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Big Couch Graduation Showcase

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

Join us in celebrating the first graduating class of our improv comedy curriculum. These folks have spent over a year learning improv comedy through five levels of courses, and we're elated to mark this special occasion with a performance and a ceremony. All the fun starts at 7:30 pm on Saturday, December 16 at 1045...

$10

Jeff McCormick the Entertainer Extraordinaire’s Christmas Celebration

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

Jeff McCormick the Entertainer Extraordinaire's Christmas Celebration Concert Special will be to celebrate the Backstreet Boys' 30th anniversary by performing everyone's favorite classics from some of their previous albums such as Backstreet Boys self-titled, Backstreet's Back, Millennium, Black & Blue, Never Gone, Unbreakable, and a couple of their Christmas songs. In addition, he will also...

$10

Double Duos: Improv Comedy in Pairs

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

Big Couch has asked some of its favorite improvisers to partner up in this unscripted comedy show. 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.

$10

50 First Jokes – Standup to Start the New Year

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

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...

$15

Improv Class 401: Forms Focus

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

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...

$200

Teamwork Improv Comedy

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

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!

$10

Double Special Duos: Improv Comedy in Pairs

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

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.

$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

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

Improv Class: 101 – Free Fundamentals

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

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...

Free