Groups Added:

AV Improv Group (World - India)
The Bit Players (USA - Rhode Island)
The Cellar Dwellers (USA - Pennsylvania)
Chatham Improv (USA - New York)
Code Red Improv (USA - Texas)
Counter Productive Lover (USA - Illinois)
Cubed (USA - Pennsylvania)
The Dog Ate My Scenework (World - Netherlands)
Dubbel en Dwars (World - Netherlands)
entreparentesis (World - Argentina)
Eux (World - France)
Extemporaneous Theatre Company (USA - Alabama)
Froduce (USA - New York)
The HANdsomes (World - Netherlands)
Hustlebot (USA - Pennsylvania)
Illegal Refill (USA - Pennsylvania)
Improvisationstheater Schmetterlings (World - Germany)
InterPlay (USA - California)
IYFI - In Yo Face Improv (USA - Hawaii)
KEK_ (World - Netherlands)
The Laughing Stock Improv Group (USA - South Carolina)
Laugh Olympics Berlin (World - Germany)
Long Story Short (USA - Florida)
Massive Improv (USA - Texas)
Naples City Improv (USA - Florida)
Oh Susanna! (Canada - Alberta)
Paperback Rhino (USA - Iowa)
Power 2 Improv (USA - Florida)
Private Schools Aren't Funny (World - UK)
Safeword (USA - Maryland)
The Super Happy Improv Troupe (USA - New York)
Waterbrains (USA - California)
Yours Truly Theatre (World - India)

Dan Izzo, who opened and ran the (late) Michigan venue Improv Inferno, offers 12 tips for opening your own improv venue (though the advice is broad enough that applies to most any sort of comedy club or theater:

9. DON'T COMPETE ON PRICE. Compete on the quality of your shows. People don't buy iPhones because they're cheap. They buy them because they're good and do what they promise, and do it well. You've got to price the show reasonably, but will people come see a show because it's cheap? No they come because it's funny, or a friend told them it about it. Give them a good show and you can charge what a movie charges, or possibly in the range of a traditional theater.

The third annual Twin Cities Improv Festival is now accepting performance submissions. Submissions are due by January 15, 2009 and more details are available at their website.

Time Out Chicago interviews Mick Napier.

The New Orleans Improv Festival has been announced for October 23-25, 2008 and is accepting submissions for performers. Ian Hoch writes:

We're celebrating our third year in our cozy space with three days of improv, friends and fun. America's most eccentric city plays host
to improv's most exciting performers and teachers.

Visit www.neworleansimprovfestival.com to apply. Applications are due August 1st, 2008.

Questions call 504-899-0336 or email ian@lanuittheater.com

This is the improv festival you wish you could take home in your pocket!

Vetran improv actors Mitch Rouse, David Pasquesi, Jay Leggett, and Michael Coleman star in the largely improvised new Spike TV show Factory. The complete first episode is available for viewing online.

(via Coudal)