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“These guys are great!” - Keith Olbermann, Sportscaster & Commentator

“The best improv training. Period.” - Wayne Brady

“Impro Theatre is a nurturing environment where an artist is encouraged to grow, develop and explore not just as an artist, but as a person.”

“The teachers really challenge you to stretch beyond your comfort zone while maintaining a safe environment to do so. Really some of the best instruction I’ve ever gotten in any subject.”

“Impro Theatre offers the best improvisation training in Los Angeles - hands-down.”

“I love that the process is constantly under scrutiny. It’s refreshing to find teachers who welcome change for the better and who continually strive to improve the learning experience for both teachers and students.”

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“Working with Impro Theatre has really opened me up creatively. In my time there I learned how to trust myself, and others, onstage…and how to make those moments as real and interesting as possible.”

“Quite by luck I stumbled upon Impro Theatre and have come to value improv not only as a way to learn some acting skills, but I also find a lot of what I learn helpful for other aspects of my daily life.”

“I love the classes. I think I’m addicted.”

“To find classes with teachers and students as equally concerned about the actual process as the final product was amazing. “

“Impro Theatre might be the most positive theater learning experience in Los Angeles.”

“The teachers are energetic, enthusiastic and excited to share their knowledge.”

“When I first talked to Jo on the phone about classes, she made me feel so comfortable and welcome. My first classes at Impro were very friendly and professional, and I felt happy with my choice to take classes here.”

“The diversity in the classes is a plus. To find classes with younger and older, gay and straight, black and white, professional and nonprofessional actors, etc., is rare and a great way to learn.”

“The classes are small and personal. Impro fosters a sense of creative freedom that allows for development at all levels.”

“The closest thing I can compare it to is meditation. Spending time in the moment has helped me to get in touch with something I feel like I’ve been hiding from. I’m really looking forward to taking it as far as it can go.”

“Impro is an amazing place. I never knew how powerful a ‘discipline’ improv could be, and how much the work from our classes and performances would not only spill over into our personal lives, but be exceptionally applicable to navigating the corporate world.”

“Being in a supportive environment that is nonetheless extremely challenging, where growth is focused on at an individual level, is what I call home, as an improviser.”

“The Impro training program gets you to improvise from the inside-out. Performers are up and active, conquering their ‘improv fear’ and discovering their physicality, emotional presence, and kinesthetic awareness.”

“Impro provides a supportive environment that encourages risk-taking and all the success (and mistakes!) this entails.”

“Nothing is imposed; everything is discovered. When an ensemble harmonizes this way, co-creating the narrative, it’s an amazing experience for performers and audience alike.”

“What you do is unique — a real art form unto itself — and it would be a tragedy for L.A. to lose this. There are a lot of hungry people in LA that would love to take what you’re offering — if they just knew you were out there. You should be in a bigger space, making more noise.

“In a city where failure equates to dismissal, Impro is a rare oasis in a desert of intense frustration and competition.”