Improvisational Theatre

Improv Comedy Professional Troupes Improv Gatherings College Troupes High School Troupes Improv Dance & Music Notes & References

There is a vast amount of rich talent performing improvisational theatre in Rochester. The art of improvisation—in it's various forms—is very much alive in Rochester, NY! While most people associate improv with comedy and/or improvisational theater, Rochester also has improvisational dance and music.

Professional Troupes

• Polite Company since 2012. Performs out of MuCCC Theater once a month.

• Broken Couch since 2009. Performing all over the City.
  

• Geva Comedy Improv (GCI) since Sept 2003. Performs mostly at the NextStage at Geva Theatre Center.
  

• Nuts and Bolts since 1999. Performs most at Spotlight Studios in Fairport.
  

• The ManShee Chronicles since 2008. Performs at Blackfriars Theatre.
  

• Search Engine Improv since 2010 Performing at The Space - 1115 E. Main St. Door 2 - Floor 2
  

• THEY improv since 2007. THEY Improv is not a local troupe per se, but rather an out-of-state organization that hires local improvisors—who are already part of another troupe—for private and corporate events.
  

• Unleashed! Improv since 2005. Performs mostly in the Senior Lounge at the JCC.
  

• Village Idiots since 2008. Performs mostly in the VIP Studio in the Village Gate Square Urban Mall.
  

Improv Gatherings

College Troupes

• Nazareth College - Script Tease (may no longer be active)

• RIT:
  

• RIT's Comedy Troupe - founded 2003 - formerly known as RIT Thundercocks(2003-2004)
  

• The Improvessionals
  

• Brainwreck
  

• [Work In Progress] - Founded in Sept 2012
  

• SUNY Brockport - Barrel of Monkey since 2005
  

• SUNY Geneseo - No Laugh Track Required
  

• University of Rochester - In Between the Lines (IBTL) since Sept 2000

High School Troupes

• Aquinas High School
  

• Fairport High School - DownStage since 1991
  

• School of the Arts High School - SOTA Improv Group
  

• Webster Schroeder High School - Borderline Improv

• Contact Improv dance
  

• Eastman School of Music
  

• Rochester International Jazz Festival

• Contact improvisation on Wikipedia
  

• Improv Groups - state by state list on FuzzyCo.com has many broken links
  

• Improv Rochester on The Urban Prankster Network
  

• Rochester's local improv comedy troupes - City Newspaper July 2007
  

• TheatreROCS!

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