Please only include established and notable companies with regular performing schedules (at least once a month), and do not list sketch comedy groups.

Many theatre troupes are devoted to staging improvisational performances and growing the improv community through their training centres. One of the most widespread is the international organization Theatresports, which was founded by Keith Johnstone, an English director who wrote what many consider to be the seminal work on improvisational acting, Impro. Other prominent improv theatres, each well-known in the improv community for its particular style, include:

Australia

• Impro Melbourne ^* (Melbourne/Australia)
• Studio Four (University of New South Wales)

New Zealand

• The Court Jesters ^* (Christchurch)
• The Improvisors
• The Four Noels
• Wellington Improvisation Troupe

Canada

• Canadian Improv Games (Canada)

Alberta

• RapidFire Theatre ^* (Edmonton)
• The 404s ^* (Edmonton/Calgary)

British Columbia

• The Impromaniacs ^* (Victoria, BC)
• Urban Improv ^* (Vancouver)
• ACT Improv (Victoria B.C.)
• Whirlwind Improv Theatre Troupe (Victoria B.C.)
• !nstant Theatre (Vancouver B.C.) ^*
• Vancouver TheatreSports League (Vancouver, BC)

Manitoba

• CRUMBS ^* (Winnipeg)
• Scriptless In Seattle (Winnipeg)
• La Ligue d'Impro Manitobaine (Manitoba)

Ontario

• Catch-23 Improv ^* (Toronto)
• The Impatient Theatre Co. (Toronto)
• The Bad Dog Theatre Company ^* (Toronto)
• The Improv Show ^* (Kingston)

Quebec

• Ligue Nationale d'Improvisation (Quebec)

Saskatchewan

• Saskatoon Soaps (Saskatoon)

Europe

Spain

• Planeta Impro ^* (Barcelona)
• Teatro Instantáneo ^* (Valencia)
• Acto-Seguido ^* (Barcelona)
• Taller de Teatro Asura ^* (Madrid)

Norway

• Improkompaniet Ramp ^* (Trondheim)

Belgium

• A HERMES ^* (Brussels)
• Inspinazie ^* (Leuven)

Czech

• Czech improvisation league ^* (Prague)

Netherlands

• Boom Chicago ^* (Amsterdam)
• Impromptu ^* (Amsterdam)
• Improphecy (Amsterdam)

France

• Théâtre d'entreprise et d'improvisation Bretagne IMPRO.INFINI (Breizh)

Germany

• Die Gorillas ^* (Berlin)
• Isar148 ^* (Munich)

Slovenia

• Teater Narobov, www.narobov.org (Ljubljana)

United Kingdom

• Improvisation Foundation ^* (Newcastle)
• The Suggestibles ^* (Newcastle)
• Improvedy ^* (London)
• The Spontaneity Shop ^* (London)
• theFOURTHchair (Cardiff, UK)
• Improvised Comedy Entertainments (Cambridge, UK)
• The Oxford Imps (Oxford, UK)
• Sprout (London, UK)

United States

Arizona

• Catorce (Phoenix)
• Galapagos (Phoenix)

California

• The National Comedy Theatre (San Diego)
• The San Francisco Improv Alliance ^* (San Francisco)
• The San Francisco Improv Festival ^*(San Francisco)
• The Groundlings ^* (Los Angeles)
• Bang Studio ^* (Los Angeles)
• Empty Stage ^* (Los Angeles)
• Room to Improv ^* (Los Angeles)
• Improv Shmimprov ^* (Orange County)
• The Really Spontaneous Theatre Company ^* (Los Angeles)
• The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (Los Angeles)
• Improv Olympic West (Los Angeles)
• Lila Theatre ^* (San Francisco)
• BATS Improv ^* (San Francisco)
• 3 For All ^* (San Francisco)
• The San Francisco Improv Co-Operative ^* (San Francisco)
• PanTheater ^* (San Francisco)
• True Fiction Magazine ^* (San Francisco)
• Oui Be Negroes ^* (San Francisco)
• East Bay Improv ^* (Albany/Pinole)
• Smile and Nod ^* (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo)
• SPF 7 ^* (San Francisco)
• jericho! (UC Berkeley)
• BOP! ^* (North Hollywood)
• The Rats in the Alley ^*(Solano County, Northern California)

Colorado

• Bovine Metropolis ^* (Denver)
• Impulse Theater ^* (Denver)
• Stick Horses in Pants ^* (Colorado Springs)

DC

• Washington Improv Theater/WIT ^* (Washington,)

Florida

• ImprovJacksonville (Jacksonville)
• Just The Funny (Miami)
• Laughing Gas (South Florida)
• MOD 27 (Palm Beach County)
• SAK Comedy Lab (Orlando)
• Theatre Strike Force ^* (University of Florida)
• THEY improv (Fort Lauderdale)
• Gated Community Improvisation and Sketch ^* (Palm Beach)

Georgia

• Dad's Garage (Atlanta)
• Diversionary Tactics (Atlanta)
• Gorgeous Ladies of Comedy (Atlanta)
• Laughing Matters (Atlanta)
• Whole World Theatre (Atlanta)

Hawaii

• Loose Screws (Honolulu)
• On The Spot (Honolulu)

Illinois

Note: list also includes organizations hosted in Chicago, but with franchises elsewhere

• The Second City ^* (Chicago/Toronto/Detroit; with classes in Las Vegas/Los Angeles/New York)
• ImprovOlympic ^* (Chicago)
• The Playground ^* (Chicago)
• Mission Improvable ^* (Chicago/LA)
• The Annoyance Theatre ^* (Chicago)
• Suspicious Clowns ^* (Chicago)
• Chemically Imbalanced Comedy ^* (Chicago)
• Improv Institute (Chicago)

Kentucky

• Project Improv ^* (Louisville and Surrounding Areas)

Maryland

• Baltimore Improv Group ^* (Baltimore)

Massachusetts

• The Tribe (Boston)
• Improv_Asylum ^* (Boston)
• ImprovBoston (Boston)
• Post Modern Avengers (Boston)
• Improv Foundry (Boston)
• Scriptease (Boston)
• YesAndPractice (Boston)
• Troubled Shores and The IMPers (Martha's Vineyard)
• ImprovWoosta (Worcester)

Michigan

• The Improv Inferno (Ann Arbor)
• River City Improv (Grand Rapids)
• The Planet Ant Improv Colony ^* (Hamtramck)
• Crawlspace Eviction (Kalamazoo)

Minnesota

• The Brave New Workshop ^* (Minneapolis)
• HUGE Theater ^* (Minneapolis)
• Stevie Ray's Improv Company (Minneapolis)
• Spontaneous Productions ^* (Owatonna/Faribault)
• Five Man Job ^* (Minneapolis)

Missouri

• The Skinny Improv ^* (Springfield)

Nebraska

• The Weisenheimers (Omaha)

New Hampshire

• Stranger than Fiction ^* (Portsmouth)

New York

• Chicago City Limits (New York)
• Gotham City Improv (New York)
• Magnet Theater (New York)
• The National Comedy Theatre (New York)
• The Peoples Improv Theater (New York)
• The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (New York)
• The Mop & Bucket Company (Albany)

North Carolina

• Dirty South Improv (Chapel Hill)
• Chapel Hill High Improv (Chapel Hill)
• Raleigh's Village Idiots ^* (Raleigh)
• ComedyWorx (Raleigh)
• Chapel Hill Players (CHiPs Improv) (Chapel Hill)

Ohio

• Cabaret Dada ^* (Cleveland)
• Ground Floor Improv (Cleveland)
• IMPROVment (Cleveland)

Oregon

• Brainwaves (Portland)
• Brody Theater (Portland)
• ComedySportz-Portland (Portland)
• Toad City Productions ^* (Portland)

Pennsylvania

• The Cabal (Philly)
• ComedySportz Philly (Philly)
• Daredevils of Comedy (Central Pennsylvania)
• Friday Nite Improvs ^* (Pittsburgh)
• HellBaby (Philly)
• Holmes/Maughan (Philly)
• Hypnotoad (Philly)
• Industrial Improv (Philly)
• Men About Town (Philly)
• The Ninjas (Philly)
• The N Crowd (Philly)
• LunchLady Doris (Philly)
• Rare Bird Show (Philly)
• Without A Net (University of Pennsylvania)
• ZombieShark (Philly)

Rhode Island

• IMPROVidence ^* (Providence) Brown University's only improv comedy troupe!
• ImprovJones ^* (Providence)
• Unexpected Company ^* (Warwick) Long-form improvisation every Sunday!

Tennessee

• Comedy You Can't Refuse ^* (Memphis)
• FreakEngine ^* (Memphis)
• The Memphis Comedy & Improv Alliance ^* (Memphis)
• Memphis Improvisational Theatre ^* (Memphis)
• Einstein Simplified ^* (Knoxville)

Texas

• Heroes of Comedy ^* (Austin)
• Ad-Libs Improvisational Comedy Theater ^* (Dallas)
• Pavlov's Dogs (Dallas)
• Massive Creativity ^* (Houston)

Utah

• Laughing Stock ^* (Salt Lake City)
• 3.2 Improv Theatre ^* (Salt Lake City)
• Off the Cuff ^* (Cedar City)

Washington

• Comedy Court ^* (Seattle)
• Jet City Improv ^* (Seattle)
• Unexpected Productions ^* (Seattle)
• Twisted Flicks ^* (Seattle)
• Improv Robot ^* (Olympia)

Other

• ComedySportz ^* (many cities in the US and Europe)

See also

• improvisational theatre
• improvisational comedy
• Playback Theatre

External links

• Improvland's group listing (contains the largest groups links listing)

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