Magnet Theater is pleased to announce the return of the New York Musical Improv Festival (NYMIF), now in its ninth year. Showcasing more than 200 of the biggest and brightest musical comedy performers from around the U.S, Canada and Germany!

This year’s talent ranges from traditional musical theatre fare à la Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber, to adrenaline-pumping rap battles and Hamilton-esque- style improvised historical “Hip-Hoperas!”

Featuring festival favorites such as Baby Wants Candy (with cast members whose credits include Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show, 30 Rock, The Colbert Report and Broadway’s “Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson,” sensational improvisational vocalist, Mikki Hommel who toured the US and Europe with Dweezil Zappa, and Improvised Sondheim Project (comprised of performers and faculty from legendary improv training ground The Second City in Chicago.) NYMIF is thrilled for the return of North Coast! Fresh off their Off-Broadway run at The Connelly Theater, this powerhouse team presents “ANYBODY: An Improvised Hip-Hopera.”

New additions to this year’s festival include, award-winning team, Robot Teammate – creators of #TURBULENCE running Off Broadway at SoHo Playhouse, Your Love, Our Musical who recently appeared on Bravo’s “Million Dollar Listings” and American Immigrants, feat. Anthony Veneziale, (known for his work in Freestyle Love Supreme with Lin Manuel Miranda and other Hamiltonians.)

Ticket information, show schedules and other event details can be found at www.nymif.com.

Featured performers will include…

Baby Wants Candy (NYC), The Improvised Sondheim Project (Chicago), American Immigrants (San
Francisco), NORTH COAST Presents ANYBODY: An Improvised Historical Hip-Hopera (NYC),
Your Love, Our Musical (NYC), The Armando Diaz Experience: Musical Edition (NYC), Robot
Teammate and the Accidental Party (L.A.), Vox Pop (Washington, DC), Mansical (Chicago), Mikki
Hommel (NYC), Murder ‘Til Death (San Diego), Olivia Benson (NYC), Wonderland (NYC), Hot Mess
(Kansas City/Chicago), Good Catch (NYC), ImprovBoston (Boston), Premiere: The Improvised
Musical (NYC), PYROS (NYC), IMMIGRANTS, THE MUSICAL! (PART 1) (Austin, TX), VERN
(NYC), RoboPop (NYC), After Hours (Oklahoma City), Public Pool (NYC), Bookends: A Musical
Journey (NYC/San Francisco), COMMITMENT PANTS (Chicago), Mr. Kitty (NYC), Hansbury and
Slack Present THE MOMENT: An Improvised Musical Play (NYC), Oh My Lanta (Chicago), Girls
Girls Girls (Austin, TX), Warm Blooded (NYC), James and Then Also Stoddy, Too (NYC), Pitch,
Please!!! (L.A.), Grammalot (Pittsburgh), Eastwood (Chicago), SideCar (International Ensemble) and
Trudy Carmichael’s Musical Mixer (Las Vegas).

The New York Musical Improv Festival will also be featuring up and coming performers in the NYMIF
I.P.O. (Initial Public Offering). Performing this year are Door #3 (Washington, DC), Large Mouth Bass
(Providence, RI), Noice! (NYC) and Redshirts (NYC).

SPECIAL EVENTS:
Armando Diaz Experience: Musical Edition – On Thursday, October 19 at 9:00pm, a musical edition of
the classic “Armando” form which originated at the iO (formerly known as ImprovOlympic) in Chicago.
Musical improvisors will work off of the words of a special guest Monologist to create a fully realized One
Night Only musical!

Musical Inspirado – On Thursday, October 19 at 11:00pm, the only MUSICAL improv competition in
the world! This year four musical improv teams: Warm Blooded (Magnet, NYC), Hot Mess (Kansas
City/Chicago), Oh My Lanta (Chicago), Mr. Kitty (PIT, NYC) will each accept one challenge and battle it
out for the audience’s approval. Once all of the votes have been tallied, one victor shall be awarded the
highly coveted Dale North Memorial Trophy. Don’t miss your chance to see what will be the best
competitive meeting of improvised musicals of the century!

SideCar: International Ensemble – On Saturday, October 21 at 7:00pm, a team of improvisers from all
over the U.S., Canada and Germany, will come together from their corners of the earth to create an exciting,
(possibly multi-lingual,) One-Night- Only, completely improvised musical performance!
Directed by Nikita Burdein

Trudy Carmichael’s Musical Mixer – On Saturday, October 21, 2017 at 11:30pm, this late night festival
favorite, now in its ninth year, challenges you to try your lady (and manly) luck at making up music with
some of the finest Musical Improvisers in the country. Anyone can sign up to perform – even if it’s your first
time! Keep your bankroll stashed because admission to the Mixer is 100% FREE! Hosted by Las Vegas
Lounge Legend and lush, Miss Trudy Carmichael and her trusty sidekick, T.J. with The Magnet Musical
Mixer Orchestra, a 5-piece band led by the incomparable Frankie Keys, providing improvised musical
accompaniment throughout the night!