Name: Theme Park Improv
Start: 2025-01-18T19:00:00-0800
End: 2025-01-18T20:30:00-0800

Tickets on sale November 17 at 10:00am Pacific! Lineup subject to change.
Show sold out? A limited number of tickets may be available at the door. Any available seats will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Arrive early to try your luck!
Need help? Email boxoffice@sfsketchfest.com.

Saturday January 18, 2025 7:00pm - 8:30pm PST

The Theme Park Improv Show's improvisers take a single suggestion from the audience, and wing an entire set of fast-paced long-form scenes and characters, based on stories from special guest monologist Kevin Pollak ("The Usual Suspects"). After several years of sold-out shows, they return to SF Sketchfest with another stellar lineup: Ian Brennan (co-creator of "Glee"), Rachel Dratch ("Saturday Night Live"), Simon Helberg ("The Big Bang Theory"), Michael Hitchcock ("Best in Show"), Jessica Makinson ("South Park"), Oscar Nunez ("The Office"), Cole Stratton ("Impeachment: American Crime Story"), Janet Varney ("Stan Against Evil"), and Gary Anthony Williams ("The Boondocks"). This will be a show you won't soon forget!

Artists

Ian Brennan

Ian Brennan is a four-time Emmy Nominee and is the BAFTA and two-time Golden Globe-winning co-Creator of "Glee," "Scream Queens," "The Politician," "Hollywood," "The Watcher," and "Monster: the Jeffrey Dahmer Story."

Rachel Dratch

Rachel Dratch was a cast member on "Saturday Night Live" for 7 years. Before that she was on the Mainstage of Second City Chicago for four years, where she wrote and performed with Adam McKay, Scott Adsit, and Tina Fey. She appeared in a bunch of TV shows, including "King of Queens... Read More →

Simon Helberg

Simon Helberg was most recently seen opposite Natasha Lyonne in "Poker Face," Rian Johnson's new mystery series for Peacock. He starred opposite Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard in French auteur Leos Carax’s film, "Annette," which opened the 2021 Cannes Film Festival and is currently... Read More →

Michael Hitchcock

From his critically-acclaimed roles in film and television to his award-winning work as a writer and producer, Michael Hitchcock has earned a solid reputation in the entertainment industry.As an actor, Hitchcock is featured in two of 2011’s most popular films. He portrayed “Deputy... Read More →

Jessica Makinson

Jessica Makinson is an LA based actor/improviser/writer/director. She has been a series regular on "South Park", "Halfway Home" and "Trigger Happy TV", all for Comedy Central. Other credits include "The Great Indoors", "Maron" and "Modern Family". She's an alumnus of iO West and UCBLA... Read More →

Oscar Nuñez

Oscar Nuñez is best known for playing Oscar Martinez on NBC's "The Office". He has won an Emmy, two SAG Awards, an ALMA Award, a TV Land Award and an Impact Award from the National Hispanic Media Coalition for the role. Oscar is also recognized for his roles in movies like "The Proposal... Read More →

Cole Stratton

Cole Stratton is the co-founder of SF Sketchfest, the San Francisco Comedy Festival, a month-long annual event highlighting the best in improv, sketch, stand-up, TV and film comedy, which celebrates its twenty-first year in January 2024. Along with Janet Varney, he has written and... Read More →

Janet Varney

Janet Varney is an Emmy-Nominated actor, comedian, writer and producer. She can be heard as the voice of Korra on "The Legend of Korra" on Netflix, where she can also be seen as Summer in the comedy series "Country Comfort". On HULU, she fights dark forces starring opposite John C... Read More →

Gary Anthony Williams

Gary Anthony Williams recently appeared in the films "The Internship" with Vince Vaughn and "The Factory" along with John Cusack. You can catch him in new episodes of "Whose Line is it Anyway", "Mike and Molly" and "Baby Daddy". He has recurred on "The Soul Man", "Raising Hope", "Malcolm... Read More →

Kevin Pollak

Kevin Pollak started as stand-up comedian in San Francisco, when at age twenty he was the youngest entrant in the SF Comedy Competition. Five grueling, learning and growing years later he had risen to the top. It was time to move to Los Angeles with dreams of appearing on “The Tonight... Read More →

Saturday January 18, 2025 7:00pm - 8:30pm PST
Great Star Theater 636 Jackson Street, San Francisco, CA 94133

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