2026 RISE Comedy Festival (Mainstage) – Jane Austin Improv / Belle Reve - Sat 8/1/26 @ 7:00 PM

JANE AUSTIN IMPROV

Jane Austin Improv is a performance company that strives to honestly embody Jane Austen’s core fundamentals through improv comedy. Starting with a single audience suggestion, JAI devises a full-length improvised play in the style of Jane Austen — a Rom Com with A, B, and sometimes C story lines, complete with an improvised dance.

CAST: Mitchell Styer, Kristin Edwards, Liz Brenner, Walter Oji, Nick Desai, Jacob Ashton, Paul Cook

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BELLE REVE

Established in 2018, San Diego-based Belle Reve is an improvised theatre company focusing on plays in the style of Tennessee Williams. Sometimes campy and silly, at other times poignant and heartfelt — this troupe brings memorable stories and characters to life with humor and humanity.

CAST: Nick Armstrong, John Boaz, Niki Kalmus, Amber Largent, Neil Patel, Hudson Reynolds, Michael Romero, Anushree Singh