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Improv classes will teach you valuable communication lessons, introduce you to a new community, and bring out your inner social butterfly. By the end of this Intro to Improv course, you’ll have a solid foundation of the skills necessary to be a successful improviser, and you’ll be ready to move on to our workshops. In this course, you’ll learn CONFIDENCE, LISTENING, AGREEING, and CREATING.

This is a four-week course. Each session lasts 2.5 hours.

Who Should Take This Class?

In short, anyone who wants to improve their listening skills, think faster on their feet, be more present, and get comfortable with uncertainty. But a more-specific answer is below!

  • Shy and socially anxious people
    • We provide a safe, supportive, and low-stakes environment to practice speaking up, being vulnerable, and connecting with others.
  • Perfectionists
    • Improv is all about accepting mistakes and using them as gifts (“There are no mistakes, only opportunities”). It forces you to be in the moment instead of overthinking.
  • New-in-town residents
    • Improv is a fantastic, fun, and unique way to meet new people and immediately establish a sense of camaraderie and trust.
  • People who want to be funnier
    • While improv doesn’t strictly teach joke telling, it teaches the mechanics of comedy: finding the game, making connections, and commitment.
  • Corporate professionals
    • Improv will improve your public speaking, quick thinking during meetings, collaboration, and creative problem-solving under pressure. It’s excellent for developing comfort with “failing fast” and pivoting ideas.
  • Managers and team leaders
    •  Improv teaches active listening, validating others’ ideas (“Yes, and…”), and fostering a collaborative, non-judgmental environment.
  • Salespeople and negotiators
    • Improv sharpens the ability to read people, think quickly to address unexpected objections, and build rapport instantly.
  • Software engineers and designers
    • Improv breaks down perfectionism and encourages rapid prototyping and iterating on ideas without fear of initial criticism, which is key in agile development.
  • Actors
    • Improv is fundamental for auditions, cold readings, quick character development, and general spontaneity. It makes scripted work feel more alive and natural.
  • Writers
    • Improv breaks through writer’s block by forcing idea generation. It helps develop dialogue, strong character voices, and quickly establishing stakes/conflict.
  • Musicians and artists
    • Improv encourages creative risk-taking, breaking out of old patterns, and collaborating with others in a real-time, dynamic way.
  • Podcasters and interviewers
    • Improv improves your ability to listen deeply, ask thoughtful follow-up questions, and smoothly transition between topics. 

If you’re not ready to commit to this course right now, check out our other classes! Or if you’d like to sign up, but time and circumstances don’t allow for that right now, join our mailing list to find out when our next sessions will run!

With all of our classes, if there is a week you miss, you can make it up for free by sitting in on the next instance of that session.

Repetition and practice are good things in improv. So, if you’ve previously taken Intro to Improv and want to take it again, you can enroll in the class at half price! Contact us for your discount code.

This class is intended for students ages 18 and up. If you’re a high school student looking to take improv, check out Intro to Improv for High School Students!