The 3rd Annual Ocean State Black & Funny Improv Festival!

The Ocean State Black & Funny Improv Festival is back for its third year, featuring amazing Black improvisers and troupes from across the country! The festival features nightly headliner performances, guest troupes, mixer shows, and workshops!

?Our goal is to create an improv world where all are welcome to celebrate ourselves, learn from our differences, and build each other up while sharing in a space that is respectful and generous to all.

Schedule Of Events:

Thursday August 31, 2023

7 pm : Panel Discussion, Tezz's Jam: One Man Band (CA),
       The Unpronounceables (MN)

9 pm : All Star Jam! Mixer Show

Friday September 1, 2023

7 pm : Poems for Each Other (MN),
       Rochelle McConico (stand-up) (TX),
       Branded Silk (NYC),
       The Unpronounceables (MN), 3Peat (CA)

9:30 pm : Micetro! Mixer Show

Workshop Schedule

10 am - 1 pm : Playback Theater with Damilola Apotieri-Abdulai

2 pm - 5 pm : W(Holy) Trinity: A Divine Self Discovery with Tezz Yancey

?Saturday September 2, 2023

7 pm : OSBAFIF 2023 Ensemble Performance,
       Wakanda vs Everybody (Wakanda),
       3Peat (CA)

9 pm : Duos Mixer Show

Workshop Schedule

10 am - 12 pm : Make a Move with Nnamdi Ngwe

10 am - 1 pm : Stand Up Comedy Basics with Rochelle McConico

2 pm - 4 pm : Making Characters Real with Patrick Rowland

2 pm - 5 pm : Felt Tips with John Gebretatose

Sunday September 3, 2023

2 pm : Branded Silk (NYC), Wakanda vs Everybody (Wakanda)

Workshop Schedule

10 am - 1 pm : Centering Community in Improv: A Discourse with Alsa Bruno

Say It With Your Chest with Stephanie Rae

OSBAFIF 2023 Performers

3Peat
Branded Silk
Wakanda vs Everybody
The Unpronounceables
Tezz's Jam: One Man Band
Rochelle McConico
Poems for Each Other

Date: August 31-September 3, 2023

Time:

Thu, Aug 31st, 2023 at 7:00 pm
Fri, Sep 1st, 2023 at 7:00 pm
Sat, Sep 2nd, 2023 at 7:00 pm
Sun, Sep 3rd, 2023 at 2:00 pm

Location:  Contemporary Theater Company, 327 Main Street, Wakefield, RI 02879

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