SteelStacks Improv Comedy Festival 2025
January 24 – January 25, 2025 · view days & times
Venue: Fowler Blast Furnace Room
Ages: 13+ (13-17 w/parent or guardian only)
The 12th annual #SSICF
January 24 & 25, 2025
Join us for the 12th annual SteelStacks Improv Comedy Festival with headliners Standup and Clown and Improvised Jane Austen.
SteelStacks Improv Comedy Festival features teams from The Lehigh Valley, NYC, Baltimore, Boston, Toronto, and beyond! If you’re on an improv team and would like to submit to the festival, fill out the form here:
Friday, January 24
In Advance: $25 | $24 Ages 25 & under and senior | $22 ArtsQuest Member
Week of: $30 | $28 Ages 25 & under and senior | $27 ArtsQuest Member
Saturday, January 25
In Advance: $30 | $28 Ages 25 & under and senior | $27 ArtsQuest Member
Week of: $35 | $33 Ages 25 & under and senior | $32 ArtsQuest Member
Friday & Saturday Bundle
Friday Headliner: STAND UP AND CLOWN
Clown Boss Chad Damiani directs a group of brave souls through their very first improvised clown show. Along the way, he ruthlessly teases, cajoles and drives them to abandon their intellect, embrace their foolishness and follow their dumbest impulses.
A glorious celebration of failure and the cruelest show in clown.
Chad Damiani
Chad Damiani has spent over a decade as one of the leaders and architects of LA’s modern clown scene – which combines clown principles with elements of character, stand-up and improvisation. His clown-improv duo Jetzo performed over 600 shows across North America – including traditional stand-up venues – and was featured in multiple TV shows and films. He was also a founding member of The Murge (the flagship show of the Idiot Workshop) and Two Pink Doors – which created the Two Pink Doors series for FX (available on Hulu).
Currently, he’s the creator/star of the STAND UP AND CLOWN – where he directs well-known stand-ups through their first clown show. He’s an ensemble member in the international clown variety show STAMPTOWN – which features some of the best alt comics in the world. He’s also the longtime leader of CLOWN ZOO – an all-star ensemble created during the pandemic that combines modern clown, improv and theatrical mask work.
Chad has performed his solo clown pieces all over the country – often at traditional stand-up venues. He’s appeared in various TV shows and music videos, including AMERICA’S GOT TALENT, DAVE, and TBS’s upcoming reboot of JOE SCHMO. Chad is also a Blacklist-winning screenwriter and worked as an announcer for World Championship Wrestling (this was a very long time ago).
Saturday headliner: Improvised Jane Austen
Improvised Jane Austen is a Chicago-based ensemble that uses Jane Austen’s tropes, themes, and language to create an unscripted romantic comedy set in Regency-era England. Improvised Jane Austen’s shows have been delighting 21st century audiences with a modern sense and sensibility for over 15 years. Come for the humor, stay for the heart!
Throughout the show’s run, Improvised Jane Austen’s has been Chicago Reader Recommended, named a PerformInk Critics’ Pick, voted Best sketch/improv troupe 2019 in the Reader’s Best of Chicago, and was most recently featured in Time Out, on WGN’s Daytime Chicago and CBS News Chicago.
Web – http://improvisedjaneausten.com
Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/improvisedjaneausten
Twitter – https://twitter.com/improvausten
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/improvausten/
Schedule
Friday, January 24
4:30 p.m. Doors Open
5:30 p.m. Yes, And Ceremony
5:35 p.m. Thor's Mom (Lehigh Valley, PA )
5:50 p.m. The Board (NYC)
6:05 p.m. The Real Prom (Lancaster, PA)
6:20 p.m. The Latchkey Kids (Pittsburg, PA)
6:35 p.m. Two's Company (Minneapolis, MN)
6:55 p.m. Tim for Short (Lehigh Valley, PA)
7:10 p.m. The A Team (Charlotte, NC)
7:25 p.m. Remain Dog (Philadelphia, PA)
7:45 p.m. The Town Criers (Beacon, NY)
8 p.m. Big Check (Lehigh Valley, PA)
8:20 p.m. Go Fish! (Philadelphia, PA)
8:40 p.m. Synced Up? (Lehigh Valley, PA)
9:00 p.m. Big Whoop (New York City)
9:20 p.m. Naughty by Nurture (Lehigh Valley, PA)
9:40 p.m. Stand Up and Clown (Los Angeles, CA)
10:40 p.m. Improv JAM with Creamy and Crunchy (Lehigh Valley, PA)
Saturday, January 25
2:45 p.m. Hot Gym (Lehigh Valley, PA)
3 p.m. Teen Angst (Baltimore, MD)
3:20 p.m. Please and Spank You (Boston, MA)
3:40 p.m. Dance Factory (NYC)
4 p.m. LoS CoMpLiCaDoS (Harrisburg, PA)
4:15 p.m. clint (Brooklyn, NY)
4:30 p.m. Schmooty! (Philadelphia, PA)
4:50 p.m. Bombshell (Beacon, NY)
5:05 p.m. Silly Gooses (Sandiego, CA)
5:25 p.m. Danger Stage (Pittsburg, PA)
5:45 p.m. Goat Party (NYC)
6:05 p.m. GirlProv (Norfolk, VA)
6:20 p.m. 96 Bulls (NYC)
6:35 p.m. Staycation (Lehigh Valley, PA)
6:55 p.m. Mercy Santos (NYC)
7:15 p.m. Breakfast Boys (NYC)
7:30 p.m. Brothered Toast (NYC)
7:50 p.m. NYTEShift (Philadelphia, PA)
8:10 p.m. Go Dummy (NYC)
8:30 p.m. Cobra (Lehigh Valley, PA)
8:50 p.m. Duchovney (NYC)
9:10 p.m. We're Good, You're Great (Lehigh Valley, PA)
9:30 p.m. Improvised Jane Austen (Chicago, IL)
10:30 p.m. BIT SHOWS (Lehigh Valley, PA)
Workshops
This show will contain adult language and/or situations. Seating will be assigned by ArtsQuest staff upon arrival into the showroom. Anyone coming in between the ages of 13 and 17 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. No child 12 or under will be admitted. All performers and staff must adhere to our codes of conduct found here.
Schedule
- Friday, January 24, 2025 @ 5:30 PM 01/24/2025 05:30 PM 01/24/2025 08:30 PM 15 SteelStacks Improv Comedy Festival 2025 https://www.steelstacks.org/event/16682/steelstacks-improv-comedy-festival-2025/ Fowler Blast Furnace Room false MM/DD/YYYY
- Saturday, January 25, 2025 @ 2:45 PM 01/25/2025 02:45 PM 01/25/2025 05:45 PM 15 SteelStacks Improv Comedy Festival 2025 https://www.steelstacks.org/event/16682/steelstacks-improv-comedy-festival-2025/ Fowler Blast Furnace Room false MM/DD/YYYY
Venue Information
Fowler Blast Furnace RoomArtsQuest Center
101 Founders Way
Bethlehem, PA 18015
610-332-1300
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