Anyone can improv. Learn new skills, make new friends, laugh a lot, and no experience is necessary. Learn how to play group improv games in a supportive, non-competitive atmosphere. Ideal for both shy persons and experienced comediennes, as well as the perpetually annoyed and those who claim to not be creative. What's your excuse?! I am an Acting, Speech, and English teacher at Weston High School and Middle School and am a long time improviser. I've taught comedy improv in senior centers, adult …

Laughing Matter of Greater Boston Laughing Matter is a community service nonprofit organization that brings the therapeutic benefits of laughter and improvisational comedy to individuals in places of care, including hospitals, homeless shelters and senior centers. This Meetup serves as the Auditions Circle for prospective Member Performers of the Greater Boston Chapter of Laughing Matter. Individuals can audition in one of two ways: City-Wide Laughing Matter Audition City-wide auditions take pla …

Do you spend your days being serious, responsible, professional, respectable? Have a stressful job, have bills to pay, have people who depend on you? BEING A GROWN-UP IS HARD WORK!! Every now and then, we need to get out and play - whether it be for just an hour or evening - to reconnect with our inner child and to relax and reenergize. SILLY DATE! BOSTON is a good clean fun Meetup group in Boston/Cambridge for singles and their friends. Members are fun, friendly, independent and are interested …

Are you creative, love sharing ideas and play well with others? This is the group for you! Here is an opportunity to join in with other passionate individuals to explore the world of ideas, self-expression, creativity and experimentation. Perfect for professional and amateur creatives of all types (performers, graphic artists, writers, singers/songwriters, comedians, musicians, film makers, dancers....you get the idea!) as well as educators/experts/authors, thought leaders, and those of us that …

Are you from NH, and have you taken Improv classes, but want more practice?  Are you tired of driving ALL THE WAY TO BOSTON just to find other improvisors to practice with? Can you say, "Yes, and...?" and want to practice your skills with like minded adults at various skill levels? This is a peer mentored gathering, NOT A CLASS. The group meets and decides the topics/techniques for focus during that meeting and runs a series of exercises or scenes allowing everyone a chance to participate. There …

As of Sept. 3rd, Club 30 is under new management! Welcome to Boston's newest and best social group for those of us in our 30's who want to meet other super awesome 30-somethings in Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, Brookline, and beyond. This isn't a singles group so all you gotta be is in 30-39 and that's it; however, we just may let in a few 29 year olds  because we're cool like that. Car-friendly whenever possible and avoid the obnoxious and noisy undergrads at all costs. After all, we're Club 3 …

If you've ever wanted to confidently speak in front of an audience, and you'd like to sharpen your skills or become more confident at it, then you're going to like this. The purpose of this group is to provide a platform for you to develop your material and practice it in front of a live audience. By doing this, you will become more confident and comfortable when doing any kind of public speaking. You can be at any level of experience, and you're not limited to one type of presentation, as lo …

"If at age 20 you are not a Communist then you have no heart. If at age 30 you are not a Capitalist then you have no brains." (George Bernard Shaw) This group is for chilled out young people in their mid 20's to mid 30's who, like me, may have recently moved (or moved back) to this area. This is a group for those hoping to meet new friends and build a network of people. We will do things like meet for coffee, hold book clubs, go wine tasting, go line dancing, go mini-golfing, go to comedy shows, …