THE WILHELM

IN THE DARK

2009-10-08T20:29:00.000-07:00

THE WILHELM PRESENTS
IN THE DARK
an improvised film noir

There's a silouette from a streetlamp, an ethereal whistle in the alleyway, and a single thread of smoke rising from a cigarette-or a gun. This October, PIT house team The Wilhelm performs a fully improvised "film noir" on stage, one populated by femme fatales and hard-boiled private dicks. With an eye for detail and a flair for the dramatic, the men and women of The Wilhelm take you across the threshold of your world and into a dark realm of crime and seduction-without forgetting their sense of the absurd.

Starting: Anthony Batista, Leslie Collins, Jamie Cummings, Jonathan Desley, JulieAnn Dulude, Matt Love, Elizabeth Quinn and Justin Zell.

Directed by Kevin Scott.

TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY!
Friday October 9 & Friday October 16, 2009
8pm
The People's Improv Theater
154 West 29th Street
New York, NY 10010
Tickets are $10
Buy tickets here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/82532

Watch the Trailer on YOUTUBE!

Check out photos of the first show courtesy of Eric Michael Photography on FACEBOOK!

The Wilhelm meets Boston!

2009-09-03T07:52:00.001-07:00

Your favorite improv group, The Wilhelm, is packing up and taking their act on the road!

If you or someone you love lives in the Boston Area, come check us out at the Boston Improv Festival! We're performing with Dynasty and The Strange Box of Dr. Oddbody presents: Camp Baldwin.

Saturday, September 12, 2009 @ 11:30PM

ImprovBoston - Studio Theater
40 Prospect St.
Cambridge, MA 02139

Click here to BUY TICKETS
Click here for DIRECTIONS

"Will Work for Improv"

2009-04-13T06:37:00.000-07:00

Come help us celebrate our trip to Chicago for The 12th Annual Chicago Improv Festival.
And by tipping well, you'll help us get there!

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
@ 9pm

The Skinny

174 Orchard St.

New York, NY

(bet.Houston and Stanton)

www.theskinnybarlounge.com

Find it on Google Maps.

Can't make it? But still want to donate? Click here for our PayPal Account.

Have you heard the news?

2009-04-08T12:50:00.000-07:00

The Wilhelm is going to the Chicago Improv Festival next week!
Please help spread the word and tell your friends in the Chicago area

Here's our show information:

The Playground Theater
3209 N. Halsted
(773) 871-3793

Friday, April 17 @ 7:30pm, $15
Emcee: Wendy Mateo
Opening Act: Impro Japan
Headlining Act: The Wilhelm

Tickets will be sold only on the day of show at The Playground's box office.

Also, please consider donating to help us pay for the cost of transportation and housing.
Simply click here for our Paypal account. You only need a major credit card.
Thank you.

P.S. Yeah. We added the "Official Selection" logo. Booya!

In case you missed it ...

2009-04-02T08:08:00.000-07:00

Our dear friend, Keith Huang at ImprovIsGoodForYou.com has got your back. He got some amazing photos of your favorite improv group and their wacky antics to get your hard earned money at the 2009 Chicagathon! Check it out: CLICK HERE. What's that? You want to give us some money to get to Chicago. Awesome. CLICK HERE TOO!

Thank you very much! (Redux)

2009-03-20T09:42:00.000-07:00

A confession must be made. The above photo and the previous "Thank You" photo have been "altered." Jonathan was not always holding a "Thank You" sign. It was another less tasteful sign. And the inclusion of Mr. Ptolemy Slocum is not intended to omit the work of our other coaches. Therefore, we have produced another photo with our beloved, Matthew Donnelly.

Not pictured (yet): Justin Akin, Kurt Braunohler, Jen Curran, Eric Davis, Kimmy Gatewood, Rebekka Johnson, Sarah Lowe, Sarah Nowak, , Tom Ridgely, Kevin Scott, and Nate Starkey.

Thank you all for making us who we are.

To update you all, we've raised 40% of the money we need to get to this year's Chicago Improv Festival.

To help us CLICK HERE NOW for our Paypal account where you can donate any amount you like with a major credit or debit card.

Thank you.

We love you.

THE WILHELM

Thank you very much!

2009-03-08T19:30:00.000-07:00

Photo by Shelly Slocum

A big THANK YOU to all who gave us so much love, support and money during our fundraiser, The Wilhelm Chicagathon, this past Friday.

Special thanks to our awesome guest stars:

Randy Pearlstein
New Excitement
and
Ali Farahnakian.

As well as our sponsors:
Sushi Samba,
The Drama Book Shop,
Mustang Sally's
Mustang Harry's
and
Samantha Jones

We couldn't have done it without you.

So far we have raised nearly 20% of the money we need to get to this year's Chicago Improv Festival.

To those of you could not make it, you can still help. Just CLICK HERE NOW for our Paypal account where you can donate any amount you like with a major credit or debit card.

Thank you.
We love you.

The Wilhelm

2009-03-04T13:08:00.001-08:00

The Wilhelm Chicagathon

This FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2009
at 8:00pm

The Peoples Improv Theater
154 W. 29th Street
New York, NY

Come support your favorite snappy-dressing PIT house team at this special, one-time event to benefit their trip to the Chicago Improv Festival. Join the fun and games hand-crafted for this evening as they prepare hearts and pocketbooks for a jaunt to the Windy City.

Special Guest Performances by
Ali Farahnakian (Founder of the PIT, SNL)
Randy Pearlstein (Chapelle's Show)
Baron Vaughn (VH1, Broadway)

Feeling lucky? We'll be raffling off fabulous prizes including the both seasons of the original British version of "The Office," & a $100 gift certificate to Sushi Samba!

CLICK HERE TO BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW!

The Wilhelm is Anthony Batista, Leslie Collins, Jamie Cummings, Jonathan Desley, Julie Dulude, Matthew Love, Elizabeth Quinn and Justin Zell.

Tomorrow Night! Final '08 Show! FREE!

2008-12-16T05:12:00.000-08:00

Hey All,
Tomorrow night my team, The Wilhelm has their final show of 2008. What a year it has been. If you've not see us in a while, come see how we've grown. Here are the details:

The Wilhelm and Vacation Island perform!

Super Free Wednesday Night
at The People's Improv Theater (The PIT)
154 West 29th Street, Btwn 6 and 7 aves
NYC, NY

THE PIT WEBSITE
"Spread the Word"

Providence. Here We Come!

2008-06-25T12:50:00.000-07:00

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! We're coming to PROVIDENCE!!!

For those of you in or near Providence Rhode Island, me and my fellow improvisors from The People's Improv Theatre are coming to town this weekend starting tomorrow night (June 26th, 2008). Look at all this talent leaving NYC and burning up the improv scene in Providence! Click on the links below the pictures for ticket information.

THE WILHELM

SidViscous!

Chemistry Grad School

Team Fernandez

Please feel free to pass this email along to anyone you know in or near Providence.

And if you come to the NYC check out The Wilhelm, Sid Viscous and the other PIT House Teams ever Super Free Wednesday Night!

http://www.thepit-nyc.com/

Be well and thanks for spreading the word,

Justin Zell

Oh what TAXING week it's been.

2008-04-14T06:55:00.000-07:00

It's time to relax after TAX DAY! Come out and enjoy The People's Improv Theater's version of an ecomomic stimulus package.

It's called SUPER FREE WEDNESDAY NIGHT! It's totally free (yet Karma is accepted). You can see improv comedy all night for free. Take THAT federal goverment! Start the night off right with The Wilhelm + Vacation Island. See the details below and don't miss the youtube links below that!

7:00pm on Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

The People's Improv Theater
154 West 29th Street, NYC
(between 6th and 7th Aves)

The PIT's newest house teams rock the stage!

Vacation Island is Eliza Bent, Elizabeth Blue, Andrew Burns, Matt Chesmore, Matt Garrett, Grace Helbig, Ben Masten, Nikhil Rao, and Marshall York.

The Wilhelm is Anthony Batista, Leslie Collins, Jamie Cummings, Jonathan Desley, Julie Dulude, Matt Love, Liz Quinn, and Justin Zell.

Check out these new promotional clips from The Wilhelm and Vacation Island!

The Wilhelm Advertisement

Vaction Island's PSA

Easter Sunday just got interesting ....

2008-03-14T05:10:00.001-07:00

Hey All,

I'm very excited about this show. It's going to be so much fun. If you're around Easter Weekend, you've got to check it out. The cast is awesome. But I have no idea what they're gonna do. You see the director keeps us in the dark about our fellow cast members scenes. It's legit theater and improv all rolled into one and fried. Hmm. Hmm. Good.

Hope to see you there.

The Magnet Theater

254 West 29th Street, New York NY
(between 7th and 8th Aves)

Sunday March 23, 2008 @ 9:30pm

TRAINWRECK

Talented actor/improvisers perform scenes from classic plays and then improvise new scenes with the characters from other plays. Four giants of theater's heads WILL explode as their darlings are set on a collision course! Tap your brakes, and turn your head for... TRAINWRECK!

FEATURING: Kevin Cragg, Mark Grenier, Roy Koshy, Desiree Nash, Adam Nowak, Ashley Ward, Jamie Cummings, and Justin Zell!

Directed by David Levin

Two times THE WILHELM! Three times the JZ!

2008-03-13T10:26:00.000-07:00

Hey Dudes and Dudettes,

You've got three chances to see me and my improv pals perform this week! Click the links below
for more/the same information.

Love,
JZ
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SUPER FREE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Free (But, Karma Accepted)

7:00pm on Wednesday, March 19, 2008
The People's Improv Theater, 154 West 29th Street, NYC (between 6th and 7th Aves)

The Wilhelm + Vacation Island
The PIT's newest house teams rock the stage!

Vacation Island is Eliza Bent, Elizabeth Blue, Andrew Burns, Matt Chesmore, Matt Garrett, Grace Helbig, Ben Masten, Nikhil Rao, and Marshall York.

The Wilhelm is Anthony Batista, Jamie Cummings, Jonathan Desley, Julie Dulude, Lula Graves, Matt Love, Liz Quinn, and Justin Zell.

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Jen + Steve
with guests: The Wilhelm
$5.00

9:30pm on Friday, March 21, 2008
The People's Improv Theater, 154 West 29th Street, NYC (between 6th and 7th Aves) \

Charming. Magnetic. Murderous. Come watch as Jen Curran and Steve Soroka (from The Baldwins) emotionally attack each other under the guise of hilarious two person improv. Jen and Steve are in love. Just not with each other.

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TRAINWRECK
$5.00

9:30pm on Sunday, March 23, 2008

The Magnet Theater, 254 West 29th Street, NYC (between 7th and 8th Aves)

FEATURING: Kevin Cragg, Mark Grenier, Roy Koshy, Desiree Nash, Adam Nowak, Ashley Ward, Jamie Cummings, and Justin Zell! Directed by David Levin

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Extra! Extra! See all about it!

2008-03-05T09:22:00.001-08:00

See the confession LIVE ON STAGE!

Each and every SUPER FREE WEDNESDAY NIGHT!

7:00 pm at THE PEOPLE'S IMPROV THEATER,

Located at 154 West 29th Street, NY, NY 10001

Here's a sneak peek on that new fangled YOUTUBE!
And don't forget you want to be our friend on that old fangled MYSPACE!

The Devil Made Us Do It!

2008-02-27T10:40:00.000-08:00

That's right. The Devil made us do it. And we'll do it again each and every SUPER FREE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

What is it? Improv Comedy.

Where? THE PEOPLE'S IMPROV THEATER, 154 West 29th Street, NY, NY 10001

When? 7pm!

Here's a sneak peek on that new fangled YOUTUBE!

And don't forget you want to be our friend on that old fangled MYSPACE!

A CRIME OF PASSION!

2008-02-18T07:31:00.000-08:00

A CRIME OF PASSION! That's what the newspapers called it.

You be the Judge each and every SUPER FREE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

Here is some of the EVIDENCE.

GUILTY!

2008-02-12T09:48:00.001-08:00

That's right. We did it. And we'll do it again. Each and every Wednesday night at 7pm.

But we won't be alone. That's right. We got accomplices.

VACATION ISLAND is guilty by association.

You better be there. Or you're gonna miss it.

Check out the evidence.

Here's the guy who ratted us out Michael Casker.

Sex, Violence and Improv

2008-02-05T14:52:00.000-08:00

Introducing THE WILHELM.

We're a brand new house team at The People's Improv Theater that includes:

Anthony Batista , Jamie Cummings, Jonathan Desley, Julie Dulude, Lula Graves , Matthew Love, Liz Quinn and Justin Zell

We perform live on stage along with VACATION ISLAND.

This and Every Wednesday Night 7pm at THE P.I.T.

Get a glimpse of The Wilhelm in action on YouTube.
Be our friend on MySpace.

Photo by Michael Casker( www.michaelcasker.com)