Seattle Theatresports - Fri - Sat at 10:30pm, Sun at 7pm
and Family Theatresports 
Sundays at 7pm
Tickets $10.00 on-line
($12.00 at the door)

Seattle Theatresports is the most professional  improv show the northwest has to offer.
 "Seattle Theater Sports League" began in 1982 playing to small crowds in a place called the "Peking Restaurant."
Today, you'll only find it at the the Market Theater, 
the largest theater in the greater Seattle area dedicated to improvisation.  

Seattle TheatreSports™ is theater, sports, comedy, and improv theatre all rolled into one amazing show.
Teams of improvisers create scenes based entirely on audience suggestions and are scored by a panel of judges.

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Suggestions
When giving a suggestion, please remember the more mundane you suggestion, the better! If the suggestion itself is a funny joke, then the improvisers don't have anywhere to go. Each night the two most valuable suggestions will win prizes donated by Archie McPhee in Ballard! Hooray!

The Horn
The Horn is honked by a Judge when they feel the scene is going nowhere fast or the team has missed the ending.


The Judges
The Judges Panel includes a Narrative Judge, who scores on the quality of the story, a Technical Judge who scores the rules of the game, and an Entertainment Judge who scores the entertainment value of the scene. Often there is one judge who scores all three criteria.

Scoring
Scoring is based on a 1-to-5 point system: a "1" means in the judges' opinion the team at least got on stage, while a "5" is given to a fabulous, brilliant, incredible scene.

 

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ORIGIONS OF THEATRESPORTS
In 1976, Keith Johnstone and a group of his students formed the Secret Impro Group to perform noon-hour shows at the University of Calgary. The following summer they regrouped to form The Loose Moose Theatre Company, which is currently at the center of the theatrical activity known as TheatreSports™, a format which has spread to over 22 countries.

Johnstone created TheatreSports™ as a response to two main concerns. The first was the audience. Why, he wondered, did things like sporting events draw so well while theaters were half empty? Could it be that the connotations of "culture" kept people away? People would go to a football game without knowing beforehand if it would be a good game; they were, however, assured of excitement and the opportunity to participate, to vocalize, and to invest something of themselves in the event and the outcome. Keith would speak of envying the "passion" of a sports audience. The goal, and the result, of TheatreSports™ is to attract people who wouldn't normally go to the theatre. Johnstone was also concerned about the performers. He wanted TheatreSports™ to provide training for improvisation. It would help in recruiting new performers, and its structure would allow for a greater number of participants.

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