What better way to get over my decision paralysis than squaring off with the unknown for three hours a week? By Nicolaia Rips You are born alone, you die alone and you manually enter your credit-card ...

Hundreds of people who are very fast on their feet and quick with their wits will be in Hartford March 26-29 for the Hartford Improv Festival. Fifty-eight improv sketch groups or other improv-based ...

From the outside, on a cold January morning, the Bit Theatre in Aurora looks sterile. But inside, it’s warm, buzzing and full of families awaiting the start of an exclusive improv performance. This ...

Talk show host Seth Meyers, fresh out of college, had no idea what he was getting into when he auditioned for an English-language improv theater, Boom Chicago, in Amsterdam. Meyers secured the gig and ...

Del Close must be looking down in triumph from the afterlife, with or without the skull he famously wished to be donated after his death in 1999 to the Goodman Theatre’s props department for use in ...

Effective communication is the backbone of high-quality health care. Whether between clinicians and patients or among interdisciplinary teams, the ability to exchange information clearly, ...

To be a theater company without a permanent home is no laughing matter. After searching for 10 years, including four years in residence at Studio Theatre and renting class and rehearsal space across ...

In dimly lit venues across India’s metro cities, performers take the stage with nothing but a word from the audience. No script, no rehearsed lines, no safety net. What unfolds is the magic of pure ...

Improvisation can be used for many purposes. Typically, we think of improv comedy, where performers make up dialogue and situations on the spot to entertain an audience. But the art form can also be ...

Anne Burrell embraced comedy the night before her shocking death. The 55-year-old chef performed an improv show at The Second City New York in Brooklyn on Monday night. She was found dead at her home ...