Chris DeLuca

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Had a great time playing A Night of Suite-Talk last night in Brooklyn with the Cat’s Cradle Ensemble. SuiteTooth hosted an awesome show. Thanks to them and Daddy Needs a Win, who also performed! 🎭

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Had a great time playing Bird and Friend’s improv show last night with The Cat’s Cradle Ensemble at Otto’s Shrunken Head. If you don’t know what any of that means, forgive the absolute word salad. 🎭

Had a great time playing Brooklyn Comedy Collective’s Fun and Dumb Improv Fest last night. Ryan had to run to another show before we took our photo but please rest assured he was there too. 🎭

Five people smiling and posing in front of a fun and dumb branded background.

Had a great improv show with Loose Corn at The Everything Hour. Fun set, great audience. Thanks to Rachel and Remy for being our brave speed daters! 🎭

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Some photos of Cat’s Cradle from #XLFest2025, taken by Maddy Pryor.

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The full video of our set is also up. 🎭

Had a great time at XL Happy Valley improv fest. The organizers put on the best run improv festival I’ve ever attended in my roughly twelve year improv career. Heading back to NYC tired and happy.

My improv team The Cat’s Cradle Ensemble played the XL Happy Valley Improv Fesitval last night. Such a fun show, as were all the other teams. Check out our set if you’re inclined.
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Friday was Cat’s Cradle’s last show of the year at Player’s Theatre. Thanks to everyone who came out show after show to see us, we had an amazing run. Looking forward to next year!

Had the pleasure of performing in the Baltimore improv festival this weekend. Had a blast. Thank you to all the organizers and everyone who came out!
Three men, two white one brown, flapping their arms and opening their mouths like birds against a brick wall.

From our Happy Valley improv show. Baby bird improv is the best improv, demonstrably. 🎭🐣

Our show at Happy Valley improv fest went great last night. Loose, funny scenes and a hot crowd. Lots of nice compliments afterwards. I played a baby bird regurgitating food into people’s mouths.

On my way to the Happy Valley improv festival. My first time attending and performing. Very excited.

Very excited for our Cat’s Cradle Improv Show. It will be epic.

Listen, our monthly Cat’s Cradle improv show is going to be sick. Come on out if you can. The funniest way to spend your evening, or your grumpiness back.

Improv comedy featuring Cat's Cradle Friday May 3 9:30pm at the players theatre. Tickets at www.catscradleimprov.com

MJ took incredible photos of our Cat’s Cradle improv show last week. Give them a follow if you’re on Instagram!

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The Cat’s Cradle Ensemble’s monthly residency continues at the Player’s Theatre! Come on out if you’re in NYC. March 29th, get your tickets.

It’s showtime tonight for my improv team The Cat’s Cradle Ensemble. Big times at the players theatre. Getting in the zone.

Over the weekend I saw the Black History Month Check In Show, an evening of all black improvisation and one sketch. Such a funny show.

Six black improvisors, half women half men, dancing on a black box theater stage.
A photo of me on stage in a black box theater, shot from behind. I'm a bald, aging white man. I'm wearing black jeans and a pastel pink dress shirt. My hands a splayed out in eggagerated gestures. Some of my improv teammates, an Asian woman, three white men, and a black man, look on.

Got to perform in a wonderful, supportive speed-dating improv show last night. These shows are always so fun and the audience has such a great time, not to mention us the performers. Check loose corn on Instragram for upcoming shows.

Our Cat’s Cradle show is sold out! Thanks to everyone who bought tickets–we’re very excited to put on a great show for y’all. If you don’t have tickets, there will be a wait list, so arrive at 8:30pm to add your name.

My group the Cat’s Cradle Ensemble is performing a fully improvised off Broadway show at the Player’s Theater, Friday October 27th at 9:30pm. Tickets are selling fast!

Corck board with a note clipped to it. The note’s title is “Chris Highlights”. The note reads, “Hi. Listen, alright? I’m telling you a story about me, Chris DeLuca, the improvistor. I’ve locked the doors. They’re in my apartment, so it doesn’t affect you, but I still want you to think about it. My improvisational style has been described as silly, featuring big doofy character work, combined with quick footed logic to tie everything together. Who made that description? Who cares! More importantly, who smells? Me? Wrong. I’m in my apartment, so I know you can’t smell shit. You plinth weasel. My comedic voice is very gentle. Jesus.” An organge callout over the corkboard reads, “Come see chris at the players theatre 10/27 | 9:30pm”

Just played Cage Match at Caveat with Loose Corn. Thanks to Max, the two out of towners, and the Kaplan Brothers. For anyone outside the NYC improv scene this has been an impenetrable word salad.

Seven improvisers posing goofy on stage

On the way to Utica to perform in the Uptown improv festival. There have been the expected number of bits in the car.

The improv team I play in, The Cat’s Cradle Ensemble, will be performing the Utica Uptown Improv festival October 6th. The whole festival will be a blast, so come out if you’re in the area! www.utcany.org/tickets