09/01/25

KEEP IMPRO THEATRE ALIVE!

We need your help.

It's been nearly two years since our last fundraising appeal. We've kept the theatre and school open,

thanks largely to the help of donors like you as well as by taking some drastic cost-cutting measures and by increasing our rental business. Thanks to your support, we've kept classes going at our home in Los Feliz and online. We've been able to provide more scholarships than ever before to eager students-in-need. We've presented many, many great shows in the past two years, including community shows, school shows and shows with some of the very best actor/improvisers around today including Wayne Brady, Joel McHale and our own Edi Patterson.

The continuing effects of the post-pandemic economic downturn in the arts and the funding struggle facing small, non-profit arts organizations has taken a serious toll on Impro and we find ourselves in a real crisis. Additionally, the grant funding we used to be able to count on is increasingly hard to come by.

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We are so very grateful for and encouraged by our loyal audience members, students and the show-makers whose wonderful shows we've hosted; they consistently bring their enthusiasm, talent and time to our classroom and stage. You are an amazing community.

Now, we're in a struggle to make ends meet, so we're asking for your help.

Please consider making a donation right now.

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Impro Theatre, 1727 N Vermont Av #210 Los Angeles, CA 90027

Our hearts are determined to avoid closing our doors after 37 years but that possibility is sadly very real.

We believe that with your help, not only can we stay open, but we can thrive

and keep performing and teaching our signature style of unscripted theatre

with the world-class expertise we're known for.

Will you please help us keep Impro around to keep bringing joy to people through our performances and classes?

Impro Theatre is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, so your gift is tax-deductible.

Thank you so much for your support!

Mike Rock

Producing Artistic Director, Managing Director, Director of School, Director of Studio

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1727 N. Vermont Ave 2nd Floor L.A. CA 90027 In Los Feliz Village

“Amazing! One of the funniest evenings in town. The troupe spins an entire play into comedy gold right before your eyes.”

-- The Los Angeles Times

"Phenomenal. Hilarious."

-- Stage Raw

“Impro Theatre has evolved into a powerhouse improvisational company in full-length shows that are off-the-cuff and consistently hilarious. An indigenous Los Angeles treasure, the company should be seen — and reseen!”

-- The L.A. Times

"Brilliance. A true high-wire act literally beyond belief. There is probably no one else in the world like Impro Theatre."

-- Bitter Lemons

"Watching Impro Theatre make up plays is like watching Cirque du Soleil perform acrobatics — a feat that expands the definition of human potential. As theater, this company’s work is consistently as good as anything you can see. There’s not a better company of actors in Los Angeles, and Impro’s playwrights rank with their best contemporaries.” -- Stage And Cinema

Impro Theatre's shows are completely improvised, full-length plays in the styles of the world’s greatest playwrights, authors and composers. Impro Theatre performers and faculty are professional actors, writers and directors with decades of experience in theatre, television, film and improv who research, study and rehearse each new author or genre for months, learning everything there is to know about it before taking the stage. They combine verbal dexterity and robust physicality to bring character and story to life in an instant, making each Impro Theatre performance unique and unlike any other theatrical experience. With Impro Theatre School, we teach our unique approach to unscripted storytelling to both actors and non-actors alike. Students of all experience levels find a welcoming, exciting, non competitive, non judgemental and joyful environment to learn fundamental improv, storytelling and performing unscripted plays in an authentic way.

37 Years of Unscripted Theatre

Impro Theatre And School is a non-profit theatre company that aspires to change the world through joyful artistic engagement by performing, teaching, and expanding storytelling through unscripted theatre. For more than 37 years, Impro Theatre has been the home of genre and Narrative Improv in Los Angeles, constructing fully improvised plays inspired by the works of influential genres, playwrights, and authors.

About Impro Theatre

American Theatre Magazine

“Impro’s work has taught me to demand more from the theatre. These virtuosic talents simply are as superhuman as they seem. They are serious professional actors, classically trained, who can write on their feet better than many writers can type at a desk. Here might be the salvation Theatre seeks.”

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