
Polite Society
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Join Polite Society for a monthly hour‑long improv shenanigan. It might be musical, genre, or something else entirely! Come and find out!

Join Polite Society for a monthly hour‑long improv shenanigan. It might be musical, genre, or something else entirely! Come and find out!
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Improvisational theatre games and exercises create spontaneous monologues and scenes at Golden Gate Valley, San Francisco Public Library, led by Louise Vogel, for ages 18 and up.
Improv teams battle for audience approval at ETC Prime, with one team eliminated each week.
Geoffrey Asmus performs at Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco.
Jake Johannsen performs at Punch Line San Francisco, featuring Steve Ausburne, with a two‑drink minimum; for ages 18 and up.
Improvised noir drama unfolds on a foggy, rain‑slick San Francisco street set at 533 Sutter St, featuring detectives, dames and lowlifes in a shifting plot.
Chelsea Handler performs The High and Mighty Tour at The Masonic, 1111 California St, San Francisco.
At ETC Prime, a weekly improvised seance by degenerates and misfits delivers gut‑wrenching comedy, horror, and gross theatrics that may induce nausea.
Unscripted true‑crime parody comedy at ETC South, with DNA evidence props, red yarn corkboards, and satire of genre tropes.
Required Taste & Friends performs genre‑blending comedy games, turning a single word suggestion into guided exercises that explore story themes, tropes, drama, bemusement, and mystery.
Make Better Choices at ETC Prime (2965 Mission St) — improv show where audience choices steer scenes into quests, romances, and disasters in real time.
Long‑form narrative improv featuring characters, chaos, and chemistry at ETC Prime, a one‑night‑only show by Sass Factory and Spoon Shop.
Volunteer participants use their phones to feed a short‑video algorithm, letting it display random clips for the crowd.