:30, 2023-12-09 17:30 - 18:30, 2023-12-02 17:30 - 18:30, 2023-11-25 17:30 - 18:30 (America/Chicago) and 2 more dates | Glass Nickel Pizza Co., 2916 Atwood Ave, Madison, 53704
Improv for all ages! This one-hour show is packed with fast-paced, classic, short-form improv comedy! Audience participation is guaranteed and the content is appropriate for kids, as well as grown-ups who appreciate smart, clean comedy.
Show starts at 5:30pm, doors open at 4:45pm.
You have three options to enjoy the award winning and world famous pizza of Glass Nickel Pizza Company with your favorite improv show!

Option 1 – Dinner and a Show
A pizza buffet is now included with your MBI ticket price. The pizza buffet will include a wide variety of delish GN pizzas including vegetarian pizzas. You will also have salad to go along with your ‘za
Option 2 – Vegan & Gluten Free Pizza Options with your Buffet and Show. This is the same as Option 1, but with vegan and GF options added to the buffet.
Option 3 – Dine in at Glass Nickel Pizza before your show.
Do you prefer to order off the menu and hang out upstairs before the show? Show your e-ticket to your server in the upstairs dining room prior to your MBI improv show and we will apply your buffet fee to your bill. We recommend that you arrive in the upstairs dining area an hour and a half prior to show time to make certain you are there for the opening curtain.

As always, a full bar is available in the GN Basement for bevvies, sodas, beer and cocktails for an additional fee. We do not have a required drink minimum at our comedy club.
Monkey Business Institute wants our audience, performers, and support team to be healthy and safe. Masking and vaccination are encouraged but not required. Many of our performance areas are small spaces with little air circulation. If you have any COVID or flu symptoms, or test positive, please stay home to keep others safe. Just notify us of the situation, and we’ll be happy to refund you the tickets.
Contact info@monkeybusinessinstitute.com for any questions.

Grown Up Show @ Glass Nickel Pizza Co!
2024-01-06 20:00, 2023-12-30 20:00, 2023-12-23 20:00, 2023-12-16 20:00, 2023-12-09 20:00, 2023-12-02 20:00, 2023-11-25 20:00, 2023-11-18 20:00 and 1 more date | Glass Nickel Pizza Co., 2916 Atwood Ave, Madison, 53704
It’s a Grown Up Improv Show by Monkey Business Institute! Our Grown-Up Show features two acts of hilarious improv comedy. This show is for people who like their improv a little bit saucy, so content is usually rated PG-13 with an occasional dip above “PG-17.”
Show starts at 8:00pm, doors open at 7:15pm.
You have three options to enjoy the award winning and world famous pizza of Glass Nickel Pizza Company with your favorite improv show!

Option 1 – Dinner and a Show
A pizza buffet is now included with your MBI ticket price. The pizza buffet will include a wide variety of delish GN pizzas including vegetarian pizzas. You will also have salad to go along with your ‘za
Option 2 – Vegan & Gluten Free Pizza Options with your Buffet and Show. This is the same as Option 1, but with vegan and GF options added to the buffet.
Option 3 – Dine in at Glass Nickel Pizza before your show.
Do you prefer to order off the menu and hang out upstairs before the show? Show your e-ticket to your server in the upstairs dining room prior to your MBI improv show and we will apply your buffet fee to your bill. We recommend that you arrive in the upstairs dining area an hour and a half prior to show time to make certain you are there for the opening curtain.

As always, a full bar is available in the GN Basement for bevvies, sodas, beer and cocktails for an additional fee. We do not have a required drink minimum at our comedy club.
Monkey Business Institute wants our audience, performers, and support team to be healthy and safe. Masking and vaccination are encouraged but not required. Many of our performance areas are small spaces with little air circulation. If you have any COVID or flu symptoms, or test positive, please stay home to keep others safe. Just notify us of the situation, and we’ll be happy to refund you the tickets.
Contact info@monkeybusinessinstitute.com for any questions.

Kids in the Rotunda at Overture Center
2024-01-06 13:00, 2024-01-06 11:00, 2024-01-06 09:30 | Overture Center for the Arts, 201 State St, Madison, WI, 53703, United States
Come see us this early in the day this Saturday, January 6 at Overture’s Kids in the Rotunda! There will be 3 showtimes: 9:30am, 11am, and 1pm. These All Ages performances will run for about 45 minutes. And they’re FREE!

Get ready for a serious case of the giggles! Monkey Business Institute features the best improvised comedy in the region. With no set, props, scripts or line memorization to fall back on in this special performance for youngsters, Monkey Business Institute uses their super strong imaginations to create spur-of-the-moment, seat-of-their-pants improvisational comedy.

Specializing in interactive improv comedy, Monkey Business Institute works with the audience to create the fun all while teaching valuable lessons about teamwork, listening, storytelling, emoting, pantomime and how to use you mind and body to express your creativity.

The 1pm performance will be American Sign Language interpreted. Please email kidsintherotunda@overture.org at least one hour ahead to be seated within sight of the interpreter for live performances.
A livestream option will be available once a month. Dates for the season are Oct. 25, Nov. 4, Dec. 16, Jan. 13, Feb. 17, Mar. 30 and Apr. 27. Visit the Kids in the Rotunda web page for updates.
For more information, visit their website: Monkey Business Institute @ Kids in the Rotunda

Yes Ma'am @ Cafe Coda
2023-12-07 19:00 | Cafe Coda, 1224 Williamson St, Madison, WI, 53703, United States
Improv comedy is the jazz of theater.
Performers have to listen, connect, react, and follow their inspiration to strange and unknown places. It’s exciting, it’s often surprising, and most importantly, it’s really, really fun.
Cafe Coda on Williamson Street is known for hosting stellar jazz acts from all over the world, but on December 7, they will shift gears and welcome Madison’s own Yes Ma’am (presented by Monkey Business Institute) to their stage.
Yes Ma’am is a joyful mashup of improv comedy and real-life stories from the women of Monkey Business for audiences of all genders. Featuring a cast of accomplished actors, musicians, composers, and standup comedians drawn together by a love of improv and each other, this weird and wonderful show has been a favorite in Madison and comedy festivals around the Midwest since October, 2016.
Seven years of playing and riffing together should make the women of Yes Ma’am feel right at home in Madison’s house of jazz!
Show starts at 7pm.
Monkey Business Institute wants our audience, performers, and support team to be healthy and safe. Masking and vaccination are encouraged but not required. Many of our performance areas are small spaces with little air circulation. If you have any COVID or flu symptoms, or test positive, please stay home to keep others safe. Just notify us of the situation, and we’ll be happy to refund you the tickets.
Contact info@monkeybusinessinstitute.com for any questions.

Improv Jam for Women and Non-binary Folks - 12/3/2023
2023-12-03 16:00 - 18:00 | Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center, 504 S Brearly St, Madison, WI, 53703, United States
Let’s Jam! (Note: This jam is for women and non-binary folks)
Some say experience is the best teacher and when it comes to improv, we agree! Get some reps under your belt by joining an improv jam! MBI’s Improv Jam is an opportunity for students to connect, learn new games, and improve technique through repetition with the support of fellow improvisers and MBI troupe members. Jams are open to current and former students, and those who have taken a level-one improv class at other institutions.
Register today and come ready to play!
Please note: Any women or non-binary folks in the community interested in trying out improv for the first time are welcome to attend!
Where?
Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center
Youth Room (basement)
504 S. Brearly St.
Ticket Information
$5

Improv Jam - 11/26/2023
2023-11-26 16:00 - 18:00 | Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center, 504 S Brearly St, Madison, WI, 53703, United States
Let’s Jam!
Some say experience is the best teacher and when it comes to improv, we agree! Get some reps under your belt by joining an improv jam! MBI’s Improv Jam is an opportunity for students to connect, learn new games, and improve technique through repetition with the support of fellow improvisers and MBI troupe members. Jams are open to current and former students, and those who have taken a level-one improv class at other institutions.
Register today and come ready to play!
Please note: Anyone from the community interested in trying out improv for the first time are welcome to attend!
Where?
Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center
Youth Room (basement)
504 S. Brearly St.
Ticket Information
$5

Level Two Class Show [Fall 2023]
2023-11-19 19:30 | Broom Street Theater, 1119 Williamson St, Madison, WI, 53703, United States
Our Level Two class jumps into the fray and performs for you! They’ve learned some brand-new improv games and techniques which are guaranteed to be a blast.
Featuring:
Indiana Jancich
Alex Gagnon
Maximillian Olmsted
James DeBano
Kyle Egerdal
Henry Kaylin
Sharon Lezberg
Kent Genis
Stephanie Wright
Seating at 6:45pm, Show at 7:30pm.
Monkey Business Institute wants our audience, performers, and support team to be healthy and safe. Masking and vaccination are encouraged but not required. Many of our performance areas are small spaces with little air circulation. If you have any COVID or flu symptoms, or test positive, please stay home to keep others safe. Just notify us of the situation, and we’ll be happy to refund you the tickets.
Contact info@monkeybusinessinstitute.com for any questions.

Improv Jam - 11/19/2023
2023-11-19 16:00 - 18:00 | Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center, 504 S Brearly St, Madison, WI, 53703, United States

Level Three Class Show [Fall 2023]
2023-11-15 19:00 | Broom Street Theater, 1119 Williamson St, Madison, WI, 53703, United States
You’ve seen them demonstrate the basics of improv. You know they do it well. They can do scenes. They can tell jokes. They can do weird guessing games. SO! What will they do next?
Probably more of the same…only better.
There’s only one way to find out for certain.
It’s the Level 3 Class show.
It will be different from last time, because they never do the same show twice.
Featuring:
Noah Abrahamson
Brian LaCarrubba
Benjamin Rush
Shauna Jungdahl
Peter Kolanowski
Neil Priewe
Colleen Leahy

Seating at 6:15pm, Show at 7:00pm.
Monkey Business Institute wants our audience, performers, and support team to be healthy and safe. Masking and vaccination are encouraged but not required. Many of our performance areas are small spaces with little air circulation. If you have any COVID or flu symptoms, or test positive, please stay home to keep others safe. Just notify us of the situation, and we’ll be happy to refund you the tickets.
Contact info@monkeybusinessinstitute.com for any questions.

Level Five Class Show Finale [Fall 2023]
2023-11-13 19:30 | Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center, 504 S Brearly St, Madison, WI, 53703, United States
These veteran students have designed their own show from top to bottom and are ready to perform for you!
Featuring:
Lauren Beard
John Detloff
Megan Detloff
Evan Driscoll
Kevin Harrity
William Koebke
John Roth
Tyler Sullivan
Anumitha Venkatraman
Kenny Wolfe
Show starts at 7:30pm @ Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center, Yahara Room.
Monkey Business Institute wants our audience, performers, and support team to be healthy and safe. Masking and vaccination are encouraged but not required. Many of our performance areas are small spaces with little air circulation. If you have any COVID or flu symptoms, or test positive, please stay home to keep others safe. Just notify us of the situation, and we’ll be happy to refund you the tickets.
Contact info@monkeybusinessinstitute.com for any questions.

Improv Jam - 11/12/2023
2023-11-12 16:00 - 18:00 | Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center, 504 S Brearly St, Madison, WI, 53703, United States
