Monkey Business Institute

Sketch One Class Show [WINTERIM 2023/24]
2024-01-31 18:30 (America/Chicago) | Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center, 504 S Brearly St, Madison, WI, 53703, United States
In this class, students learned the foundational skills to be a sketch comedy writer and created a body of work through a combination of class instruction, hands-on exercises, curated viewings, peer feedback, and homework assignments. Now they’re ready to put on a show for you! The show will be a staged reading with a selection of pieces highlighting each writer’s work in the class.
Featuring:
Bryce Baker
Roma Broadberry
Shauna Jungdahl
Brian LaCarrubba
Bonnie Leggo
Shivam Patel
Ben Rush
Eddie Snyder
Ty Thomas
James Wallis
Show starts at 6:30pm at Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center (Youth 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.

The Music Department @ Cafe Coda
2024-02-01 19:00 | Cafe Coda, 1224 Williamson St, Madison, WI, 53703, United States
Monkey Business Institute is proud to present The Music Department, a fully improvised Broadway musical! We start with your suggestion and go from there. Look for big musical numbers, crazy characters, and outrageous dancing!
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.

All Ages Improv Show @ Glass Nickel Pizza Co!
2024-02-03 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-02-10 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-03-02 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-03-09 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-04-06 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-04-13 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-04-20 17:30 - 18:30 | 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.

SOLD OUT -- Grown Up Show @ Glass Nickel Pizza Co!
2024-02-03 20:00 | Glass Nickel Pizza Co., 2916 Atwood Ave, Madison, 53704
THIS SHOW HAS SOLD OUT
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.

Grown Up Show @ Glass Nickel Pizza Co!
2024-02-10 20:00, 2024-02-17 20:00, 2024-03-02 20:00, 2024-03-09 20:00, 2024-03-30 20:00 | 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.

Level One Class Show [WINTERIM 2023/24]
2024-02-12 19:00 | Broom Street Theater, 1119 Williamson St, Madison, WI, 53703, United States
Come see MBI’s newest improvisors show off their skills!
Featuring:
Rodey Batiza
MP Bausch
Elliott Beach
Colette Filatreau
Colin Hector
Joseph Hennessy
David Jackson
Katherine Klier
Jack Novy
Sammy Ross
Alex Schwartz
Stephanie Wright
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.

Musical Improv Two Class Show [WINTERIM 2023/24]
2024-02-12 19:30 | Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center, 504 S Brearly St, Madison, WI, 53703, United States
In this class, there was focus on musical genres and using music in improvised scene work. We discussed the mechanics and conventions of various musical styles and then tried them out. How do you improvise a country song? How do you make up a Broadway musical comedy? What the heck is dubstep? They learned all of this and are ready to put on a show for you!
Featuring:
Noah Abrahamson
Lauren Beard
Marc Chiu
Evan Driscoll
Hannah Kass
John Roth
Jesse Theiler
Anumitha Venkatraman
~with Brandon Jensen and Andrew Rohn providing accompaniment~
Seating at 6:45pm, Show at 7:30pm. @ Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center’s 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.

Longform Two Class Show [WINTERIM 2023/24]
2024-02-13 19:00 | Broom Street Theater, 1119 Williamson St, Madison, WI, 53703, United States
In Longform: Level One we focused on the longform The Armando and MBI’s The Merge. In Level Two we focused on genre-based longform. We started with some general work in genre-based improv and then looked at some of MBI’s genre-based forms such as Possibly a Disaster – a disaster movie-based form, and BIFF! BANG! KAPOW! – a superhero comic book-inspired form. And now they’re ready to put on a show for you!
Featuring:
Noah Abrahamson
Evan Driscoll
Zoe Schirmer
Anumitha Venkatraman
John Detloff
Megan Detloff
Tyler Sullivan
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.

SOLD OUT - All Ages Improv Show @ Glass Nickel Pizza Co!
2024-02-17 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-03-30 17:30 - 18:30 | Glass Nickel Pizza Co., 2916 Atwood Ave, Madison, 53704
This show has sold out.
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.

Musical Yes Ma'am @ Cafe Coda
2024-03-14 19:00 | Cafe Coda, 1224 Williamson St, Madison, WI, 53703, United States
Yes Ma’am is a joyful mashup of improv comedy and real-life storytelling from the women of Monkey Business, for audiences of all genders!
Cafe Coda on Williamson Street is known for hosting stellar jazz acts from all over the world, but on the second Thursday of each month they shift gears and welcome Monkey Business Institute to their stage.
Join us at Cafe Coda for a Ma’am-tastic night of improv!
Show starts at 7pm
$10 in advance, $15 at the door
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.

SOLD OUT! -- All Ages Improv Show @ Glass Nickel Pizza Co!
2024-03-16 17:30 - 18:30 | Glass Nickel Pizza Co., 2916 Atwood Ave, Madison, 53704

SOLD OUT! - Grown Up Show @ Glass Nickel Pizza Co!
2024-03-16 20:00 | Glass Nickel Pizza Co., 2916 Atwood Ave, Madison, 53704
This show has sold out.

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.

SOLD OUT - All Ages Improv Show @ Glass Nickel Pizza Co!
2024-03-23 17:30 - 18:30 | Glass Nickel Pizza Co., 2916 Atwood Ave, Madison, 53704
This show is sold out.

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.

SOLD OUT! - Grown Up Show @ Glass Nickel Pizza Co!
2024-03-23 20:00 | Glass Nickel Pizza Co., 2916 Atwood Ave, Madison, 53704
This show is sold out.

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.

SOLD OUT - Grown Up Show @ Glass Nickel Pizza Co!
2024-04-06 20:00 | Glass Nickel Pizza Co., 2916 Atwood Ave, Madison, 53704

The Music Department @ Cafe Coda
2024-04-11 19:00 | Cafe Coda, 1224 Williamson St, Madison, WI, 53703, United States
Monkey Business Institute is proud to present The Music Department, a fully improvised Broadway musical! We start with your suggestion and go from there. Look for big musical numbers, crazy characters, and outrageous dancing!
Show starts at 7pm.
Please arrive by 6:45.
$10 in advance, $15 at the door.
Contact info@monkeybusinessinstitute.com for any questions.

SOLD OUT! -- Grown Up Show @ Glass Nickel Pizza Co!
2024-04-13 20:00 | Glass Nickel Pizza Co., 2916 Atwood Ave, Madison, 53704

SOLD OUT! -- Grown Up Show @ Glass Nickel Pizza Co!
2024-04-20 20:00 | Glass Nickel Pizza Co., 2916 Atwood Ave, Madison, 53704

Level Six Class Show [WINTER 2024]
2024-04-22 19:00 | Broom Street Theater, 1119 Williamson St, Madison, WI, 53703, United States
After 10+ years of running classes, Monkey Business Institute has hundreds of students who have graduated our improv school by completing all five levels of classes. So we have decided to start a series of “Master Level” classes covering various topics as designed by our most experienced teachers or requested by students.
This class learned about improv genres and styles. Have you ever had that panicked feeling that you’re supposed to improvise a film noir scene, but you have no idea what that is? Or that you are very comfortable improvising a western, but are stumped by spaghetti western? This class was designed to help us feel comfortable improvising in a specific style or genre. We started with the premise that we all know something about just about every genre. Then we learned some specifics from that genre to help us be true to the form.
Featuring:
Anumitha Venkatraman
Evan Driscoll
Zoe Schirmer
John Roth
John Detloff
Megan Detloff
Tyler Sullivan
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.
