CounterClockwise Comedy is Kansas City Entertainment.

Professional improvisors, movie-roasters and performers of all-around hysterical live entertainment in Kansas City.

August Change: Now Roasting Sex In The City at Crown Center.

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Hey gang! At Screenland’s request, we’re moving our August Movie Roast to Crown Center and we’ll be roasting Sex and The City. More info below.

  • Movie RoastSex And The City
    @Screenland Theatre at Crown Center
    9:30 PM – Friday, August 20th
    9:30 PM – Saturday, August 21st
  • Sex And The City is that hot smart funny girl you knew while she was a TV series that hasn’t aged well. Come help us put the ginger, the priss, the ho and horse in their right place-not on a silver screen-at the end of a punch line.
  • Advance Tix – $10 Online
    Box Office Tix – $12 at the door
    No one under 17 in the Theater, Please
    Full bar service available
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July Movie Roast: Ghost

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Ghost Movie Roast Poster

We roasted him while he danced dirty and we can certainly do it while he’s dead. (His character, ya sicko!) Awww… poor Demi and Patrick don’t stand a chance. Bring a pottery wheel and I’ll buy you a drink!

Movie Roast: Ghost
@Screenland Theatre in The Crossroads
9:30 PM – Friday, July 9th
9:30 PM – Saturday, July 10th

Advance Tix – $10 Online
Box Office Tix – $12 at the door
No one under 17 in the Theater, Please
Full bar service available
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June Movie Roast: Jaws

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Kansas City Movie Roast: Jaws

  • We’re gonna need a bigger grill… Join as we watch the seminal horror classic: Jaws. If you play it backwards it’s a movie about a shark that keeps throwing up people until they have to open a beach. We will be playing it forward and cracking wise. Come join us!
  • Advance Tix – $10 Online
    Box Office Tix – $12 at the door
    No one under 17 in the Theater, Please
    Full bar service available
    View Map (opens in new window)

May Movie Roast: Twilight

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Twilight Movie Roast Poster

In horror movies, real vampires don’t sparkle, and whiney vapid girls are meant for snacking not loving. So “Hold on tight, spidermonkey!” (Actual movie dialogue.) It’s an evening of fresh-roasted puppy-love schmaltz that is going to take this teen/just-pre-menopausal melodrama sensation to all new heights!

@Screenland Theatre in The Crossroads
9:30 PM – Friday, May 21st
9:30 PM – Saturday, May 22nd

Advance Tix – $10 Online
Box Office Tix – $12 at the door
No one under 17 in the Theater, Please
Full bar service available
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April Movie Roast – Rambo: First Blood

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April Movie Roast in Kansas City - Rambo: First Blood

Now look: a debatable lazy-eye and a speech impediment is no way to judge whether or not someone can kill you in a fight and Stallone proves it in this 80’s action masterpiece. Witness the birth of a legend all over again as we do anything but contain the mess that is John Rambo’s life. He was just another drifter who broke the law! Sentenced to 93 minutes of hard roasting, son, them’s the brakes…

9:30 PM – Friday, April 9th
9:30 PM – Saturday, April 10th

Advance Tix – $10 Online
Box Office Tix – $12 at the door
No one under 17 in the Theater, Please
Full bar service available
View Map (opens in new window)

Pretty Woman Movie Roast in February!

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Pretty Woman Movie Roast

Pretty Woman Movie Roast

I know the poster is ultra-classy, but honestly we’re roasting a movie about a whore falling in love with a guy who has enough cheddar to rent her out for the week, so who cares? And for the record, we know the “gerbilling” thing (disturbing text behind that link) isn’t true; doesn’t mean it’s not hilarious.

What if Cinderella was a whore? Wouldn’t that be sweet? Well it really was sweet in 1990! The ho was Julia Roberts and she met this piggie-eyed guy who had enough money to rent her out for the WHOLE WEEK. You’ll have to see what happens after that. Why not see it with us as we tear this paper-thin plot premise to shreds! You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll wish Julia Roberts wasn’t so flat-chested.

The details:

  • First Show: 9:30PM – Friday, Feb 26th
  • Second Show: 9:30PM – Saturday, Feb 27th
  • Advance Tix – $10 Buy Online Now
  • Box Office Tix – $12 at the door
  • No one under 17 in the Theater, Please
  • Full bar service available
  • View Map (opens in new window)

CCC Gets Athletic

Filed under: Announcements, Photos

Alright, there’s been a big problem lately in the Kansas Improv scene and it has to do with too narrow a focus on the whole “performing improv” aspect of what we do. I think broadening our horizons a bit is the best way to combat this and by broadening our horizons I mean going to the target Portrait Studio (no affiliation) and getting portraits made of ourselves in sporting gear. Our athletic prowess in these photos is obvious. Enjoy…

Erik Johnson of CounterClockwise Comedy in Kansas City

Erik Johnson of CounterClockwise Comedy in Kansas City

Erik Johnson ready for the grid-iron-dojo.

Ashley Kirk of CounterClockwise Comedy in Kansas City

Ashley Kirk of CounterClockwise Comedy in Kansas City

Ashley Kirk showing off her no hands on the pig skin style.

Wade Meredith of CounterClockwise Comedy in Kansas City

Wade Meredith of CounterClockwise Comedy in Kansas City

Wade Meredith looking to serve somebody.

Bess Wallerstein of CounterClockwise Comedy in Kansas City

Bess Wallerstein of CounterClockwise Comedy in Kansas City

Bess Wallerstein is ready to ride hard.

January Movie Roast: Saturday Night Fever

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Saturday Night Fever Movie Roast

Saturday Night Fever Movie Roast

Disco trash never looked so good! Come see what happened to John Travolta after The Boy in the Plastic Bubble in his coming out breakout role. He’ll dance the night away and you’ll laugh your ass off in this modern day fairy tale about a boy and his mirror ball.
Movie Roast: Saturday Night Fever
@Screenland Theatre in The Crossroads
9:30PM – Friday, Jan 22nd
9:30PM – Saturday, Jan 23rd
Advance Tix – $10 Online
Box Office Tix – $12 at the door
No one under 17 in the Theater, Please
Full bar service available
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November Movie Roast: The Body Guard

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The Body Guard Movie Roast

The Body Guard Movie Roast

  • Come get a piece of it as we trash Whitney’s career like we’re Bobby Brown. This will be like shooting fish in a Waterworld. AND-Ieeeeeee-e-Ieeeeeee-e-Ieeeeeee will always laugh at you-ooooo-O-ooooo-O-ooooo-O-o-O-o-O-o…
  • Movie RoastThe Bodyguard
    @Screenland Theatre in The Crossroads
    9PM – Friday, November 14th
    9PM – Saturday, November 15th
  • Advance Tix – $10 Online
    Box Office Tix – $12 at the door
    No one under 17 in the Theater, Please
    Full bar service available
    View Map (opens in new window)

Halloween Movie Roast: Night of The Living Dead

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Night of The Living Dead Movie Roast

Night of The Living Dead Movie Roast

Braaaaaaaaaiiiiiiins… This month, the weekend before Halloween, we’re taking it back to the old school (’cause we’re so cool) with the zombie flick that wrote the modern day walking-dead canon. CounterClockwsie Comedy is roasting Night of The Living Dead.

We’ll also be hosting a costume contest before the show! So get all scary-fied, come out and laugh your face off…

  • Movie RoastNight of The Living Dead
    @Screenland Theatre in The Crossroads
    9PM – Friday, October 23rd
    9PM – Saturday, October 24th
  • Skip getting mugged at haunted houses in the west bottoms and come have a laugh and a drink with us as we shred the zombie film that started it all. Who says a politically subversive gore-fest can’t be laugh-out-loud hilarious?
  • Advance Tix – $10 Online
    Box Office Tix – $12 at the door
    No one under 17 in the Theater, Please
    Full bar service available
    View Map (opens in new window)

Upcoming events...

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    • Movie Roast: Sex And The City
      @Screenland Theatre at Crown Center
      9:30 PM - Friday, August 20th
      9:30 PM - Saturday, August 21st
    • Sex And The City is that hot smart funny girl you knew while she was a TV series that hasn't aged well. Come help us put the ginger, the priss, the ho and horse in their right place-not on a silver screen-at the end of a punch line.
    • Advance Tix - $10 Online
      Box Office Tix - $12 at the door
      No one under 17 in the Theater, Please
      Full bar service available
      View Map (opens in new window)
    • Movie Roast: The Breakfast Club
      @Screenland Theatre in The Crossroads
      9:30 PM - Friday, September 24th
      9:30 PM - Saturday, September 25th
    • Is Claire really a fat girl's name? Does anyone do jumping jacks and cartwheels after they smoke pot? Has this movie aged gracefully? The answer to at least two of those questions is no. Find out which ones as we bust up this gang of teenage misfits in this 80's classic that's no where near as good as you remember.
    • Advance Tix - $10 Online
      Box Office Tix - $12 at the door
      No one under 17 in the Theater, Please
      Full bar service available
      View Map (opens in new window)
    • Movie Roast: Fatal Attraction
      @Screenland Theatre in The Crossroads
      9:30 PM - Friday, October 22nd
      9:30 PM - Saturday, October 23rd
    • Sometimes you can like something too much. So much that you want to kill it. We'll be killing it all night with this late 80's thriller. It will certainly be an affair to remember!
    • Advance Tix - $10 Online
      Box Office Tix - $12 at the door
      No one under 17 in the Theater, Please
      Full bar service available
      View Map (opens in new window)
    • Movie Roast: To Be Anounced
      @Screenland Theatre at Crown Center
      9:30 PM - Friday, November 12th
      9:30 PM - Saturday, November 13th
    • We'll think of something, and you're gonna love it!
    • Advance Tix - $10 Online
      Box Office Tix - $12 at the door
      No one under 17 in the Theater, Please
      Full bar service available
      View Map (opens in new window)
    • Movie Roast: To Be Announced
      @Screenland Theatre in The Crossroads
      9:30 PM - Friday, November 12th
      9:30 PM - Saturday, November 13th
    • We'll think of something, and you're gonna love it!
    • Advance Tix - $10 Online
      Box Office Tix - $12 at the door
      No one under 17 in the Theater, Please
      Full bar service available
      View Map (opens in new window)

Before you go!

See what other live entertainment goers in Kansas City have to say...

  • "Providing continued evidence of Kansas City's improv renaissance..."
    -Alan Scherstuhl, The Pitch
  • "This is a troupe that works for their laughs. The improvisational games are fresh, hip, creative and hysterically funny."
    -Kate Egan, KC Stage
  • "Who assembled this team of SuperFriends!? It's too much I tell you! I can't breathe out my lungs no more!!"
    -Jill Bernard, Drum Machine
  • "...brings the funny like you wouldn't believe... strong, inventive performers."
    -Alan Scherstuhl, The Pitch
  • "That's got to be like, the funniest f!@#ing thing I've ever seen."
    -A LOUD Blonde Audience Member
    3rd row; 4th from the right
    Summer '08 Show