Description

After a stellar SOLD OUT show in 2024, CSZ Philadelphia is proud to welcome back 2 Square to our theater.

In 2 Square, John Lutz and Peter Grosz take a single suggestion and spin it into an improv comedy extravaganza. Every show features a kaleidoscope of scenes, characters, and callbacks that amazingly come together in a satisfying conclusion. It’s not to be missed!

Our Theater

Our 100-seat theater is comedy-intimate and ADA accessible. You get great sight-lines, comfy seats, private bathrooms, and a concessions stand with moderately-priced snacks and drinks. Everything you need is conveniently located in our space.

Well, almost everything.

We don’t serve alcohol.

But we are BYOB, that means no markup on liquor.

Grab a bottle and a couple of friends; don’t miss a show that does not happen in Philly very often.

Get your tickets now!

RATED R | LONG FORM | BYOB

Schedule

📅 Show Times:
Saturday, April 5, 2025 @ 9 PM

📍 Where:
CSz Philadelphia, 2030 Sansom Street

⏰ Running Time:
60 minutes

🥤 Concessions:
Snacks and soft drinks are available for purchase. We are BYOB.

CSz Philadelphia accepts credit cards at the Box Office. Sorry, we no longer accept cash or Sonic Chocolate Chunk Brownie Blasts.


Tickets


Cast

JOHN LUTZ has been acting, improvising and writing for over 30 years. You may know him best as Lutz from 30 Rock. Other screen appearances include: Loot, Chicago Med, The Good Wife, and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. He wrote for Saturday Night Live from 2004-2010 and is currently in his 10th year writing for Late Night with Seth Meyers. For 3 years, he toured the world from Bangkok to Rockford, IL with The Second City National Touring Company. He created, co-wrote and produced the series Mapleworth Murders, which is streaming on Roku. He is currently featured in the 3rd season of Girls5Eva on Netflix. Check out his website www.john-lutz.com and follow him on Twitter at @ShutupLutz and Instagram at @shutup_lutz.

PETER GROSZ has been teaching improvisation and writing at various theaters across America for over 20 years. In Chicago he wrote and performed in four Second City resident company reviews and was a founding member of the experimental improv groups JTS Brown, 4 Square and 2 Square. He has written for The Colbert Report, Late Night With Seth Meyers and At Home With Amy Sedaris and was the Executive Producer/Showrunner for The President Show. On screens you’ve seen him in The Menu, Veep, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and more. On stage he was in the play Goodnight, Oscar starring Sean Hayes on Broadway. You can hear him on Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me on NPR and he was in a few commercials for Sonic drive-in, but only for 18 years so you might have missed them.


Workshops

Back to the Basics - John Lutz | 3 Hours

Learn how to make your improv less complicated by just going back to the core principles of improvisation. As performers, we tend to forget the simple things that we learned when we first started improvising. John Lutz will take you through a reminder course of the basics of improv: “Yes, and…”, emotional stakes and object work. And by going back to these simple “rules” of improv, it will help you create more playful and dynamic scenes.

BACK TO THE BASICS

When: Saturday, April 5, 2025
Time:
12 PM - 3 PM
Instructor:
John Lutz
Location:
CSz Mainstage (2030 Sansom Street)
Fee:
$100


Unconditional Support - Peter Grosz | 3 Hours

How can you become a more confident improviser, a better scene partner and the ultimate fellow teammate? By focusing on one thing: Unconditional Support. In this workshop, Peter Grosz will use the principles developed in the shows JTS Brown, 4 Square and 2 Square to show you how supporting the moves of your fellow players will actually make you a better, more confident improviser. If you’re feeling stuck and unsure of what to do, the answer is always Unconditional Support. Through a combination of individual and group exercises he’ll create the space for experimentation, risk and a ton of fun. Come shake off the cobwebs and rediscover the joy of improvisation.

Unconditional Support

When: Saturday, April 5, 2025
Time:
3:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Instructor:
Peter Grosz
Location:
CSz Mainstage (2030 Sansom Street)
Fee:
$100