Format
The Lobby usually performs shortform improv, very similar to the styles of Whose Line is it Anyway? and ComedySportz. A normal show consists of 10 to 12 short improv games that are each based on a suggestion from the audience.
Every shortform show contains a game in which The Lobby's host, Josh Nicols, interviews an audience member and then the game is played based on that interview. An example of an interview game is Eulogy, in which the players act out the audience member's funeral. The Lobby has also invented several games, such as CSI: Punnsylvania, which is based on the television show CSI: Miami. CSI: Punnsylvania was featured in William Hall's book, The Playbook, Improv Games for Performers.
Occasionally, The Lobby has performed a longform show. The format of the longform show is based on a genre of movie (such as a romantic comedy or comic book movie). The host gets a handful of suggestions from the audience, and then the players act out a twenty minute movie based on those suggestions.
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