List of improvisational theatre companies

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Please only include established and notable companies with regular performing schedules (at least once a month), and do not list sketch comedy groups. For Sketch Comedy Groups please go to List of sketch comedy groups

Many theatre troupes are devoted to staging improvisational performances and growing the improv community through their training centers. Such as, The Second City (with shows throughout the US), The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (in NY and LA), The Groundlings (LA based troupe), ImprovOlympic (with several franchises throughout the US), Loose Moose Theatre (in Canada, co-founded by Keith Johnstone), Improv Asylum (the Harvard Improv troupe). One international organization Theatresports, which was founded by Keith Johnstone, an English improv director who wrote, Impro. One commercial improv franchise, ComedySportz, founded in the United States, in 1984, now has over 20 improv comedy clubs in the US and UK.

For a list of other great Improv Books, For a list of Online Improv Resources

Other prominent improv theatres, each well-known in the improv community for its particular style, include:

Contents

[edit] Australia

[edit] New Zealand

  • The Court Jesters [2] (Christchurch)
  • The Improvisors
  • The Four Noels
  • Wellington Improvisation Troupe

[edit] Canada

[edit] Alberta

[edit] British Columbia

[edit] Manitoba

  • Crumbs Improv [13] (Winnipeg)
  • Scriptless In Seattle (Winnipeg)
  • La Ligue d'Impro Manitobaine (Manitoba)

[edit] Ontario

[edit] Quebec

[edit] Saskatchewan

  • Saskatoon Soaps (Saskatoon)

[edit] Europe

[edit] Spain

  • Planeta Impro [18] (Barcelona)
  • Teatro Instantáneo [19] (Valencia)
  • Acto-Seguido [20] (Barcelona)
  • Taller de Teatro Asura [21] (Madrid)
  • No Es Culpa Nuestra [22] (Madrid)

[edit] Norway

  • Improkompaniet Ramp [23] (Trondheim)

[edit] Belgium

  • A HERMES [24] (Brussels)
  • Inspinazie [25] (Leuven)

[edit] Czech

[edit] Netherlands

[edit] France

[edit] Germany

  • Die Gorillas [29] (Berlin)
  • Isar148 [30] (Munich)

[edit] Slovenia

[edit] United Kingdom

[edit] United States

[edit] Arizona

  • Catorce (Phoenix)
  • Charles Darwin Experience [36] (Tucson)
  • Dramagenics [37] (Peoria)
  • Galapagos [38] (Phoenix)
  • The Jesterz [39] (Scottsdale)
  • Off the Cuff [40] (Mesa)
  • The Originals [41] (Scottsdale)

[edit] California

[edit] Colorado

  • Bovine Metropolis [66] (Denver)
  • Impulse Theater [67] (Denver)
  • Stick Horses in Pants [68] (Colorado Springs)
  • Fool Disclosure [69] (Fort Collins)
  • Clown Box Improv Comedy [70] (Fort Collins)

[edit] Delaware

  • Delaware Comedy Theatre [71] (Rehoboth Beach)

[edit] DC

  • Washington Improv Theater/WIT [72] (Washington,)

[edit] Florida

[edit] Georgia

[edit] Hawaii

[edit] Illinois

Note: list also includes organizations hosted in Chicago, but with franchises elsewhere

[edit] Kentucky

  • Project Improv [82] (Louisville and Surrounding Areas)

[edit] Maine

[edit] Maryland

[edit] Massachusetts

[edit] Michigan

[edit] Minnesota

[edit] Mississippi

[edit] Missouri

[edit] Nebraska

[edit] New Hampshire

  • Stranger than Fiction [94] (Portsmouth)

[edit] New Jersey

[edit] New York

[edit] North Carolina

[edit] North Dakota

[edit] Ohio

[edit] Oregon

[edit] Pennsylvania

[edit] Rhode Island

[edit] Tennessee

[edit] Texas

[edit] Utah

[edit] Virginia

  • The Virginia Improfessionals [116] (Charlottesville)
  • Jesters Ink (Richmond)
  • The Whethermen (University of Virginia)

[edit] Washington

[edit] Wisconsin

[edit] Other

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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