Pull up your seat and get ready to move your minds! Lateral Move bursts forth with hilarious takes on modern society. We showcase topical subjects with sketches that contain broader ideas people face in our time and veer into the absurd and silly because we just love comedy. Our show draws on the strengths of our diverse cast, providing distinctive viewpoints created from unique voices. From political satire to zany character pieces, this show proves to be more than a lateral move. We’re interested in the friction between the polished surface and the unstable core. Our work exists in that tension: between sincerity and satire, structure and chaos, the deeply personal and the aggressively public. In our sketches, characters unravel while smiling; institutions collapse under the weight of their own logic. Nothing is safe, but everything is seen. Bio Lateral Move sketch comedy collective’s cast and writers are from across the United States, while being informed by our lives in New York City. We're a big team with big ideas. Our collective includes writers and actors from different backgrounds in comedy and performance including improv, clown and stand-up to showcase the range of our skills. Our members have studied at various comedy schools in New York City including Second City, the Brooklyn Comedy Collective, Upright Citizens Brigade, Magnet Theater, and The PIT.  We have performed across theaters in New York City including Caveat, Brooklyn Comedy Collective, Under St. Marks, Brooklyn Art Haus and through a residency at the Players Theatre. We also performed at the Rochester Fringe Festival and our digital sketches were nominated for Best Comedy & Best Micro-Episode Series at NYC Web Fest.