This meetup group is for NYC comedians and NYC people who love comedy!  Not only will we go out and see comedy shows, we'll also go to comedy related events and discussions. You never know who you'll meet at our meetup, so join up today and officially become 10% more awesome.      

This should be a place to find out about great comedy shows around NYC, and then go out and enjoy some laughs together. There's lots of awesome comedy (and comedy fans) out there, so these events should be fun. Also, I'm a comedian myself, performing stand-up and sketch comedy. Feel free to check my stuff out at DontTouchMeThere.com Hope to see you all at some shows!

Welcome to the wild wild web. It's merging all media into one. TV, Film, Radio and even animal husbandry. The web allows you to create your own world and your own brand. This group is geared towards making that happen. Hosted by standup Nick Cobb and sponsored by a new internet entertainment network that is casting a very wide net for content, This is a comedy immersion group with an internet upload slant. This is not your standard comedy meet up group that is oriented towards standups. Th …

This group is for people who love to laugh and have a good time. I love going to comedy shows, but I usually end up going to alone. I have to do the 2 drink minimum alone and have to laugh alone. So I decided to create a meet up so all of us can laugh before, during and possible after the show.

A networking event should deliver more than just business cards. The Improvised Business Networking Group is for innovative networkers looking for a fun way to make connections. Using the vehicle of improvisation, instructors from The Peoples Improv Theater facilitate events that allow participants to meet in an exciting and educational environment. Our members make strong connections using the team building, public speaking, and communication techniques used to inject fun into the workplace …

To help foster the growth of additional strong and confident women in the comedy world, we have developed workshops and classes based on the tools we use to improvise and create a brand new comedy show every week. In a supportive and encouraging environment led by women, you’ll find the freedom to explore and move beyond your comfort zone to find your true voice and your true funny. This new approach to improv focuses on strengths and traits unique to women and is about finding not just the trut …

  Learn the art of improvisation with one of the craft's noted instructors, Greg Sullivan, author of the new book There's No I in Improv. The class provides participants of all skill levels training in a sustainable improv technique, and it's a class for absolutely anyone who wants to have a great time creating, laughing and enjoying the company of other talented people. This is not a competitive or clicquey class; it's a mutually supportive and positive environment. Each class gives everyone a …

NO is the one word that hurts us the most. When we encounter another single person with the intention of asking them out we usually flinch and walk away because of the fear of the word no. Improv is about saying yes and . There are no mistakes in Improv.

To learn mime, storytelling, comedy sketch creation, and improvisation as an ongoing and creative craft or skill enhancement

Ever feel that there must be something new and interesting in the art scene in New York City? That there must be people who showed up for something more than the free wine and cheese? ARTS UP NOW! is for people to list the new, the unusual, the offbeat, the undiscovered and who also might not object to a little free wine. Experimental art is all will and good, but let's focus in on the -successful- experiments and share, share share.

Can't wait until the weekend to have a good time? Like to have a good laugh during the week? Then you, my friend, are a Laffaholic. You have a need and we are here to fill that need. Stand-up comics now have a group to call home about!!! Come and try out your new material and when that doesn't work, wooo us with the tried and tested material that's known to get the laffs. Looking forward to seeing you at our next event!      

This group organizes and attends all sorts of clown functions. Clown shows, Clown Classes, Clown Meetings, and Clown Hang-Outs. If you are a clown or if you are interested in clowns and clowning this is the group for you! Summer events will be posted soon! Clown –ON!

Our one-of-a kind improv dating events Are fun and playful and anything but tense

We're a loose-knit bunch of people with varying degress of improv experience ranging from almost none to very experienced. We'd like to have a few more people every week, so that we have fresh ideas...and becuase not everyone can make it every week.   We meet in a residential lounge and we email you the address about 24-48 hours before the meetup.  We also limit the number of people from meet-up to 10 each week.

This is not a class or an intro to a class. There is no teacher here. Our membership consists of working actors who drop-in regularly to develop their craft. Our members are trained in everything from The Method and Practical Aesthetics Technique to Chicago-style improv, Committed Impulse to musical theater. We meet once a week at Ripley-Grier Studios to work on monologues, scene work and/or original work of all kinds. Preparing a new monologue for auditions? Try it out with us first! Writing a …

STARK!! Open Mic @ ZINC BAR is for poets/spoken word/musicians/dancers and performance art of any kind. This open mike is without censorship, designed for openess and total expression of the arts of music and poetry. From a rant to a chant to a lyric!!!