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Cheers! An Improvised Comedy Celebration

Big Couch 1045 Desire Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

This improvised comedy show takes inspiration from the awesome things that have happened to anyone that comes to the show. Got a job promotion? Cheers! Landed a new gig? Cheers! Kissed someone? Cheers! Got out of bed? Cheers! We’ll take whatever anyone wants to celebrate and improvise the ever-lovin’ heck out of it. Inspired by...

$10

At The Top: A Collaborative Comedy Competition

Big Couch 1045 Desire Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

8 Comics! 3 Rounds! 1 Crown! Experience your favorite standup comics working together like you’ve never seen before, live and video sketch comedy, and the sweetest honey roast you’ve ever tasted! Save the date! Tickets coming soon! Produced by Jade and Daniel Brontè-Bullard, “At The Top: A Collaborative Comedy Competition” appears at the Big Couch...

$10

Level Up: Anubis Improv Showcase

Big Couch 1045 Desire Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

This fully improvised showcase show will celebrate the hard work our students have put in over 8 weeks of class. Following the students’ set, Anubis Improv faculty will perform.

$10

Life Be Like… Storytelling Show

Big Couch 1045 Desire Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

A show that will take you on a ride through what defines a life for our storytellers with a bit of comedy twist. featuring Daniel Masterpiece Jones & Alex Zemanovic Hosted by Lee Glass

$10

Showcase: A Long-form Improv Comedy Show

Big Couch 1045 Desire Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

Newly trained and long-time improvisers combine to invent characters and worlds in the moment. It's a showcase show never seen before and never to be seen again. Tickets available here or at the door.

$10

Spicy Bits: Hot Sauce + Improv Comedy

Big Couch 1045 Desire Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

Improv comedy is difficult enough. Why would anyone make it more challenging? Because watching comedians trying to perform while eating progressively spicier hot sauce is hilarious. Spicy Bits is a unique hour-long comedy show featuring improvisers performing short-form games and eating food covered in hot sauce. As the show goes on, the games get harder,...

$10

The Ritual: Improv Comedy Worthy of Worship presented by WRYAT Public Radio

Big Couch 1045 Desire Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

Your favorite New Orleans satirical podcast - WRYAT Public Radio - presents a live, interactive improvised "ceremony" honoring those things which we revere, sometimes unnecessarily. The Ritual combines elements of rites and exaltation with short-form games and long-form improv to create an entire induction celebration for a new member. It's got a vaguely veiled lovecraftian...

$10

Free Comedy Jam for Improvisers

Big Couch 1045 Desire Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

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...

Free

Yale Ex!t Players Improv Comedy

The Actor's Apothecary 1506 Prytania St, New Orleans, LA, United States

Big Couch in partnership with The Actor's Apothecary present the Yale Ex!t Players, Yale's oldest improv comedy group. Since 1984, they've performed hundreds of shows at schools, theaters, and festivals across the country, delighting audiences with their long-form improv. Each year, they perform eight on-campus shows and voyage on two tours, bringing Ex!t comedy across...

$10

Improv Class: 201 – Crafting Characters

Big Couch 1045 Desire Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

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...

$200

Improv 501: Practicing Performance

Big Couch 1045 Desire Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

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...

$200

Improv Class: 301 – Inside the Scene

Big Couch 1045 Desire Street, New Orleans, LA, United States

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...

$200