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When it comes to comedy, there's plenty to keep you busy this week, from standup to improv.
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Comedy Oakland
From the event description:
One of the city's longest-running weekly shows, "Comedy Oakland" has been bringing you top headliners, local heroes and up-and-coming stars since way back in '09. Sit back and have a drink or a snack at Spice Monkey, where you'll be entertained by faces you've seen on Comedy Central, HBO, BET and all the late-night talk shows, along with competition winners and stand-ups who've performed on "every habitable continent."
When: Thursday, Aug. 22, 8 p.m.
Where: Spice Monkey, 1628 Webster St.
Price: $7.50
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Improv Comedy in Downtown Oakland
From the event description:
Get ready for some laugh-out-loud fun hitting the stage a mere 200 feet from BART. Oakland's Pan Theatre hosts weekly improv shows filled with stories, scenes and characters that are birthed on the spot and hit the ground running. You'll get a rotating roster of montages, one-acts and classic theater games, á la "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" The unpredictable cast may even ask you to pitch some of your own ideas into the comedy incubator.
When: Friday, Aug. 23, 8 p.m.
Where: Pan Theater, 120 Frank Ogawa Plaza
Price: $5
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Live Click Bait Improv
From the event description:
Live Clickbait will activate your sense of nostalgia as you join us in traveling back in time! We'll perform a show that takes place sometime in the past 70 years. Based on the audience's suggestion, our improv performers will visit a decade from the 1940s–1990s and revisit one of the more influential events of that decade and the iconic moments. Performers include RJ Hill, Sarah Seiter, Brendan Howseman, Rasheed, Jeff Miner and Steve Hanson.
When: Friday, Aug. 23, 8 p.m.
Where: All Out Comedy Theater, 2525 Telegraph Ave.
Price: Free
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