Nick Kagelmacher hears a knock at his door, and welcomes his party guest. “Hello! So excited to be here — I believe the last time I was at a party was four score and seven years ago,” says Kara ...

At the start of an improv class last week, some teens excitedly joined in while others sat off to the side. Others said they’d rather go home. But after a few games, giggles and encouragement from ...

“Improv can make communication in high-pressure situations easier,” said Chelsea Clarke, a performer and teacher at UCB Theater in New York City. She normally teaches two to three corporate improv ...

Five years of steady growth and better organization. How funny is that? When Hartford comedy group Sea Tea Improv started the Hartford Improv Festival in 2014, the event featured more than two dozen ...

The 10 th anniversary version of Florida Studio Theatre’s Sarasota Improv Festival commenced on Thursday, but it really kicked into high gear Friday, with a full slate of improv troupes performing on ...

Chicago Improv Festival, once billed as the biggest sketch and improv fest on the planet, has announced its end after a 20 year run. “Over the past 20 years we have achieved all we set out to,” ...

What do Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey, Vince Vaughn and Amy Poehler all have in common? All are notable alumni of the iO Theater, which is the birthplace of the Harold -- one of the most important forms ...

It wasn't originally supposed to be funny. But improv has taken over comedy and, according to Sam Wasson's lively book Improv Nation, become "a great American art." Can he make the case? I hate to ...

After reading yet another “omg this improv show changed my entire life” post on a group page, I thought to myself “is improv a religion”. As a performing artist, I never took to improv because it was ...

See Emmy-winning screenwriter, producer and director Judd Apatow as well as Brian Monarch live at the Hollywood Improv for a one night engagement! Come expecting to laugh all night long. If you're a ...

Programming note: Catch season 2 of the critically-acclaimed CNN Original Series “History of Comedy,” Sundays at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Nimeet Shah panicked whenever he had to speak before a group at work.