Spread much needed laughter while developing performing and valuable life skills:
Creative writing
Critical / out of the box thinking
Public Speaking
Listening, Focus
Self-Confidence
Self-Awareness
A must for performers, Improv develops skills for:
Acting
Original characters
Self Created Work
Directing
Get work performing/teaching Improvisation, Murder Mystery, Corporate Promotions/Events and more.
A must for corporate folks, Improv develops skills for:
Team Building
Leadership
Sales
Customer Service
Corporate Clients include Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan Chase, HSBC, AMEX, Master Card, Twitter, Microsoft BING, Coach, Louis Vuitton, Home Depot, GM, Kraft, Hershey, Pepsi, Accenture, DataDog HQ, Ernst & Young, HBO, NYC DOE (Approved Vendor) and 100s more.
Live from Times Square NYC and touring nationwide since 2002!
Artistic Director, Walt Frasier international credits include theater, comedy, music and TV (Blacklist, Billions, Blue Bloods, Blue Bloods, Letterman, HBO, MTV etc).
2/20 Monday 12pm Improv 4 Kids Times Square NYC Fun interactive comedy for the whole family!
We’ve added a show, special for President’s Day, and NYC DOE Winter Break. So if you have the kids home tomorrow, bring them to our theater for a fun interactive musical comedy show improvised based on audience suggestions and participation. No two shows are ever the same. Many games invite audience on stage to help steer the comedy ship while every original skit and song is create on the spot inspired by YOUR ideas, fave songs, TV shows, films, books, sports etc.
SOLD OUT SHOW TODAY 3pm Sunday February 19, 2023
Bring your student groups to our theater!
Every day this week we have groups from area vacation camps. Most weeks k12 school groups from around the world stop by for a show and/or workshop.
Bring our programs to your school, camp, community center and/or family event!
We send shows, workshops, residencies and professional development programs nationwide to schools, camps, community centers and family events. Whether simply to deliver amazing cultural arts, or to boost SEL, literacy, anti bully or other awareness, Improv Comedy Shows by New York Improv Theater (aka the Original Improv 4 Kids, Improv 4 Teens, EIGHT IS NEVER ENOUGH) is the perfect edutainment.
More than just laughs!
Our mission is to spread joy and laughter one laugh, story, show, and/or class at a time. But Improvisation offers so much more. Simply playing improv comedy games builds creativity, critical thinking, public speaking, listening, focus, self confidence, self awareness, and more. We use improv to train corporate groups team building, leadership, sales and service skills. In k12 schools we partner with Cultural arts, language arts, character building, SEL, Social Emotional Learning, PARP, literacy, anti bully and more.
We have reworked our classes slightly, actually lowering our prices while offering maximum flexibility!
Saturday 10am Comedy 4 Kids and Teens Improv & Stand Up Comedy (recommended for new teens, and all tweens)
Saturday 12pm Short Form Improv Comedy, 16+ Recommended but 14+ welcome with teacher approval
Sunday 11:30am open mic Stand Up Comedy
Sunday 12pm Long Form Improv Comedy, recommended for advanced.
EMAIL for more information regarding shows, classes and private events. Bring our progra.s to your community. We are NYC DOE VENDORS offering shows, workshops, residencies and professional development in schools, camps and community centers. Bring your students to our Times Square NYC theater for the coolest field trips ever. 7000+ SHOWS for k12 students and family audiences since 2002 live from Times Square NYC and touring nationwide.
New York Improv Theater, home to Improv 4 Kids/Teens and EIGHT IS NEVER ENOUGH Improv Comedy has been offer professional shows and education since 2002. Every show, unless otherwise promkted as a “showcase” of students, indy teams etc, features paid professio al performers, many with TV, Film, and/or Broadway/Off-Boadway credits We formerly opened our Comedy School in 2011. Artistic Director Walt Frasier’s international credits include theater, comedy, music and TV (Blacklist, Billions, Blue Bloods, Blue Bloods, Letterman, HBO, MTV etc)The New York Improv Theater is a one stop edutainment center for corporate team building, office / holiday parties and more. Our comedy shows and workshops deliver high impact results. Clients include Google, Mercedes Benz, META /Facebook, TikTok, JP Morgan Chase, Accenture, Morgan Stanley, Twitter, Roblox, Rimowa, EI Digital, Accenture, Datadog HQ, Milbank, BING/Microsoft, Band of America – Merrill Lynch, Home Depot, Ernst & Young, Johnson & Johnson, Louis Vuitton, Coach, UBS, BDO, AMEX, Master Card, Macy’s, 360i, IBM, GM, Kraft, UNILEAVER, HBO, Prudential, Convene, Conference Board and many more.
Our #1 Rule is to have fun, but never at another’s expense. Our mission is to create a safe space for all to play, share, collaborate, learn and perform, growing together as a team.
Every session is a series of games, starting with warm up and technique building exercises, followed by performance games.
Every moment playing these games develops creativity, critical thinking, public speaking, listening, focus, self confidence, self awareness and more.
We use these same games to teach corporate groups team building, leadership, sales and service skills. In k12 schools, Improv comedy delivers SEL, Social Emotional Learning. Simply playing these games deliver into the muscle memory what 1000s of books and lectures merely discuss.
YES AND…
The #1 Rule in Improvisation is “YES! And…”
We enthusiastically accept EVERYTHING our teammates offer on and off stage. We accept our teammates for who they are, where they come from, how they talk, and how they think. We always say yes to the craziest of ideas.
Saying no (unless being put in physical or psychological danger, NEVER say yes to that), is usually the lazy or insecure choice. We judge that which we don’t readily understand.
After 25+ years in New York I HATE the word normal. NO ONE is normal, so everyone is. NORMAL is the construct of your judgement and fears. Let go and accept. Give space for all ideas, races, creeds, sexual/gender identities etc.
In a truly safe space, AMAZING happens one moment at a time, All the time.
AND… is pulling our weight, doing our job, supporting our team by setting them up to succeed. Simply saying YES, puts all the work on your teammates.
YES AND…. creates a non stop give and take of ideas, building blocks to an amazing story/scene/team!
LISTENING
Listening is the #1 skill in Comedy, theater, teaching, learning, team, leadership, sales, and service. Listening with your eyes heightens yiur focus and self awareness. Listening with the willingness to change opens your mind and heart to others and their ideas.
A focus on LISTENING, being a sponge for life, takes you out of your own mind, which far too often focuses on ego and insecurity.
TRUST
Let go of ego and insecurity. Don’t TRY to be great, funny, perfect, clever etc.
Focus on simple choices, focus on HAVING FUN, YES AND… and LISTENING.
TRUST you and your team will be great, funny, clever etc (your already PERFECT JUST THE WAY YOU ARE).
THAT’S HARD v I GOT THIS
So often my new students, and few pros, react to everything with YIKES, WTF, THAT’S HARD, I CAN’T DO THAT, I’M NOT DOING THAT…
In other words they fear looking foolish or honestly fear they don’t have what it takes….
Instead, try saying I GOT THIS…. and then fake it till you make it. I don’t care if we are talking Improv or Algebra.
The second we use the H word, the walls go up.
Stay open to new. They say stage fright is the #1 fear. But it is part of a larger epidemic, FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN.
Dont ruin a perfectly amazing moment, day, life, based on a fear of what MIGHT happen.
Check menu links for additional shows and classes. Advanced classes available by invitation only.
EMAIL regarding group sales and private events. We have shows, classes, residencies and professional development for schools, corporate team building and more.
Our #1 Rule is HAVE FUN but never at another’s expense. We focus on having fun above ALL. Having fun building each other up creating a safe space for ALL to play!!!
#1 Rule in Improv is YES! AND…. We accept our colleagues for who there are, their background, their faith and their ideas (as long as they do impede another’s ability to be safe in the space) We support by pulling our weight, respond with supportive details and setting up our team for success.
The #1 skill in Comedy? LISTENING!!! Listening with your eyes. Listening with the willingness to change.
With all of the above in mind, we simply play games that develop creativity, critical thinking, public speaking, listening, focus, self confidence, self awareness and more.
Beyond training professional actors/comics…
We use these games to teach corporate groups team building, leadership, sales and service skills. In k12 schools we teach SEL, Social Emotional Learning. We host classes, workshops and shows at our Times Square NYC theater and Send professional teaching artists nationwide to schools, theaters and corporate / private events.
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