Indie Cage Match Rules

  • Each team gets 15 minutes to perform. Once all three teams have gone, there will be 10 minutes of fun and whimsical comments from the panel.
  • This is an opportunity for indie teams (in contrast to theatre house teams). We define “indie team” as a team containing no more than 50% house team members
  • All team members must have taken at least Level 2 at UCB (or equivalent. Left to discretion of show organizers.)
  • Your starting cast list must remain the same. You cannot add members that are not in your original cast list if you win and continue to compete.  If you have cast missing for one they can join for other shows.
  •  Winner comes back to compete the following week.  Losing teams can submit again for a future spot.
  • Once a team has won three times in a row they get a future spot at CAGE MATCH NYC at UCB Chelsea; additionally, after three wins a team is retired from Indie Cage Match for that season.
  • The winner is determined from both audience voting and voting from a panel of three judges. Each of judge gets one vote and the audience pick (as determined by a popular ballot vote at end of show) gets two votes.
  • If a team wins three times and is retired for the season, a team booked later in the roster (known as the “Indie Cage Match Bench”) will be drawn at random to replace the retired team the following week.


HOW TO SUBMIT

To submit your team please send an email with full cast names and highest improv training level of each team member, along with the form of your show, and the name of your coach to indiecagematchucbeast AT gmail.com