List of indie improv shows in Los Angeles

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This is a list of shows in Los Angeles that accept submissions from indie improv teams in Los Angeles. Typically they offer between 15-20 minutes of stage time. Most shows are free and ask only for a donation to help them pay rent on the room, usually in exchange for free beer. The list is arranged by venue.

The Clubhouse

The following shows are at The Clubhouse, an indie improv and comedy venue founded and run by Rebecca Drysdale, with help from Suzi Barrett and Jesse Glasgow. It features a theater upstairs, with a lounge and a classroom space downstairs. It's quickly established itself as one of the main indie improv hubs in L.A. In addition to shows, several independently-run comedy workshops and classes call the Clubhouse home, including Boot Camp, Tara Copeland's musical improv class, Sketch Guild, Sergio Cilli's video sketch comedy class, and of course Drysdale's own improv classes. In 2013, LAist.com named The Clubhouse one of the nine best comedy clubs in Los Angeles. It's located in Hollywood at 1107-A N El Centro Ave.

Website: http://theclubhouseimprov.com/

The Clubhouse

Name	Day/Time	Type of Show	Hosts	Website/Page	Contact Email	Notes
Sketchbar	Sundays, 6pm	Indie sketch/stand-up/variety show.	Jessica Jardine, Adam McCabe, Ryan Meharry, & Yamara Taylor	[2]	[3]	.
The Wrangle	Sundays, 11pm	Three-way improv cagematch	Ryan Hitchcock	[4]	[5]	Three-way improv cagematch.
One Love Improv	Mondays, 11pm	Indie improv show.	Mike Callaghan	[6]	[7]	Includes a jam.
Tuesday Night Thunder (TNT)	Tuesdays, 8pm	Indie improv show.	Thunderstruck	[8]	[9]	Includes a jam.
Room 101 (RETIRED)	Wednesdays, 8pm	Indie improv show.	Shakedown	[10]	[11]	Includes a jam. If your improv team has a coach, they ask that you cc them on the submission email.
Where Eagles Dare	1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month, 8pm	Indie improv/sketch show.	Joseph Clift & Ryan Hitchcock	[12]	[13]	Includes a mash-up team (email for a spot on it).
Shapeshift Improv	2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month, 8pm	Indie improv show.	Werner Hotdog	[14]	[15]	Books improv teams that do unique and uncommon forms.
The Lady Jam	1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month, 10pm	Indie improv show/improv jam.	The Lady Jammers	[16]	[17]	An improv jam exclusively for ladies. Also books one special guest all-woman improv group for each show.
Tiny Marbles' Giant Hour	4th Thursday of the month, 10pm	Indie improv show.	Tiny Marbles	[18]	[19]
The Manifesto Show	Fridays, 8pm	Indie improv show.	Comrades	[20]	[21]	Includes a jam and a team lottery slot.
CAMP	Fridays, 11:30pm	Indie improv/sketch/stand-up/whatever variety show.	The CAMP Counselors	[22]	[23]
Minor League Harold Night	1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month, 7:00pm	Indie improv show.	Matt Figuera, Manny Hagopian, & Thomas Ochoa	[24]	[25]	Books improv teams that do the Harold. Includes mash-up teams.
The Hate Mail Show	2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month, 7pm	Indie sketch/stand-up/improv variety show.	Hate Mail	[26]	[27]	Books improv, sketch, stand-up, storytelling, video sketches, and webseries.
The Local	Saturdays, 10pm	Indie improv show.	The Local	[28]	[29]	Includes a jam.

The Miles Stroth Workshop

Shows at The Miles Stroth Workshop are run by past students of the program. The Miles Stroth Workshop is a collection of teachers who are all exceptional at what they teach. Teachers of the program are chosen based on their diversity, each uniquely representing different approaches to the work. The idea of the workshop is not to create or perpetuate a single style, but to offer a one stop shop for the best of all styles and work toward their synthesis rather than their separation. The goal of the workshop is not only to educate, but to provide the opportunity for students to perform, create and produce their own shows. The following shows are at The Miles Stroth Workshop: Black Mondays, Long Hard Tuesdays, and Wednesday Night Riot! It's located in the "Straitjacket Theater" in Hollywood at 6470 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90038.

Website: http://milesimprov.com/

The Miles Stroth Workshop

Name	Day/Time	Type of Show	Hosts	Website/Page	Contact Email	Notes
Black Mondays	Mondays, 8pm	That's My Mom! performs "The Dating Game" & Dusty performs "You're Dead!"	That's My Mom! & Dusty	[30]	[31]	Books Improv. Four Indie Guest Teams per night and a special performance from Second City, IO, UCB Alumni teams!
Long Hard Tuesdays	Tuesdays, 8pm	Come see "The Work" we produce for FREE.	Pew Pew Pachoo! Family Van! Big Yellow Taxi! HMS Death! Long Shot!	[32]	[33]	Pew Pew Pachoo! Family Van! Big Yellow Taxi! HMS Death! Long Shot!
Wednesday Night Riot	Wednesdays, 8pm	The Reddit WTF Show, One Night Stand w/Miles Stroth, Special guests, free drinks and more!		[34]	[35]	Every show is headlined by Miles Stroth's ONE NIGHT STAND, where Miles improvises with different guest improvisers.

iO West

IO WEST is, of course, the Los Angeles branch of the ImprovOlympic in Chicago. They've been putting up indie improv teams since time immemorial, or at least since before the term "indie improv" came into use. There are three stages at iO: the Main Stage (through the front entrance and bar on Hollywood Blvd), the Del Close Theatre, and The Loft (both through the side entrance on Cosmo street). In addition to the shows listed below, you can also book an hour or half-hour Main Stage slot for your team or show by emailing iO West Artistic Director James Grace at [49]. It's located in Hollywood at 6366 Hollywood Blvd.

Website: http://ioimprov.com/west/

Main Stage

Name	Day/Time	Type of Show	Hosts	Website/Page	Contact Email	Notes
The Consistent Monday Improv Jam	Mondays, 6:30pm	Short-form & long-form improv jam.	Comrade! and Adults	[36]
One With Everything	1st & 3rd Mondays of the month, 9pm	Half-hour guest slot.	Less Hot Dog	[37]	[38]	Books improv teams that do unique and uncommon forms.
Cherry Crush	Mondays, 10pm	Improv cagematch.	Cherry	[39]	[40]	Includes a lottery team at around 11.
iO Student Cagematch	Mondays, 11:30pm	Improv cagematch.	Joscar Joseph Herrera & Josh Tariff	[41]	[42]	All members of each team must be current iO students to be eligible.
Harold Jam	Tuesdays, 11:30pm	Improv jam, Harold-style.		[43]
Musical Improv Jam	Wednesdays, 11:30pm	Improv jam, focusing on musical improv.		[44]
iO Cagematch	Thursdays, 11:30pm	Improv cagematch.	Joscar Joseph Herrera & Josh Tariff	[45]	[46]
Improv Hangover	Saturdays, 10am (monthly-ish)	Improv jam/Indie improv show.	Cake Batter	[47]	[48]	Free breakfast provided, specials on mimosas & bloody marys at iO bar.

Del Close Theatre (Formerly Andy Dick Black Box Theatre, aka The Dick Box)

Name	Day/Time	Type of Show	Hosts	Website/Page	Contact Email	Notes
3, 2, 1, Cagematch!	Sundays, 10:30pm	Three-way improv cagematch featuring only two-person teams.	One Man Show	[50]	[51]	Only books two-person improv teams.
Mystic Mondays	Mondays, 10:30pm	Indie improv/sketch show.	Tarotdactyl	[52]	[53]
Comrade!'s Improv Tiki Bar	1st & 3rd Saturdays of the month, 7:30pm	Indie improv show.	Comrade!	[54]	[55]
Saturday Night Formal	2nd & 4th Saturdays of the month, 7:30pm	Indie improv show.	Tricycle	[56]	[57]	Books improv teams that do unique and uncommon forms.
Ruffneck Improv	1st & 3rd Saturdays of the month, 8:30pm	Indie improv show.	Ruffneck	[58]	[59]
Value Menu Presents	2nd & 4th Saturdays of the month, 8:30pm	Indie improv show.	Value Menu	[60]	[61]

The Loft

Name	Day/Time	Type of Show	Hosts	Website/Page	Contact Email	Notes
Supernova Sunday	1st Sunday of the month, 10pm	Indie improv show.	Mercury 12	[62]	[63]
The Weekender	2nd Sunday of the month, 10pm	Indie improv/sketch show.	Kyle and Corte Do Sketch	[64]	[65]
theElainehour	3rd Sunday of the month, 10pm	Indie improv show.	Elaine	[66]	[67]
Danger Snack Does...	1st Monday of the month, 10:30pm	Indie improv show.	Danger Snack	[68]	[69]
Buckaroo Presents	3rd Monday of the month, 10:30pm	Indie improv show.	Buckaroo	[70]	[71]
Key Party	1st & 3rd Tuesdays of the month, 10:30pm	Indie improv show.	Key Party	[72]	[73]
Mr. Body	2nd & 4th Tuesdays of the month, 10:30pm	Indie improv show.	Mr. Body	[74]	[75]	Books improv teams that do genre forms.
Black Hot Fridays	Fridays, 8pm	Indie improv show.	Bobby Hot Stuff	[76]	[77]
Top Shelf	Fridays, 11pm	Indie improv show.	Top Shelf	[78]	[79]
Saturday Night Block Party	Saturdays, 8:00pm	Indie improv show.	Howie Kremer & Tracy Meyer	[80]	[81]
Fusion Saturday	Saturdays, 11:00pm	Indie improv/stand-up show.	Justin Alexio & Jeremiah Watkins	[82]	[83]

The Neon Venus Art Theatre

The Neon Venus Art Theatre has pretty much everything you can think of that falls under the umbrella of "art", and that includes a pretty extensive indie improv/comedy schedule. It's located in Hollywood at 7023 Melrose Ave.

Website: http://www.neonvenustheatre.com/

Direct Email: [102]

The Neon Venus Art Theatre

Name	Day/Time	Type of Show	Hosts	Website/Page	Contact Email	Notes
Trick Chair	2nd & 4th Sundays of the month, 10pm	Indie improv show.	Flash Garden	[84]	[85]
Hornet Sketch Hour	Mondays, 10:30pm	Indie sketch show.	BION	[86]	[87]
Frenemies and Friends! And Enemies!	2nd Thursday of the month, 10:30pm	Indie improv show.	Frenemies	[88]	[89]
Kill Bot	3rd Thursday of the month, 10:30pm	Indie improv show.	False Restart	[90]	[91]
Thrashtown! Improv Night	2nd Friday of the month, 10:30pm	Indie improv show.	Thrashtown	[92]	[93]
Fifty a Page and Friends	4th Friday of the month, 9:30pm	Indie improv show.	Fifty a Page	[94]	[95]
Coco Van's Monthly Improv Extravaganza	4th Saturday of the month, 10:30pm	Indie improv show.	Coco Van	[96]	[97]
Space Face	1st Thursday of the month, 10:30pm	Indie improv show.	Space Dangerous	[98]	[99]
Saturday Night Social	4th Saturday of every month, 8:00-9:15 pm	Indie improv show.	Socially Attractive	[100]	[101]

The Complex

The Complex is probably best known to improvisers as the current home of The Miles Stroth Workshop, and the former home of The Little Modern Theater and Room 101. There are approximately seventy-eight theaters inside this building. It's located in Hollywood at 6476 Santa Monica Blvd.

Website: you weren't actually going to look at The Complex's website, were you? Here's Miles's instead: http://milesimprov.com/

The Complex

Name	Day/Time	Type of Show	Hosts	Website/Page	Contact Email	Notes
The Sunday Bash	Sundays, 8pm	Indie improv show, in the Flight Theatre.	The Splash	[103]	[104]	Pay-to-play show. $20 for a slot. Includes a jam.
I Scream Sundays	Sundays, 9pm	Indie improv/variety show.	Sweet Dalai Lama	[105]	[106]
Cryclips!	1st and 3rd Sundays, 10:00pm	Indie Improv show that uses B movie clips for openings, in the Flight Theatre.	Cryclops	[107]	[108]	Includes a b movie based jam!

Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre Los Angeles

Indie slots at UCB are pretty sparse, but there are a few. It's located in Hollywood at 5919 Franklin Ave.

Website: http://losangeles.ucbtheatre.com/

UCBTLA

Name	Day/Time	Type of Show	Hosts	Website/Page	Contact Email	Notes
The Cagematch	All but the last Wednesdays of the month, 11pm	Improv cagematch.	Harrison Brown	[109]	[110]	All members of each team must have completed at least one level of improv classes at UCB to be eligible.
Sketch Showdown	Last Wednesday of the month, 11pm	Three-way sketch cagematch.	Sergio Cilli & Casey Feigh	[111]	[112]	80% of your team must have completed either Sketch 101 or Improv 401 at UCB to be eligible.
Long Hard Improv Jam	Fridays, 5:30pm	Improv jam.	Jacob Reed	[113]		UCB-student focused, but anyone has a shot at playing. Frequently features UCB performers as guests.
Not Too Shabby	Fridays, 11:59pm	Indie sketch show.	Dave Ferguson, Mike Hanford, & Mike Mitchell	[114]	[115]

The Cupcake Theater

The Cupcake has quite a bit of improv during the week. Located in Hollywood at 6520 Hollywood Blvd.

Website: http://www.cupcaketheater.com/

The Cupcake Theater

Name	Day/Time	Type of Show	Hosts	Website/Page	Contact Email	Notes
FrankenYeti Presents...	Fridays, 10:00pm	Indie Improv where at any show, a Second City Alumni Team may come and close the show.	FrankenYeti	[116]	[117]

Second City Hollywood

Second City has been opening its doors to more indie teams lately. Located in Hollywood at 6560 Hollywood Blvd.

Website: http://www.secondcity.com/

The Improv Space

Name	Day/Time	Type of Show	Hosts	Website/Page	Contact Email	Notes
Improv Roulette	Mondays, 10pm	20-minute guest slot, opening for an established Second City team.	Rotating host team, currently Pool Party	[118]	[119]
The Real Fake Cagematch	2nd & 4th Tuesdays of the month, 9pm	Mock improv cagematch.	Fortune & Glory	[120]	[121]
Thunderdome!	Tuesdays, 10pm	Improv cagematch.	Carrie Weisberg	[122]	[123]
Delicious Moments	2nd & 4th Wednesdays of the month, 8pm	20-minute guest slot, opening for an established Second City team.	Delicious Moments	[124]	[125]
Explo-Jam	Fridays, 11:30pm	Improv jam featuring a set by at least one guest improv team.	The Gunfordmay	[126]	[127]	Get there on time, because Second City closes its front doors at 11:45.
Saturdays, 9:30pm	Indie improv show.	Bro Squad 5	[128]	[129]	Saturday Night's Main Event

The Improv Space

Want a change of scenery or a Diddy Reese ice cream sandwich after your improv show? Good news! The Improv Space is located in a different part of town entirely. Located in Westwood at 954 Gayley Ave.

Website: http://theimprovspace.com/

The Improv Space

Name	Day/Time	Type of Show	Hosts	Website/Page	Contact Email	Notes
[[Destroy All Monsters]	Mondays, 9:00pm	Improv and sketch teams welcome!! Thymele Arts. 5481 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles	Destroy All Monsters	[---]	[130]
Space Wars	Tuesdays, 10pm	Improv cagematch.	Adam Macy	[131]	[132]
Gangbusters!	Tuesdays, 11pm	Indie improv/stand-up show.	Jason Van Glass	[133]
The Improv Sessions	Wednesdays, 9pm	Improv jam.	Ben 'Gomez' Crutcher	[134]

Ronin Shows

These shows belong to no clan. They're either the only indie improv show renting out a particular black box theatre, or are the only indie show at an already-established comedy/improv theatre.

Ronin Shows

Name	Day/Time	Location	Hosts	Website/Page	Contact Email	Notes
The Green Room	Sundays, 7pm	Impro Theatre, 1727 North Vermont Ave #208	Lush Green	[135]	[136]
Catsby	Sundays, 8pm	Theatre Asylum, 6320 Santa Monica Boulevard	CAT BATH!	[137]	[138]	Features themed mash-up teams.
Palapalooza	Sundays, 9pm	Impro Theatre, 1727 North Vermont Ave #211	Hey Pal	[139]	[140]	Improv teams base their sets off the monologues of a guest stand-up comedian.
Sweet Valley Improv	Thursdays, 7pm	The Sherry Theatre, 11052 Magnolia Blvd	Rinse & Repeat	[141]	[142]	Books Improv Teams
Hot Improv Nights	Third Thursday of the month, 9pm	Copper Still Bar @ Jaragua Restaurant, 4493 Beverly Blvd	Joseph Cabello & Fred Le	[143]	[144]	Includes a jam and mash-up teams
Mach Improv	Thursdays, 11pm	The Tre Stage, 1523 N La Brea Ave	Jake Regal	[145]	[146]	Weekly improv mash-up. Email to be put on the list!
Dark & Stormy Improv	Fridays, 8pm	The LOFT Ensemble, 929 E 2nd St, #105	Love, HARVEY	[147]	[148]
Danger Room	Fridays, 8pm	The Michael Woolson Studio, 8801 Cashio St	Harvey Rocketship	[149]	[150]	Books both improv & sketch. Includes a jam.
Jackpot Improv	Saturdays, 8:30pm	The Underground Annex, 1308 N Wilton Pl	The Weather With Chip Van Der Dyke	[151]	[152]	Books both improv & sketch. Includes a jam.
FrankenYeti Presents...	Fridays, 10:00pm	Indie Improv where at any show, a Second City Alumni Team may come and close the show. 6520 Hollywood Blvd. 90029	FrankenYeti	[153]	[154]
Destroy All Monsters	Mondays, 9:00pm	[Thymele Arts ] 5481 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles	Destroy All Monsters	[---]	[155]	Books Improv and Sketch Teams!