On The Spot is a uniquely unpredictable musical that puts Broadway talent with our cream of the crop NYC improvisers to create a brand new musical...on the spot!
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Here's how it works:
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Our guest singers travel from near and far to perform their favorite songs.
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Our cast of comedians are locked away in our castle, forbidden to know what the songs are!
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The cast hears these songs for the first time, one by one, as the singers perform them.
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In lieu of a one word suggestion, each song inspires our comedians to improvise a new scene,
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Music, magic, and insanity happen right before our audience as songs and scenes alternate this way, creating a brand new book to our brand new musical!
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On The Spot has been running Off-Broadway since 2015, and no two shows are ever the same. With new talent weekly and our ever-expanding roster, there is nowhere our show can’t go!
"The beauty of On The Spot, is its mixture of emotionally charged musical theater and down-to-earth timely humor" - OnStage
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Meet Our Ensemble
Nathan Armstrong
is the Executive Producer and co-creator of On the Spot. He has been acting professionally in Los Angeles and New York for two decades, with productions ranging from the tour of "Phantom" to the current run of "LMAO Off-Broadway". He has directed productions of "A New Brain", "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown", "Peter Pan" and "Absent Minded Comedy", as well as helped produce events for the Orleans in Las Vegas, the Los Angeles County Fair, the Hilton Hawaiin Village and the Sheridan Waikiki.
Patrick
Reidy
is the director and co-creator of On The Spot. He is a graduate of Salem State University and the Upright Citizens Brigade. Patrick has had the pleasure of teaching performing comedy all around the world, from NYC, to Austin Sketch Fest, to Vancouver TheatreSports.
You can also find Patrick performing sketch comedy on BoogieManja, writing and performing characters at The Armory, and singing along loudly at every Foo Fighters concert in the Tri-state area.
Christopher Catalano
is a native of New Orleans and a graduate of Florida State University. As an actor he has been seen or heard in several national commercial campaigns. On stage, Christopher has performed Shakespeare in 38 states and has appeared Off-Broadway in more than 75 plays. More information at
Andrew
Del Vecchio
has been an actor in New York City since 2010 and been improvising professionally since 2011. Originally hailing from New Jersey, Andrew graduated high school in Celebration, Florida and received his degree in theatreperformance from the University of South Florida. Andrew also performs music under the moniker: My First Day.
Jillian
Vitko
is an actor, singer, writer, musician, and improviser. She studied comedy at UCB, The Annoyance, and Magnet Theater, where she spent a year performing on a house team. She created the musical improv show True Crime the Musical with her comedy duo Beautiful Dreamers. She wrote the solo show Synesthesia the Musical (Edinburgh Fringe, NY Theatre Fest), which is being adapted into a feature film.
Grace
Palmer
is an actor, comedian, improviser, and video editor. I studied at both The Second City and iO and have been doing improv consistently for 9 years. Since moving to NYC I have started writing, acting in, producing, and editing short films with my friends at Means Of Productions.
Thomas
Burns Scully
is a British-born, Omani-raised, New York-based performer and writer. Credits include Broad City, Anheuser-Busch's 15 Minutes to Make History at SXSW (which he co-created), and being a member of Live In Theatre (Drama Desk Nominee). Winner of the WB Yeats Playwriting Award and occasional Escape Room designer for clients including Neil Patrick Harris.
Alison
Wien
was born and raised in New Jersey and she received her BFA in Drama from NYU. She's been living in the city for 10 years now. In addition to producing her own work, she's been in national voiceover and on-camera commercials, new media projects, live comedy shows, sketches, and independent films. Pre-pandemic, Alison performed in Off-Broadway's "Drunk Shakespeare," and she recently co-produced an original pilot, called “Sloppy.” Check out her website www.alisonwien.com for more.
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Andrew Whitbeck
is a multi-instrumentalist who plays with many NYC artists/ensembles. When he isn’t performing, he keeps busy by composing, arranging and teaching.
For more info, visit www.andrewwhitbeck.com.
Meg
Reilly
is a sassy Jersey girl who is lucky enough to travel the world and make people laugh. You can catch her with North Coast, Baby Wants Candy and Broadway's Next Hit Musical. Her alter, rap ego is known as La Dynasty and can be found causing a scene in NYC.
