She Speaks Open Mic is a welcoming space for women and femme voices to take the stage and be heard. Whether you're sharing stand-up comedy, personal stories, poetry, or spoken word, this supportive community celebrates authenticity, creativity, courage, and connection. New performers and seasoned storytellers alike are invited to speak, laugh, and shine.

Tag You’re It Open Mic Sunday evenings at Rise Comedy, Denver’s best live comedy club, is a great way to help new comedians work on their jokes. You have a suggestion? We have the paper for you to write your tag lines that they might just use to punch up their jokes. Tag You’re It […]

Do you have a story that you think could be a funny standup routine? Are you frustrated by only having three minutes to work on what you're trying to say at other open mics? Then this is the mic for you. Tell your story - find the funny and then make it funnier. List drops at 7:30 […]

RISE Comedy is excited to announce that we’re holding a summer improv intensive. We’ve brought some of the best teachers and performers in improvisation together for a 4 day intensive. You’ll get 6 hours from 4 great instructors for a total of 24 hours of improv training. Intensive students will also form an ensemble team […]

COMEDY QUEENSComedy Queens feat. Banana Splits and Dr. Zackarina — your hosts play some of your favorite short form improv games in this regularly occurring RISE Comedy show format.CAST: Dr. Zackarina Jenny-hoe, Banana Splits---SORRY FOR YOUR LOSSSorry For Your Loss is an improv team based out of Cleveland, OH. The show features a "hub" scene […]

WHIMSICULTChoose your own adventure with Whimsicult. This quirky ensemble mixes classic improv forms with team and crowd favorites to deliver hilarious improvised comedy. Whimsicult performs the third Saturday of every month at the Peak Improv Theater in Colorado Springs.CAST: Krystal Arrell, Jennifer Caress, Gio Castillo, Matt Jacobs, McKay Jacobsen, Korbin Stein---FRIENDS OF FRIENDSFriends of Friends […]

THE INTENSIVE SHOW

MOUSE COUCHMouse Couch is a Denver-based improv trio that formed in 2017. With over 40 years collected improv experience, they present a style of improv that they call “fluid masons.” They seamlessly build scenes around each other with a unique style that they’ve developed over years of weekly performance.CAST: Asa Erlendson, Jamie Gaffney, Kent Welborn---NOT […]

TVUNSCRIPTEDJoin us for an improvised Film Noir show! Explore the gritty streets of LA as Ryder and Gabe take you back to the dangerous underbelly of 1940s crime, detective work, debauchery, and tragedy — with period vernacular, themes, tropes, and costuming.CAST: Ryder Tam, Gabe Valdez, Nick Armstrong---HIT AND RUN: MUSICAL IMPROVOne title from the audience. […]

ME MYSELF AND A CHAIR---REAL ANGELSThe cast has been performing and teaching throughout Chicago for over a decade. They have worked for The Second City. They were in sketch and improv shows directed by TJ and Dave. You can see them perform regularly at the iO Theater in Chicago.CAST: Mike Brunlieb, Jenelle Cheyne, Lindsey Smith, […]

THE TEACHER SHOW

DISTRICT 9District 9 Comedy is the longest running BIPOC improv team in Denver (six years and counting)! In our show, we share authentic stories from our varied experiences, then create worlds that bring them to life. Expect to be surprised, challenged, and delighted by the joy and chaos that erupts when these performers take the […]

BUT OF MINDBut of Mind is an improvised show in the style of paranormal and psychological horror shows from The Golden Age of Television such as The Outer Limits, The Veil, and The Twilight Zone. Ordinary people are placed into extraordinary, often unsettling situations — unfolding live, unscripted.CAST: Diana Brown, Dan Wilson, Eric Caldwell, Kelly […]

NIBLING RIVALRY Nibling Rivalry is a high-energy ensemble comedy show that is going to take you on the improv equivalent of a midway ride at a kitten rodeo. The format shares DNA with The Groundlings’ Crazy Uncle Joe Show — the most enduring long-form improv show in Los Angeles (25 years and counting!) CAST: Hawley […]

Discover the techniques that festival duo Wine & Weasels (Susie Sargent & Jerry Ruoti) use to move from scene to scene without breaking the momentum of a show. Too often, improv loses steam during the spaces between the scenes—relying on clunky sweep edits, predictable tag-outs, or waiting for a blackout. This workshop changes that. Through enthusiastic and supportive coaching, […]

If this is true, then what else is true? The answers are unlimited. But only you can use your specific sense of humor to take the game where you want. In this workshop we will explore how to add your own POV to the fun, making choices, and playing faster. Instructor: Leonard Smith Jr is a […]

BUDDY PUZZLEBuddy Puzzle was formed after Anatasha Blakely met Jacob Sorling at iO West in early 2016. Having both been coached by Holly Laurent, they've developed a unique performance style that blends sharp scene work with musical accompaniment. They have hosted shows at The Pack Theatre in Los Angeles and now perform in Denver.CAST: Anatasha […]

THREE-STAR GENERALWe are down to our last resort; deploy Three-Star General — a group of savants (and a couple horses) responsible for the greatest missions completed in this country, including prolonging the life expectancy of lobsters and improving the quality of sushi restaurants in Dallas.CAST: Fritz Francis, Maya Muralidhar, Alap Dave, Emily Sue Tomac, Jordan […]

JANE AUSTIN IMPROVJane Austin Improv is a performance company that strives to honestly embody Jane Austen's core fundamentals through improv comedy. Starting with a single audience suggestion, JAI devises a full-length improvised play in the style of Jane Austen — a Rom Com with A, B, and sometimes C story lines, complete with an improvised […]

TAPESTRYWatch as a one act play is written in real time in front of your eyes by this hilarious quartet featuring two married couples from Cedar City and Denver. With tension, comedy, and usually an idiot or two.CAST: Wendy Penrod, TJ Penrod, KP Nichols, Josh Nichols---OVER ELVISLike Walter White & Jesse Pinkman, a great improv […]

LEMON PEPPER WET

BOXCARCAST: Nick Armstrong, Rev McLean---JOHNNY ANYBODYJohnny Anybody's play is silly and anarchic. A fast-paced team who loves to sprint through a whirlwind of characters, each bound together by an opening thesis statement. They love building out narratives and then spinning them sideways.CAST: Chandler Harris, Davay Henry, Kayley Isaacson, Christina O'Brien Ouyang, Daniel Ronjak, Cody Ullrich---FROSTED […]

MOCKUMENTARY NOW!Voted the best film of 1992, Mockumentary Now! is not a film. It's an improv team of seasoned performers trying to piece together a documentary on the fly, live on stage. Each documentary is inspired by an audience suggestion — and goes completely off the rails from there.CAST: Haley Cohen, Sam Johnson, Jason Wagner, […]

IMPROV CABARETImprov Cabaret is a fully improvised Broadway-style musical, action-packed with singing, dancing, rapping, hilarious characters, and touching story lines. Every single moment of this jazzy musical is made up on the spot.CAST: Gretchen Grunzke, Dre Ford, Laura Prager, Rachel Beckemeyer, Kat Bond, Erik Mulder, Maynard Peralta---BUTT GAYButt Gay Improv has been slaying the stage […]