The immersive, trivia, puzzle competition Detective Game Show returns with a new set of cases. This time, it’s up to YOU to SOLVE them! DGS takes live murder mystery to the next level where trivia meets escape room. Devised and hosted by the puzzle-making, storytelling minds of some of New Orleans most talented creatives, DGS...
Local comedy show producers Jade Brontè and Jon Reynolds have coordinated with John F. O'Donnell, the originator of "50 First Jokes," to present a phenomenally funny start to 2024. 50 New Orleans based standup comics will tell their first joke of the year, and you'll get to bank all those laughs for the next 365...
How can you use your improv knowledge to embellish stories and explore themes in a full performance? Forms can help! Learning more about them allows you to employ structural guidelines to string scenes together in a longer show. This course will teach you the basics of three forms - Armando, Close Quarters, & Monoscene. You...
Established troupes work together to create comedy without a script. See long-form improv from two different groups who know and love each other and creativity. Who knows what they'll come up with on the spot, but we know it will take all of them working together to do it!
We are excited to welcome performers from Chicago to join a Double Special Duos show with some of our favorite improvisers partnering up for unscripted comedy. Two pairs will perform long-form improv comedy separately, and then mash-up for a double duo. It's two times the laughs for one night only.
Moral Panic highlights the most compelling and unapologetic comedians from New Orleans and beyond. Hosted by Benjamin Hoffman, this show delivers both insight and laughs leveraging the old adage - "It's funny because it's true." To further escape reality, stay around after the jokes for a dance party! Doors open at 7:30 pm, and tickets...
Just because improv is unscripted, doesn’t mean you can’t practice it! We welcome improvisers of all levels to join us weekly to hone their improv skills, learn new ones, and connect with fun folks. An improv jam is an opportunity for anyone to perform and watch scenes. You can have an awesome time while developing...
When improvising, characters help filter ideas, emotions, and actions to move through a scene. This goes beyond looks or accents to motivation - their wants, needs, and perspectives. Characters in scenes build a unique world through their eyes, and this course will support you in utilizing traits, physicality, emotions, relationships, and specificity. Improv 201 is...
A Comedy Show And Modeling Competition Rolled Into One Do You Have What It Takes Become The Next Supermodel Of The Comedy World? Join us for a night of laughter, fashion, and fierce competition as some of the city’s best comedians share their funniest jokes, But that’s not all! A few lucky audience members will...
Getting comfortable with using your imagination in front of an audience is critical to improving your improv skills. This 8-week course combines coaching toward personal goals in developing a well-rounded approach to improvised comedy as well as performances to adapt to audiences and collaborate toward a complete set. Improv 501 is only open to those...
If you've ever wondered how improvisers make their performances look like they are scripted, then you'll want to take a deeper dive into scenework. From inside the scene, you can make choices that take you off in one direction or other choices to head off in another. This course will help you identify and play...
We think improv is an awesome foundation for connecting with others and the world, and we want to share that with folks all over the New Orleans area. Just like a college course, Improv 101 provides the basic concepts of a subject so that you can build upon it. Your participation in this four-week session...
