improv comedy
Unscripted comedic performance
Improv comedy is a form of live theater in which performers create scenes, dialogue, and characters spontaneously rather than from a script.
Audience suggestions often provide the starting point for sketches, and the unpredictability is part of the appeal.
Improv has developed its own techniques and training programs, with troupes like Second City and the Upright Citizens Brigade serving as launching pads for many professional comedians.
The shortened form improv works as both noun and adjective: We're taking an improv class; an improv troupe.
- HaroldTraditional masculine given name
- timingArt of choosing moments
- comedic timingHumor's rhythmic delivery
- on the spotImmediately, without preparation
- spontaneityActing without forethought
adaptability · trust-building · character creation · Second City · Wayne Brady · yes and · scene work · non-verbal cues · short-form · listening skills · theater · vaudeville · satire · storytelling · call-and-response · emotional expression · callback · mimicry
- comedyjokes, humor, puns, sarcasm, stand-up
- performing artsacting, dance, music, drama, theater
- Chicagothe Loop, Chicago, Chicago River, Lake Michigan, Wrigley Field
- comedy stylesjokes, sarcasm, puns, irony, parody
- comedy termsjokes, puns, wit, sarcasm, irony
- comedy writingjoke, jokes, satire, parody, sarcasm
improv comedystand-up comedy
Live solo comedic performance
monologue · solo act · one-man show · solo performance · comedy special
comedy, improvisation, improv, improvisational, improvisational theater