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Unleash your creativity and quick thinking with a variety of improv classes in NYC. Learn the art of improvisation, develop your comedic timing, and gain confidence in a supportive and fun environment.

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Level Up 3 Week Intensive

The Engaging Educator @ 300 West 43rd St, New York, NY

For those who have taken at least Level One with The Engaging Educator, and want to continue the adventure. We aren’t like the other improv schools – but we know the addictive power of improv. Our Level Ups are meant for anyone who has taken at least one improv class with us, and wants to keep on improv-ing. Please do not register if you are new to EE – we want you to know our style! In Level Up, you will practice and build upon the exercises...

(401) Intermediate 18 and older
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$119

3 sessions

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Improvised Acting

ANDTheatre Company @ 244 W 54th St, New York, NY

This workshop is for actors and improvisers who want to explore and master new techniques and skills to enhance their auditions, text work, play creation and performance as well as those who write. Participants are encouraged to expand their potential for creating inspired performance. In this two part workshop we will explore advanced techniques and their application to performance and play creation. This will include both traditional and newly...

(149) Advanced 19 and older
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$195

2 sessions

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Coffee Donuts Improv

New York Improv Theatre (8 Improv) @ 318 W 53rd St, New York, NY

Join us Saturday mornings for a new series Coffee Donuts and Improv. We will have the hot joe and carbs ready upon your arrival. Come play with us and network with other professionals. Great for actors, comics and professionals looking for self enrichment. Through warm-up, technique and performance games we will discover the art of improv, discuss acting/performance technique, creative writing and public speaking. Great for self confidence as we...

(73) All levels 18 and older
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$150

4 sessions

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Explore Improv & Storytelling Private Group Events

Explore private group events and team building activities ranging from cooking to art, escape rooms, trivia, and more

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Improv Level 2: Free Your Mind

Brooklyn Comedy Collective @ 144 Boerum St, Brooklyn, NY

Elevate your improvisational skills to new heights, expand your creativity, and unleash your comedic potential. Join us for a transformative journey to challenge your mind and push your comedic boundaries.

(4) Intermediate 16 and older
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$375

7 sessions

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Working Out What You Want

The Engaging Educator @ 244 W 54th St, New York, NY

Know that you have so much more to offer and either your age or the stereotype of “millennial” has got you pigeonholed? Or maybe you need some help figuring out what you want and how to work towards it? Have you tried to improv your way to figuring it out? This three-hour intensive will use improv and presentation skill-based activities to work on career, networking and life goals. We’ll work to figure out a ‘want’ in one of these three...

(401) All levels 18 and older
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New York Improv Theater Jam Session

New York Improv Theatre (8 Improv) @ 318 W 53rd St, New York, NY

Open to all levels - This is part class, self-enrichment, networking event, and rehearsal for bigger and better things (team formations etc). But our real focus is having fun.  Professionals from all walks of life - actors, comedians, lawyers, financial wizards, etc - gather together for the funnest happy hour event in New York City, and now the class is online with drop in students from around the world (we even had Norway, India and Australia...

(73) All levels 16 and older
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The Animated Body with Amy Larimer

IRTE @ 411 West 41st Street, New York, NY

The use of the body is an essential part of improv. Strong physical choices can clarify characters, focus the mind and bring energy and direction to scenes. Although improvisers know that physicality is important, there is often little time to work individually on expanding physical range. This class will offer exercises to open and coordinate the mind and body as well as techniques that will help performers commit to heightened ways of moving. Performers...

(2) All levels 16 and older
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NYC Improv Comedy Class

Shawn Wickens @ 39 W 29th St, New York, NY

All Experience Levels Welcome Using introductory principles and exercises, participants will learn and practice some basic improvisational techniques.  Students can expect to walk away from this class with a better understanding of “what’s funny” and also receiving a bit of “stage time”. Participation is strongly encouraged. Instructor is experienced in creating a safe environment in which all may thrive. *Workshop also...

(25) All levels 18 and older
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$19.99
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Improvisation Class & Drinks - Find Your Joy

IN Studios @ 330 7th Ave, New York, NY

You'll learn to trust your instincts, take risks and think outside the box, while meeting new meeting in a nurturing, yet challenging environment. We look forward to meeting you soon! No experience necessary. Desire to laugh, have fun and meet new people required! Treat yourself to our improvisation class followed by drinks at a reduced price (just for our group) upstairs.

(20) Beginner 18 and older
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Underground Improvisation Mixer

IN Studios @ 330 7th Ave, New York, NY

Accelerate your acting career! Work with supportive, instructors every week. Hop on stage or just watch. No experience necessary. Desire to learn is required! Our writers/performers can be seen on Saturday Night Live, The Good Wife, CSI, Law and Order, Orange is the New Black and on many other major TV shows and films. Special Instructions: Please contact [email protected] once you've registered to confirm attendance and location....

(20) All levels 18 and older
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Improv Team Group Formation

New York Improv Theatre (8 Improv) @ 318 W 53rd St, New York, NY

4-week program is designed to bring individual players together to create new teams. Looking for a new team? Looking for new teams to play to expand your reach? These sessions are designed for an intermediate level performer looking for direction.  Patrick Reidy has directed many NYC teams and currently serves as Artistic/Casting Director for LMAO and numerous long-form showcases at the Broadway Comedy Club. Fee includes team-up, team direction,...

(73) Intermediate 18 and older
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$100

4 sessions

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Improv Level Up Throwdown

The Engaging Educator @ 244 W 54th St, New York, NY

Taken our three-week or one-off class? Looking for another fix of improv? Our Level Up Throwdown is exactly what you need. This three-hour intensive is a blast of improv for professionals. Consider this a personal training session at the gym. We’ll take what you learned in your Level One class and raise the stakes. This class focuses more on being in the moment, focus, flexibility and initiative – and pushes the skills built in Level One. Each...

(401) All levels 18 and older
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Playing with Paranoia

ANDTheatre Company @ 244 W 54th St, New York, NY

We ain’t talking crazy! We’ll explore and practice ways to expand your level of awareness in order to ground you in the moment and help you discover the richest characters, strongest relationships, and most lasting moments. There’s a lot going on around you. Act on it! Requirements: This workshop is appropriate for new improvisers as well as improv-scarred veterans. The teacher will tailor exercises, directions, and feedback to each particular...

(149) All levels 19 and older
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Improv For Teambuilding

The Engaging Educator @ 244 W 54th St, New York, NY

Improv For Teambuilding: Facilitation, Collaboration and Innovation This is a COED class When is the last time you read a job description that didn’t include “must be a strong team player” under qualifications? An increasingly qualitative and creative (aka human-centered) workplace means silos and singular focused projects have been replaced with group dynamics and cross-functional collaboration. Being a strong team player is NOW a make...

(401) Beginner 18 and older
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Adventures in Dating

The Engaging Educator @ 244 W 54th St, New York, NY

Women and non-binary folks only. Dating can be an awful, awful mess of a vulnerable time. We rarely think about practicing – we get in the moment, we get nervous and we end up not being our best selves, and then we deem ourselves “bad daters” and the vicious cycle continues until you give up or meet someone, and you don’t have to date anymore.What if you got to practice those first date (and second, and third) conversations with a group...

(401) All levels 18 and older
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Improv + Communication Skills

The Engaging Educator @ 244 W 54th St, New York, NY

Time to dig into our professional communication skills – you’ve gone too long thinking “wow, I wish I wouldn’t have said that” or “I could have brought this up in a meeting” or “why did I think of this now and not then?!”  In this class, we’ll take improv-based and public speaking activities to the next level and apply them to communication – whether that’s interpersonal impromptu communication, a conference session...

(401) All levels 18 and older
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Dig Deeper

ANDTheatre Company @ 244 W 54th St, New York, NY

Pain, joy, anger, sadness, excitement: those feelings and emotions often occur when we do Improv. However, more often than not they are underperformed. We get the idea, the icing on the cake, but we don't take the time to enjoy the depth and repercussions of these emotions. Starting with overacting and over reacting, you will break your self-imposed barriers and be able to explore emotions and reactions and find out just how far you can go and how...

(149) All levels 19 and older
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ANDUniversity: 5 Senses of Improvisation

ANDTheatre Company @ 244 W 54th St, New York, NY

Find out what happens when we use all of our senses in improvisation. There are many things at play when we improvise. This workshop will help you get in tune with your 5 senses and show how that helps influence you (and your scene partner.) See what it is like to Look, Hear, Feel, Smell and YES even Taste things in your scene work. You'll find out pretty fast how truthful your scenes can get!

(149) All levels 19 and older
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ANDUniversity: Ways to Agree

ANDTheatre Company @ 244 W 54th St, New York, NY

Agreement is at the heart of improv. If you and your scene partner aren’t able to agree with each other and build something together – to “Yes, and…,” if you will – your scene will stay at 0. In this workshop you’ll have the opportunity to practice multiple approaches for practicing agreement and supporting the process of discovery and creation.

(149) All levels 19 and older
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ANDUniversity

ANDTheatre Company @ 244 W 54th St, New York, NY

Keep up on your improv studies. One Tuesday per month we offer classes designed for everyone who’d like to build or maintain their improv skills. Each class focuses on a different theme, designates time for scene work, and provides tools to make you a successful improviser.

(149) All levels 19 and older
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