Whether your goal is to be the next Will Ferrell or Amy Poehler (they both started in improv!), or, you just want to just make new friends – our comedy improv class is for you! For students ages 12-17, our teen class teaches the essentials of improvisation to create hilarious comedy on the spot. Tailored to students’ skill levels and taught by our highly skilled ensemble members, it is the most fun you will have all week! You will even get to perform for your friends and family on our stage! Ready for the next step? Our awesome Teen Troupe is the place to be to show the world just how funny you are!

Comedy Improv for Teens!

This is a 7-week or 4-day program in comedy improvisation for students ages 12-17 who love to laugh (or want to laugh more!). The program is challenging and fun, covering all the essentials of comedy improvisation. By the end of this course students will be creating engaging and funny scenes the Finest City Improv way focusing on supporting each other, discovery funny moments, and making bold choices.

Students will be playing games, creating characters, and building an ensemble that supports each other’s ideas! Guided by our highly-engaging instructors, students become more confident speaking in front of others, presenting their ideas more clearly, and finding the humor in everyday situations. Improv is truly a life changing art.

No experience necessary.  Upon completion of this course students are eligible to audition for our teen troupe.  Choose from 7 weeks of  2-hour classes OR a 4-day (3.5-hours/day) intensive offered during school breaks. Completion of intro clas is not a guarantee of admission into teen troupe. Limited to 14 students.

Next Session begins March 7th from 10am-12pm. Class runs for 7 weeks.

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TEEN TROUPE

We’re creating future comedy all-stars.  Are you ready? Become a Finest City Improv teen ensemble member!  As a member of our teen troupe you will perform with some of the best teen improvisers in San Diego. Each week your instructor teaches you new advanced skills and coaches you on improving your scene work. At least once a month you will be perform for a live audience with lights, music, and lots of laughter! Periodic guest instructors provide special instruction in topics such as creating sketch with improv, character development, auditioning, and on-camera work. The teen troupe is ongoing and acceptance is by audition. Students must complete at least one term of our teen improv class to audition. The Teen Troupe meets for 2 hours each week with one week off every 2 months. Members commit to a 2 month term. Each practice includes one hour of instruction in advanced scene work, performance games, and long-form structures, plus 50 minutes of coaching. The troupe performs at least once per month at Finest City Improv. Shows are open to the public. Prerequisite: Teen Improv Class and Audition.   Teen troupe is limited to 10 players per team. Congratulations to Mattress Emporium, the first graduates of our teen program and teen troupe!