Guides

The practical side

The course teaches the craft; these cover everything around it — warming up alone, hosting a show, starting a troupe, getting booked. Written plainly, from how it actually goes.

  • Vocal warm-ups and tongue twisters

    Red leather, yellow leather — how to actually warm up your voice and mouth before a show or class, alone, in about eight minutes.

  • MCing an improv show

    The host decides whether the night feels like a show or a rehearsal with witnesses — here's the whole job, from preshow to lights.

  • Starting your own troupe

    Class ends, the group scatters, and the people who keep improvising are the ones who formed a team that week. How to build one that survives its first year.

  • Finding venues and getting booked

    Theaters, bar backrooms, breweries, bookstores — where improv actually gets staged, what each venue wants to hear, and the pitch that works.

  • Running a rehearsal without a coach

    Most independent troupes can't afford a weekly coach — here's how to run a practice that actually improves the team instead of just playing.

  • Promoting a show nobody's heard of

    Getting thirty people into a room, repeatedly, with no budget — the honest mechanics of comps, lists, posters and asking.

The other half

The craft itself is over here.

The free course Games & warm-ups