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(via @jose602)

YesAnd.com has started twittering and promises a revamped website come May 1.

Groups Added:

Avian Players Improv Workshop (USA - New York)
Crache-Texte (World - France)
Dutch Blitzkrieg (USA - Pennsylvania)
EXiT 185 Improv Troupe (USA - Arizona)
The Extant Jesters Improductions (Canada - Ontario)
Grand Theft Impro (Canada - British Columbia)
Improv 4 Kids (USA - New York)
Improv Jones Boston (USA - Massachusetts)
ImprovXpress (World - UK)
Istanbulimpro (World - Turkey)
KICASS (Canada - Nova Scotia)
Laiva (World - Latvia)
Left Right TIM (USA - Colorado)
Light Rail Pirates (USA - Arizona)
Mail Order Bride (USA - Arizona)
Pirates of the Dotombori (World - Japan)
Red Dirt Improv (USA - Oklahoma)
Rumor Has It Improv (USA - California)
Theatre By Proxy (Canada - British Columbia)
Underage Sugar Addicts (USA - Illinois)
Under Pressure (USA - Washington)
VAMP Shows (USA - Indiana)
Wingin' It (USA - Pennsylvania)

Trust Us, This is All Made Up, a feature length documentary about Chicago improvisors TJ Jagodowski and David Pasquesi -- stars of the long-running show TJ and Dave -- will premiere in March at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas. There is also a showing scheduled for April at the Independent Film Festival Boston.

(via Coudal)

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.