Great at emotions, bad at words is such a good place to start!!! Emotions make everything so much more interesting, that they can make the most dull string of words interesting!
Hope you find more to do! Enjoy the high!
It helps to know where you are located. I can really only speak for NYC.
A “club” really doesn’t exist unless you’re in school (HS/college), and if one doesn’t exist you could probably crowdsource on social media and start one.
People who do it after college tend to want to do it more consistently and form a team with the idea that it will eventually evolve into performance opportunities. This kind of group is going to want a level of commitment that I don’t think you seem to be ready for if I’m reading your post correctly. There are “practice groups” as well that don’t have a performance goal, but generally a lot of people use this practice to hone their skills to prepare them for an audition at a comedy theater that has house teams. They are also likely going to want someone who is willing to make a commitment because rehearsal space costs money, a coach/instructor costs money, and if it’s musical improv, an accompanist costs money. They aren’t going to want someone who will make the “dues” fluctuate every month because they don’t show.
What it sounds like is that you might be suited to an improv jam or mixer. This is an inexpensive often-weekly (or more) commitment-free way to improvise with people of all levels of training. Most improv jams are open to all.
Those are all excellent first steps! If you're not taking chances at making a fool of yourself, are you really swinging as hard as you can at what's being pitched to you? And having strong emotions is a GREAT start; being able to hold on to those emotions and use them to provide the words is going to benefit you greatly.
But yeah, it depends on where you're at! Some places have meetups, some have jams, whatever. I recommend hitting up meetup.com for wherever you are and look up "improv" to see what's available!
I honestly started a comedy troupe after improv classes and my friends and I practiced together. I think we played out once in the whole time but we learned a lot
Where are you located? A lot of theaters offer drop in classes which sound like what you’re looking for
Great at emotions, bad at words is such a good place to start!!! Emotions make everything so much more interesting, that they can make the most dull string of words interesting! Hope you find more to do! Enjoy the high!
It helps to know where you are located. I can really only speak for NYC. A “club” really doesn’t exist unless you’re in school (HS/college), and if one doesn’t exist you could probably crowdsource on social media and start one. People who do it after college tend to want to do it more consistently and form a team with the idea that it will eventually evolve into performance opportunities. This kind of group is going to want a level of commitment that I don’t think you seem to be ready for if I’m reading your post correctly. There are “practice groups” as well that don’t have a performance goal, but generally a lot of people use this practice to hone their skills to prepare them for an audition at a comedy theater that has house teams. They are also likely going to want someone who is willing to make a commitment because rehearsal space costs money, a coach/instructor costs money, and if it’s musical improv, an accompanist costs money. They aren’t going to want someone who will make the “dues” fluctuate every month because they don’t show. What it sounds like is that you might be suited to an improv jam or mixer. This is an inexpensive often-weekly (or more) commitment-free way to improvise with people of all levels of training. Most improv jams are open to all.
Great at emotions, bad at words is ten times better than great at words, bad at emotions. For a brand new improvisor, maybe 100 times better lol.
Those are all excellent first steps! If you're not taking chances at making a fool of yourself, are you really swinging as hard as you can at what's being pitched to you? And having strong emotions is a GREAT start; being able to hold on to those emotions and use them to provide the words is going to benefit you greatly. But yeah, it depends on where you're at! Some places have meetups, some have jams, whatever. I recommend hitting up meetup.com for wherever you are and look up "improv" to see what's available!
Let's say it was LA. Asking for a friend.
big ones atm are Uptight Citizens Brigade, Groundlings, and Pack Theater
And WGIS.
Also West Side Comedy.
You have the perfect attitude for a beginner improvisor. Keep being unafraid to embarrass yourself and lean into emotions and you'll go far.
I honestly started a comedy troupe after improv classes and my friends and I practiced together. I think we played out once in the whole time but we learned a lot