8pm, August 29th, 2009 
Village Gate 2nd Floor
THE BENEFIT
The URMC Transplant Patient Fund assists patients with emergency expenses related to solid transplant care as well as providing resources to patients  from upstate New York who come to Rochester for treatment.
Join us for an evening of 
Comedy, Charity, and Champions!
  “This community support being spearheaded by Village Improv members means so much to our patients and to the staff members at the University of Rochester Medical Center.”
~Mark S. Orloff, chief of the URMC Division of Solid Organ Transplantation and director of the Live Donor Liver Transplant Program  
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Improv Comedy for Rochester, NY
Village Idiots 
Pillar Theater 
274 N. Goodman, #D106,
Rochester, NY 14607 585-797-9086 VIP@improvVIP.com
Last Semi-Final!
Catch 23 Tournament
Village Idiots, Rochester NY's Improv Comedy
Voted "BEST improv troupe 
in Village Gate" 2013 

Village Idiot's Improv Comedy Rochester: Last Idiot Standing
starting February 2013

7:30pm, Saturday, 3/23/13
Each week
3 teams. 4 rounds. 
23 minutes each.
You vote for the winner!

Semi-Finals: 3/16
Final: 3/23
Final!
SOLD OUT!!!
Semi-Finals
7:30, Sat, 10/14
 Ctl + Atl + Improv
vs. Schwoone 
 vs. Big Cableknit Sweater

9:30, Sat, 10/14
 Pandas & Fake Snow
vs. Hot Sauce on My Burrito 
 vs. Cape & Cowl
PRIZES
1st place Finalist
$200 + $1/ticket*
2nd place Finalist
$100 + $.5/ticket*
3rd place Finalist: 
$50 + $.25/ticket*
2nd place Semi-finalists
$30
Competing Teams:
  • DOA: Michael Warren, Don Beechner, Ed Keegan
  • Cougar Chasers: Caitlin Heffner, Derrick Williams, Dan Hart
  • Formerly Known as Men: Michael Mordenga, Drew Burke, Nick Maggio, Kathy Crabtree
  • Pandas & Fake Snow: James Battaglia, Hobert Thompson
  • Don't Forget the Wrappers: Paul Minigiello, Caitlin Heffner
  • The Elders: Irwin Harris, Cris Peters
  • Vowel Movement: Andrew Theede, Abby DeVuyst, Eric Kohl
  • Curves Ahead: Annette Ramos, Patricia Farneth, Melissa Weiner
  • Don't forget the Wrappers: Caitlin Heffner, Paul Minigiello
Semi-Finalists Teams:
  • Pandas & Fake Snow: James Battaglia, Eric Kohl, Hobert Thompson
  • Schwoone: Brian Calmes & Peter Schaffer
  • Big Cableknit Sweater: Kathy Crabtree & Don Beechner
  • Cape & Cowl: Irwin Harris & Mike Mordenga
  • Hot Sauce on My Burrito: Michael Anthony & Derrick Williams
  • Ctl + Atl + Improv: Allie Trimboli, Thomas Macias, Leslie Bowen
SEMI FINALS (3/16/13)
7:30p, WE APOLOGIZE vs. TETRIS vs. 10 ROUND MAG 
9:30p, THE 20-SOMETHINGS vs. THE TONES vs. DOUPA

Friday, February 22
DOUPA (Meg Kristen, Curtis Lazerlee, & Mike Anthony) vs.
TETRIS (Melissa Kelly-McCabe, & Andrew D'Angio White) vs.
ANGRY SANDWICH AND VIOLENT FRIES (Brian Clames & Mike Mordenga)

Friday, March 1
THE TONES (David Coon, Andrew D'Angio White, & Alyssa Jeanne) vs.
10 ROUND MAG (Brian Calmes & Eric Kohl) vs.
CAIN & BARELY ABLE (Irwin Harris & James Trenton)

Friday, March 8 
THE 20-SOMETHINGS (Brittany Ransbottom, Konrad, & Justin) vs.
WORK IN PROGRESS (Laura Fleming, Derrick Williams, & Mike Anthony) vs.
WE APOLOGIZE (George Haag, Mark Post, & James Trenton) ​
1st place: $200
2nd place: $100
3rd Place: $35
4th place: $65
CASH PRIZES
Catch 23 Semi-Finals:
$10

Catch 23 Finals:
$15


2012 Catch 23 Winners
Pandas & Fake Snow
FINAL (3/23/13) 7:30p
 THE TONES vs.  
20-SOMETHINGS vs. 
10-ROUND MAG