ROGUE
ELEPHANT is a long-form improv and sketch comedy troupe based in New York
City. The group peforms regularly at various comedy theatres in New York,
and plays to packed audiences at a popular Friday night improv
show they created and host at the Under St. Mark's Theatre.
Rogue
Elephant formed in 2003 after its members met in improv classes at the
Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) Theatre; all seven members have gone on
to perform with UCB house teams. A seven-time winner of the UCBT's "Cagematch"
competition (a show in which the audience votes on its favorite team),
the group has also performed at the venerable IO Theatre in Chicago; around
New York at such venues as the Red Room and Kraine theatres, CBGB's Lounge,
Variety Underground, Ash Wednesday, and the People's Improv Theater (PIT);
and, for three years running, at New York's annual Del Close Improv Marathon.
Individual members'
credits include National Commercials, Off-Broadway Theater, a slew of
sketch shows at the UCB Theatre, the web-based reality series Project
Improviser, MTV's Damage Control, The Graham Norton Effect, The Chappelle
Show, Screenvision, short video pieces for Channel102.net and Time Inc's
OfficePirates.com, and emceeing for the International Federation of Competitive
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