Featuring some of the best talent
in the Northwest
Festival Performers
RAPID FIRE THEATRE (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
Rapid Fire Theatre is Edmonton's longest-running improv comedy company, and have been entertaining Edmonton audiences for over 30 years. They have been named "Edmonton's Best Theatre Company" two years in a row by VUE Weekly. In 2012, Rapid Fire Theatre won a Canadian Comedy Award for Best Comedy Short for "Internet Search History Revealed", and are nominated for Best Improv Troupe in Canada this year.
Vancouver TheatreSports™ League is located on Granville Island, Vancouver's arts and culture capital. Circa 1980, VTSL is now a local institution and a worldwide phenomenon, producing and staging some of the most daring and innovative improv in the world. Boasting six International Improv Comedy Awards and starring in several television specials, Vancouver TheatreSports™ League performs to more than 60,000 enthusiasts yearly, five nights a week, 52 weeks a year. vtsl.com.
Dean, Price & Young are bringing their comedy A-game from Los Angeles, California. Josh Dean, Eric Price and Matt Young have been improvising together in various configurations for years all over L.A – iO West, Chris Hardwick’s NerdMelt Theatre, Comedy Central Stage, The National Comedy Theate, and more. They now combine forces to bring you YARN – a longform improv format in which Wise Ol' Gramps teaches us all how a single, mundane event or interaction can have a powerful and far-reaching effect.
Josh Dean is willing to do almost anything for money. He has starred in his own sitcom for FOX,composed music for Atari and directed one of the most anticipated video games of 2014. He is from Canada, but don't hold that against him.
Eric Price is an actor/comedian from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His television credits include Reno 911,Workaholics, Key and Peele, Breaking Bad, and MadTv. He has been improvising and instructing since1997 with numerous theatres including ComedySportz, UCB, Second City (Chicago & L.A.), and IOWest.
Matt Young has been improvising and teaching improv all over North America for over twenty years.He has appeared in more than forty national commercials and in episodes of How I Met Your Mother,Without a Trace, and Desperate Housewives. Matt plays the banjo.
Vancouver’s Instant Theatre Company has been producing improv in beautiful British Columbia since 1994. With a rotating cast of talented performers we have enjoyed performing for audiences at Improv festivals and theatres from Berlin to Toronto to Miami and Regina to Sydney.
Every Sunday night at Havana Theatre Instant produces a short form showdown known as STREETFIGHT and then a late show featuring long form improv comedy.
Instant Theatre is SO excited to bring it's unique brand of long form improv to the City of Bridges. Buckle up this one’s going to be weird and fun featuring a cast of stellar cast members past and present!
Established in Bellingham, WA by Ryan Stiles, a world renowned improv artist, The Upfront Theatre is a cabaret style venue that offers live improv comedy every Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. The Upfront is for all ages and continues to attract all walks of life searching for a good time.
The Upfront has hosted events from internationally known improvisers like Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, Colin Mochrie, Keith Johnstone and more. Our mainstage ensemble has performed and taught at Festivals and events all over North America including: The Chicago Improv Festival, The Vancouver International Festival, The Seattle International Festival, Edmonton’s Improvaganza and more. Our theatre has received the Mayor’s Arts award, been voted “Best Theatre” to “Best Live Comedy” and one of our favorites “Best Date Night” in the Best of the Northwest and Best of Bellingham.
The Upfront is excited to Host the 1st Annual Upfront Improv Festival!
The Upfront has hosted events from internationally known improvisers like Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, Colin Mochrie, Keith Johnstone and more. Our mainstage ensemble has performed and taught at Festivals and events all over North America including: The Chicago Improv Festival, The Vancouver International Festival, The Seattle International Festival, Edmonton’s Improvaganza and more. Our theatre has received the Mayor’s Arts award, been voted “Best Theatre” to “Best Live Comedy” and one of our favorites “Best Date Night” in the Best of the Northwest and Best of Bellingham.
The Upfront is excited to Host the 1st Annual Upfront Improv Festival!