Since 2003 we have been delivering powerful programming in schools, camps, community centers and family events DC to Boston and beyond. Welcome to the next level. Each of our programs are wonderfully fun and educational, but in combination, create a complete cultural arts programming that also double as English Language Arts electives. Host teachers can build up on our work on days we are not on campus to flesh out a fully accredited elective offering. Great for after school programming, summer camps and more.
- LEVEL 1 Improv Comedy
- LEVEL 2 Stand-Up Comedy
- LEVEL 3 Sketch Comedy
- email for more information. Book individually or as a series, for different ages, or same group over course of three quarters, trimesters, semesters etc. We can also include assembly programs and professional development to enhance the experience and introducing the school population to our services. NYC DOE VENDORS
With every residency we dedicate one of our professional teaching artists, with drop ins from our artistic director, Walt Frasier, plus include text books and other supplies. Every residency is designed to end in a performance showcase featuring every student.
Improv Comedy
We are most famous, and we recommend every program starts with Improv Comedy. Our residency recreates our popular classes in Times Square NYC at your school.
Improv is a powerful tool for all walks of life. In the corporate world we use it to train teams, leaders, sales and customer service skills. We have worked with fortune 500 executive teams, sales managers at Louis Vuitton and accountants at IS Medicare Medicaid, plus lawyers, marketing, sales, car dealerships, financial services and more. Clients include Google, Mercedes Benz, META /Facebook, TikTok, JP Morgan Chase, Accenture, Morgan Stanley, Twitter, Roblox, Rimowa, EI Digital, Accenture, Datadog HQ, Milbank, BING/Microsoft, Band of America – Merrill Lynch, Home Depot, Ernst & Young, Johnson & Johnson, Louis Vuitton, Coach, UBS, BDO, AMEX, Master Card, Macy’s, 360i, IBM, GM, Kraft, UNILEAVER, HBO, Prudential, Convene, Conference Board and many more…
For students , Improv and other comedy training IS Social Emotional Learning (SEL). Simply playing improv games develops creativity, critical thinking, public speaking, listening, focus, self-confidence, self-awareness and more.
For our company, Improv is a final step. Since 2002, we have performed 8000+ interactive improv comedy shows live from Times Square NYC and touring nationwide. For most improvisation is a meana to an end. Writers of Sketch comedy, sitcoms and most animated programming, use improv to find the funny in their scripts. Stand-Up comics use improv to enhance their writing process, too. And as stated above, Improv is a powerful skill in all walks of life. We even have fun professional development workshops for teachers.
Stand-Up Comedy Classes
Again, this class works great as a stand alone program but following a basic improv training, infinitely powerful.
Our Stand-Up comedy class is a series of simple writing prompts and stage time to develop original comedy routines. We start with basic brainstorming of ideas and details to flesh out stories from our personal experiences and observations. Then we learn to find the funny and turn into original stand-up sets. Every student will have 2-3 minutes or more of material.
Beyond comedy, this process can be used to create any presentation, in any field.
Sketch Comedy
Finally, our third offering, Sketch Comedy. Sketch comedy classes are a gateway to classical literature, playwriting, screenwriting and more. Every student will collaborate to write an original sketch. Along the way we discover:
- Study the history of comedy, from Ancient Greece thru early TV and Radio.
- Learn to write an original short play via brain storming exercises, collaboration, first drafts and rewrites, and a final script.
- Learn to produce and perform live show and video.
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Author, Artistic Director Walt Frasier has 25+ years of professional credits in comedy, Theater and music. He got his big break in TV performing comedy sketches on MTV’s Stankervision, Late Nite with David Letterman, TruTV’s Friends of the People, and most recently on HBO’s Pause with Sam Jay. As an actor, Frasier has appeared on NBC’s Blacklist, CBS’s Blue Bloods, USA’s Royal Pains (Filmed in Puerto Rico), Netflix’s Lilyhammer (filmed in Norway) and NICK’s Naked Brothers Band. In addition to 1000s of live performances around the world, Frasier has also appeared in numerous commercials, industrials, webisodes and reality TV shows. Frasier has written many books on comedy performance and more.
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The New York Improv Theater is a one stop edutainment center for corporate team building, office / holiday parties and more. Our comedy shows and workshops deliver high impact results. Clients include Google, Mercedes Benz, META /Facebook, TikTok, JP Morgan Chase, Accenture, Morgan Stanley, Twitter, Roblox, Rimowa, EI Digital, Accenture, Datadog HQ, Milbank, BING/Microsoft, Band of America – Merrill Lynch, Home Depot, Ernst & Young, Johnson & Johnson, Louis Vuitton, Coach, UBS, BDO, AMEX, Master Card, Macy’s, 360i, IBM, GM, Kraft, UNILEAVER, HBO, Prudential, Convene, Conference Board and many more… (NYC DOE VENDORS)
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