Great for Enhancing Essential Life Skills
Learning about improv comedy have shown to help with enhancing skills such as self-confidence, team-building, effective communication, quick thinking and much more!
Open to Everyone of All Skill Levels
Whether you have taken improv classes in the past or you've never set foot in an improv class before: this program will help to build a great foundation for anyone looking to learn about improv comedy!
Bonus Deal!
Free admission to the Saturday weekly drop-in class (think: Extra practice) during your 6-week 101 class session. Wow! That’s a $15-savings each time you attend drop-in. PLUS get free admission to all of our Jest Improv shows!
A 6-Week Course Starting on May 19th
This course will be on Tuesday nights from 6:30 - 9 pm from May 19th to June 23rd. A student showcase will be on June 27th.
Have Fun with a Great Group of People
The number one priority of improv comedy is to have fun! Share the joy of improv with a great group of people in class and in the showcase.
@ The Bunker Theater in Ventura
All classes (along with the showcase) will take place at the Bunker Theater in Ventura: 2750 East Main Street, Unit B2.
Meet Your Instructor
Maddy Khachadoorian
Maddy Khachadoorian is an avid improviser with over 10 years of improv experience, with a deep and sincere passion for live performance in all forms. She first discovered her passion for improv in college, where the classes she originally “took to have fun” were essential to growing her self confidence; not only in her art, but also in her everyday life. After graduating with her B.A. in Theater Arts from UC Santa Cruz, she reconnected with her love for improv through JEST.
At JEST, Maddy is currently on two long form improv teams, the Jest-HERS and The Jesties. Learning from the teachers, directors, and community at JEST has been crucial to her growth as an improviser. She is beyond elated to be teaching the Improv 101 course. Her class will give students the tools to trust your instincts, make bold choices, and grow confidence in their improvisational skill.
Acting credits (selected): Rumplestiltskin in Happily Ever After Or Else (The Alcazar Theatre); Siobhan in Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime (South Valley Civic Theater); Hermine Moos in Artificial Woman (UCSC Theatre)
Directing credits (selected): The Wolves (UCSC Theatre); The Last Generation (JEST Improv); The Tin Woman (Great Oak Theatre Company)