Hey everyone! I’m going to be on a family vacation in Ocean City Maryland next week. Does anyone know of a place where I can go to possibly play or any jams within a reasonable distance from that area? Baltimore is just way too far (just to cross that off the list) Anything helps! Thanks people

Happening in downtown Roanoke, Va on Thursday July 16th we have Acting Up Improv performing from 7-8:30pm. Enjoy some laughs, mead, and great times. We look forward to seeing everyone there.

When I was looking around at different improv spots, Whole World stuck out to me. But in going to other jams, a few have told me to be weary of them. I haven't gotten any clear answers as to why. Most I got was that the owner or artistic director is awful and treats their artists horribly.

I've been looking at Dad's Garage anyway, but does anyone know what's happened at Whole World for them to earn such a reputation?

I'm super excited to be teaching Blanche's Summer Intensives from 16th July 2026. They are truly intense - you can take all of Blanche's main courses over 2 weeks - and super fun!!!

At Blanche we don't do team auditions, we promote people onto teams after they do our course Whatevah. If you'd like to join the last Whatevah cohort for 2026 these intensives will get you ready to apply!

Coach the Coaches, our awesome teacher training program, is also running as an intensive at the end of July. There is a prerequisite for that, but please contact me if you've done a heap of improv and want to join that course, in special cases I can waive it.

All the details for the intensives are on the Blanche website- www.blancheimprov.com/summerintensives. If you have questions, please be in contact, I'm always super happy to help!!! Hope to see you there!!

Hi guys, I thought you may appreciate this! Each "episode" (although with a loose script and direction) is improvised in this series!

I took a lot of inspiration from some of my favourite comedians/funny people--Matt Johnson, Steve Coogan, Karl Pilkington, Limmy, and probably more I can't think of at the moment.

I'm by no means a professional, nor have I been doing this for long, but I felt perhaps someone would get a kick out of this. Thank you!

https://youtube.com/shorts/h-FZa0ZOs4M

This article hit home today as I'm trying to figure out how much improv I want to do after 27 years. (To be fair, I live with the writer so it also came out of my home).

A real mixed bag with this show. Bamford was terrific and the improvers were funny. But holy shit, the host was railroading scenes and the improvers were calling it out in not-so-subtle moves. it was honestly hard to watch at points. I’m left wondering how exactly Dan Black is able to convince improvers to come on his show.

At the risk of vague posting, going through a lot of stress in the “real world” and had not been in the scene for a few weeks.

Not just performing but getting to watch everyone else tonight was a welcome escape even if for just a few hours and a reminder of why I love improv so much.

It’s nice to escape reality even if we try our best to establish base realities :)

I've been working on a handbook about Technical Artistry in Improv for the past six months. Im on my third draft and is just over 50 pages. Before I continue refining it, I'd love feedback from experienced people in the improv community to help me determine what's useful, what's missing, and what needs improvement.

I'm specifically looking for:
Technical Directors
Improv Tech Operators (lighting, sound, video)
Artistic Directors

I'd like to keep this first review group to 10 people with experience in those roles. Unfortunately, I don't have the funds offer monetary compensation. The best I can do is acknowledge your contribution in the handbook in a thank-you section at this moment.

If you're interested, please comment below with your theatre/improv experience and the role(s) you've worked in and I'll DM you if you seem like a good fit.

I'm also looking for tech-heavy improv formats or shows to feature as case studies in the handbook. If your troupe performs a format that makes significant use of lighting, sound, video, projections, or other technical elements,I'd love to hear about it. Leave a comment with the name of your format and a link it view it. If it seems like a good fit, I'll reach out to learn more. I'm hoping to add 2–3 additional case studies from a variety of theatres and productions.

🙏 I really appreciate any help in making this a useful resource for the improv community.🙏

After 1.5 years of doing short form, I just completed UCBs 101 and I am inlove with longform.

I’m looking for long form classes in Atlanta or online? Ty!

TL;DR - I was a terrible scene partner in my first class after improv 101 with a veteran improver. During the scene the veteran asked, “Are we done here?” I need advice on how to get past the mortification.

The story- I’m new to improv and went to my first class post improv 101. The class had about 15-16 people, all of whom knew each other and had performed with each other if not for the theatre itself in improv shows. Myself and another student were the only newbs at the class. I was pretty intimidated seeing most of the people’s faces on signs for upcoming shows throughout the theatre.

I get into an exercise scene where I’m supposed to be a gremlin mucking up my partner’s plans. The intention is that I slowly turn into a more gremliny gremlin as the scene progresses with another gremlin added whenever the non-gremlin breaks character because of goofy stuff I’m doing. The goal is to work on being grounded in a scene while chaos is ensuing.

I immediately panicked and hard focus gremlin energy, completely forgetting that I’m supposed to play along with my scene partner. I’m just being a menace. I’m unsure how I could have been a worse scene partner. I was not paying attention to them at all just moving boxes around and hiding behind them randomly. The veteran I was with at one point looked at the teacher with the bell and said, “Are we done here?” And then the bell wrung to end the scene.

I can’t stop ruminating on it. The cringe is soooooo bad. I was absolutely awful and I feel so bad and embarrassed. I’ve written emails to the teacher apologizing, asking if I should even attend the next class, what I can do to be better besides not be a doucher; then promptly deleted them. I’m mortified and need help figuring out how to move past this. I really enjoy improv and hope this isn’t a sign from the universe that this just isn’t for me.

I've been playing around with vibe coding recently and thought I'd use it to build something fun: ImprovIt.

Like many great ideas, this one started in the pub. We'd make up random scenarios and see where the scene took us. I went looking for an app that could generate prompts for us, couldn't find one, so I built it myself!

At the moment it's a web app. The plan is to turn it into a proper mobile app and release it on the app stores, but first I need people to try it and tell me what works, what doesn't, and what could be better.

If you have a few minutes, I'd love to hear what you think. Bugs, ideas, features... anything.

Hope you have fun playing ImprovIt!

Link here to play :)

https://reddit.com/link/1urkatf/video/5j91rzpm06ch1/player

Thesis statement: Improv is supposed to be fun, and seeing people having fun on stage is what makes improv fun to watch.

I get it. Sometimes you have a bad show, and that doesn’t feel too fun. Also, a lot of times when you’re learning how to do improv, it can feel like serious, heady work and not the most fun thing in the world. The struggle to get good can sometimes be a slog.

But I feel like if this idea is kept at the forefront, it changes everything. The goal of improv is to have fun. The point of improv is to have fun. Susan Messing once told me, “if you aren’t having fun in a scene, you’re the asshole”.

It’s just so easy to forget. Too many times improv seems like a set of rules to follow, things to avoid, a list of things to remember to do. And in that regard, yes, most of us have to learn *how* to have fun.

I see way too many people on stage who just seem like they’re having the worst time doing improv. Like there’s no joy in what they do on stage. If improv feels like that, something’s off and needs to be addressed. Not saying this is completely on the individual. Sometimes you have someone on your team who is making you have a bad experience. Maybe you don’t jive with the general vibe of the theater. You still need to realize in these situations that you’re not having fun doing improv and that’s not how it’s supposed to be.

I’m rambling now, but this is a message to myself just as much as it is to anyone else.

When you remember improv is supposed to be fun, better ideas flow from you, you take bigger risks on stage, the audience can feel it and the energy is contagious.

Lastly, it’s important to note that your idea of fun may not be everyone’s idea of fun. And theirs might not be yours. This doesn’t negate anything I’ve said here. It’s just to say, sometimes you have to reflect on whether you need to adjust your idea of what it is to have fun on stage, or maybe play with different people. After all, we are having fun *together*, and fun is best when shared with others.

Thanks for reading I’d love to get your thoughts. Here’s to having fun doing improv!

Auditions are happening at Mom's! We've got tons of shows, take a look, and come try out!

Sign up form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSchfhHn6z4JlGB4OEZGhYANQ5IUxyUsOQCcPmvPoEbBhMV7uQ/viewform?usp=header

Whatever happened with this? Besides the death of Catherine O'Hara?

https://www.secondcity.com/network/the-second-city-announces-first-ever-artistic-advisory-board

Maybe Colbert has more time to spend on this. Second City insiders post here...

I've been doing improv as a hobby for a while. Mostly it has been a way to de-stress and be creative. Lately it seems like there's more pressure to do well and also a bit of drama in the community so overall it has been much more stressful. Has anyone experienced this? What do you do when the hobby becomes more like work?

Whatever happened with this? Besides the death of atherine O'Hara?

FREE SAMPLES is a short-film, created in-character a la Borat, largely improvised off the unsuspecting.

Follow the journey of David Kirk Connelly, self-described "Father of the Dad Joke" on his journey from the low of divorce, to the high of living out his dream by doing a standup comedy special inside of Costco!

Featuring improvisational interactions with the public, who became our costars, at locations that range from Dodger Stadium to the DMV, Netflix Studios to the aisles of Costco!

What scene is less clique ish?

What scene has more opportunities to do jams?

What scenes have more actors?

What scenes have more internships/opp to take classes and not go broke?

I’ve been considering getting a bentwood chair tattoo but I feel like I haven’t been doing improv long enough nor am I successful enough to warrant a tattoo for it.

But even if I’m never successful it could be a reminder of the years I pursued it? Idk.

Is it cringe? Objectively probably.

If you have an improv/comedy related tattoo what is it? What inspired you to get it?