Improvaganza 2013 was the 13th annual Improvaganza in Edmonton. It featured stand-up headliner Moshe Kasher, and Chicago improv heavyweights Susan Messing & Rachael Mason.
This was the first year that the festival took place at the Citadel Theatre, in both the Rice (aka The Club) & Zeidler Theatres.
Fun fact: this festival featured both Picnic (from Colombia) and DJ Mama Cutsworth (from Winnipeg). They would play a Theatresports match together where they would become inspired to develop a larger show together. And so, the international touring improv phenom Speechless was born, which would appear again at Improvaganza a few years later.
Festival acts in 2013 included:
- Big Fella (Mark Little, Craig Anderson, Conor Holler & Kyle Dooley) | Across Canada
- The Boys (Rachael Mason & Susan Messing) | Chicago
- Craig Martell | Edmonton
- CRUMBS (Stephen Sim & Lee White) | Winnipeg
- Dad’s Garage (Matt Stanton & Ed Morgan) | Atlanta
- DieNasty | Edmonton
- Dr. Whom (Tad Hargrave & co) | Edmonton
- Dylan Goes Electric (Paloma Nunez & Kevin Whalen) | Toronto
- The Harold of Galactus (Mark Meer & Chris Craddock) | Edmonton
- Jon Mick | Edmonton
- The Late Night Cabaret (A special ‘ganza edition of the official Fringe talk show)
- Like Father, Like Son (Julian Faid & Jessie McPhee) | Edmonton
- Mama Cutsworth (Sarah Michaelson) | Winnipeg
- Mark Little | Toronto
- Mirage (Ken Lawson & David Milchard) | Vancouver
- Moshe Kasher | Los Angeles
- Peter N’ Chris (Peter Carlone & Chris Wilson) | Vancouver
- Picnic (Felipe Ortiz, Daniel Orrantia) | Bogota, Colombia
- Press Start (Nick Shostak & Co) | Edmonton
- Evany Rosen | Toronto
- The School of Night (Sean McCann & Adam Meggido) | London, UK
- The Sufferettes (Becky Johnson & Kayla Lorette) | Toronto
- The Sunday Service (Ryan Beil, Caitlin Howden, Taz Vanrassel, Aaron Read) | Vancouver
- Upfront Theatre (Billy Tierney & Galen Emanuele) | Bellingham
- International Festival Ensemble, featuring Jamie Cavanagh, Wayne Jones, Veslemoy Morkid, Paloma Nunez, Daniel Orrantia, Amy Shostak, Fraz Wiest, Judy Wensel, Kevin Whalen, Matt Young, Duncan Walsh Atkins