A Community of Comedy with Pride

The Evolution of the IMPRIDE Comedy Festival and LGBTQ+ Inclusiveness in San Diego Comedy By Jesse Suphan Eight years ago, I was living on the east coast performing standup comedy. I started to become mildly successful in the New England area performing regularly at places like Big Tim’s Giggle Factory … Read More

The GALE

June 29th The GALE will be blowing into San Diego to perform at the 4th annual Impride Festival. THE GALE is an entirely improvised comedy show which premiered on the world famous Groundlings stage in 2015 and has been selling out monthly performances ever since. Created by Groundlings main company member Chris … Read More

Celebrate PRIDE With Finest City Improv!

pride improv comedy festival san diego

This weekend is the legendary San Diego Pride Festival and WE WOULDN’T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD! You can catch us marching in the Pride Parade on Saturday morning, and we’re planning on bringing the SPARKLE. We’ll also have a booth set up all festival long. There will be giveaways, … Read More

IMPRIDE: Lip Sync Brunch Battle with Mariam T!

With all the craziness of San Diego Pride and our very own IMPRIDE Festival, we know there’s A LOT going on. So much to do, so many rainbows to wave. How can one decide? Well, buckle up because we have the event to end them all: Lip. Sync. Brunch. Battle.  … Read More

Why IMPRIDE? Just Ask Jesse Suphan!

FCI’s IMPRIDE Festival is coming up fast! There will be performances. There will be workshops. There will be probably be glitter. Lots of glitter. And we want to see you there! Wonder what exactly Impride entails? Let the actual festival organizer himself, the one and only Jesse Suphan tell you: … Read More

Impride Workshop! Gender Blender with Betse Green!

Gender is a construct: so let’s get constructive! With an emphasis on finding authenticity through subject matter often lost in stereotypes, we will utilize playful exercises to break from the binaries that bind and draw strong, meaningful connections to the gender identities in your life, both in and out of … Read More

Impride Workshop! Yoga for Improvisers with Justin Condon!

Festivals, especially PRIDE festivals, especially IMPROV PRIDE festivals are a wild ride. It’s important to take some time to regroup, re-center, and breathe. That’s where Justin Condon comes in! Justin will be leading Yoga for Improvisers, a special event just for performers and attendees of Impride. Mindful awareness is at … Read More