New York

Improv classes

Every school and company we know of running improv classes in New York — what they teach and where to sign up. Details come from each school's own site; confirm dates and prices with them directly.

  • Brooklyn Comedy Collective

    East Williamsburg, Brooklyn (Eris Evolution + BCC Pig Pen)

    Improv Levels 1-4 ($375), advanced electives, Musical Improv Levels 1-3 ($395), sketch, character, stand-up and clown classes, plus $35 drop-in workshops. Classes sell out; waitlists via Google form.

    Class info Website

  • Magnet Theater

    Chelsea / Midtown West

    Improv Levels One-Three plus advanced levels, electives and intensives, Musical Improv, Sketch Writing Levels One-Three, storytelling and teen classes — 'active' classes where you learn by doing since 2005.

    Class info Website

  • The PIT (Peoples Improv Theater)

    Chelsea

    Improv Levels 1-4 plus Masterclass ($299-$399 early bird), sketch, stand-up, acting and musical improv tracks, daily $15-$35 drop-ins, and short 'Joy Of' classes with no graduation show. Running since 2002.

    Class info Website

  • The Second City New York

    Williamsburg, Brooklyn

    The Second City curriculum in Brooklyn: Improv 1-5 (most beginner classes $440), Writing, Stand Up, Improv for Actors, Musical Improv Fundamentals, kids & teens programs, $35 drop-ins and $695 camps/intensives.

    Class info Website

  • UCB New York (Upright Citizens Brigade)

    East Village (242 E 14th St, per Wikipedia)

    Training center teaching long-form improv, sketch and writing (per Wikipedia; the official site blocks automated reading — check ucbcomedy.com directly for current classes).

    Class info

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