improv that meets you where you are
We're not a theater. We teach, facilitate, and champion improv for all humans, especially those who've faced barriers to participation or who need the empowering, healing power of improv.
Every program is built around the people in the room: immigrant communities, corporate teams, people navigating anxiety. Improv to unlock joy, build resilience, and create real human connection through play.
We remove barriers to the arts and challenge assumptions about improv, so everyone can access its joy and support.
Upcoming shows + classes
Join us for Whose Nine? Unscripted 9th Birthday Benefit Bash. An improv show, a birthday party, and a night that helps us keep saying yes to the people who need us most.
Sunday, September 27 | 6–8 PM
American Legion Post 82 in Inglewood
Sponsored by:
Pinnacle Financial Partners
HCA
unlocking the arts
We cultivate new improv facilitators and participants from historically excluded communities, and remove financial, cultural, and logistical barriers, so everybody has a way in.
SPARKING PLAY
We deliver judgment-free improv programming in workplaces, community centers, prisons, and everywhere in between. In a time of social disconnectedness and polarization, our therapeutic theater meets people where they are so they can build trust, resilience, and play where it's needed most.
changing the script
Through public performances and community partnerships, we spotlight the roots of improv in social connection and healing, and reframe it as a transformative practice — not a punchline.
Improv for Progress, Inc. Progress promotes health, happiness and safety for people with disabilities and senior adults needing care.
Six week class designed to help those with mild to moderate anxiety manage symptoms in a safe, and fun class!
Improv for women survivors at Thistle Farms, both in prison and in the residential program.
A monthly meeting for anyone interested in the connection between improv + learning. Teachers, improvisers, administrators, community members, invited! Read more about this and other Education programs.
Yes & Recovery brings improv into recovery treatment centers to facilitate joy, connection, and having fun without using.
Summer program focused on improv for independent school leaders
A six-week online improv course for the friends at Friends Life.
A six week improv course for older adults at FiftyForward
A course at Peabody College at Vanderbilt
Free weekly improv jam, open to anyone of any skill level!
Read more about Zoomprov Breaks and other access programs here.
A school-wide professional development day for Ensworth School focused on practicing civil discourse through improv.
Improv for couples leads partners through improv games to connect through one another through play and thoughtful discussion.
