About
What is Comics In Action?
Trek Fest 2006
Comics in Action is an improvisational comedy troupe performing intense, in-your-face, unscripted shows highly bent on causing audiences to split their sides with laughter. In other words, CIA is a hyper-intensified version of ABC’s “Whose Line is it Anyway?” with a “Men in Black” twist.
What can I expect from a C.I.A. performance?
A typical CIA performance is 75-minute long (including a 5 minute intermission or “debriefing”), with the Agents performing ten improvised games.
How long has Comics In Action been active?
Since 2002. Wow. We’ve been at this a while…
How did Comics In Action begin?
Abe Peterka, along with his friends Chris Hanel, L. Stephan Phelan and Josh Wasta, started Comics In Action in Cedar Rapids Iowa. An active performer in Theater Cedar Rapids and a veteran member of the national comedic improv troupe Comedy Sportz, Peterka had waited quite some time to see an improv troupe come to Eastern Iowa. Eventually they all got tired of waiting and created Comics In Action.
Where is Agent Skipper?
St. Louis, MO
How did ‘Agent Collateral Damage’ get his name?
Agent Collateral Damage says, "Aaarrrgh."
If you weren’t at that particular Hilltop Bar & Grill performance, you simply wouldn’t understand. However, from that particular incident, EVERY C.I.A. Agent has a permanent ‘moniker’…which is a good thing.
Hey! Can I become a Comics In Action Agent?
Sure. If you can act, sing, tell a joke or all three. Give us a holler.
Can Comics In Action perform at our event?
You’ll be surprised what we can do. Follow the links to the ‘Contact’ page and drop us a line with the pertinent details. One of our Comics In Action staff members will get in touch with you shortly after.
Are your shows…’dirty’?
The Agents of Comics In Action strive for a PG-13 performance. We take pride in our ability to provide good, clean fun for the entire family and we firmly believe that one doesn’t have to swear in order to be funny. However, our shows are unscripted, which means that we can tailor our performances to match your tastes. Because, sometimes, the correctly timed ‘expletive’ (if used with proper diligence) can be absolutely hysterical.
