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Zoo Improv Main Entrance
March 1, 2010

March, baby, yeah!

New stuff, fun stuff! It’s the March Zoosletter!

In this Newsletter:

  • Pre – “Hearts for Haiti” Benefit performance – This week
  • Improv afternoon at the IMC
  • Pajama-prov!
  • New T-shirts – get one for free

 

Cowboy Monkey Benefit Performance Supports "Hearts for Haiti"

We’re back at the Cowboy Monkey for 1st Thursday benefit shows. Proceeds from these performances will go to benefit charity. Zoo Improv brings you a live, one-of-a-kind, improvisational comedy performance to the stage at Cowboy Monkey. We use your suggestions to roll out the laughs.

This month's admission will be contributed to the funds being raised at the "Hearts for Haiti" event scheduled for Saturday, March 6. Although we won't be at that event, we thought we'd chip in with our Thursday show!

Come out to Cowboy Monkey for some laughs and support an important cause!

Thursday, March 4 @ The Cowboy Monkey, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.  Admission $4

 

Improv Afternoon at the Independent Media Center

It’s a rare opportunity to catch the Zoo show during daylight hours! Head over to the IMC in Urbana to be part of an afternoon of laughs. If you haven’t been over to check out the IMC in the old post office on Broadway in Urbana, it’s a must see. We’ll be on the stage in the main space, enjoying the awesome sound system, kicking off the show shortly after 3:00 pm.

Saturday, March 6 @ The Independent Media Center, 3:00 – 4:30 pm. Admission $5.

 

PajamaProv at the Iron Post

We’re up close and high energy! Our Wednesday performance at the Iron Post offers nearly two hours of mixed short games and long form improv comedy! That’s a lot of Zoo for your buck! Come early to get a seat.

We’ve been aching to do this show and we’ve decided that it’s finally time for… PAJAMAS!! This month’s Iron Post Improv theme is Pajamas! We’ll be wearing our pajamas; wear your pajamas and get half off your admission. That’s right! We want you to wear your pajamas to the BAR! We’ll see you there!

(BTW: this month’s Iron Post show is a change from the usual 3rd Wednesday – this is a one-time switch to the 4th Wednesday.)

Wednesday, March 24 @ The Iron Post, 8:00 p.m. Admission $4

 

Get a FREE Zoo Improv T-shirt

We’ve got a fresh stack of the new Zoo Improv T-shirts. Join the Zoorority and get your own Zoo shirt when you participate as a volunteer on stage at any show!

 

Do you need some comedy at your upcoming event?

We will bring our one-of-a-kind performances to your event. For birthday and retirement parties, we make your honoree the star of the show! We also offer entertainment for business and corporate events including company parties. Our group will provide a customized improv comedy show that will impress your guests and give them an experience unlike any other. Send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for booking information.

Take care and have fun,
Zoo Improv

PS: We’re still recovering from the webmail crash of 2009 so tell your friends to go to www.zooimprov.com and sign up for our mailing list!

 
 
February 4, 2010

Welcome to February! We’re slinging some laughs your way as you trudge on through the last half of winter. Get the scoop!

In this Announcement:

  • Benefit performance for the Prompting Theater: Take 2! (TONIGHT!!! Thursday, Feb 4)
  • Improv @ Indi Go Artist Co op (Next Thursday, Feb 11)
  • Third Wednesday at the Iron Post (The Wednesday after that, Feb 17)

 

Benefit for the Prompting Theatre, Take 2!

We’re back at the Cowboy Monkey for 1st Thursday benefit shows. Most of the proceeds from these performances will go to benefit a local charity.

Our January fundraiser for the Prompting Theater got snowed out. We’re doing a take two for the Prompting Theater because they are in serious need of your support! So, come laugh your way into the weekend.

All proceeds from admission will go to benefit The Prompting Theater as they raise money to travel to Chicago for their performance in the Rhino Theatre Festival on Saturday, February 6th!!   The Prompting Theater is a local CU theater company comprised of adult actors with developmental disabilities.  They demonstrate through their art that a disability doesn't imply an inability. The Prompting Theatre has been working, playing, and performing in Champaign-Urbana for 15 years, and they are VERY excited to take the show on the road to Chicago.

Thursday, February 4 @ The Cowboy Monkey, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.  Admission $4

 

Thursday Improv at Indi Go Artist Co-op

Don’t let this intimate gallery setting fool you; we’re having crazy amounts of fun at Indi Go Artist Coop! The audience decides what forms or games we use by tossing a die! We never know what we’re gonna do but it’s never the same show twice! The odds are in your favor, there’s 100% chance you’re gonna laugh.

Thursday, February 11 @ Indi Go, doors open at 7:45 pm, show starts at 8:00 pm. Admission $2
Indi Go is located at 9 E. University Ave., between Neil and Walnut, just south of the city building.

 

Third Wednesday at the Iron Post

We’re up close and high energy! Our third Wednesday performance at the Iron Post offers nearly two hours of mixed short games and long form improv comedy! That’s a lot of Zoo for your buck! Come early to get a seat.

Wednesday, February 17 @ The Iron Post, 8:00 p.m. Admission $4

 

Do you need some comedy at your upcoming event?

We will bring our one-of-a-kind performances to your event. For birthday and retirement parties, we make your honoree the star of the show! We also offer entertainment for business and corporate events including company parties. Our group will provide a customized improv comedy show that will impress your guests and give them an experience unlike any other. Send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for booking information.

Take care and have fun,
Zoo Improv

PS: We’re still recovering from the webmail crash of 2009 so tell your friends to go to www.zooimprov.com and sign up for our mailing list!

 
 

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