Launch The New Year With Laughs And The EDGE On January 5

Launch the New Year with laughter and The EDGE Improv on January 5 at BPA. The troupe skillfully delivers imagination on demand, divined spontaneously from audience suggestions. As troupe member Cynthia Lair reflects, "Only onstage with The EDGE is there an amusement park where you pay to sit in a hole, an elevator full of people taking a shower, and an exotic dancing car repair shop. All totally believable."

Performing to sell-out crowds regularly at BPA, the troupe's shenanigans have earned a devoted community of followers seeking respite from life's wearisome worries and unrelenting news cycle. The EDGE Improv ingeniously improvises facts of all persuasion, and the group's riotous antics have inspired rave reviews from shrewd onlookers since the dawn of time.

The EDGE troupe members include Ken Ballenger, John Ellis, Todd Erler, Cynthia Lair, Susan MacPherson, Bhama Roget, Andrew Shields, Chris Soldevilla, and Matty Whitman. Visit The EDGE at www.theedgeimprov.com and www.bainbridgeperformingarts.org.

Don't miss the troupe's inaugural performance of the year on January 5 at 7:30 p.m. at BPA. Patrons are requested to arrive no later than 7:20 p.m. prior to each performance. Tickets, $16 for adults, and $12 for seniors, students, youth, military, and teachers, may be purchased online at www.bainbridgeperformingarts.org, by phone at 206.842.8569 or in person at BPA, 200 Madison Avenue North, Bainbridge Island. BPA Box Office hours are 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, and one hour prior to each performance.

BPA is supported, in part, by Bainbridge Community Foundation, the City of Bainbridge Island, and One Call for All. Bainbridge Performing Arts is pleased to offer an "Open Doors" program. Free and reduced-cost tickets to most events are available to community members in need through our partner Helpline House thanks to a grant from the Mabee Family Foundation. Please contact the BPA Box Office at 206.842.8569 or Helpline House to reserve tickets today.

Find out more about BPA at www.bainbridgeperformingarts.org