What If?

Let’s PLay the what if game

Buying the bar a round of drinks? Skydiving? Living in another country for a year? What If is a solo improv show about the dreams we wait to chase and the obstacles that get in the way. With the audience joining in as the good and bad voices in our heads, Mary Carpenter (ComedySportz, It Doesn’t Matter, Improvised Star Wars,) hilariously celebrates the flaws, fabulosity and funniness that we all have inside of us.

Has Appeared Nationally at:

• Baltimore improv Festival

• Countdown Improv Festival

• Hartford Improv Festival

• The Nestival

Mary Carpenter has been with CSZ Philadelphia since 1992, where she has worked as a performer, teacher, Education Director, Business Manager, Artistic Director, and Executive Director. She holds degrees in theatre from Northwestern University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. Her improv training began at The Second City in Chicago and continued with Mick Napier, Keith Johnstone, Joe Bill, and Jill Bernard. In addition to ComedySportz, Mary’s improvisation experience includes City of Nutterly Love with The Second City, It Doesn’t Matter, ‘Til Death Do Us Part, and 3M. She has directed I’ll Have What She’s Having, The SINsation, and co-created/directed Improvised Star Wars with Mykey Carpenter. Recently, she has appeared in Detective Improv, Odd at Sea, and Frankenstein’s Body. She has performed her solo improv show What If  both locally and nationally, at the CSz Mini Longform Festival, SideQuest’s Weird Weekend, Hartford Improv Festival, Baltimore Improv Festival, Countdown Improv Festival, and the Nestival.