Study Hall: Comedy Inspired By Lectures is coming to Indianapolis for the 2025 Indy Fringe Festival! Now we need an incredible cast, so we’re holding auditions!
Study Hall is a comedy show that mixes lectures from the world of academia and beyond with improv comedy to create a performance that is both entertaining and educational. Audience members and cast alike learn, laugh, and leave without homework. Study Hall has been running regularly in Philadelphia since 2013 and now periodically performs in Chicago. Now Indianapolis is getting its own chapter. We’re looking for improvisers of all skill levels and backgrounds to put together the best cast possible.
Auditions will be held on Thursday, June 5th from 7pm – 9pm at the IF Theatre at 719 E St. Claire Street in Indianapolis. You can submit your info for an audition slot using this link.
Our audition form has all of the info you need including what to do to prepare, what to expect at auditions, and much more. If you have any questions, email indy@xroadscomedy.com.
If you are unavailable for the primary Crossroads audition on Thursday, 6/5, you can attend the IndyFringe open call auditions on May 17th and June 7th. You can register here. You should prepare a monologue as well as be prepared to improvise with some direction. If you are coming to our auditions on June 5th you do not need to come to either of the open call auditions.
GIVE A GUEST LECTURE!
We are always looking for new lecturers to join the our alumni! Schools represented over the years include Drexel University, Temple University, Arizona State University, LaSalle University, University of Pennsylvania, Jefferson University, Georgetown University, and so many more. We’ve also welcomed journalists, state senators, television personalities, and every day people that are experts in a field and love talking about what they do.
STUDY HALL BIO
Study Hall began as part of the Philadelphia Science Festival when Professor Michael Yudell was paired with Mike Marbach’s improv Team, Asteroid!.  The segment featured Professor Yudell giving short lectures from the world of public health and Asteroid! improvising scenes inspired by them. The segment was a hit and was featured in 2011, 2012, and 2013. That segment officially became Study Hall when it premiered in the 2013 Philly Fringe Festival.
In 2014 Study Hall began a regular run at the Adrienne Theater in Philadelphia and has been running just about monthly ever since – with a pause during the COVID-19 Pandemic. During that pause,
Study Hall began performing online show which ran from April 2020 through April 2021. Live performances picked up again in June of 2021. Study Hall Philly now performs monthly at the Adrienne Theater once again on the 4th Saturday of each month.Â
In September of 2024, Study Hall made it’s Chicago debut at The Second City to a sold out crowd with a returning two-show engagement in April of 2025. Plans for a fall performance are already being discussed.
Study Hall will make its Indianapolis debut in August 2025 as part of the Indy Fringe Festival at on the IF Theater’s Basile Stage. For more info you can visit Study Hall Indy’s Show Page. You can also read this write-up on Study Hall from the American Historical Society.
