We are proud to offer specialty workshops that immerse students in specific techniques, forms, and disciplines. Hosted by both Lower Left staff and special guests, these experiences will take your comedy game to the next level!
Available Workshops
IMPROV IN THE WORKPLACE
Improv isn’t just for the stage — it’s a powerful tool for building stronger teams, better communication, and more confident leaders. Through interactive games and exercises, participants learn how to think on their feet, collaborate effectively, listen actively, and embrace creativity in a supportive environment.
Our workplace improv workshops help teams:
Strengthen communication and collaboration
Build confidence in presentations and meetings
Improve adaptability and problem-solving
Encourage creativity and innovation
Foster trust, connection, and team morale
Develop leadership and public speaking skills
No performance experience is required — just a willingness to play, connect, and grow together. Whether for corporate teams, nonprofits, schools, or community organizations, our workshops create engaging experiences that leave participants energized, empowered, and laughing along the way.
Contact Mary Quinn for pricing and booking information
Intro to Sketch Comedy
DATE: Saturday, March 8
TIME:10:00am-2:00pm
LOCATION: Sunflower Theater (Cortez)
INSTRUCTORS: Mary Quinn
PRICE: $75
Ready for an adventure? You’ll uncover your comedic voice and learn the craft of sketch writing through improvisation, creating sketches that are both personal and true to you.
Ready for an adventure? You’ll uncover your comedic voice and learn the craft of sketch writing through improvisation, creating sketches that are both personal and true to you.
No experience necessary, no commitment required! A fun, low-stakes evening that will kindly introduce you to some of the basics of improv and how much fun you might have if you say “ Yes and…” to the call of the Improv! Bring your friends, family and frenemies, pass this email along to your neighbor who secretly dreams of improv, sneak out of your house and join us. All are welcome! We can’t wait to play with you!
Join us as we explore the 10 primary archetypes of comedy characters (wise fools, braggarts, jesters, etc.). We’ll deep-dive into how to build characters, characteristics, and personas that drive amazing scenes and big laughs.
Explore the physical use of time and space to embody larger-than-life characters and hone your comedic instincts. Learn to generate physical choices from a place of joy and fun!
This 4-week class, taught by our own Tara Demmy, is an introduction to Red Nose Clown as well as a guide on how to use clown state in improv, sketch, and theatre. Clowns are completely vulnerable and they share every feeling with their audience. The clown’s humor comes out of their honest play, naivety, and commitment to their own stupidity. Using the red nose and your body, you will discover your inner clown’s rhythm, physicality, voice, and hilarious talents. We will then take these clowns off the circus stage and into real life situations (the office, the DMV, a first date) to discover new ways of using this theatrical form. Red nose provided.
“Intelligence is limited. Stupidity is infinite.” – Giovanni Fusetti