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The Groundlings is an American improvisational and sketch comedy troupe and school based in Los Angeles, California.The troupe was formed by Gary Austin in 1974 and uses an improv format influenced by Viola Spolin, whose improv techniques were taught by Del Close and other members of the Second City, located in Chicago and later St. Louis. [1]
Fracas! Improv Festival: Second Nature Improv: Los Angeles, California: 2004 [3] Gainesville Improv Festival: Florida Improv, Inc. Gainesville, Florida: 2005 [4] Twin Cities Improv Festival: HUGE Improv Theater & Five Man Job: Minneapolis, MN: 2006 [5] Baltimore Improv Festival: Baltimore Improv Group: Baltimore, Maryland: 2006 [6] [7] [8] New ...
The ACME Comedy Theatre is an American sketch comedy and improvisational theater located near Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, [1] on La Brea near Wilshire's "Miracle Mile". [2] ACME was started by M.D. Sweeney as "The Two Roads Theater" in Studio City in 1989 with Cynthia Szigeti. [3]
iO West (formerly known as the "ImprovOlympic West") was the Los Angeles branch of the iO in Chicago. The theater was located at 6366 Hollywood Blvd. in Hollywood, California. In addition to presenting nightly improv and sketch comedy shows, iO West also had training classes and was the home to the Los Angeles Improv Comedy Festival. On ...
An expansion in Los Angeles started in 2014. [22] In 2014, UCB announced the opening of UCB Theatre Sunset located at 5419 Sunset Boulevard for November 1. The venue played home to Upright Citizens Brigade's training center, an 85-seat theatre, cafe/performance space called Inner Sanctum, video production offices, and even retail stores on ...
The troupe performs every Thursday night in USC's PED Building, providing free, comedic, one-hour shows. Second Nature regularly performs with other improv troupes from all over Los Angeles, and the United States. The collegiate troupe is known for the Fracas! Improv Festival, one of the largest intercollegiate improv comedy festivals in the world.
The Pack Theater is a theatre based in Los Angeles, California, specializing in improv and sketch comedy. In addition, the theatre operates a school for developing improv and comedy talent. The Pack Theater grew out of the Miles Stroth Workshop, "focused on advanced training for improv comedians."
Spanish Aquí Presents is an American comedy group based in Los Angeles. The group (Raiza Licea, Oscar Montoya, Tony Rodríguez, and Carlos Santos) formed in 2018 and is UCB LA's only all-Latino improv comedy show.