Every theatre hosts TheatreSports in a slightly different way, but this is how we do it:

Every TheatreSports performance features two teams of improvisers going head to head for the loudest laughter and applause. Every round, the captains of each improv team issues challenges to the opposing team to incorporate into their improv scene for that round. Each scene is ranked on a scale of one to five—with five as the highest possible score. The team with the highest score wins!

Well, the rules change a little each year depending on the number of teams.

However, every team competes against one another at least once in the early rounds, and their cumulative scores for every performance in the tournament determines which teams advance to the finals!

Every performance is hosted by a moderator (or panel of judges, in the tournament’s case - we also like to dress up as judges just because) that oversees the competition, tallies votes, and dispenses the scum box whenever needed.

The scum box is a beloved box placed on the heads of improvisers—or patrons—who get too rowdy during a scene or with their suggestions. It doesn’t come out every performance, but TheatreSports can get pretty intense!

This mustache-twirling team of improvisers can’t stop scheming up ways to make you laugh! They’re so funny, it’s downright…evil.

• Team Captain: Joshua Quinn

• Ed Morgan

• Christian Danley

• Allison Salinger

These comedy stars are so bright, they light up the night even without the spotlight! Are you ready to be dazzled and delighted?

• Team Captain: Whittney Millsap Nowacki

• Amber Nash

• Carson Seabolt

• Lila Mensing

Are you ready to go back to school, and then get your heart stolen by these out-of-the-box comedy creatives?

• Team Captain: Markis Gallashaw

• Clint Sowell

• Maged Roushdi

• Courtney McCullar

The local-est of locals! These performers are right from our backyard and steeped in all things creative and comedic right here at the creative epicenter of Atlanta.

• Team Captain: Karen Cassady

• Z Gillispie

• Avery Sharpe-Steele

• Ella Boyett

They’re local, but not THAT local—but they’re still ready to bust into this theatre and bring down the house with laughter!

• Team Captain: Swift Rice

• Travis Sharp

• Rueben Medina

• Meghan Leahy

• Nate Brosy

It’s such a curse to be so talented—especially when you’re recognized as another, unrelated famous person so often! (However, it’s great for impersonation routines.) But their comedy chops are unmistakable—it’s The Unbearable Likenesses!

• Team Captain: George Faughnan

• Perry Frost

• Summer Adhal

• Mike Schatz