Industry Night Stand-up


September 2008

TUESDAYS AT 10:00 PM

Professionally immature stand-up comedy hosted by Matt Wolff

$5 at the door


Richard Kickers


September 2008

TUESDAYS AT 8:30 PM

Doors open at 8:00 PM

$5 at the door


Black Box Improv Festival


September 24-28

Georgia Tech Campus

Great local and touring improv troupes perform. See your favorite Relapse troupes perform, including: 2 Girls 3 Eyes, Free Kittens, Cineprov, Mix Tape, Mr. Frisket, Babies Mit Bearden & Sideshow

To register for a improv workshop or reserve a show seat go to bbif.atlantaimprov.com


Boondoggle: The Magic show for People who Can’t Stand Magic


September 6th 2008

SATURDAY AT 7:30 PM

Relapse Theatre and Mick Stone present:

Boondoggle: The Magic show for People who Can’t Stand Magic

$10


Immature Stand-up


September 2008

SATURDAY 6th and 13th AT 9:30 PM

Doors open at 9:00

A special night of professionally immature stand-up comedy hosted by the well dressed Matt Wolff.

$10 at the door


JaCKPie Harold Night


September 2008

SATURDAYS AT 9:30 PM

Doors open at 9:00 PM

Long-form improv comedy & spontaneous theatre

$7 ($5 with student ID)


Under-promoted Comedy Show


September 2008

THURSDAYS AT 10:30 PM

Stand-up comedy open-mic hosted by

The Manic Mechanic Barry Wright

$5 at the door


2 Girls 3 Eyes


September 2008

FRIDAYS AT 9:30 PM

Doors open at 9:00 PM

Improv comedy with heart

$7 ($5 with student id)


Sideshow


September 2008

FRIDAYS at Midnight

Multi-media high-wire improv

$7 ($5 with student ID)


Cineprov!


September 2008

FRIDAYS AT 8:30 PM

Doors open at 8:00 PM

$10 at the door

($5 with student id)


Mix Tape and Student Mix


September 2008

SATURDAY the 13th

and

SATURDAY the 27th

8:00 PM

One-man improv performance by Jim Karwisch,

plus students from the JaCKPie Theatre Workshop

$7 gets you in for the 8:00 show

plus the 9:30 Harold show!


Saturday Stand-up


August 30th 2008

SATURDAY AT 9:00 PM

A special night of professionally immature stand-up comedy hosted by Matt Wolff.  Featuring college boy Kellan Meador, bi-polar Billy Anderson, cunning Connor Barrett, and magic music man Keenan Burton.

$10 at the door


JaCKPie Harold Night


August 2008

SATURDAYS AT 9:30 PM

Doors open at 9:00 PM

Long-form improv comedy & spontaneous theatre

$7 ($5 with student ID)

Aug 2: Free Kittens, Canvas All Stars; Babies mit Bearden

Aug 9: Lady Parts, A Baby Named Rage; Einstein Meets Elvis

Aug 16: Free Kittens, Four Ate Five; Babies mit Bearden 11pm afterparty Show with Einstein Meets Elvis

Aug 23: Guttersmack!, Canvas All Stars; Einstein Meets Elvis

Aug 30: Ninja & Jack, Canvas All Stars; Einstein Meets Elvis


Boondoggle: The Magic show for People who Can’t Stand Magic


September 6th 2008

SATURDAY AT 7:30 PM

Relapse Theatre and Mick Stone present:

Boondoggle: The Magic show for People who Can’t Stand Magic

$10

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2 Girls 3 Eyes


August 2008

FRIDAYS AT 9:30 PM

Doors open at 9:00 PM

Improv comedy with heart

$7 ($5 with student id)


Sideshow


August 2008

FRIDAYS at Midnight

Multi-media high-wire improv

$7 ($5 with student ID)


Cineprov!


August 2008

FRIDAYS AT 8:30 PM

Doors open at 8:00 PM

$10 at the door

($5 with student id)


Adam Newman and Company


August 28th 2008

THURSDAY at 8:00

Adam Newman and comics from Comedy Central, MTV, and College Humor will be performing.

Only $5

(and get in free for the 10:30 stand-up show!)

AdamNewmanComedy.com

Checkout some of Adam’s video clips at

myspace.com/adamdnorman


Under-promoted Comedy Show


August 2008

THURSDAYS AT 10:30 PM

Stand-up comedy hosted by

The Mechanic, Barry Wright

$5 at the door


Syrens of the South


August 23, 2008

SATURDAY

The Syrens one-year anniversary burlesque, vaudeville and variety show. Performances by Vagina Jenkins, Hepcat Mike, Tim Monteith, Reneá Le Roux, Veronica Lashe and Talloolah Love and many more! The MC’s for the evening are the fabulous Sabrina Pandora and the self acclaimed worst comic in Atlanta, John Carney. This is a star studded cast that you
won’t want to miss!

Student Showcase at 7:00 PM

$5

Anniversary show at 9:00 PM

$15

($5 off with Student or Military id)

More information

SyrensOfTheSouth.com


Richard Kickers


August 2008

TUESDAYS AT 8:30 PM

Doors open at 8:00 PM

$5 at the door


Mix Tape and Student Mix


August 23rd 2008

SATURDAY AT 8:00 PM

One-man improv performance by Jim Karwisch,

plus students from the JaCKPie Theatre Workshop

$7 gets you in for the 8:00 show

plus the 9:30 Harold show!


Industry Night Stand-up


August 2008

TUESDAYS AT 10:00 PM

Professionally immature stand-up comedy hosted by Matt Wolff

$5 at the door


An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein


8:30 PM July 31, August 1, 7, 8, 14, 15

6:30 PM Sunday performance on August 17

Collection of ten imaginative stories ranges widely in the darkly comic world of Shel Silverstein. Nothing is as it seems and the most innocent conversation can turn menacing in an instant. For Mature Audiences only. $10.

Written by Shel Silverstein

Directed by Sally Ann Cone

Presented by Coup de Theatre


The Big Show


August 16th 2008

SATURDAY AT 8:00 PM

Standup comedy

with Tanner Inman and Jim Lehner

$10 at the door


Under-promoted Comedy Show


July 2008

THURSDAYS AT 10:30 PM

Stand-up comedy hosted by

The Mechanic, Barry Wright

$5 at the door


An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein


8:30 PM July 31, August 1, 7, 8, 14, 15

6:30 PM Sunday performance on August 17

Collection of ten imaginative stories ranges widely in the darkly comic world of Shel Silverstein. Nothing is as it seems and the most innocent conversation can turn menacing in an instant. For Mature Audiences only. $10.

Written by Shel Silverstein

Directed by Sally Ann Cone

Presented by Coup de Theatre



Free JaCKPie show featuring John Dixon


July 26th 2008

SATURDAY AT 8:00 PM

FREE! FREE! FREE

Lots of guest stars, alumni and students!

Six Ten Spare!


Richard Kickers


July 2008

TUESDAYS AT 8:30 PM

Doors open at 8:00 PM

$5 at the door


Professionally Immature Stand-up


July 26th 2008

SATURDAY AT 9:30 PM

Hosted by Matt Wolff and featuring Kellan Meador, Trey Dunn, Anthony Todaro, Billy Anderson, Connor Barrett, and Keenan Burton.

$10 ($7 with student ID)


JaCKPie Harold Night


July 2008

SATURDAYS AT 9:30 PM

Doors open at 9:00 PM

Long-form improv comedy & spontaneous theatre

$7 ($5 with student ID)


AOL 2008 City’s Best Comedy Club!


July 2008

AOL 2008 City’s Best Rankings

Relapse Theatre is

Atlanta’s Best Comedy Club!



Sideshow


July 2008

FRIDAYS at Midnight

Multi-media high-wire improv

$7 ($5 with student ID)


Two Girls Three Eyes


July 2008

FRIDAYS AT 9:30 PM

Doors open at 9:00 PM

Improv comedy with heart

$7 ($5 with student id)


Cineprov!


July 2008

FRIDAYS AT 8:30 PM

Doors open at 8:00 PM

$10 at the door

($5 with student id)


Mix Tape and Student Show


July 19th 2008

SATURDAY AT 8:00 PM

One-man improv performance by Jim Karwisch,

plus students from the JaCKPie Theatre Workshop

$7 gets you in for the 8:00 show

plus the 9:30 Harold show!


Industry Night Stand-up


July 2008

TUESDAYS AT 10:00 PM

Professionally immature stand-up comedy hosted by Matt Wolff

$5 at the door


Creative Loafing’s Best of Atlanta 2008


Creative Loafing is polling for Reader Choices for

Best Comedy Club and Best Improv Troupe

July 10th is the last day to vote

Results available September 24th



Lady Parts and Guttersmack


June 28th 2008

SATURDAY AT 8:00 PM

Lady Parts and Guttersmack. Improv comedy at its best.

Come for the 8:00 show and get in free for the 9:30 Harold.

$7 at the door


Boondoggle: The Magic show for People who Can’t Stand Magic


Saturday June 28

Relapse Theatre and Mick Stone present:

Boondoggle: The Magic show for People who Can’t Stand Magic

8pm (doors open at 7:30)

$10

Advance ticket sales available online via PayPal.

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Relapse Prom 2008


Friday, June 27th, 8:00 pm. Downstairs.


Improv and Stand-up Mixer. Meet and Mingle with all of the troupes performing at Relapse Theatre. Performances by The JaCKPie Theatre Workshop, Cineprov,
Sideshow, Two Girls Three Eyes, and stand-up comics from Industry Night and the Under-Promoted Comedy Show throughout the evening.  Doors open at 8:00. See full program below.

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Program:

8:00 PM Before Party, photos, and voting for Prom Court!

9:15 PM 1st Half: Stand-up comics and improv “mini-shows” by Cineprov, Mr. Friskets, 2 Girls 3 Eyes.

10:00 PM Prom Court Presentation

Intermission

10:30 PM 2nd Half: Stand-up comics, Coup de Theatre vignette, mini Sideshow and Jackpie shows

11:30 PM After Party!


Richard Kickers


June 2008

TUESDAYS AT 8:30 PM

Doors open at 8:00 PM

$5 at the door


Industry Night Stand-up


June 2008

Professionally immature stand-up comedy hosted by Matt Wolff

TUESDAYS AT 10:00 PM

$5 at the door

(comics get in for free)


Under-promoted Comedy Show


June 2008

Stand-up comedy show hosted by The Mechanic, Barry Wright

THURSDAY AT 10:30 PM

$7 at the door

$5 with student ID


Old church a shrine for local comics


Photos and excerpts from Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 26th, 2008. Full text at:

http://www.ajc.com/print/content/printedition/2008/06/26/relapsetheatrecl.html


LAB FOR LAUGHS

Kindness required: Venue owner sets up confab for different kinds of entertainers.

Barry “The Mechanic” Wright entertains between comedians during the weekly Under-Promoted Comedy Show at the Relapse Theatre recently.

But even this easygoing guy’s feathers can get ruffled. A few years ago he scolded a stand-up comic after the performer yelled at the audience when they didn’t laugh at his jokes.

“I found him in the parking lot after the show and I said, ‘That’s your one time [to disrespect the audience]. You’re an entertainer and on stage, you have to handle it,’ ” Wood recalls.

Bob Wood created the Relapse Comedy Theatre, a converted church, to give comics, actors and others a place to perform.

The colorful Bohemian-style theater, located in a converted church on 14th Street, holds improv and stand-up shows several nights a week. In addition to scheduled shows, local comedians drop in to perform impromptu material.

Wood has created a haven for local comics. The former co-artistic director for Whole World Theatre says he wants to support Atlanta’s comedy scene by serving the public and artists.

“The better we each do, then the better we all do,” he says. “I wanted to build a place that was all about being nice to people. It’s been an experiment to see if being nice could be a viable business model.”

On any given day, visitors will see that each area of the multi-level building is akin to a different channel on a TV dial. On the main level, actors rehearse plays in the former sanctuary. Upstairs, improvisational workshops are held in makeshift classrooms. Down in the basement, comics perform for late-night crowds. Others congregate in the lobby lounge, their comfy second home.

The lobby lounge…Relapse has become a second home for some comedians.

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MEDIUM IMPROV

Wood says the comedy theater has combined long and short form improvisation to create “medium improv.” During shows troupes of four to eight members feed off each other spontaneously starting with a simple audience suggestion. Purgatory was the theme of a recent fast-paced, zany performance by the Richard Kickers improv troupe. Set in the “waiting room of the world” the troupe shifted into different storylines and occasionally made each other laugh —- a badge of honor for a comic instigator.

“It’s the underground for comedy,” says Anthony Rice. The improv and stand-up performer with Blacktop Circus occasionally performs during Industry Night stand-up on Tuesday nights.

“Bob is really good with working with artists. His only condition is that when you make it big, just come back and show love,” Rice says.

Jim Karwisch, a performer with JackPie Theatre Workshop, calls Relapse a revolutionary idea.

“There’s nothing like this anywhere,” he says. “It’s a giant beating heart. Relapse is all these different communities of artists working in a way Atlanta has never seen before.”

By Adrianne M. Murchison

Photos by Allen Sullivan

Full text at:

http://www.ajc.com/print/content/printedition/2008/06/26/relapsetheatrecl.html


JaCKPie Harold Night


June 2008

SATURDAYS AT 9:30 PM

Doors open at 9:00 PM

$7 at the door

$5 with student ID


Sideshow


June 2008

FRIDAYS AT 11:59 PM

Doors open at 11:30 PM

$7 at the door

$5 with student ID

Improvisers Jillian Fratkin, Chris Nik, Derek Mize, and Damian Dunn


Cineprov!


June 2008

FRIDAYS AT 8:30 PM

Doors open at 8:00 PM

$10 at the door

($5 with student id)


AOL City’s Best 2008


AOL is taking votes now for Atlanta’s best comedy club.

Vote every day until July 10th!

CitysBest.aol.com


Two Girls, Three Eyes


Starting June 13th 2008

FRIDAYS AT 9:30 PM

Doors open at 9:00 PM

$7 at the door

$5 with student ID

Bob Wood hosts the cast of Jon Barish, Brad Binkley, Shellie Schmals, Kristy Oliver, Troy Halverson, and Charles Islas


T.B.D. Players


June 6th 2008

FINAL SHOW!

FRIDAY JUNE 6TH AT 9:30 PM

Doors open at 9:00 PM

$7 at the door

$5 with student ID


Mix Tape And Babies Mit Bearden


SATURDAY May 31th AT 8:00 PM

Come out to support Relapse and to enjoy some never-before-seen performances! JaCKPie founder Jim Karwisch debuts his one-man show! See it now because who knows when it will return. Then help Babies mit Bearden get tuned-up before heading to the Chicago Improv Festival.

Admission is $10

All door proceeds go directly to the Relapse Theater Renovation Fund.

Doors open at 7:30 PM


The Evolution of Burlesque meets the Devolution of Comedy


May 2008

Syrens of the South and Relapse Theatre, in conjunction with VONschmalhausen and Immature Entertainment, presents “The Evolution of Burlesque meets the Devolution of Comedy”. An evening of amazing burlesque dancing and comedy acts throughout the ages, starring SOS ladies Veronica Lashe and Talloolah Love, and ATL’s favorites comedians including Brian Bannon with MC HepCat Mike! $15 Vip Tickets, $10 General Admission


Sideshow


May 2008

FRIDAYS AT 11:59 PM

Doors open at 11:30 PM

$7 at the door

$5 with student ID


T.B.D. Players


May 2008

FRIDAYS AT 9:30 PM

Doors open at 9:00 PM

$7 at the door

$5 with student ID


Cineprov!


May 2008

FRIDAYS AT 8:30 PM

Doors open at 8:00 PM

$10 at the door

($5 with student id)


Maria Bamford and Company


Wednesday, May 21, 2008
10:30PM - 12:30AM


05/22 Update: Alas, Maria was a no-show but we had fun without her
Tuesday’s comedians Keenan Burton and Connor Barrett saw the very hilarious and famous comedian Maria Bamford who said that she’d come see some of Atlanta’s local comedians perform on Wednesday. The only problem? There’s usually no comedy on Wednesdays. But there is now! That’s right, special Wednesday show at Relapse. This is one night only and Maria Bamford WILL be there (unless she decides not to come, but it should be good anyway). Company comedians will include Billy Anderson, Matt Pharr, Karen Hilton, Dan Weeks, Jon Williams, Connor Barrett, Keenan Burton, and Trey Dunn and your professional immature host Matthew Wolff. Please come out and show Maria some love. She is the shit. No joke. Free show!


Student Mix And Babies Mit Bearden


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SATURDAY May 17th AT 8:00 PM

Jackpie will showcase some new performances, and help Babies mit Bearden get tuned-up before heading to the Chicago Improv Festival. Please come out to support Relapse and to enjoy some never-before-seen performances!

Admission is $10, and showtime is 8 PM. All door proceeds go directly to the Relapse Theater Renovation Fund.

Doors open at 7:30 PM


Industry Night Stand-up


May 2008

Professionally immature stand-up comedy hosted by Matt Wolff

TUESDAYS AT 10:00 PM

$5 at the door

(comics get in for free)


Richard Kickers


May 2007

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TUESDAYS AT 8:30 PM

Doors open at 8:00 PM

$5 at the door


JaCKPie Harold Night


May 2008

SATURDAYS AT 9:30 PM

Doors open at 9:00 PM

$7 at the door

$5 with student ID


Auditions


Saturday, May 3rd, 7-9 pm, in the Cinema.

Coup de Theatre will be holding auditions May 3, 7pm to 9pm. for An Adult Evening With Shel Silverstein. More info at cdtatlanta.org


Under-promoted Comedy Show


May 2008

Stand-up comedy show hosted by

The Mechanic, Barry Wright

THURSDAY AT 10:30 PM

$7 at the door

$5 with student ID


Industry Night Stand-up


April 2008

Professionally immature stand-up comedy hosted by Matt Wolff

TUESDAYS AT 10:00 PM

$5 at the door

(comics get in for free)


Richard Kickers


April 2008

TUESDAYS AT 8:30 PM

Doors open at 8:00 PM

$5 at the door


JaCKPie


April 2008

SATURDAYS AT 9:30 PM

Doors open at 9:00 PM

$7 at the door

$5 with student ID


Lady Parts and Guttersmack


April 26th 2008

SATURDAY AT 8:00 PM

Lady Parts and Guttersmack. Improv comedy at its best.

Come for the 8:00 show and get in free for the 9:30 Harold.

$7 at the door


Hold Me!


April 2008

THURSDAY AND SATURDAYS AT 8:30 PM

April 17, 19, 24, 26

SUNDAYS AT 6:30 PM

April 20, 27

$10 at the door


Sideshow


April 2008

FRIDAYS AT 11:59 PM

Doors open at 11:30 PM

$7 at the door

$5 with student ID


T.B.D. Players


FRIDAYS AT 9:30 PM

Doors open at 9:00 PM

$7 at the door

$5 with student ID


Cineprov!


April 2008

FRIDAYS AT 8:30 PM

Doors open at 8:00 PM

$10 at the door


Under-promoted Comedy Show


April 2008

Stand-up comedy show hosted by

The Mechanic, Barry Wright

THURSDAY AT 10:30 PM

$7 at the door

$5 with student ID





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