Improv is not for everyone. Only the sharpest-witted, hair-triggered minds who can play up a scene with a straight face while an audience laughs would be able to succeed, and you should want to check them out. But while there aren't that many outlets to check out a good improv comedy show, at least there's Maverick Theater's weekly hosting of Improv Shmimprov. It's a weekly, two-night show that features hilarious players whom you'll get to know on a first name basis— Drew, Jason, Lindsay, Megan, Patrick, and Nate— and who'll make you feel every bit at home. Boasting themselves as the best improv comedy group in OC, laughs are guaranteed.
Fridays, Saturdays, 11 p.m., 2015
Aimee Murillo is calendar editor and frequently covers film and previously contributed to the OCW’s long-running fashion column, Trendzilla. Don’t ask her what her favorite movie is unless you want to hear her lengthy defense of Showgirls.