Uptown Theater @ Myrtle Beach Mall
Home of Carolina Improv Company
Welcome to Uptown Theater, the home of the Carolina Improv Company, the only improv training and entertaining company in Myrtle Beach. Uptown is located in the Myrtle Beach Mall (formerly the Colonial Mall, formerly the Briarcliffe Mall), across from Bath & Body Works and near Bass Pro Shop. For your convenience we recommend using the mall entrance at the back of mall between Bass Pro Shop and Carmike Cinema.
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Carolina Improv Shows at Uptown Theater
Carolina Improv offers a variety of improv shows at Uptown Theater conveniently located in the Myrtle Beach Mall. Be sure to check out our upcoming shows below or view our calendar. Uptown offers beer, wine, soda, and bottled water for purchase is smoke-free and wheelchair-accessible.
For more information about shows at Uptown or private shows for your conventions, meeting and company events call (843) 272-4242 or email gina@carolinaimprov.com
Uptown’s physical address is: 10177 N. Kings Highway, Myrtle Beach, SC 29572
Mailing address: P.O. Box 6874, Myrtle Beach, SC 29572
Founded in November 2009, Uptown Theater is a 75-seat performance and event venue that offers improv comedy shows and classes and is available for events and meetings. The resident performance company, Carolina Improv Company, performs improv comedy shows in addition to offering improv comedy classes, corporate training and customized entertainment.
Whose Beach is it Anyway? – April 4, 6, 13, 20 & 27
An improv comedy show that brings locals and tourists together to laugh at themselves!
In this audience-interactive improv comedy show, we’ll take suggestions from the audience about the funny things that pertain to Myrtle Beach and we’ll use those suggestions to create instant comedy right before your eyes! Similar to the television show “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” but about Myrtle Beach! Imagine a show about all-you-can-eat buffets, beach stores, snow birds gone wild, tourist traps, traffic jams 17 bypass, 501 and 17 business, a town called Aynor, foreign exchange students on bicycles, time share sales people, bike rallies and whatever else YOU suggest! BUY TICKETS
This show is an open run in Uptown and is appropriate for all ages.
THIS SHOW IS NEVER THE SAME DUE TO AUDIENCE SUGGESTIONS – YOU CAN RETURN AGAIN & AGAIN!
Whose College Night Out Is It Anyway? – April 11
Whose College Night Out Is It Anyway?
In this audience interactive improv comedy the players of Carolina Improv Company pay tribute to area college students with a show dedicated to them – midterms, finals, changing majors, dorm parties, Greek life, college sports – you suggest it and we’ll turn it into comedy. And if you’re not a student, you can still attend and feel young again! $5.00 with student ID, $14.00 for all others.
Trashy Novel
Trashy Novel
In this long-form improv comedy production, we will create a show based loosely on excerpts from trashy novel. The audience is encouraged to bring their favorite books. This is an 18+ show. Tickets: $10 or free with the purchase of Whose Night Out Is It Anyway on Mar. 15 at 7:30pm.
Whose Night Out Is It Anyway? – April 5, 12, 19 & 26
ChickDicktionary
This long form improv comedy (a series of improvised skits)is based on definitions, chosen by the audience, from the book “Chicktionary”. Featuring the women of Carolina Improv Company. Appropriate for 18+.
Four Letter Word – May 3
out! We’ll take a single four letter word from the audience and turn it into a
show! This 18+ show is naughty, but not nasty. BUY TICKETS
50 Shades of Improv
50 Shades of Improv
In this long-form improv comedy production, we create a show based loosely on the book 50 Shades of Grey. Not sure exactly how we’ll do that yet without the sex component, but we’ll figure it out and that’s where the comedy should occur! This is an 18+ show. Tickets: $10 or free with the purchase of the 7:30pm show that night. BUY TICKETS