If you took a giant dollop of American Idol, added a heaping helping of The Voice, and tossed in a massive spoonful of America's Got Talent, you'd have a lot of caterwauling singers standing around waiting to belt.

But if you wrap those competitions into a Whose Line Is It Anyway?-style format, and stage it at an Ann Arbor brewpub, then you have Mic Drop, a new improv singing competition, which debuts at 6:30 pm on Sunday, January 25, at hear.say brewing + theater. Mic Drop then runs every fourth Sunday of the month through June, at a minimum.

The rotating cast of singers includes Kyler Wilkins (aka Ki5), Leah Gittlen, Forrest Hejkal, Elizabeth Harding, Caitlyn Crowel, Josh McDaniel, Julia Snyderwine, Jenna Jansa, Toriano Drane, Katie Parzych, Beth Dutridge-Corp, Kara Williams, Sara Rose, and Shelly Smith.

Music director Jamie Artman will accompany the crooners on a variety of instruments, primarily guitar and keyboards.

Mic Drop's director, Michelle Weiss, wrote in an email that the song topics "are determined by audience suggestion, but the characters [singers] will determine their genre ahead of time. Just like people on The Voice or American Idol know that they're pop singers or country singers, the characters that are the Mic Drop contestants will know if they're an R&B singer or an alternative rocker. But, since none of the music is pre-recorded, the genre is slightly flexible depending on what the suggestion and the vibe is during the show, and what comes out of the improvisers on stage."

Once the audience member's suggestion is accepted, "the songs are made up instantaneously," Weiss wrote. "Usually, what happens is that the music director, Jamie, picks an instrument based on the suggestion and starts to play the musical accompaniment. Then, the soloist listens to that accompaniment and lets it inspire them to start singing the melody and lyrics on the spot. They will also have accompaniment from additional cast members serving as background singers."

The evening's winner will be selected by the audience, and after Mic Drop concludes, there will be a jam session, and all are welcome to join and "gain experience performing musical improv in a welcoming, low-stakes environment."

The first "Mic Drop" is at 6:30 pm on Sunday, January 25, at hear.say brewing + theater, 2350 West Liberty Street, Ann Arbor. Tickets are $20. "Mic Drop" will then run every fourth Sunday of the month, at least through June 2026. Visit facebook.com/micdropimprov for more info.