Improv Comedy / Official Selections

A Night of Improv with Emo Philips

Los Angeles, CA, USA — Emo Philips is one of the recent standards of American comedy, an incredible entertainer born in the suburbs of Chicago. A Night of Improv with Emo Philips features his unique… (more)

Alchemy Improv Comedy

Greenville, SC, USA — Alchemy Improv Comedy entertains audiences every Friday night in downtown Greenville, SC. With over 25 years of combined improvisation experience, the current four members are glad to bring Greenville live… (more)

Amuse Bouche

Charlottesville, VA, USA — Amuse Bouche is the University of Virginia's only long-form improv group. We perform multiple shows every year in Charlottesville, VA. We were founded in 2007. Right now our group is… (more)

Armando Diaz

New York City, NY, USA — THE Armando Diaz shares true stories from his life as inspiration for an "Armando", an improv structure created at the ImprovOlympic in Chicago and named after the celebrated improv instructor. (more)

Bartenders

New York, NY, United States — With a combined 15 years of standing behind some of New York City's most notorious bars, Christine Holt and Mary Guiteras have seen the best and the worst of people:… (more)

BillyHawk

Los Angeles, CA, USA — Brian James O'Connell is a working actor, writer, director, filmmaker and improviser in Los Angeles. He is also the Bar Manager for the world renowned iOWest Theater in Hollywood, California. (more)

Blue Suede

New York, NY, USA — One of the most prominent groups to come out of the People's Improv Theater, Blue Suede is in a word...orgasmic. Seriously, we've had several incidents where audience members have orgasmed… (more)

Brash

Carrboro, NC, USA — Brash performs Harold at the DSI Comedy Theater. (more)

CSO

New York City, USA — Formed in the summer of 2009, CSO is a long form improv and sketch team based in New York City. They are comprised of Ken Beck, Dave Bushnell, James Coker,… (more)

Commonwealth

Washington, DC, USA — Commonwealth performs Das Boot: A single suggestion sends seven improvisers whirling around the stage combining the fast paced energy of a buck wild horse with the stillness of a monk’s… (more)

Death By Improv

Sayreville, NJ, United States — What is Death By Improv? Death By Improv is short form improv, wrapped in bacon, and served up on a Neon Plastic Pirate Sword Toothpick. Or, more accurately, Death By… (more)

Death by Roo Roo

New York City, NY, USA — Take an improvised journey into your family dysfunction with Death By Roo Roo. (more)

Double Date

New York, NY, United States — Every show is centered on a date; the anticipation, the fall-out, that fragile moment when love blooms or dies. It's long form improv for voyeurs, sociologists and lonely hearts. We're… (more)

Dual Exhaust

Chicago, IL, USA — Beth Melewski (Second City, Baby Wants Candy, Cash Cab Chicago) and Zach Ward are Dual Exhaust. (more)

Easy Baked Improv!

Rome, GA, United States — Easy Baked Improv is an eleven year old, eleven-person Improv troupe hailing from the mountainous region of Rome. No, not THAT Rome. The Rome, Georgia kind of Rome. Easy Baked… (more)

Echelon

Toronto, ON, Canada — Echelon is a Harold team at the Impatient Theatre Co. in Toronto. (more)

Festival All-Stars

Carrboro, NC, USA — Our Festival All-Star casts feature some of our instructors and some of the most talented improvisers in the country. You don't want to miss these shows. (more)

Fun Fun Fun

New York, NY, USA — Fun Fun Fun is an improv group. If you want me to describe them, here is how I would describe them: (more)

Houdini

Carrboro, NC, USA — Pick a card. Any card. Robert Bapst and Andy Lavender create an entire show from beyond the veil of reason based on the Tarot card you choose. (more)

Impatient Theatre Co.

Toronto, ON, Canada — The Impatient Theatre Co. performs longform improv in Toronto, Canada. (more)

ImprovBoston Mainstage

Cambridge, MA, United States — ImprovBoston Mainstage is the cornerstone of comedic talent at ImprovBoston. (more)

Junior Varsity

NY, NY, USA — Junior Varsity is a house team from the Magnet Theater in New York City, formed in 2007 by their director, Armando Diaz. (more)

Just Moxie

Washington, DC, USA — Perhaps once in a lifetime, a moment like this will come along. Pulse elevated, pupils dilated, nostrils flared; you had better hang on for one trippy ride. The adrenaline will… (more)

Karate Practice

Richmond, VA, United States — Kicking ass and taking suggestions, Karate Practice unites on stage to form an eight-fingered fist of improv comedy. Karate Practice uses relationship-based scenes and organic groupwork to tear open a… (more)

King Friday

Philadelphia, PA, USA — King Friday is a Philly Improv Theater House Team, and performs some of the best long form improv Philadelphia has to offer.  Our shows are completely made up on the… (more)

Let's Try This!

Atlanta, GA, USA — Let’s Try This! is the official theater improv troupe of DramaTech Theater. (more)

Longform Jam

Carrboro, NC, USA — The name says it all. Longform. Jam. (more)

Lordington P I

Carrboro, NC, USA — Lordington P.I. performs Harold for the DSI Comedy Theater. (more)

MISTER DIPLOMAT

Carrboro, NC, USA — MISTER DIPLOMAT features true stories told by a local celebrity or special guest. Anecdotes inspire a world of absurd scenes, fully improvised by the most aggressive improv comedians in North… (more)

Magnet Theater Touring Company

New York City, NY, USA — The Magnet Theater is home to some of the top improvisation talent in the country. (more)

Maxitor

Cambridge, MA, United States — Focused on theme-based and emotionally grounded long form improv, Maxitor seeks to ask (and just maybe answer) the big questions: What is the meaning of life? Why do bad things… (more)

Mayor Karen

Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. — PHIT House Team Mayor Karen (Official Selection: Chicago Improv Festival) bring their unique mix of serious acting and comedic improvising experience to the stage as "Mayor" of anything suggested by… (more)

Meridian

Chicago, IL, USA — With the world famous iO Chicago Theater as their home base, Meridian is able to perform long-form improvisation with the youthful exuberance of a comedy-trained retriever puppy. (more)

Mike Brown Solo Improv Extravaganza

New York City, NY, USA — The Mike Brown Solo Improv Extravaganza is a live improvised comedy show, meaning that everything you see and hear is 100% completely made up on the spot. It's fast and… (more)

Mixed Signals

Carrboro, NC, USA — Emotions significantly change the decisions you make and the things you say. A small change in feeling can make a big change in interactions. Mixed Signals explores the differences that… (more)

Mock Turtle Soup

Clemson, SC, United States — Mock Turtle Soup is a college troupe from Clemson University. We love you! (more)

New England

Brooklyn, NY, USA — Upright Citizens Brigade-trained wunderkinds New England spontaneously creates a form onstage as new to them as it is to the audience. They invite you into their alternate universe where they… (more)

Nick & Nathan

Philadelphia, PA, USA — Nick & Nathan perform a longform monoscene with multiple characters. The audience provides an interesting location for the characters to explore. In the past, they've been to the Taj Mahal,… (more)

Nobody's Token

New York, NY, USA — From the people who brought you The Cosby Show, I mean, the people who were brought up ON The Cosby Show, we present: Nobody's Token. Nobody's Token is always a… (more)

North Coast

New York, NY, United States — Now that the East Coast/West Coast beef has subsided, North Coast is stepping up to throw down. Watch as New York's only freestyle rapping, beatboxing, long-form improv team performs a… (more)

NouN Improv

Boone, NC, United States — NouN Improv was founded by a hand full of Appalachian State University students on a cold and windy night in the mountains of Boone, NC. Ever since that fateful night,… (more)

Omaha 9

Carrboro, NC, USA — Omaha 9 performs Harold for the DSI Comedy Theater. (more)

On Deck

Cambridge, MA, USA — On Deck performs Harold for ImprovBoston's Harold Night. (more)

PT Scarborough Is A Movie

Carrboro, NC, USA — Veteran improviser PT Scarborough does the unimaginable: completely overdubbing the soundtrack to a motion picture, live before your eyes. (more)

Pizza Party!

CHICAGO, IL, United States — Whats better then 3 best buds hanging out eating a pizza? 3 BEST BUDS CREATING FLIGHTS OF WHIMSY ONSTAGE TOGETHER! Pizza Party have done so at the Playground Theater, Upstairs… (more)

Plan B

Cambridge, MA, United States — Plan B, the reigning 2011 and 2010 ImprovBoston Harold Night Tournament winners, take your suggestion and turn it into a high energy Harold while leaving no interesting stone unturned, all… (more)

Playdate!

Raleigh, NC, United States — Yes you read that right. We're "Playdate!" with an exclamation mark. Feel free to say it loudly and proudly. As a team, we've been around for about a year and… (more)

Pound for Pound

Carrboro, NC, USA — As a pair of improvisers, Paula Pazderka and Harrison Brookie are perfectly balanced, in every sense of the word. Come see them match and complement one another, as they go… (more)

RCC Mainstage

Richmond, VA, United States — The RCC Mainstage is a cast of skilled and seasoned improvisers who's chemistry onstage and playful formats make them an audience favorite in Richmond, VA. This year they plan on… (more)

Red Letters

Tahlequah, OK, USA — Bryan and Alyssa make up the hilarious duo Red Letters. (more)

Revis and Zeiss

Atlanta, GA, US — Revis & Zeiss is a thought provoking, improvised theatrical exploration of the human condition. From one audience suggestion Jay Revis and Craig Zeiss create multiple characters and discover their intersecting… (more)

Rich Uncle

Cambridge, MA, USA — Rich Uncle performs Harold for ImprovBoston's Harold Night. (more)

Rookie Card

Philadelphia, PA, USA — With their humor being described as “absurdly juvenile meets dark and tragic… in a kind of sloppy, fearless way,” Rookie Card doesn’t have to be told they’re offbeat. (more)

SENIOR PGA

Carrboro, NC, USA — "SENIOR PGA sustained a packed house with continuous, unexhausted laughter... delivering successful joke after successful joke." (more)

The Bat

Carrboro, NC, USA — Lights out. Close your eyes. Let your imagination run wild. (more)

The Chris Gethard Show

New York City, NY, USA — The Chris Gethard Show began as a stage show at the legendary Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in 2009. (more)

The Era

Chicago, IL, United States — The Era is an improv duo combining the talents of Dara Katz and Sarah Ashley. Their names have rhymed ever since they met at The University of Michigan six years… (more)

The Lodge

Washington, DC, USA — Welcome Willing Student, (more)

The Mannequin Room

New York, NY, USA — Remember the first time you stayed up one hour past your bedtime? Or, the best slumber party you ever had? Or, when you eat ice cream for dinner? That's what… (more)

The N Crowd

Philadelphia, PA, USA — The N Crowd is back with its own brand of short form hilarity! For nearly seven years The N Crowd has produced its own weekly show in Philadelphia. (more)

The Nat Turner Revue

New York City, NY, USA — The Nat Turner Revue continues to make the world laugh. This groundbreaking sketch & improv show brings big laughs to the audience time and time again. With cutting edge sketches… (more)

The Nutt House

Wilmington, NC, U.S. — The Nutt House improvisers, based in Wilmington, NC, have been together for a over two years and performs every Wednesday Night at The Nutt Street Comedy Room. Their show incorporates… (more)

The Whethermen

Charlottesville, VA, United States — The Whethermen are the oldest performing improv comedy troupe at the University of Virginia. Since 1997, they have performed long- and short-form improv in two mainstage shows each semester.  The… (more)

Toast! (Columbia, SC, USA)

Toast is a University of South Carolina improv troupe that was founded ten years ago by two hoodlums looking to make some toast without a toaster. (more)

Tusk

Chicago, IL, United States — Tusk fuels every performance with a seamless team mentality, creating a cast of grounded characters before throwing them headfirst into an absurd world without warning. All eight performers have completed… (more)

Two Man Movie

New York City, NY, USA — Neil Casey & Anthony Atamanuik (Death By Roo Roo) perform a completely improvised movie. (more)

Vertigo-go

Swarthmore, PA, USA — Straight from the Kremlin on the Crum comes the freaky flows and senseless sensibilities of Vertigo-go, Swarthmore College's foremost (read: only) improv comedy troupe. Like sand through the hourglass, we… (more)

Work Lunch

Cambridge, MA, USA — Zach Ward and MaryBeth Makara (more)

losdosdudes

Chicago, IL, USA — losdosdudes take improv to a whole different level. It comes from a gritty take-no-prisoners attitude, iron-clad trust, and an unflinching resolve to stretch funny in ways audiences have never seen… (more)