Past Performances

Some of our critically-acclaimed unscripted performances.

Jane Austen UnScripted

An improvised play in the style of Jane Austen.

Directed by Paul Rogan and Dan O’Connor

Reviews for Jane Austen UnScripted

“Eleven first-rate comedians…breathtaking wit…” — LA Weekly

“One of the funniest evenings in town… a stunning feat of performance and literary wizardry. And incidentally, it’s hilarious.” — Annie Gilbar, Los Angeles Times Magazine

4-STAR RATING by Los Angeles Times Readers

“ImproTheatre’s gift lies in far more than improv’s expected one-liners and zingers–rather, their gift is the more subtle and complex art of storytelling…Austen would be pleased, indeed.” — Laist.com

“I LOVED Jane Austen improv!” — CoolGrrrls.com

“Gorgeous period costuming and language…the players will make you laugh and then inspire you to read the classic works for yourself…you will want to come back for more.” — Kate West Reviews

“One thing that is for certain is the continued success of this outstanding group of actors and something absolutely not to be missed.” — SoCal.com

“A talented team of eight performers executes right before the audience’s eyes… Amusing…funny take of J.A. that really takes off!” — Accessibly Live

“Jane Austen UnScripted is a delicious combination of humorous wordplay and stiff upper lip mannerisms.” — Entertainment Today

Jane Austen only wrote six novels in her lifetime, but they are some of the most beloved tales of love and misunderstanding, wit and wisdom, and passion and betrayal ever written.

Now, for the first time in two centuries, Impro Theatre delivers a new Jane Austen story every night. Passionate, willful women flirt and verbally joust with handsome, brooding young noblemen. Hearts are broken, secrets are revealed and true love wins out in the end. Or does it?

The essence of Austen’s brilliant and timeless romantic comedies and social satires is brought faithfully to life by this expert team of funny and gifted actors, whose other explorations of great literary figures include Shakespeare, Dickens, Sondheim, and Tennessee Williams.

Tennessee Williams UnScripted

A world premiere improvised play in the style of Tennessee Williams


Directed by Brian Lohmann
Produced by Impro Theatre and CAFE Arts.

Reviews for Tennessee Williams UnScripted

“TENDERLY COMEDIC…savvy…lingers somewhere between satire and homage…a very smart choice.” —Steven Leigh Morris, LA Weekly

“IMPROV GENIUSES…Absolutely hilarious…a different show every time…they let loose their imaginations and the rest is magic.”
—Steven Stanley, StagesceneLA

“PLENTY OF LAUGHS…charming…delightfully manic…remarkably smooth.” —Jennie Webb, Backstage West

“Funny, moving and absolutely in keeping with Williams…Impro Theatre’s considerable agility and its infectious sense of play makes you want to go back again to see what else this group can conjure next out of Williams’ high humidity”. —Charlotte Stoudt, Los Angeles Times

Goldstar “Roar of the Crowd” Winner

Shakespeare UnScripted

An improvised play in the style of William Shakespeare

Directed by Brian Lohmann and Dan O’Connor

Reviews for Shakespeare UnScripted

“Shakespeare UnScripted is a superlative example of what theatrical improv should be.” — ImprovReview.com

“The real fun lies in anticipating where this patchwork story is going to go next, and in watching the actors doing whatever it takes to keep the narrative afloat.” — L.A. Weekly

“DEATH-DEFYING STUNTS OF IMPROMPTU PARODY…Comically gifted performers (who) fracture the Bard with a right good will….the theatrical equivalent of circus aerialists…these remarkably clever performers fly through the show with the very greatest of ease… all involved keep the laughs coming and the cadence astonishingly Shakespearean.” — F. Kathleen Foley, L.A. Times

GO. “The wit, charm, energy and creativity on display are delightful and entertaining.” — Lovell Estell III, L.A. Weekly

“OUTSTANDLINGLY TALENTED…Hilarious…This is a company worth watching.” — Kate West Reviews

LA Noir UnScripted

An improvised play in the style of film noir.
Directed by: Brian Lohmann

About the Show

For those who love the hard-boiled fiction of Raymond Chandler and James M. Cain and the gritty film noirs their stories inspired, a new batch of “theatre noirs” will be unveiled this Spring. In this world-premiere format, twenty-seven never-before-seen plays will pay tribute to Noir’s tough-taking private eyes and femme fatales. From the brutal sneer of Mickey Spillane’s Kiss Me Deadly to the cynical chivalry of Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity, Noir’s poetry and violence, desire and destiny all find new life through the unpredictable staging, improvisational wit and verbal dexterity that infuse the stories of Impro Theatre. Rogue cop, doomed lover, corrupt robber baron, sadistic killer, B Girl or chanteuse — no actor knows what role he, or she, may be asked to play when stepping out to improvise.

Reviews

“GO. Hilarious…You will see them at their comic best.” —Tom Provenzano, LA Weekly

“The audience loved every minute of it…a thoroughly entertaining event.” —LA Splash.com

“For those that enjoy their theater full of booze with a death by gunfire thrown in for good measure, L.A. NOIR UNSCRIPTED will fit the bill…one may become enchanted.” — Accessibly Live Off-Line

“BRILLIANT…THEIR VERY BEST UNSCRIPTED YET…a must-see. These masters of the adlib… simply couldn’t be better at their craft. Even the uninitiated will have one heck of a good time falling under the Impro Theatre spell.” – StageScene LA

“The real fun lies in anticipating where this patchwork story is going to go next, and in watching the actors doing whatever it takes to keep the narrative afloat.” — L.A. Weekly

Sondheim UnScripted

An improvised musical in the style of Stephen Sondheim.

Directed by Dan O’Connor and Michele Spears

About the Show

Impro Theatre embraces the style of one of Broadway’s most heralded artists by creating a completely improvised musical in the style of and inspired by Stephen Sondheim. Using only audience suggestions the cast invents a brand new, never before seen musical. Every show is completely different the only thing that stays the same is the thrill and sheer joy of seeing an entire musical created before your eyes.

Reviews for Sondheim UnScripted

“An outstanding cast that clearly understands the form they are spoofing and have the vocal power to sustain it.” — LA Weekly

“…what’s fresh about “UnScripted” is the way it evokes the playwright’s distinctive sensibility without lapsing into easy satire.” — LA Times