LEARN & LAUGH IN ONE HILARIOUS HOUR!
Study Hall is now in session! This long running comedy show mixes real lectures on a wide variety of topics with improv comedy to create a show that is both entertaining and educational! Guests from all walks of life will lecture on a topic they are familiar with after which our cast of amazing improvisers will use what they learned (or didn’t learn) to create hilarious scenes right before your eyes! It’s an entertaining and educational hour unlike any you’ve seen before – or will see again!
In addition to our long run at the Philly Improv Theater, Study Hall has performed at / for the Franklin Institute, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Academy of Natural Sciences, The Museum of the American Revolution, Drexel University, Arizona State University, and more! Check out this great write up in Perspectives on History from the American Historical Society.
AVAILABLE FOR FIELD TRIPS!
Study Hall is available to perform at everything from your small birthday or retirement celebration to your large company retreat or meeting!
We can work with you to create a one of a kind experience where your guests/speakers are the stars of the show or we can come ready with our own pre-packaged show. We will work with you to come up with a show that leaves everyone laughing and maybe learning a thing or two.
If you have seen our shows before then you know that this is what we have done to great success in Study Hall for nearly a decade. Have something in mind? Drop us a line!
BRING STUDY HALL TO YOUR SCHOOL!
Imagine a comedy show that is built around your industry and your conference – that’s Study Hall! We will use 2-4 guests from your company to speak on a topic from their field/department. The attendees will learn something and then our cast will use what they learned to create the improvised scenes right on the spot! A show that will both reinforce concepts from your conference, retreat, or meeting and be a blast to watch.
GREAT ENTERTAINMENT FOR YOUR CONFERENCE!
Imagine a comedy show that is built around your industry and your conference – that’s Study Hall! We will use 2-4 guests from your company to speak on a topic from their field/department. The attendees will learn something and then our cast will use what they learned to create the improvised scenes right on the spot! A show that will both reinforce concepts from your conference, retreat, or meeting and be a blast to watch.
OUR BIOGRAPHY
Now one of Philly’s longer running comedy shows, Study Hall combines lectures and laughs in one fantastic hour never seen before and never to be seen again! Drexel University’s Professor Michael Yudell and guests from all over lecture on a wide variety of topics and the amazingly talented cast warps each lecture into hilarious scenes on the spot!
Study Hall was formed in 2011 as part of the Philadelphia Science Festival. In that show, Philly Improv Theater House Team “Asteroid!” was paired with Drexel University’s Professor Michael Yudell. The segment featured Professor Yudell giving short lectures from the world of public health and Asteroid! improvising scenes inspired by them. The segment was a hit and was featured in 2011, 2012, and 2013.
Study Hall in its current form was created by former Philly Improv Theater team “Asteroid!” for the 2013 Philly Fringe Festival again paired with Professor Michael Yudell. After Asteroid! ended in October 2013, the show was picked up by PHIT to be a monthly show and ran that way up until the covid-19 pandemic shut down the theater in March 2020.
With live theater no longer an option for us, we adapted the show’s format to the Zoom age and moved to the internet. Study Hall has performed dozens of online shows since. The digital format has allowed us to welcome guest performers and lecturers from around the world in a way the live show did not all while keeping everyone safe.