ImprovBoston's WHEEL OF AUSTEN to Spin Every Friday in March

Audiences are invited to seek true love with twisted new plots and period costumes as beloved author Jane Austen gets the improv comedy treatment for ImprovBoston's newest weekly show Wheel of Austen spinning every Friday night in March at 10PM.

Wheel of Austen Director John Herman promises a brand new Jane Austen novel will come to life each night. "Taking classic Austen tropes and putting a new spin on them is a lot of fun. Will there be a marriage proposal? Probably. Smelling salts? Sure! But there might also be a UFO landing. In this show, anything can happen."

During the show, audience members spin a wheel to inspire the cast to play with Austen's literary conventions in unexpected ways. The show's creators, who are high school English teachers, assure audiences that the beloved author is treated with respect.

"All of Austen's stories are about people trying to live their best lives possible, which people today aim to achieve, too," says Producer Michelle Boncek. "The funniest things come from real life. The truth makes us all laugh."

Wheel of Austen runs every Friday, March 3rd through 31st, at 10PM at ImprovBoston. Tickets are $18 and available at ImprovBoston.com/schedule.

For over 30 years, ImprovBoston has been New England's leading theater and school dedicated to the art of comedy in all its forms. Voted "Best of Boston" by The Phoenix, The Improper Bostonian, and The Weekly Dig, ImprovBoston performers, teachers and students have included film stars, Emmy Award-winning comedians, and acclaimed producers, directors, musicians and writers. ImprovBoston alumni are featured on Conan, Late Night with Stephen Colbert, The Daily Show, America's Got Talent, Funniest Wins, Playboy, Last Comic Standing and John Oliver's Last Week Tonight, to name a few. In 2014, the Independent Reviewers of New England honored ImprovBoston with an award recognizing its longstanding contributions to the Boston theater community. As a nonprofit arts organization, ImprovBoston serves the community through laughter with youth outreach programs, workshops for businesses, scholarships, a national touring company and, of course, performances at its theater complex in Central Square, Cambridge.

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