LEARN AND LAUGH IN ONE HILARIOUS HOUR!
Study Hall will soon be in session! This long running comedy will be making its Indianapolis debut as part of the 2025 Indy Fringe Festival! Study Hall mixes lectures on a wide variety of topics with improv comedy to create an experience unlike you have seen before – or will see again! Guests from all walks of life will speak on a topic from their field of expertise after which our cast of amazing improvisers will use what they learned (or didn’t learn) to create hilarious scenes right before your eyes! You’ll learn, laugh, and leave without homework. Tickets on sale in June!
Study Hall has performed at / for the Franklin Institute, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Academy of Natural Sciences, The Museum of the American Revolution, Drexel University, Arizona State University, and more! Check out this great write up in Perspectives on History from the American Historical Society.
UPCOMING ASSEMBLIES
Study Hall: Comedy Inspired By Lectures is coming to the 2025 Indy Fringe Festival for 3 performances in the Basile Theater! Tickets will be on sale in June. Don’t be tardy!
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 also invite lecturers from outside the world of academia and those have included politicians, podcast hosts, television anchors, infectious disease experts, organization founders, and a very wide variety of other experts.
The below button will take you to our google form to ask you some brief questions about you, your lecture ideas, and schedule.
STUDY HALL FIELD TRIPS
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A One Of a Kind Experience For Your Guests!
This isn't some off-the-shelf comedy show. Study Hall is an improv show that is different every single time it is performed. Plus, we involve you in the process so that we can make this show specific to your target audience.
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Entertaining AND Educational!
How many comedy shows do you watch where you actually learn something? In Study Hall the learning is built right in! We feature 3-5 interesting lectures that you can choose!
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Make Your Team the Star of the Show!
Study Hall can use people from your school or business to provide the lectures during the performance adding an other personalized you won't get elsewhere.
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Perfect For All Kinds of Events!
Study Hall's format can adapt to perform at small and large events. Here are just a few: Underclass orientation, parent teacher weekends, company retreats/conferences, birthday / retirement / anniversary parties, and much more.

BRING STUDY HALL TO YOU!
Contact us now to set up your free consultation. We will talk about the kind of workplace you want to have and how we can help get you there. No obligation to move forward.
OUR BIOGRAPY
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.
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. Tickets on sale soon!