IRTE Gets Groovy with vIRTE Go-Go!

at The Producers Club

Saturdays, June 14, 21 & 28, 8:00pm

The Producers Club | 358 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036

NEW YORK, NY, IRTE, the Improvisational Repertory Theatre Ensemble, continues its third season of improvised shows with vIRTE Go-Go! Come see the group critics are calling “Completely unique” (Heather Boddy, THESPI-HONEST), “radical and theatrical fun!” (Imani Johnson, The High 5 Review), and “remarkable,” (Lillian Rodriguez, Film Annex)!

The NYC-based ensemble of comedy performers returns with its own unique brand of original themed, character-driven improvisational shows performed in rep. June 14, IRTE opens its third show at The Producers Club, vIRTE Go-Go!, the grooviest booty shaking short form show ever! Come join IRTE as they shake, rattle and roll their way through audience suggestions in this short form improv party!

Set in 1972, vIRTE Go-Go!, directed by Curt Dixon (IRTE founding member, Gotham City Improv faculty and main stage co.), is a a live “short-form” improvised comedy show reminiscent of such classics as Laugh-In and the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

IRTE’s band of merry makers – led by artistic director Nannette Deasy – include Robert Baumgardner and Marcia Sofley. For vIRTE Go-Go!, they will be joined by guest performers Evie Aronson (TruTV, HBO Films, Frigid Fest NY), Bill Berg (Gotham City Improv alum, The Heath), Sam Katz (Artistic New Directions), and Michael Sause (Gotham City Improv main stage co., Two Man Tango).  The group’s collective credits include off-Broadway theater, national tours and feature film.

Each show will include appearances by talented up and comers from the NY indie music scene. Past musical guests have included Craig Greenberg, Pablo (Bluesboy), Gift of Tongues, Lesley Kernochan, Carla Ulbrich, Charlotte Cornfield, Jason Soffer, Jessica Delfino, Matt Dallow, Mr. Big Head, Positive Feedback, Squirm and Germ, Summer & Eve and The Vigilante.

Tickets for all IRTE shows at the Producers Club are $10.00, and are available for purchase online at http://irteinfo.wix.com/irte#!online-store/cz8h/!/~/product/category=0&id=33991265 , or at The Producers Club Box Office (Day of Performance only), 358 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036, or 646.620.5051. 20% Group discounts are available.