JAY — Armed with only their wits and suggestions from the audience, members of the Teachers Lounge Mafia will deliver more than an hour of improv comedy Friday, Oct. 2, at Jay-Niles Library.

Sometimes the laughs come in the form of audience-interactive games and sometimes in the shape of longer scenes and story lines.

Teachers Lounge Mafia has performed throughout western and Central Maine, most recently bringing its particular brand of improv comedy to The Granary in Farmington. The group is made up of local comic actors Jeff Bailey, Natalie Bean, Alex Kreitzman, Gavin Pickering, Emily Pottle, Dan Ryder and Kyla Wheeler, several of whom have appeared onstage as members of area comic groups Lawn Chair Pirates and Curtain Raisers.

They take inspiration from “Saturday Night Live,” “Upright Citizens Brigade,” “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” and “The State” and their own original story lines.

The 7:30 p.m. performance is free, but donations of nonperishables to aid the library’s recent food drive are encouraged.
The show contains mature content. For more information, e-mail [email protected] or call 578-0357.

Teachers Lounge Mafia, from left, are Kyla Wheeler, Dan Ryder, Natalie Bean, Jeff Bailey, Gavin Pickering and Emily Pottle.