Improv Battle Royale

Each month, (usually) on the third Friday, FOUR IMPROV TEAMS will enter the arena, but only ONE TEAM emerges the victor at the end! The winning team comes back to compete in the next month’s competition. The other teams disband. Teams that win three rounds, or have the most votes overall, go on to compete in the Contest of Champions in December!

THE RULES:

• Form a Four Person Improv team with three other friends, classmates, and/or strangers
  • Give your team a name, then enter using the form below.
  • Invite people to help vote you through to the next rounds!
  • If you don’t have three other friends, classmates, or strangers, let us know on the form and we’ll hook you up with an ad hoc team!
• At 7pm the Undercard Round begins with each of the four teams getting 11 minutes to perform any format of their choosing. Play for the entire 11 minutes until blackout.  
• Per VFW house rules, all performance content MUST be PG-13 in nature. Light swearing is fine, but no graphic language or content is allowed. Breaking this rule will result in automatic elimination. 
• The audience will circle TWO teams on a paper ballot. Everyone can vote, including performers.
• At 8pm, the Head to Head competition begins with the two teams that have the most votes advancing to compete against each other, getting 20 minutes to perform any format they choose.
  • Play for the entire 20 minutes until blackout.
• The victor at the end of the night will be determined by audience applause as determined by the Show Host. The Show Host’s judgement will be final. 
• The winning team may compete in the following month’s competition. They also get their name on the Battle Royale Trophy. 
• If the winning team cannot compete in the following month’s Head to Head match for any reason, they may return at a later month to compete intact.
• All other teams must disband for the competition. The participants of those teams may then form a new team with a new name that has at least 2 improvisers that are different from their prior team, and can enter to compete again.
  • Half of one team could combine with half of another team, or an entire new group of four could be formed. 
• In December, all of the winning teams throughout the year will compete against each other to determine the Battle Royale Champion for 2025.
• Excellent sportsmanship is a requirement. Please be a gracious loser AND a gracious winner!

Competition Dates for 2025 (subject to change depending upon VFW schedule):
Friday, March 21 – Friday, April 18 – Friday, May 16 – Friday, June 20 – Friday, July 18 – Friday, August 15 – Friday, September 19 – Friday, October 17 – Friday, November 21 – Friday, December 19 (Contest of Champions)