Oaktown Improv

Oaktown Improv Oaktown Improv hosts a weekly improv jam, teaches ongoing improv classes to students of all levels, and performs a monthly improv show.

Oaktown Improv holds all of its events at the Temescal Art Center in Oakland's historic Temescal district. We produce monthly improv shows on each second Saturday at 8pm. An all-comers troupe showcase takes place before the main show and starts at 6:30pm. Our weekly improv jam is from 1-3pm every Sunday. Improvisors of all levels are welcome to come and create scenes from scratch with another play

er. Beginning to intermediate improv class is ongoing on Sundays from 3-5pm. Intermediate to advanced improv class is ongoing on Wednesdays from 8-10pm.

02/14/2021

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. – Oscar Wilde

12/17/2020

We really should post these more often. Here's a quote created during word-at-a-time koan, at the end of Actor Style Improv:
"I love you when moonbeams strike my colorbone."

Stephanie did a bunch of improvised clips for The Kooks in the July 2020 show. This is the full version of the one that ...
07/20/2020

Stephanie did a bunch of improvised clips for The Kooks in the July 2020 show. This is the full version of the one that got picked by the audience for inspiration.

Teachers tend to have more than one name, and this one is no exception.

China the cat says our Zoom improv show is "Riveting! A must see!"
07/09/2020

China the cat says our Zoom improv show is "Riveting! A must see!"

02/10/2020

Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. – Samuel Johnson

10/04/2019

Our spontaneous action is always the best. You cannot, with your best deliberation and heed, come so close to any question as your spontaneous glance shall bring you. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

09/01/2019

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artists once he grows up. – Pablo Picasso

07/12/2019

Humour is by far the most significant activity of the human brain. – Edward De Bono

04/20/2019

My way of joking is to tell the truth. It's the funniest joke in the world. – George Bernard Shaw

03/31/2019

Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. – Katherine Mansfield

02/22/2019

I remain just one thing, and only one thing – and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician. – Charlie Chaplin

01/27/2019

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. – Henry Miller

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511 48th Street
Oakland, CA
94609

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