Love sketch comedy shows and wish you too could write like the pros? Due to the many phone calls, emails and student inquiries, Finest City Improv is thrilled to announce that Tommy Galan is teaching sketch comedy writing beginning September 4th! Learn the elements of sketch from idea generation to … Read More
Learn how to think faster, play harder, and make it all look easy!
We’re so excited to announce that one of Los Angeles’ best performers and instructors will teach a workshop at Finest City Improv on August 23rd! Emily Candini is a California native and has been performing for over 20 years! She’s trained at The Second City: Chicago, iO Chicago, Annoyance Theatre, and … Read More
Long Form Improv: So much more than a quick laugh!
When done well, a good show offers something more than a quick laugh. Maybe it made you think, or surprised you with its complexity and uniqueness -that’s the beauty of long form improv. Finest City Improv’s Assistant Artistic Director breaks it down for us.
Now Registering: Master Class – Characters Through Physicality
Are you tired of playing the same characters? Have you exhausted your bag of tricks? Good. Come and play with Tommy Galan to learn the art of physicality and character development through clown and physical theater. This workshop will get you out of your head and into your body, the … Read More
We’re doing something magnificent this summer! Are you?
Finest City Improv has created an irreverent, socially charged romp through some of San Diego’s beloved landscapes.
Support your local homebrewer this Friday at Finest City Improv!
Using only George’s stories as inspiration, our improvisers will create a comedy improv show, right before your eyes!
FCI Podcast with Haste Theatre!
Haste Theatre talks physical theatre, show creation, and performing at Finest City Improv and SD Fringe. Enjoy 22 minutes hosted by FCI’s Tommy and Dino!
Burlesque?! Rock Music?! Ghosts?! No topic is off limits this Friday!
Our “World According To…” guest of honor, Jaye MacAskill will have plenty to talk about this Friday night at 8pm at Finest City Improv!
Jaye has been a San Diego resident for 11 years, hailing from Canada by way of Brooklyn, New York. Her accomplishments include (but are not limited to!) being a historic preservationist, a real estate agent, a rock musician and a burlesque history expert!
Taking risks starts by saying “yes!”
You and I have some things in common. For starters, we have dreams and goals and the drive to make them into our realities. But we don’t stop there. We not only want to live up to our high expectations, we want to accomplish them all with grace and courage and strength.
And I want you to know, I believe it is possible. And learning improv can help you.
When I set out to accomplish my life’s dreams, I had my plan and my course of action. But, spoiler alert, my plans changed.
Our Story
Early one Saturday morning while driving from San Diego to Los Angeles for improv, it suddenly dawned on Amy… “Why am I making this long trip to another city to learn and perform improvisation? Shouldn’t San Diego have a place where people from all walks of life, all ages, and all levels of experience come together to laugh, learn and perform?”