2026 RISE Comedy Cup – Day 1, Block 5 - Sat 12/12/26 @ 9:00 PM

2026 RISE Comedy Cup – Day 1, Block 5 - Saturday, December 12, 2026 @ 9:00 PM

The RISE Comedy Cup is a charity improv tournament hosted at RISE Comedy. Members of the Denver improv community and beyond sign up and are randomly placed onto teams of four. Proceeds from the 2026 Cup benefit Youth on Record.

Each block features four teams performing 10-minute sets of any style of improv comedy, including short form, long form and genre improv. Through judge scoring, the top nine teams move on to Day 2, joined by the Wild Cardinals: the four favorite players from teams that didn’t advance. On Day 2, the top 10 teams battle it out bracket-style based on audience voting.

Block 5 Lineup

Black Swans Starring Natalie Portman
Maddie Brown, Zach Cookston, Chandler Harris, Cass Jacoby

Tupperware Tarantulas
Justin Herbert, David Olsky, Patrick Reed, Shelley Ollig

Wooden Bats
Zach McHale, Angela Davilla, Mylene van Zijl, Todd Sullivan

The Real Mousewives
Liza Fryberger, Kayley Isaacson, Aurelia Vanderkolk, Amanda Eckert

See the full RISE Comedy Cup schedule