Jet City Improv Review

On Saturday, my friends and I traveled to The Ave in Seattle to see Wing It Productions' Jet City Improv. Jet City was born in 1992 by Mike Christensen and Andrew McMasters. They perform every week and even have family-friendly shows before midnight. They also send out improv teams for corporate events, bat mitzvahs, you name it, and they participate in community outreach programs, like the Northwest AIDS Foundation, Northwest Harvest, and the Kalakala Foundation. It's because they have branded themselves in this way, that they're so successful: high quality improv for different age groups; having a committed education program for newcomers, kids, and charity groups; and coming up with new ideas for shows, like Twisted Flicks, in which they take an old B-movie and dub the lines themselves. One of my fellow students in Jet City's Improv 101 class informed me that Twisted Flicks is almost always sold out.

I attended my first Jet City Improv show last Saturday at 10:30. Among the cast were Lauren Domino, Ian Schempp, Graham Downing, Laura Turner, Brandon Baker, and Kate Jaeger. While all were immensely talented, Schempp and Downing were the real standouts. Their chemistry was palpable and their comedy hilarious. The wonder of it was that it was all unscripted.

Jet City Improv
Fri & Sat 10:30
Most Sats at 8
$14/$10

Final Transmission
Thu/Fri at 8
$14/$10

Twisted Flicks
The last Thu/Fri/Sat of each month
$14/$10

Last Call
Sat at midnight:30
$10

Spooktacular
Oct 31 at 7 p.m.
$18

Jet City Improv's website