List of improvisational theater festivals

The I.O. West theater, the site of the Los Angeles Improv Comedy Festival.

Improvisational-theater festivals, also known as improv-comedy festivals or improv festivals, are venues where multiple improvisational-theater groups perform.

They are usually not limited by improvisational style, though they may limit entrants to professional-only or collegiate-only.

Most improvisational-theater festivals are hosted by a single troupe, but others are hosted by conglomerations of troupes or a company set up solely for that given festival.

Festivals

NameHostLocationDate EstablishedReference
Melbourne International Comedy Festival Victorian Tourism Commission Melbourne, Victoria 1986 [1][2]
National College Comedy Festival Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, New York 1990 [3]
The Del Close Marathon Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York City, New York 1999 [4][5]
North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival DSI Comedy Theater Chapel Hill, North Carolina 2001 [6][7]
Sacramento Comedy Festival Sacramento Comedy Spot Sacramento, California 2011 [8][9][10]
Phoenix Improv Festival The Torch Theatre Phoenix, Arizona 2002 [11][12]
Fracas! Improv Festival Second Nature Improv Los Angeles, California 2004 [13]
Gainesville Improv Festival Florida Improv, Inc. Gainesville, Florida 2005 [14]
Tampa Improv Festival Post Dinner Conversation, Inc. Tampa, Florida 2013 [15]
Seattle Festival of Improv Theater Jet City Improv Seattle, Washington 2002 [16]
Seattle International Festival of Improvisation Unexpected Productions Seattle, Washington 1997 [17]
Philadelphia Improv Festival Philadelphia Improv Festival, LLC Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2005 [18][19][20]
Twin Cities Improv Festival HUGE Improv Theater Minneapolis, Minnesota 2006 [21][22]
Improvapalooza Washington Improv Theater Washington, D.C. 2006 [23][24]
Improvaganza! Hawaii Festival of Improv On The Spot Improv Honolulu, Hawaii 2006 [25][26]
The Dallas Comedy Festival Dallas Comedy House Dallas, Texas 2010 [27]
Vancouver International Improv Festival multiple hosts Vancouver, British Columbia 2000 [28]
Alaska State Improv Festival Morally Improv-erished, Inc. Juneau, Alaska 2013 [29][30][31][32]
Hartford Improv Festival Sea Tea Improv Hartford, Connecticut 2014 [33]
Improv du Jour jericho! improv and sketch comedy Berkeley, California 2014 [34][35]
TILT Tallinn International Improv Festival Improgrupp Jaa! Tallinn, Estonia 2013 [36][37]
Endurance Improv Fest Atlas Improv Madison, Wisconsin 2014 [38]
Atlanta Improv Festival Village Theatre Atlanta, Georgia 2015 [39][40]
SWIMP Sweden International Improv Festival Teater Prego Uppsala, Sweden 2015 [41][42]
New South Comedy Festival Alchemy Comedy Theater Greenville, SC 2014 [43][44][45]
Detroit Improv Festival multiple hosts Detroit, Michigan 2011 [46]

See also

References

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  3. ↑ "Campus Life: Skidmore; Tradition, Age 3: Take My Festival of Comedy, Please". The New York Times. February 16, 1992. Retrieved January 9, 2009.
  4. ↑ Ryzik, Melena (August 8, 2008). "Del Close Marathon". The New York Times.
  5. ↑ Deixler, Lyle (August 19, 2001). "Theater; Honoring a Mentor with Laughter". The New York Times.
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  21. ↑ Oxborough, Allegra (July 21, 2012). "Twin Cities Improv Festival Kicks Off at Huge Theater". City Pages. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
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  45. ↑ "New South Comedy Festival Bringing 100 Comedians to Greenville". WSPA. November 12, 2015.
  46. ↑ "Detroit Improv Festival". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
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