Category: Shows

Calendar and posts relating to shows

Lafayette Famous returns October 18th!

Silverbacks Improv Theatre‘s “Lafayette Famous” features a mix of improvisation and storytelling. In this format, a local celebrity prepares 3 true stories from their life. The improvisers create scenes based on themes from the stories, bringing performers and audience on a humorous journey together.

Our featured Lafayette Famous Storyteller will be local burger-maker, Shawn Broaddus!

Shawn Broaddus is the owner of Broaddus Burgers. The 31 year old entrepreneur and Eagle Scout has worked in restaurants since he was 17. Before settling into running a business, Broaddus was an avid traveler, both stateside, visiting remote parts of our country, and abroad, to places like Thailand and the Bahamas. Now, Broaddus spends his time making social media content and creating great food.

Join us on Friday, October 18th at 7:30pm for some high quality improv! Tickets are $10*. Proceeds will benefit local charities.
*($8 for Students, Teachers, and Seniors (60+). ID is required for discount)

SuperCollider: September 6th, 2019!

Every month for SuperCollider!, Silverbacks host a different trio of improv troupes! Groups may be local favorites, traveling troupes, or exciting new formats such as horror and musical improv. 

The September 6th SuperCollider!,
hosted by local comedian, Maggie Shipley, 
will feature the following troupes: 

  • Cult of the Stage Monkey is Lafayette’s longest-running Improvisational Theatre troupe! The student organization has been delighting audiences with their quick wit and topical humor since October of 1998.  
  • Founded in 2017, The Plural Noun is an improv collaborative with a wide range of performance influences from sketch to film to black box experimentation. The troupe loves to break down the boundaries between short improv games and long form explorations of themes, aka lots of laughter, tears, and WTF! 
  • The Weaning Process is an improv troupe sprung from an improv class. They combine short games and long form in their shows and have most recently started a regular show that blends standup and improv!  

See all three troupes for the price of one! Only $10* for a night full of fun. 
The September 6th show starts at 9:00pm at the 2nd Stage at Cite des Arts!

*($8 for Students, Teachers, and Seniors (60+). ID is required for discount)

SuperCollider: July 19, 2019!

Come to the 2nd Stage at Cité des Arts on Friday, July 19th at 9pm SuperCollider: Acadiana’s Improv Showcase brought to you by Silverbacks Improv Theatre!

Audiences will get a taste of 3 different groups performing short sets.

This month, please welcome:
Rag Tag,
Haeg & Butts from Two Friends Improv Theater in New Orleans,
and the debut performance of Lively Banter Improv!

Tickets are $10*
*($8 for Students, Teachers, and Seniors (60+). ID is required for discount)

Silverbacks and Lafayette Comedy present Best Of Kevin McDonald: Stories and Sketch this August!

Silverbacks Improv Theatre and Lafayette Comedy announce the following show:

Silverbacks Improv Theatre and Lafayette Comedy Present: Best of Kevin McDonald: Stories and Sketch
Saturday, August 3
Show begins at 8:00pm
Warehouse 535
535 Garfield St, Lafayette, LA 70501
$20 tickets
Tickets available at lafayettecomedy.com

BEST OF KEVIN MCDONALD: STORIES AND SKETCH

Kevin McDonald of the legendary comedy group KIDS IN THE HALL will perform in a Lafayette show on August 3, 2019 at Warehouse 535. The Kids in the Hall is a Canadian sketch comedy group whose eponymous television show ran from 1989 to 1995 on CBC in Canada, and CBS, HBO, and Comedy Central in the United States.

The “Best of Kevin McDonald: Stories and Sketch: is a “best of” show based on Mr. McDonald’s podcast, “Kevin McDonald’s Kevin McDonald Show”. Mr. McDonald will share 3 stories and perform 4 sketches with 5 local comedy actors.

Late Night SuperCollider! is back on June 21st!

Come to the 2nd Stage at Cité des Arts on Friday, June 21st at 9pm for a Late Night edition of SuperCollider: Acadiana’s Improv Showcase brought to you by Silverbacks Improv Theatre!

Audiences will get a taste of 3 different groups performing short sets. June will feature:

Tempo Tantrums Musical Improv,
Splorange!,
& Two For The Road!

Tickets are $10*
*($8 for Students, Teachers, and Seniors (60+). ID is required for discount)

Late Night’s all right for SuperCollider!

Come to the 2nd Stage at Cité des Arts on Friday, May 3rd at 9pm for a Late Night edition of SuperCollider: Acadiana’s Improv Showcase brought to you by Silverbacks Improv Theatre!

Audiences will get a taste of 3 different groups performing short sets.

May’s SuperCollider will feature:
The Family Dinner,
The Plural Noun,
and The Weaning Process – Improv Troupe!

Tickets are $10*
*($8 for Students, Teachers, and Seniors (60+). ID is required for discount)

Silverbacks Present: The 90s!

You spoke up and we listened: We’re throwing it waaaaay back to The 90s again!
Friday, May 17th, 7:30pm @ 2nd Stage at Cité des Arts
$10 general admission
($8 with ID for Students, Teachers, and Seniors!)

On Friday, May 17th at 7:30pm, Silverbacks Improv Theatre will revisit its popular “90s Sitcom” format. The group will improvise a one-act play inspired by classic 90s television shows, such as Full House, Family Matters, Home Improvement and more.

You could call it: Step by Step Family Improvement Full of Ties in the Wonder Years when a Boy Meets World – “A 90s Sitcom” – Featuring MONIQUE (not that Monique).

Costumed in their best 90’s apparel, the performers will embrace the golden age of family sitcoms (or the lowest sitcoms of all time, depending on your perspective). Family hi-jinks, wacky neighbors, precocious kids, blended families, and coming of age – all are ripe for the picking!

We invite you to relive the decade of TGIF and slap bracelets with us and come dressed up in your most stylin’ 90s threads!

Silverbacks 7th Anniversary is nigh!

In anticipation of our 7th Anniversary Celebration, Aren & Monique took to the streets to see what the general public thinks of Silverbacks Improv Theatre. And… well…

In anticipation of our 7th Anniversary Celebration, Aren & Monique took to the streets to see what the general public thinks of Silverbacks Improv Theatre. And… well…

On Friday, April 12, 2019, at 7:30pm, join us at Cité des Arts to celebrate 7 whole years of Silverbacks Improv Theatre! We’ll be playing our favorite games and building alternate worlds!

As a special gift from us to you, we invite you to **Pay What You Can** at the door!

All we want for our 7th birthday is for YOU to be there (and to bring a friend or two to the show) to inspire us in whatever crazy hi-jinks we get up to.