This eight-week Improv 101 course is the perfect fit for everyone! We teach you all the basics of improv. Basically, you are going to laugh for two hours each week and play like a kid! You will learn how to create comedy scenes off the top of your head, with no preparation or planning, inspired by students’ true stories. You will learn basic improv skills, like accepting and building on other student ideas, establishing and playing the pattern of the scene, and heightening your pattern from grounded to crazy town. You want to just have fun? You want to perform someday? This class is for everyone! Okay, let’s do this. Register. Stop messing around. Annnd, go! At the end of the class, students will perform in front of a live audience in a class performance.

 Location: Comedy Spot Training Center – 915 T Street, Sacramento 95811   

 

$175 | 8 sessions, 2 hours each
7:00pm-9:00pm | Students: 16
Prerequisite: Improv 101

Improv 201 is all about scene work and giving you the confidence to stop thinking and let it rip! This class will focus on characters, improving your scene initiations, reacting in the moment, finding and playing fun simple patterns, and supporting your scene partner. Round two! Let’s make this happen. Register! Do it! At the end of the session, students will perform in front of a live audience in a class performance.

 Location: Comedy Spot Training Center – 915 T Street, Sacramento 95811

$175 | 8 sessions, 2 hours each
7:00pm-9:00pm | Students: 16
Prerequisite: Improv 201

Improv 301 will give you some new tools for your improv tool belt. You will learn all the skills needed to perform The Harold improv form, from start to finish, including creating 2nd and 3rd beats and group scenes. The Harold is one of the most difficult forms to learn, but will give you a TON of new improv skills you can use in any improv show. At the end of this session, students will perform in front of a live audience in a class performance. Students who complete Improv 301 are eligible to audition for a Harold team and the opportunity to perform in our weekly Harold Night show.

 Location: Comedy Spot Training Center – 915 T Street, Sacramento 95811

Not sure about taking an improv class?  Get a sample of it with Taste Test!

$6 | Every Wednesday
7:00pm-8:30pm
Prerequisite: None
Instructor: Michelle Petro

Want to have some fun? Laugh your ass off? Maybe even meet new people? WHAT?! Want to learn some basic improv skills and play a bunch of fun improv games? Then you need Taste Test, Sacramento Comedy Spot’s weekly drop-in improv class. We focus on beginning-level skills, so ANYONE can drop in! Drop into Taste Test for a while, and then go big and take our 8-week Improv 101 class, offered monthly. With each session, you also get to see the remainder of Harold Night for FREE! The fee for Improv Taste Test is $6 per session. Payment can be made in person with cash or card, or you can pre-register online using the button, below. Online pre-registration ends at 6pm on the day of each class.

Bonus: Get six Taste Test sessions for the price of FIVE! Purchase in advance using the button below, and you will receive a punch card on your first visit.

 Location: Comedy Spot Training Center – 915 T Street, Sacramento 95811

$150 | 6 sessions, 2 hours each
7:00pm-9:00pm | Students: 14 
Prerequisite: None

In Improv Games class, students will be given an introduction to the short-form style and basic character work, and will learn a variety of improv games, allowing them to expand their improv repertoire. This style of improv is similar to that seen on the television show Whose Line is It, Anyway? and in the Comedy Spot show, Short Cuts.

Though not required, we recommend completing our Improv 101 class prior to taking Improv Games.

A & B Sessions: Each session is designated by a letter. A different set of games will be taught in each, with each session being held twice before switching. Take both A and B to double-up on your skills!

 Location: Sacramento Comedy Spot – 1050 20th Street #130, Sacramento 95811

FREE | First Sundays (Check the calendar for exceptions)
5:00pm-7:00pm
Prerequisite: None
Instructors: Justine Lopez & Betsaida LeBron

People of Color Improv Space offers a unique opportunity for students who identify as POC to explore the comedic arts in a safe and nurturing environment. The Comedy Spot believes that a more diverse community is a stronger community. We are committed to diversity, equality, and inclusion, at all levels of our organization. We want all of our patrons to see themselves represented on our stage. This monthly workshop is FREE to participants. No prior experience necessary! Each month will focus on a new theme with relevant exercises, co-lead by local improv instructors Justine Lopez and Betsaida LeBron. In addition to education, the workshop is a great way to have fun and interact with others in the community, and to learn more about applying for the diversity scholarships offered by the Sacramento Comedy Foundation.

 Location: Comedy Spot Training Center – 915 T Street, Sacramento 95811

$125 | 4 sessions | Sundays
1:00pm-3:00pm
Instructor: Liz Merry

Upcoming Start Dates: January 12 • February 9

A four-session class for self-described Baby Boomers who want to practice a new, lighter perspective in life.

In this class, students will learn the basics of improv comedy in order apply these ideas in daily life. We will play games and do fun exercises that enhance positivity, build flexible thinking and emotional resilience, increase mental agility, and raise body awareness.

If you’ve ever been curious about improv, or even if it’s already a hobby, this class is a unique and fun way to enhance your daily life. And if you’re interested in performing improv, this is an easy way to get started.

 Location: Comedy Spot Training Center – 915 T Street, Sacramento 95811 

 

Upcoming Start Dates: January 16

This four-week workshop will introduce you to improv long forms beyond the Harold. You will learn the structure and skills required to perform successful long forms including Armando, JTS Brown, Living Room, and the Bat. Expand your tool belt. Leave Harold behind.

 Location: Comedy Spot Training Center – 915 T Street, Sacramento 95811 

 

$60 | 3 sessions, 2 hours each
Thursdays | 7:00pm-9:00pm
Prerequisite: Improv 201
Instructor: Brian Crall

Upcoming Start Dates: February 20

This three-week workshop will get you out of your head and show you the magic of playing in the moment. You will be reminded of the skills needed for successful organic scenes including listening, agreement, and labeling and playing patterns. You will be introduced to games and drills that will build your confidence and give you tons of new skills for more successful organic scenes. Pure creativity. Tons of laughs and fun.

 Location: Comedy Spot Training Center – 915 T Street, Sacramento 95811 

 

$80 | 4 sessions, 2 hours each
Thursdays | 7:00pm-9:00pm
Prerequisite: Improv 101
Instructor: Brian Crall

Upcoming Start Dates: March 19

This four-week workshop will give you acting skills that will help you create more realistic characters and more dynamic improv scenes. You will learn basic acting skills and concepts and how those skills and concepts apply to improv. Subjects include motivation, point of view, tactics, conflict, character, stage picture, and motivated movement. These core concepts can also be used in scripted work for the stage and camera.

 Location: Comedy Spot Training Center – 915 T Street, Sacramento 95811 

 

$150 | 6 sessions, 2 hours each
7:00pm-9:00pm | Students: 8
Prerequisite: None

Sketch 101 will teach students the basics of writing sketch comedy scripts and developing characters, as seen in television shows like SNL, MadTV, and Key and Peele. Students will learn Comedy Spot sketch theory and several methods of generating ideas with a clear focus. At the completion of this class, students will have several finished sketches and characters to use in future.

 Location: Comedy Spot Training Center – 915 T Street, Sacramento 95811

 

$175 | 6 sessions, 2 hours each
7:00pm-9:00pm | Students: 10
Prerequisite: Sketch 101

In Sketch 201, students will explore the basics of stage production for sketchcomedy, including blocking, props, costumes, tech needs, and run lists. Using scripts and characters developed in Sketch101 class, you will collaborate with fellow students to produce your very own live sketch show.

 Location: Comedy Spot Main Stage – 1050 20th Street #130, Sacramento 95811

 

$175 | 4 sessions, 2 hours each
7:00pm-9:00pm | Students: 10
Prerequisite: None

Have you ever seen a comedian perform and thought, “I can do that!”? Have your friends ever told you that you were hilarious and you should try stand-up comedy? Or do you just love making people laugh and want to give stand-up comedy a try? Our Stand-Up 101 class will give you the skills, practice, feedback, and motivation to perform a five-minute comedy set. This class and instructional environment encourages constructive feedback, sharing, time-tested lessons and tips, and you’ll have a lot of fun in the process. You will gain the skills you need to perform a five-minute comedy set at an actual open mic graduation show at the Comedy Spot, and learn how to continue performing at the various venues in the area once you’re done!

 Location: Comedy Spot Training Center – 915 T Street, Sacramento 95811

 

You have at least five minutes of material and now you want to expand. Or maybe you have way more than five minutes, but you want some feedback and help tagging and punching up your jokes. In Stand-Up 201, our instructor watches students perform weekly at Comedy Spot’s Open Mic and then immediately provides feedback and help punching-up their material. This class is perfect for comedians who want to move to the next level.

 Location: Comedy Spot Main Stage – 1050 20th Street #130, Sacramento 95811

 

Comedy Filmmaking Basics will give the beginning filmmaker a strong foundation in visual comedy techniques and film comedy theory, so they can start making better, funnier videos right away. Through a combination of lecture and hands-on you’ll learn the basics of shot composition, camera movement, lighting, pre-production, directing, and editing, all through the lens of comedy. You’ll also learn some basic principles of screenwriting along the way. By the end of the class, you’ll have completed a group project to show the world!

 Location: Comedy Spot Training Center – 915 T Street, Sacramento 95811