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)

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.

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!

(via Coudal)

Glamorgan Improvisation Troupe (World - UK)
Improvers (USA - California)
Improvisorium (World - Germany)
The Lobby (USA - California)
Ludus Ludius (World - UK)
Rodents of Unusual Size (USA - Colorado)
Spike Improv (USA - Colorado)
Triage (USA - Oregon)
Wat'n da los (World - Germany)

Update: The Time Out Chicago blog points out that Time Out Chicago did a similar profile last year.

(via Time Out Chicago)

Awkward Silence Comedy (USA - Indiana)
Bad Grammer (USA - Massachusetts)
Bent Theatre (USA - Virginia)
The B-List (USA - New Jersey)
La Bon de Rue (World - France)
CXP (USA - Iowa)
La Brique (World - France)
EFIT - Ecole Française d'Improvisation Théâtrale / Equipe COMMEDIA (World - France)
Eux (World - France)
Extraordinary Rendition (USA - North Carolina)
Freeze Dried Monkey (USA - Georgia)
The Ha-Ha Sisterhood (USA - Massachusetts)
Improv Colorado (USA - Colorado)
Improvisation & Co (World - Sweden)
Improvisation Inundation (USA - California)
Improvenös (World - Switzerland)
The Jove (USA - Florida)
The Magic Meathands (USA - California)
The Mixed Nuts - Dramagenics Family Improv Theater (USA - Arizona)
Nerd Love (USA - California)
A Pair of Nuts (USA - Florida)
Playback Theater Northwest (USA - Washington)
Roberto Alomar (USA - California)
Squishy! (USA - Ohio)
Stone Soup Improv (USA - California)
Ventura Improv Company (USA - California)

Baby Grenade (USA - New York)
Beijing Improv (Beijing, China) (World - China)
Chicago Improv Associates (USA - Illinois)
Dirty Laundry Improv (USA - Florida)
Fun Dip (USA - Texas)
Grandma's Third Leg (USA - Massachusetts)
Hoopla (World - UK)
Insensitivity Training (Canada - Ontario)
The Last Laugh (USA - Pennsylvania)
The LineBenders (USA - North Dakota)
The Lobby (USA - California)
LUDI Toulouse (World - France)
National Comedy Theatre Phoenix (USA - Arizona)
Running Gag Improv (USA - Tennessee)
Spin Cycle Improv (USA - Wisconsin)
Teatro Al Toque (World - Chile)
THEY improv (USA - Florida)
Troubled Shores (USA - Massachusetts)

Improv comedy is the bravest, most immediate form of making up stories that there is. It’s not always the funniest, or the smartest, or the best, but it’s always the bravest. The dawgs who do this shit have big balls, yo.

[...]

The basic theory of good improv is, we think, about letting go, accepting looking stupid, and making mistakes then turning them into gold at the drop of a dime. Most people who are great at improv, like Asssscat, learned this stuff first- or second-hand from a man named Del Close, who is to improv comedy what George Washington is to America or Thomas Edison is to, oh, you know, quadruplex-telegraph repeaters.

Anyway, on a good night, watching Asssscat perform is like being in a car speeding downhill with no brakes—in a funny way. They pretty much know the secret that unlocks the enchanted world of laughter, so we decided to try and get them to tell us…