Los Angeles
Improv classes
Every school and company we know of running improv classes in Los Angeles — what they teach and where to sign up. Details come from each school's own site; confirm dates and prices with them directly.
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M.i.'s Westside Comedy Theater
Six-level improv program (101-601, $365-$395 per 6-8 week course) each ending in a live showcase, plus sketch and stand-up tracks, kids classes, and a Saturday drop-in class at noon.
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The Groundlings Theatre & School
One of the country's leading improv training programs: an open Intro Track then the audition-gated Core Track from Basic Improv through the Improv Lab ($55 single sessions to $600 for Lab), plus teen and specialty workshops. New online class listings post every Monday.
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The Pack Theater
Affordable classes taught by working professionals (SNL, Netflix, Adult Swim credits): improv, sketch, character, stand-up, TV pilot writing, voiceover and clown — 8-week courses $330, 4-week $150-165, one-day workshops from $50.
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Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB)
The UCB Training Center's game-based curriculum from Improv 101 ('yes, and…') up, plus sketch (students produce their own show), TV writing, musical improv, stand-up, clowning and acting.
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ComedySportz Los Angeles
Short-form curriculum since 1988: 101 Improv Toolbox (6 weeks, $275), a one-day 102 intensive ($65), then 201 Characters, 301 Spacework and 401 Performance ($300 each), plus a graduates' Rec League and genre/musical master classes.
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Impro Theatre & School
Narrative long-form school teaching unscripted storytelling to actors and non-actors — a welcoming, non-competitive path toward improvising full-length plays in the styles of the world's great playwrights. 30+ years in LA.
Before your first class
Learn the fundamentals free.
Our twelve-chapter course covers yes-and, listening, game of the scene and more — read it in an afternoon and walk into class ahead.