What more could you achieve if you had more confidence to speak up? Women and girls often have trouble speaking up in the moment, expressing themselves in front of groups, and simply “putting themselves out there.” Speak Up! helps women and teenage girls cultivate confidence to address the “confidence gap.” What could … Read More
Make lifelong friends with Josh Garcia!
Josh is currently a level 5 student at Finest City Improv. He is originally from Altus, Oklahoma. He finds himself in San Diego by way of El Paso, Los Angeles & Houston. He first was introduced to improv in Los Angeles at iO West. Currently a level 5 student, he also … Read More
How Improv Fosters Creativity
Creativity is a beautiful, amazing thing. It’s absolutely necessary for art, innovation, and problem-solving. But the world isn’t always conducive to creativity. We’re bombarded with “No,” “but,” “what if,” and constant, nagging interruptions. This kind of negativity harms the creative process, and often causes those with bubbling imaginations to clam … Read More
Level 1 Intensive: All the fun of a class in one weekend!
After incredible success last year, Finest City Improv is proud to host another Level 1 weekend intensive! It’s a jam-packed two days of training August 25th and 26th from 11am-4:30pm for you to get a chance to discover and play with us in a shortened amount of time. Click here to sign up now! What will … Read More
Jump in like Rachael Guerra
Rachael is in her final term of classes at Finest City Improv. She shares that her awesome class and amazing teachers who have guided her are her reasons that “she will never stop doing improv.” We are sad to see Rachael go but support her as her career is taking … Read More
“Go Big!” like Monica Royal
Monica’s story is one of my favorites. After standing out with her shining personality in our Free Discover Improv class, we were so sad to see her walk out without signing up. We finished clean up and heard a banging on the door. “SIGN ME UP NOW BEFORE I REGRET … Read More
Sketch Comedy Duo from South Carolina Takes Stage This Saturday
NAMELESS NUMBERHEAD is a sketch comedy duo from Charleston, SC with a post-apocalyptic vaudeville vibe. Running all lighting and sound elements from the stage, their show is a character driven satire about you and the weird routines and habits you exhibit everyday. Self identified as surveillance chic, Nameless Numberhead exposes … Read More
2018: New Year, New Ensemble Members!
Finest City Improv is always growing and finding new ways to give its community more laughter, more shows, and more performers! We recently added these hilarious, dynamic, fun loving people to our ranks: On the Cast of A Single Lady: Whitney is a salsa dancing, soccer playing, stretching in public … Read More
How Improv Reduces Anxiety
Awkward. Quiet. Shy. Anti-social. If you suffer from social anxiety, these words probably feel familiar. Social anxiety can make common, everyday situations much more difficult. Parties with friends, happy hour with co-workers, or, a dreaded networking event can all cause a sense of dread and foreboding. But there are ways … Read More
Los Angeles darling, Celeste Pechous returns to teach and perform!
Saturday, December 3rd Finest City Improv welcomes Celeste Pechous for a double dose of workshops and performances! Teaching not one, but TWO workshops – “Scene Study” @ Saturday at 2pm and “Character Lifecycle” @ Sunday at 11am. Performing with our very own Jesse Suphan Saturday at 7pm in their duo show: Distant Celeste … Read More