Dance & Performance
Improv Theatre
No script, and the rule is to accept whatever you are handed
Unlike scripted theatre there is nothing to learn: what class drills is acceptance, taking whatever your partner offers and adding to it, because denying it kills the scene. So it trains listening and reaction rather than joke-telling, and being funny is a by-product. Beginner courses run a few weeks and the cohort becomes your group.
First stepSign up for a beginner improv course, or first try a free drop-in jam, and use "yes, and" in one scene.
Barriers
Cost to start
$50–300
Going deep → $300–2k
Alone or with people
Anyone will do
Effort
Light
Without a teacher?
Best with a class
One session takes
1–2 hours
Where
A venue
Why people take it up
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