The White Elephant Show

at a loss for what to do with all this free time before Christmas?

dont fret, we've solved that problem for you. join us at the White Elephant Show!

Thursday December 23rd at 7:30 (a ONE TIME ONLY event)

The White Elephant Show will be like nothing you've ever seen before!
4 Players competiting for individual points based on YOUR applause
and YOU (the audience) will pick EVERY GAME of the evening!
and, the best part is... its only $9!
Get tickets today www.nctphoenix.com/showtimes

We wont be there to entertain you on Friday 12/24 or Saturday 12/25... but we CAN help you kick off Christmas weekend with some hilarious style... get tickets today and join us at the White Elephant Show Thursday December 23rd.

Its Up! Its Coming! Its Up and Coming Events!

Getting ready for Ha Ha Hanukkah shows this weekend! The players will all be sharpening their dreidel skills tonight in preperation for the event!

You can still get tickets online: www.nctphoenix.com/showtimes
and you can still get $2 off with your non-perishable food donation

Level 1 Improv Comedy Workshops are starting up again in the new year, the last two have filled up quickly...

		Starts Tuesday January 4	Fee $175.00 for 6 weeks. Class size is limited. Please call to register 602-374-5638 This course is a fun, no-pressure approach to improv comedy. NCT's instructors have over 15 years of experience each and lead our Level 1 workshoppers through exciting excpercises and games that stress basic skills such as focus, teamwork, mime, character and status - all of the things that, together, create great scene work. The core components of improv, listening skills & your ability to be "in the moment" are strongly emphasized. Great for those who want to "try it out" or take the first step toward a career in comdey- NCT Level 1 Improv Workshop is something for everyone.

see you at NCT!

Oxygen Deprivation

Many improv games live and breathe a certian elegance. a grace and charm that keeps them strong thoughout the years. Fresh Choice? Blind Line? Classics.

But there is no place for classics, elegance, grace or, nay even BREATHING at Halloween Spooktacular time!
Hence, Oxygen Deprivation- the stupidest and most dangerous improv comedy game ever to slash the stage to hilarious ribbons.

Whats the gimmick you ask? Well, during the scene one player will literally not be breathing. thats right. not. breathing. they will play with their head submerged in a bucket of icy water. why? because its Halloween Spooktacular Baby! its also cold and flu season. and if you cant dance on the edge of drowning and phneumonia whilst putting together some spontaneous improvisational fun then you just arent trying hard enough, am i right?

I assure you, NCT Phoenix will be trying hard enough.

giant spider?

In San Diego at National Comedy Theatre it was a delight of the Halloween season to see what crazy new decoration would be added each year. One year it was a plethora of toddler sized skeletons (ci, el guapo... you have a plethora) that danced along the back of the stage. The next year some average human sized skeletons joined them (till the one day when the lady skeleton met this fellow, and they knew it was much more than a skeleton hunch) and they became a family that sat and watched the show. Years later large TV monitors were pointed at the audience that featured a scary face making... scary faces...
the point is, there was always something new to gander at. each year the stakes were raised.


trying hard to keep that tradition alive here in the Valley of the Sun. last year we added some pretty creepy spider nests and a haunted boiler room. this year Ive got an eerie skeleton bride and some giant spiders to add to the spider webs.

im hoping the resulting effect will be that people who were scared out of their boots last year (in a comedic sort of way, not an actual fear sort of way) will be scared out of their socks this year (again- comedically speaking. not serial killer-illy speaking)

maybe thats the point and, essentially, the hard part- perfecting the art of hilarious but spooky. someday we will have ten years of precident and supplies to draw from, like NCT SD. Till then though, I know NCT PHX will still rock your socks off... come see the spooktacular show!

Spooktacular Week! Monday, Monday Monday!

Want a bit of insight into the hilarious terror of Halloween Spooktacular at National Comedy Theatre?

Last Action Joke Vs. CSI:NCT

love 185 jokes? hate 185 jokes? spooktacular has a trick or two up its sleeve-

last action joke, a favorite of NCT San Diego, combines the horrible puns of terrible action movies with the pure groan-worthy genius of 185s...

or, will we play CSI:NCT? Created and beloved by NCT Phoenix, we take the snarky, sunglassy snarl of CSI and the pun-intended turbo cheesiness to the Max!

which do you prefer? which do you hope to see? come on down to the spooktacular to find out!

www.nctphoenix.com

not responsable for resulting zombification...

The Halloween Spooktacular! featuring the RETURN of the Midnight Show!

Friday 10/29 & Saturday 10/30 at 7:30 & 9:45
The Spooktacular is so hilarious and spooky... you'll DIE laughing! See games so strange and funny we ONLY bring them out at Halloween. And, you can WIN tickets to the National Comedy Theatre at EVERY Spooktacular event! Oh, and- as if that werent spooky and awesome enough... FREE POPCORN will fill you up so you don't eat too much candy! make reservations today by clicking here.
p.s. NCT not responsable for actual death by laughter or resulting zombification.

Saturday 10/30 11:45pm (18 & older)
The Halloween Midnight Show is so funny, frightening and inapropriate that we have to limit it to audiences 18+. With no Brown Bag Foul, no Ref and no Score... all bets are off and hilarity is ON! Make reservations today by clicking here and don't forget to bring your ID!

who? why? when? how?

Workshops. Glorious Workshops.

who should take our workshops? well, to start with... everyone.

performers will learn to perform better. be funnier. think faster. react more honestly. also, look nicer and have fresher breath.
professionals will sharpen their team work skills, they'll learn to listen actively and respond with positive agreement. Learn to turn your questions into statements and always say yes, even when 'yes' means 'no.'
people who arent performers or professionals will have alot of fun and learn to do something so exciting, unique and awesome.

why should you take workshops at NCT? Because we are the best, most time-tested and professional teachers and performers of short-form improv- National Comedy Theatre has been churing out genius improvisers for over 11 years in San Diego, 6 years Off Broadway in New York and all that talent and tutelage is waiting for you at NCT Phoenix. also, like i mentioned before, we have the nicest looks and freshest breath.

When can you learn from the best and brightest and freshest breathed? September's workshop sold out, November's Workshop is half way there- it starts on Monday November 15th and meets every Monday for 6 weeks. sign up today and take in all the improvvy goodness.

How can you sign up? email me. info@nctphoenix.com. visit me. www.nctphoenix.com Call me. 602-374-5638. i can also recomend some good mouth washes and chewing gums.