by Comedy Spot | Jul 6, 2022 | Articles |
These are commonly used terms at Sacramento Comedy Spot, used in our core improv classes. Want to play some fun improv games? Visit our Improv Warm-up Games List. Please let us know what other terms you would like us to add. A-to-C Connections (Word Association): We...
by Carrie Rohrbach Meyers | Feb 15, 2022 | Articles
Four of Cups This card reminds you to start your day with a minimum of four cups of coffee. Or tea. Or extra-strength diesel fuel because you’re going to need it to muster the strength to even consider another day in the classroom. As you ponder your contribution to...
by Brian Crall | Jul 31, 2021 | Articles |
Helix is a NEW improv form developed at Sacramento Comedy Spot to replace the Harold as the primary form used to teach improv students. The Committee, an improv group in San Francisco, was the first group to perform a Harold in 1967. The Harold form continued to be...
by Comedy Spot | Jul 6, 2021 | Articles |
This is a list of improv warm-up games played at Sacramento Comedy Spot in our core improv classes. If you see some terms you don’t know, take a look at our Improv Glossary. What other games should we include? 10 SECONDS TO MAKE A… Divide the class into groups...
by Sara Aghamohammadi | Jun 30, 2021 | Articles |
When I think about the happiest moments in my life, my thoughts immediately return to the night our fledgling improv troupe, the HypotheChicks, won our first Cage Match in October 2019. It seems like such a silly accomplishment to bestow the title of “Sara’s Happiest...
by Steph Garcia | Apr 8, 2021 | Articles |
Growing up, I had a personality that could stop a room. A favorite family story is when I was two-years-old, and my uncle taught me how to cluck like a chicken, and like a sexy chicken. “Stephanie, what’s a chicken say?” “Bawk, bawk.” “Stephanie, what’s a sexy chicken...
by Comedy Spot | Mar 25, 2021 | Articles |
Sacramento is an amazing city for comics, with several comedy open mics in all sorts of different types of venues, nearly every night of the week. Sacramento Comedy Spot has been running an open mic for over 15 years. Whether you’re someone that wants to try out...
by Brian Crall | Jul 4, 2020 | Articles |
So, you want to become a comedian? Your friends have told you that you are funny. You watch a ton of stand-up comedians on television. You finally made your decision to start doing stand-up comedy, but you have no idea how to get started. I want to help! My name is...
by Comedy Spot | Jul 6, 2018 | Articles |
Justine Lopez represents the next generation of Sacramento Comedy Spot. She is a cast member on Lady Business, Anti-Cooperation League, and The Friday Show, and recently formed rap improv group called Masters of Rap Improv (MRI). In January, Justine began teaching...
by Comedy Spot | Jul 6, 2017 | Articles |
By guest Author Sarah Walsh, KAI Partners This blog post first appeared on the KAI Partners, Inc. blog and was posted here with permission. The original post can be found here. People get into improv comedy for all kinds of reasons—they love making people laugh, they...
