Love improv and want to get more involved in our community? We’re looking for you! The Improv Embassy is a registered non-profit, founded and run by volunteers, dedicated to supporting, growing and building the improv and sketch comedy community in… Read More

The directors of the Improv Embassy recently sat down with Chantel Marostica, a hilarious Toronto standup who brought their touring comedy show Queer and Present Danger to Ottawa’s Yuk Yuks and taught a workshop at the Embassy on finding your… Read More

One of the highlights of improv festivals is the chance to meet and talk with performers from all over. During the recent Ottawa Improv Festival, we gathered a panel of performers from different cities for a casual discussion: Kirsten Rasmussen (co-founder of… Read More

Our new season is getting off to a bangin’ start: Two super fun student-team showcases (see the above picture), a whole slate of new classes starting (many sold out!) and so much more fun left to go. We’re particularly excited… Read More

One of our favourite things at the Improv Embassy is festivals. We produce the Ottawa Improv Festival and, when we can, we love going to other cities to see what they’re doing and showing off what we can do. So… Read More

Come join us, pay-what-you-can, for an evening of improv for all levels! Whether you’re a seasoned pro, feeling a little rusty, or completely new to improv, we’d love for you to join us! The Preserve is our regular improv jam…. Read More

You may have noticed, things are a bit different over here! After years of dedicated leadership, the Improv Embassy founders Dani and Chris have decided to step away for family reasons and have moved back to Toronto. Dani and Chris… Read More