Improvoker

You want places to go? Well get outa’ here (sniffle) we didn’t want you here anyway.

• Books We Recommend

  • Truth In Comedy

    Often toughted as the improv Bible, although I find it a little short.

• Comedy Cohorts

  • Buzz Focus

  • Comedy Central Improv

  • Dead Frog

  • Hello Hilarious

    If we had a sister publication, this would be it.

  • Improv Is Good For You

  • Story Robot

  • The Apiary

  • The Bastion

  • The Coming

    Sounds like a line a Hungarian porn star would use, but it’s all about LA Comedy.

• Improvisers

  • Anthony King

    is not only the creative director of the UCB NY, but also wrote Gutenberg the musical.

  • Chris Gethard

    Dude knows his shit, back to front. Also handy in a knife fight.

  • Chris Kula

    performs with UCB House Team Reuben Williams and teaches sketch.

  • Eliza Skinner

    of I Eat Pandas, Baby Wants Candy, and Hammerkatz writes great posts on everything from love, life, to Saved By The Bell… which is naturally both things rolled into one hairsprayed package.

  • Erik Tanouye

    has one of my favorite websites, which he updates very frequently with politicaly themed posts. He is an exceptionally talented writer and also performs with the UCB Harold team 1985.

  • Gil Ozeri

    Prank Calls sex workers and lets them know what he’s into… which is always a hilarious fetish. I am always surprised on how well the sex phone oppereator does not break the reality.

  • Jackie Clarke

    mother f-ing full stop. Jackie is one of the funniest performers at UCB NY. She performs with Death By Roo Roo and Obsessed with Julie Klausner.

  • Joe Wengert

    Member of Reuben Williams, Krompf, and writer for the Onion News Network.

  • Justin Purnell

    is the host of UCB’s School Night. His website is mix of general interest, great video clips, and comedy related commentary.

  • Kate Spencer

    is member of the stellar UCB group Reuben Williams. Her blog is funny and wonderfully honest.

  • Rob Lathan

    Get Psyched!

  • SPO

    Either you know who she is, or you don’t. I’m not going to give it away.

  • Will Hines

    is an instructor at UCB NY and performs in the House team 1985 as well on Channel 102’s Sexual Intercourse American Style. His weblog is outrageously funny with almost daily updates.

• Resources

  • Improv Encyclopedia

    Definition of games and forms

  • Improv Interviews

  • Improv Resource Center

  • ImprovComedy.org

  • Improvland.com

  • Project Improviser

  • Santa Barbara Improv Workshop

  • Story Robot

  • The New Improv Page

  • YesAnd.com

• Venues

  • Gotham

    Worst website ever.

  • Magnet

    Home of Armando Diaz

  • Peter McManus Cafe

    Not really a venue for performance, but sure is a venue to chat with other improvisors.

  • The Moth

    Great story telling

  • The Pit

  • Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theater

• We Heart

  • BeepBoop

  • Best Week Ever

  • Chanel 102

  • Curbed

  • Cute Overload! :)

    Yeah, basically what the name says.

  • Fringe NYC Festival

  • Gawker

  • Go Fug Yourself

    now here’s a place to waste some time

  • Gothamist

    Find out what’s happening

  • Improv Everywhere

    These swarms of improvisors wreak havoc in the city by performing everywhere

  • Inside Joke

  • Kottke

  • L Magazine

  • Overheard in NY

  • PAPER

  • Perez Hilton

  • Shorpy

    The 100-Year-Old Photo Blog

  • Stuff White People Like

    The new blogdejour

  • Super Deluxe

  • The Onion

  • What Would Tyler Durden Do

    Joy, thy name is pointing out the obvious