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.
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...