Thursday must be Improv Night this week in Milwaukee.
Homegrown Electric Circus is engaging in the long-form version of comedy-on-the-fly. The improv and sketch comedy troupe is scheduled to perform with a Chicago-based team called Illocal Comedy. (Check out the video below.) The show starts at 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 14, at the Alchemist Theatre, 2569 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. Admission: $5. Doors open at 9.
Earlier that same evening, the ComedySportz Rec League will have a free showcase of short-form improv at 420 S. 1st St. Games begin around 7 p.m. The bar and kitchen open sometime before then.