FARMINGTON — With the snows long gone, or mostly gone, or at least, on their way out, it is time to welcome spring in grand style with food, drink, and laughter. Western Maine improv troupe, Teachers Lounge Mafia, returns with another exclusive evening of improvisational comedy dinner theater, Friday, April 30 at The Granary on Front Street.

The Teachers Lounge Mafia’s signature comedic performance, “Three Course Meal,” features a trio of scenes or vignettes occurring inside a restaurant’s dining room. Every scene is improvised, built from the suggestions of the audience. As the stories play out, audience members find themselves in the middle of the action, maybe even becoming part of the event itself. Following a brief intermission, Teachers Lounge Mafia will offer a nightcap set of crowd participation improv games designed to get willing participants a chance to flex their comic chops.

Teachers Lounge Mafia consists of area comic actors, Emily Pottle, Gavin Pickering, Jeff Bailey, Kyla Wheeler, Natalie Bean, Alex Kreitzman and Dan Ryder. Several actors are former members of other improv groups including The Curtain Raisers and Lawn Chair Pirates, while the rest aren’t. Taking inspiration from Saturday Night Live, Kids in the Hall, The State, the works of Sam Peckinpah and A.A. Milne, as well as their own twisted comic stylings, the Teachers Lounge Mafia hope to bring something different to the foothills, “and still be allowed to live here.”

Doors open and dinner seating begins at 6:15 p.m. Admission is $5, food and drink not included. Seating is limited. Advance tickets available in person at The Granary or by calling 578-0357; call at least two hours prior to show time. The show contains mature content.

For more information, contact Teachers Lounge Mafia at teachersloungemafiaimprov@gmail.com, call 578- 0357, or look for the group on Facebook and Blogger.