Ilan and Gavin Kaplan have been improvising together for 8 years, and have known each other for 31. Together, they have taught workshops and performed all around NYC and beyond, including their undefeated run on Improv Cagematch New York, where they won 14x in a row with their team, confusingly named “The Kaplan Brothers”. At this show, Ilan and Gavin will bring the chemistry they’ve been building their entire lives to a hilarious improv performance that creates an entire show on the spot out of a single word suggestion. Don’t believe it’s possible? Come see to find out!

Opening for the Kaplan Cousins are members of Ithaca’s own Third Place Theater, a local improv comedy theater that hosts shows, jams, and other events almost every week. Stay in touch with the Hangar to learn about opportunities for you to learn and perform improv in Ithaca!

Improv Workshop

Saturday, September 20 from 12–3 pm

Registration: $30 

To register, follow the ticket link and select the “Workshop + Show” ticket type at checkout

We all improvise every day when we move through our lives and talk to the people around us. Improv comedy simply uses these skills we’ve been building our whole lives and applies them to performance on stage. This one-time workshop, led by Ilan Kaplan, will teach students the basic building blocks of performing comedy through the lens of improv. Students will learn, and put into practice, concepts like “yes, and,” agreement, playing to the top of your intelligence, and group mind. These skills don’t just serve as fundamentals in comedy! Learning how to listen better to the people around you and to build off other people’s ideas in a constructive way can help you at work, with your friends, and around the dinner table. Entry to this class comes with free admittance to the improv show that night, also at the Hangar Theatre.

(Age 16+)