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]
Seattle International Festival of Improvisation Unexpected Productions Seattle, Washington 1997 [4]
The Del Close Marathon Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York City, New York 1999 [5][6]
Vancouver International Improv Festival multiple hosts Vancouver, British Columbia 2000 [7]
North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival DSI Comedy Theater Chapel Hill, North Carolina 2001 [8][9]
Phoenix Improv Festival The Torch Theatre Phoenix, Arizona 2002 [10][11]
Seattle Festival of Improv Theater Jet City Improv Seattle, Washington 2002 [12]
Fracas! Improv Festival Second Nature Improv Los Angeles, California 2004 [13]
Gainesville Improv Festival Florida Improv, Inc. Gainesville, Florida 2005 [14]
Philadelphia Improv Festival Philadelphia Improv Festival, LLC Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2005 [15][16][17]
Twin Cities Improv Festival HUGE Improv Theater Minneapolis, Minnesota 2006 [18][19]
Improvapalooza Washington Improv Theater Washington, D.C. 2006 [20][21]
Improvaganza! Hawaii Festival of Improv On The Spot Improv Honolulu, Hawaii 2006 [22][23]
New York Musical Improv Festival Magnet Theater NYC, NY 2009 [24][25][26][27][28]
The Dallas Comedy Festival Dallas Comedy House Dallas, Texas 2010 [29]
Detroit Improv Festival multiple hosts Detroit, Michigan 2011 [30]
Sacramento Comedy Festival Sacramento Comedy Spot Sacramento, California 2011 [31][32][33]
Salento Impro Festival Teatro Romano Lecce 2011

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Orange County Improv Festival Spectacles Improv Engine Fullerton, California 2013 [36][37]
Alaska State Improv Festival Morally Improv-erished, Inc. Juneau, Alaska 2013 [38][39][40][41]
Tampa Improv Festival Post Dinner Conversation, Inc. Tampa, Florida 2013 [42]
TILT Tallinn International Improv Festival Improgrupp Jaa! Tallinn, Estonia 2013 [43][44]
Hartford Improv Festival Sea Tea Improv Hartford, Connecticut 2014 [45]
Improv du Jour jericho! improv and sketch comedy Berkeley, California 2014 [46][47]
Endurance Improv Fest Atlas Improv Madison, Wisconsin 2014 [48]
New South Comedy Festival Alchemy Comedy Theater Greenville, SC 2014 [49][50][51]
Atlanta Improv Festival Village Theatre Atlanta, Georgia 2015 [52][53]
SWIMP Sweden International Improv Festival Teater Prego Uppsala, Sweden 2015 [54][55]

See also

References

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