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  • Thank You For Being A Friend

    Join Old Friends and small, closeknit teams for a night of celebrating connection at the Improv Shop! Bring your pals for a chance to be interviewed on stage and for *your* relationships to inspire the show!

    THE ASTERISK*

    In this show, we give the suggestion to YOU. Every show has a theme, and every audience** has stories to share. With your help, St. Louis’s best improv comics take a simple idea*** and dig into the juicy details. The result: scenes made up in real time, powered by your footnotes, omission, and disclaimers. Subtext […]

    Cagematch

    Cagematch, which was originally created by Kevin Mullaney (former Artistic Director at the UCB Theater), returns for the 2026 Regular Season! Cagematch is a friendly, competitive longform improv show where the audience votes for their favorite team. The winner moves plays again the following week, always! Tonight's challenger: Uhhhh

    Shark Tank

    Welcome to the tank! We’ve assembled a panel of Sharks, willing and ready to invest their time, money, and creative talents to young improv entrepreneurs (improveneurs?). Come out and hear about the shows, sketches, and projects that these enterprising improvisers need your help to mount!

    Teams Level 1 Student Showcase

    Join our Teams Level 1 students every Monday at 7pm on sidestage as they showcase their talents over the 8-weeks of their class. This is a free event!

    The Gift

    What’s in the box?! Three improv teams take turns gifting each other unusual physical objects. Whatever they receive, no matter how weird, must inspire their entire performance. Come see what strange ideas they unwrap! 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.