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We are excited to anounce the opening (and sadly the closing) of Travel2Change: The Musical!
We are putting the spotlight on fellow Arts at Marks partners Travel2Change and their founder Dr. Thomas Kohler
Join us for a night of major LOLs! We promise you’ve never seen a show like THIS before…
Tickets:
$15 online or $20 at the door
Doors open at 7:30pm
Show begins at 8pm
Parking: Street, meter or garage
Soft drinks, wine and beer will be available for purchase
About Travel2Change:
travel2change is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that imagines travel as a catalyst for creating positive impacts. We believe that by exploring the world, we can better it. Our mission is to make travel meaningful and beneficial by providing unique opportunities that the typical traveler would not ordinarily experience. By offering opportunities that achieve sustainability, we empower local communities to benefit from travel.
travel2change aspires to connect travelers with locals who provide unique undertakings that directly give back to Hawaiian culture and nature. travel2change activities are hands-on, off the beaten path and authentic, and include for example cultural walking tours, adaptive swimming and surfing, stream restorations, beach cleanups combined with yoga sessions, or tree planting with hikes.
Our events are the sweet spot between volunteering and something fun.

Join us for some ULTIMATE IMPROV SHOWDOWN MADNESS! A tournament style night of improv featuring some of Hawaii’s top players and special guests!
Cost: $15 online or $20 at the door
21 and over only
SEE YOU THERE!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Join us for our first improv comedy show of 2018 at The Arts at Marks in Chinatown!
Featuring some of Hawaii’s top players and special guests!
Cost: $15 online or $20 at the door
Parking: Street, Paid Garage or Valet
Doors: 7:30pm
Showtime: 8pm
SEE YOU THERE!

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie that’s…IMPROV!
Join us for a special LOVE THEMED musical improv comedy show at Arts at Marks in Chinatown.
Perfect night out for couples, singles, awkward dates and more!
Cost: $15 online or $20 at the door
Parking: Street, Paid Garage or Valet
Doors: 7:30pm
Showtime: 8pm
21 & over only.
SEE YOU THERE!

We’re heading back to our birthplace for a FREE Improv Comedy Show!
Back in 2012, improvhi.com was created in a little Kaka’ako co-working space located at 685 Auahi street. When that place closed down, improvhi.com returned to that same address to ANOTHER co-working space to teach classes and hold shows. Once again…685 Auahi Street calls us back to the arms of their new tenants…MORNING BREW!
We LOVE the Morning Brew team and CAN’T WAIT to partner up for a one night only (for now) comedy show!
FREE! FREE! FREE TO MORNING BREW CUSTOMERS!
Grab a drink, eat a snack and laugh your booty off with us.
PARKING: SALT Parking Garage or Street.
Recommended for 18 and over.

We’re bring back the ‘Improvhi Test Kitchen!’ A casual showcase where local folks whip up an original and delicious improv or sketch comedy recipe and YOU get to taste it!
Got an improv form that you’ve been wanting to try? Or maybe a sketch that you want to put on its feet?
Come on by and test it out. Open improv jam to follow. NEWBIES VERY WELCOME!
Sign ins begin a 7pm at Arts.
Each form or sketch will get about 12 minutes to play. Possibly more depending on the amount of sign ups.
Not too sweet.
Not too rancid.
Always original.
Come out and support local comedy and the arts!

Join for the opening night (and sadly the closing night) of OTTO CAKE: THE MUSICAL!
This entirely improvised musical comedy will feature everyone’s favorite rockstar cake maker! Everything from the lines to the lyrics to the music to the fancy dance moves will be completely made up on the spot.
Show: 8:00pm
Doors: 7:30pm
Cost: $20
Parking: Street or Parking Garage
21 & over only.
We promise you’ve never seen a show like this before…

Join us for some ULTIMATE IMPROV SHOWDOWN MADNESS! A tournament style night of improv featuring some of Hawaii’s top players and special guests!
Cost: $15 online or $20 at the door
21 and over only
SEE YOU THERE!

If you’re a kid who likes to make people laugh, wants to break out of their shell or just wants to try something new…these classes are for you!
Improvhi presents 4 afternoons filled with creativity and some major LOLs!
Comedy Camp will focus on:
Performance Skills
Improv Comedy
Sketch Comedy
Script Writing and Storytelling
There will be a casual showcase on the last day of camp. Family, friends and special guests are welcome to join us for some laughs!
Open to students entering grades 5th – 12th. Limited space.
Cost: $125
Dates: April 14, 21, 28 and May 1st
Times: 11am – 1pm
Location: The Iolani Center – 1234 Kona Street (off of Piikoi)
Parking: Private Lot
Instructor: Kimee Balmilero
Students should bring their own snacks and drinks. No food will be provided at Comedy Camp.
About The Instructor:
Hawaii born actor Kimee Balmilero has been performing professionally since 1994 thanks to her first paying gig as “Woody Woodpecker” at an Earth Day Fair. Other professional credits include: The 3X Emmy Nominated series “Hi-5,” the Original Broadway Cast of “Mamma Mia,” “Miss Saigon,” and most recently, the recurring role of Dr. Noelani Cunha on “Hawaii Five-0.” While working in NYC and LA for 15+ years, she studied improv & sketch comedy at the famed Uprights Citizens Brigade Theatre in Hollywood.
Kimee has performed at such venues as: Radio City Music Hall, The Kodak Theater, UCB in LA, Second City-Hollywood and iO West and has been featured on “The Today Show,” “Live with Regis and Kelly,” and “The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.”
Since moving back to Hawaii in 2012, Kimee founded and is the “Head Sillypino” of improvhi a company and website dedicated to sketch and improv comedy in Hawaii.
In March 2015, she created and produced the first ever Hawaii Sketch Comedy Festival at the Honolulu Museum of Art’s Doris Duke Theater.
A lifetime student of the legendary Ronald E. Bright, Kimee made her directorial debut with the Hawai’i Premiere of “Mamma Mia” at the historical Diamond Head Theatre in Honolulu. The show was a hit with Hawaii audiences and was sold out for the entire run and extension.
In her spare time, Kimee enjoys karaoke-ing, garage sale-ing, instagram-ing, eating diner spaghetti, pretending like she’s a contestant on “Top Chef,” and dreaming about sinigang.

If you’re a kid who likes to make people laugh, wants to break out of their shell or just wants to try something new…these classes are for you!
Improvhi presents 4 afternoons filled with creativity and some major LOLs!
Comedy Camp will focus on:
Performance Skills
Improv Comedy
Sketch Comedy
Script Writing and Storytelling
There will be a casual showcase on the last day of camp. Family, friends and special guests are welcome to join us for some laughs!
Open to students entering grades 5th – 12th. Limited space.
Cost: $125
Dates: April 14, 21, 28 and May 1st
Times: 11am – 1pm
Location: The Iolani Center – 1234 Kona Street (off of Piikoi)
Parking: Private Lot
Instructor: Kimee Balmilero
Students should bring their own snacks and drinks. No food will be provided at Comedy Camp.
About The Instructor:
Hawaii born actor Kimee Balmilero has been performing professionally since 1994 thanks to her first paying gig as “Woody Woodpecker” at an Earth Day Fair. Other professional credits include: The 3X Emmy Nominated series “Hi-5,” the Original Broadway Cast of “Mamma Mia,” “Miss Saigon,” and most recently, the recurring role of Dr. Noelani Cunha on “Hawaii Five-0.” While working in NYC and LA for 15+ years, she studied improv & sketch comedy at the famed Uprights Citizens Brigade Theatre in Hollywood.
Kimee has performed at such venues as: Radio City Music Hall, The Kodak Theater, UCB in LA, Second City-Hollywood and iO West and has been featured on “The Today Show,” “Live with Regis and Kelly,” and “The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.”
Since moving back to Hawaii in 2012, Kimee founded and is the “Head Sillypino” of improvhi a company and website dedicated to sketch and improv comedy in Hawaii.
In March 2015, she created and produced the first ever Hawaii Sketch Comedy Festival at the Honolulu Museum of Art’s Doris Duke Theater.
A lifetime student of the legendary Ronald E. Bright, Kimee made her directorial debut with the Hawai’i Premiere of “Mamma Mia” at the historical Diamond Head Theatre in Honolulu. The show was a hit with Hawaii audiences and was sold out for the entire run and extension.
In her spare time, Kimee enjoys karaoke-ing, garage sale-ing, instagram-ing, eating diner spaghetti, pretending like she’s a contestant on “Top Chef,” and dreaming about sinigang.