Improvisation Island

Come explore all of the best tropes and cliches of reality dating television with some improvised twists. A full season of reality tv followed by intermission and a scandalous reunion.

The Lab

Encouraging experimentation, spontaneous art and bold collaborations, THE LAB HAS RETURNED. Each Lab show consists of three improv teams. This week's teams: EMPRESS, Spit-Take & Old Friends This is a free event!

The Electric Slideshow

We’re having a PowerPoint party, and you’re invited! Your host Emily Hooper and some of St. Louis’s best comedians and improvisers are gonna teach you (teach you, teach you) all about their hottest takes, favorite fun facts, wildest vacation stories, and most unnecessary conspiracy theories. Let’s boogie woogie woogie! This is a free event!

The Menagerie

Come one! Come all! and catch three local improv teams as they perform in front of a live audience. Just like a zoo!...except there's no cages or fish tanks.

Student Showcase

Join our Teams Level students as they showcase their talents every Thursday at 7pm! We'll have an improv jam afterwards so anyone can get in on the fun.

Whose Show is it Anyway?

Rated TV-MA. The latest IS original series—and your next binge watch—is now streaming from side stage! Join Stay Tuned as they “Netflix and chill” with featured team 80085 to bring you a high-energy 90 minutes of longform improv mixed with short-form games. Viewer discretion is advised.

Dogbody Embodies

You know Dogbody. They are one of your favorite longform improv teams. Normally Dogbody is Alayna, Charles, Justin, Kylee, Phoebe, Scott, and Scott. But tonight, Dogbody is something different. For one set, all of Dogbody will embody something else. They will take on new lives. New personas…and they will learn how to do improv.

Cagematch

The Cagematch, which was originally created by Kevin Mullaney (former Artistic Director at the UCB Theater), returns to The Improv Shop starting Friday, January 12th 2024. A friendly, longform competition show between two teams, The Cagematch will take place every Friday at 10pm. YOU, THE AUDIENCE, DETERMINES THE WINNER. The winning team plays in the […]

The One Four Fives present an Improvised Musical!

It's the opening (and err, closing) night of a Broadway-style musical, completely made up on the spot! Based on an audience suggestion, The One Four Fives create a musical that has never been seen before. Every performance is a unique experience full of drama, comedy, emotions, and of course, songs.