List of improvisational theatre companies

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Main article: Improvisational theatre

Many theatre troupes are devoted to staging improvisational performances.

Contents 1 Improv theatre companies 1.1 North America 1.1.1 United States 1.1.1.1 California 1.1.1.2 Colorado 1.1.1.3 Florida 1.1.1.4 Illinois 1.1.1.5 Massachusetts 1.1.1.6 Missouri 1.1.1.7 New York 1.1.1.8 Virginia 1.1.2 Canada 1.1.3 Manitoba 1.1.3.1 Quebec 1.1.3.2 Alberta 1.1.3.3 British Columbia 1.1.3.4 Ontario 1.2 Europe 1.2.1 Belgium 1.2.2 Czech 1.2.3 France 1.2.4 Germany 1.2.5 Italy 1.2.6 Netherlands 1.2.7 Slovenia 1.2.8 United Kingdom 1.3 Australia 1.4 New Zealand 1.5 South America 1.5.1 Brasil 1.5.2 Peru 1.6 Philippines 2 See also

[edit] Improv theatre companies

[edit] North America

[edit] United States

• Relapse Theatre (Atlanta, Georgia)
• Ad-Libs Comedy Improv Troupe (Dallas, Texas)
• Cabaret Dada (Cleveland, Ohio)
• ComedySportz (various locations)
• Four Day Weekend (Ft. Worth, Texas)
• Friday Nite Improvs (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
• Jet City Improv (Seattle, Washington)
• Laughing Stock (Salt Lake City, Utah)
• Off the Top (Park City, Utah)
• Spontaneous Productions (Owatonna, Minnesota)
• Stranger Than Fiction (New Hampshire)
• The Dead Parrots Society (Bellingham, Washington)
• The N Crowd (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• The Skinny Improv (Springfield, Missouri)
• THEY improv (various locations)
• Unexpected Company (Warwick, Rhode Island)
• Unexpected Productions (Seattle, Washington)
• Einstein Simplified (Knoxville, Tennessee)

[edit] California

• [ROAR Theatre] (San Diego)
• The Un-Scripted Theater Company (San Francisco)
• The Really Spontaneous Theatre Company (Los Angeles)
• The San Francisco Improv Alliance (San Francisco)
• The Groundlings (Los Angeles)
• The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
• ImprovOlympic West (Los Angeles)
• BATS Improv (San Francisco)
• 3 for All (San Francisco)
• The San Francisco Improv Co-Operative (San Francisco)
• Second Nature Improv (Los Angeles)
• Improv Shmimprov (Orange County)
• The Lobby (Orange County / Inland Empire)
• Dangerous Men/Dangerous Women (Sacramento)
• Synergy Theater (San Francisco)

[edit] Colorado

• The Bovine Metropolis (Denver)
• Impulse Theater (Denver)
• MadCap Theater (Denver)
• Stick Horses in Pants (Colorado Springs)

[edit] Florida

• Bay Area Improv Theatre (Tampa)
• Laughing Gas Improv (Miami)
• Mod27 (Lake Worth)

[edit] Illinois

• The Second City (Chicago)
• ImprovOlympic (Chicago)
• The Playground (Chicago)
• The Annoyance Theatre (Chicago)
• Improv Institute (Chicago)

[edit] Massachusetts

• Improv Asylum (Boston)
• ImprovBoston (Boston)
• Troubled Shores (Martha's Vineyard)

[edit] Missouri

• Hot Seat (Branson)
• The Skinny Improv (Springfield)

[edit] New York

• The Mop & Bucket Company (Albany)
• Nuts and Bolts (Rochester)
• The Peoples Improv Theatre (New York City)
• Upright Citizens Brigade (New York City)

[edit] Virginia

• Amuse-Bouche (Charlottesville)
• Bent (Charlottesville)
• ComedySportz D.C. (Arlington)
• ComedySportz Richmond
• Improv Theatre (Williamsburg)
• New & Improv'd (Harrisonburg)
• The Whethermen (Charlottesville)
• Washington Improv Theater (Washington, D.C.)

[edit] Canada

• Canadian Improv Games (Canada)

[edit] Manitoba

• SoapScum (Winnipeg)

[edit] Quebec

• Ligue Nationale d'Improvisation (Quebec)

[edit] Alberta

• Rapid Fire Theatre (Edmonton)
• Die-Nasty (Edmonton)
• Oh Susanna! (Edmonton)
• Loose Moose Theatre (Calgary)
• The Kinkonauts (Calgary)

[edit] British Columbia

• ACT! Improv (Victoria)
• The Impromaniacs (Victoria)
• !nstant Theatre (Vancouver)

[edit] Ontario

• The Second City (Toronto)
• The Impatient Theatre Co. (Toronto)
• The Bad Dog Theatre Company (Toronto)
• PROJECTproject (Toronto)

[edit] Europe

[edit] Belgium

• Inspinazie (Leuven)

[edit] Czech

• Czech improvisation league (Prague)

[edit] France

• AIA - Association d'Improvisation Antiboise
• LES IMPROVISADES The one and only improv' league in which the players are students and workers, performing under the colors of theirs enterprises!
• Eux, Compagnie d'Improvisation (Paris) Fance's first Harold team!

[edit] Germany

• ComedyCompany (Göttingen)

[edit] Italy

• Teatribu' (Milan)

[edit] Netherlands

• Boom Chicago (Amsterdam)

[edit] Slovenia

• Narobov (Ljubljana)

[edit] United Kingdom

• Improvedy (London)
• The Spontaneity Shop (London)
• The Scarlet Impernels (Bristol)
• The Oxford Imps (Oxford, UK)
• The Shrimps (Sheffield, UK)
• The Durham University Improvised Comedy Society (Durham, UK)
• Melting Pot Impro (London)

[edit] Australia

• Impro Melbourne (Melbourne, Australia)
• Edge Improv (Brisbane, Australia)

[edit] New Zealand

• The Court Jesters (Christchurch, New Zealand)

[edit] South America

[edit] Brasil

• Teatro do Nada (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil)

www.teatrodonada.com.br

[edit] Peru

• Liga Nacional de Match de Improvisación (Lima, Peru) Web Site

[edit] Philippines

• SPIT (Silly People's Improv Theatre)

• Philippine Playhouse

[edit] See also

• improvisational theatre
• improvisational comedy
• Playback Theatre