Matt& is an improv comedy show starring Matt Holmes and an audience member. Nothing is planned; it's all made up as you're watching it based on something yelled out by the crowd. One member of the audience winds up on stage and in the show.
Matt& has performed at Philly Improv Theater, was three-time champion at the Cagematch improv competition, appeared in the 2010 Philly Fringe Festival, and has toured to perform in Northeastern PA, in Utah, in Minneapolis at Brave New Workshop, and in Atlanta at Basement Theatre and Relapse Theatre.
Matt& has appeared in the Chicago Improv Festival, Philadelphia Improv Festival, Baltimore Improv Festival, Duofest, Oberlin Improv Conference in Ohio, Penn State's RAWR! Improv Festival, and at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre's Del Close Marathon in NYC.
Matt Holmes has been improvising since 1998 and is originally from Mountain Top, PA (the Poconos). At Cabrini College, he ran On the Spot, a weekly short-form show that appeared at Skidmore College's National College Comedy Festival.
He co-founded Rare Bird Show in 2003 and has been involved with many other improv projects, such as an all-audio improv show in the dark and an mp3‑infused improv project crowned grand champion of Philly's Troika, a 3‑on‑3 improv competition.
Matt teaches workshops at national improv festivals and colleges such as Penn, Penn State, U Delaware, Oberlin, and Ohio University. He also coaches improv groups in Philly, teaches classes and workshops, and directs a Philly Improv Theater house team.
Matt performs a full improv comedy set with a complete stranger from the audience in Matt&.
"Must-See" - Philadelphia Weekly
"Loved it!" - Joe Bill; faculty at iO, Second City, and The Annoyance"Delightful ... a joy to watch" - Jill Bernard; HUGE Theater, author of "Small Cute Book of Improv"