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The Groundlings is an improvisation and sketch comedy theatre that has been entertaining LA audiences for over 40 years. We’re a non-profit organization founded by Gary Austin in 1974. You can find out more about us or our history.
The Groundlings is an American improvisational and sketch comedy troupe and school based in Los Angeles, California. The troupe was formed by Gary Austin in 1974 and uses an improv format influenced by Viola Spolin, whose improv techniques were taught by Del Close and other members of the Second City, located in Chicago and later St ...
In January of 1974, Gary Austin announced that he wanted to create a theatre company. Taking its name from the group of lower class audience members who stood on the ground in front of the stage to watch plays in Shakespeare's day, "The Groundlings" was officially incorporated as a non-profit organization.
The Groundlings Production Committee has suggested a fantastic and ambitious slate of theatricals for next season. The board has set about attempting to procure the rights to produces these shows. As soon as we know that we have the production rights, the season will be announced in this space (and elsewhere). Check back in the next few weeks!
The Groundlings is an L.A. improvisation and sketch comedy destination of over 45 years, where we leave everything at the door, welcome and arrive from all walks of life, in hopes to instill a brave uncensored practice of examining and reflecting flawed/shocking/absurd human culture using the cure-all spoonful of sugar: LAUGHTER.
Join the Groundlings Main Company as they present its latest and greatest main stage show. It’s an evening of sketches and some improvisation, always original and always hilarious. Find Tickets.
5 de jun. de 2014 · 40 Years of Improv Comedy: An Oral History of the Groundlings. 1 / 14. Courtesy of The Groundlings. Laraine Newman. “O, it offends me to the soul to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear...
