Sea Tea Improv

Improv 101: Scene and CharacterIN PROGRESS

Learn to create completely improvised comedy scenes & characters by working with others in class with our professional improv instructors!

Improv 301: The Second BeatIN PROGRESS

Expand your scenes, characters, and games into longform improv comedy! You'll explore beyond the initial scene into second beats and more!

Improv 101: Scene and CharacterIN PROGRESS

Learn to create completely improvised comedy scenes & characters by working with others in class with our professional improv instructors!

[Workshop] Stand-Up, CT! with Kate DrestyIN PROGRESS

Want to try stand-up comedy? Don't know where to start? We'll focus your ideas & writing, improve them, and even get real-world experience!

[Festival Show Pass] All Regular Hartford Improv Festival Shows #HIF2025

Get this pass to see all regular Hartford Improv Festival shows on Thurs, Fri, Sat & Sun! 17 shows, 51 teams! Excludes two Headliner shows.

[Show] The Hall of Presidents, Bollix Manor, Big Bang Improv #HIF2025

Improv comedy featuring The Hall of Presidents (Hartford, CT), Bollix Manor (Schenectady, NY), and Big Bang Improv (Boston, MA)

[Show] Full of Bones, Part-Time Lifeguards, What If... #HIF2025

Improv comedy featuring Full of Bones (Brooklyn, NY), Part-Time Lifeguards (Hartford, CT), and What If... (Philadelphia, PA)

[Show] Macbeth, KnucklePuck, fka Deb #HIF2025

Improv comedy featuring Macbeth (New York, NY), KnucklePuck (Hartford, CT), and fka Deb (New York, NY)

[Show] Oops! All Cuties, Mementos, Very Good Boys #HIF2025

Improv comedy featuring Oops! All Cuties (Hartford, CT), Mementos (Burlington, VT), and Very Good Boys (Brooklyn, NY)

[Show] Kittyhawk, DrewDraw, Kingdom Kids #HIF2025

Improv comedy featuring Kittyhawk (New York, NY), DrewDraw (Hartford, CT), and Kingdom Kids (Burlington, VT)

[Show] Jess Elgene & the Jean Jackets, Romantic Baby, Lake at Dawn #HIF2025

Improv comedy featuring Jess Elgene and the Jean Jackets (New York, NY), Romantic Baby (Hartford, CT), and The Lake at Dawn (New York, NY)

[Workshop] A Meaningful Relationship with Scott Adsit (30 Rock, Veep)SOLD OUT!

Scott Adsit is offering an advanced workshop concentrating on relationship scenes, character motivations & the illusive purpose of the scene

[Workshop] OOPS! All Warm-Ups with The Kingdom Kids (Vermont Comedy Club)

A workshop dedicated to learning a bunch of new warmups to freshen up your bag of tricks and take back to your community!

[Workshop] Familiarity Breeds Content with Billy Soco (New York, NY)SOLD OUT!

Ditch the awkward getting-to-know-you phase and dive straight into authentic, dynamic relationships that bring scenes to life!

[Day Show Pass] Saturday's Regular Hartford Improv Festival Shows #HIF2025

Get this pass to see all regular Hartford Improv Festival shows on Saturday, April 5th! 6 shows, 18 teams! Excludes the 9PM Headliner show.

[Show] Dream Logic, Hudson Valley Improv, Basement Ghost #HIF2025

Improv comedy featuring Dream Logic (Hartford, CT), Hudson Valley Improv (Ulster Park, NY), and Basement Ghost (Hartford, CT)

[Show] HOBI, Woodstock, The Rumour Cauldron #HIF2025

Improv comedy featuring HOBI (Hartford, CT), Woodstock (New York City, NY), and The Rumour Cauldron (Hartford, CT)

[Workshop] YAS And… for LGBTQIA+ improvisers w/ Allie Rivera (Hartford, CT)

Feel confident in yourself, explore bringing queer experiences into your improv, and connect with fellow LGBTQIA+ improvisers!

[Workshop] A Meaningful Relationship with Scott Adsit (30 Rock, Veep)SOLD OUT!

Scott Adsit is offering an advanced workshop concentrating on relationship scenes, character motivations & the illusive purpose of the scene

[Show] Sunday in the Park with Ryan Reynolds, STOAT, Black Magnets #HIF2025

Improv comedy featuring Sunday in the Park with Ryan Reynolds (New York, NY), STOAT (Hartford, CT), and Black Magnets (New York, NY)

[Workshop] Freak Show with James Dwyer (New York, NY)SOLD OUT!

Find yourself getting stuck in the same choices? Are you having decent scenes but want to take it up a notch? This workshop is for you.

[Show] Hell Yeah!, Magical Boy Transformation, Mercy Santos #HIF2025

Improv comedy featuring Hell Yeah! (NYC), Magical Boy Transformation (Hartford, CT), and Mercy Santos: God’s Favorite Improv Team (NYC)

[Show] Big Whoop, Blind Date, Shadow Strike #HIF2025

Improv comedy featuring Big Whoop (New York, NY), Blind Date (Hartford, CT), and Shadow Strike (New York, NY)

[Show] LoS CoMpLiCaDoS, Less Lonely Boys, Duchovny #HIF2025

Improv comedy featuring LoS CoMpLiCaDoS (Harrisburg, PA), Less Lonely Boys (Hartford, CT), and Duchovny (New York, NY)

[Headliner] Adsit & YOU: Improvise with Scott Adsit (30 Rock,Veep) #HIF2025SOLD OUT!

Scott Adsit (30 Rock, Veep) invites volunteers from the audience to join him on stage to improvise two-person scenes! Everyone is welcome!

[Workshop] Animate Inanimate Objects with Maria Nally (New York, NY)SOLD OUT!

This workshop is all about playing non-sentient beings in improv, injecting them with honest, human emotion.

[Workshop] Gift Giving with Amanda Breen (ASSSSCAT)SOLD OUT!

Providing our scene partners with gifts (information about their characters) can elevate our scenes in unique and fun ways.

[Workshop] Finding Game Fast with Matt Francis (Hartford, CT)

Find the game of the scene... fast! Get on the same page quickly, agree with what's weird or interesting, and you're off to the races!

[Workshop] Playing From a Place of Joy with Shane Nielsen (ASSSSCAT)SOLD OUT!

Get out of your head and make sure that you're loving the choices you and your teammates are making on stage!

[Day Show Pass] Sunday's Regular Hartford Improv Festival Shows #HIF2025

Get this pass to see all regular Hartford Improv Festival shows on Sunday, April 6th! 5 shows, 15 teams! Excludes the 7PM Headliner show.

[Show] The Silver Lining, Identity Crisis, Boom City #HIF2025

Improv comedy featuring The Silver Lining (Hadley, MA), Identity Crisis (Hartford, CT), and Boom City (Burlington, VT)

[Show] Earth 2, Ephemera, Average Age 50 #HIF2025

Improv comedy featuring Earth 2 (Hartford, CT), Ephemera (New York, NY), and Average Age 50 (Hartford, CT)

[Workshop] Learn to Love the Pattern Game with Michael Hartney (ASSSSCAT)

Most don't love the pattern game opening. Michael Hartney does. He'll do his best to make you love it too.

[Workshop] Characters in Improv with Lou Gonzalez (ASSSSCAT)SOLD OUT!

In this workshop we will be exploring and pushing ourselves to develop, nurture and find out what sort of characters you can do.

[Show] Campfire Dragons, Siblings, Late Night Recess #HIF2025

Improv comedy featuring Campfire Dragons (Hartford, CT), Siblings (New York, NY), and Late Night Recess (Hartford, CT)

[Show] Robot Love, Improvised Dungeons and Dragons, The Dinos #HIF2025

Improv comedy featuring Robot Love (Hartford, CT), Improvised Dungeons and Dragons (New York, NY), and The Dinos (Hartford, CT)

[Show] Awkward Conversations, Mmmm!, The Afterparty #HIF2025

Improv comedy featuring Awkward Conversations (Hartford, CT), Mmmm! (Hartford, CT), and The Afterparty (Hartford, CT)

[Headliner] ASSSSCAT! - The UCB’s Signature Improv Juggernaut! #HIF2025SOLD OUT!

ASSSSCAT! is the Upright Citizens Brigade's signature improv show that's played to critical acclaim & sold out audiences across the country!

Open Improv Rehearsal: Drop In! - Practice with Sea Tea community members

Hey there! Looking to get some extra improv practice? Look no further! Sea Tea community members are hosting open rehearsals in our Studios!

The Deep End: Hartford's Weekly Improv Show

Dive into the weekend with The Deep End every Friday at 7PM

A Night of Romance & Comedy: Hallmark vs. Lifetime - An Improv Comedy Show

Our improvisers create a charming Hallmark movie on the spot, then they improvise a twisted Lifetime movie, all based on your suggestions!

A Night of Romance & Comedy: Chatterbox feat. Montgomery & Taggert Bookshop

Come join Sea Tea Improv for the show where we interview guests or hear your stories and then turn those stories into improv comedy scenes!

The Sea Tea Improv Family Show! Comedy You Can Bring Your Grown-Ups To

An awesome evening of all-ages comedy for kids, teens & adults with Hartford's professional comedy troupe, Sea Tea Improv Touring Company!

Open Improv Rehearsal: Drop In! - Practice with Sea Tea community members

Hey there! Looking to get some extra improv practice? Look no further! Sea Tea community members are hosting open rehearsals in our Studios!

The Deep End: Hartford's Weekly Improv Show

Dive into the weekend with The Deep End every Friday at 7PM

Improv Comedy Night feat. Romantic Baby, Basement Ghost, Sea Tea TourCo

See our theater's house teams improvise a comedy show inspired by suggestions from you, our audience! There'll never be another one like it.

Improv Comedy Night feat. The Dinos, HOBI, and Incognito

See our theater's house teams improvise a comedy show inspired by suggestions from you, our audience! There'll never be another one like it.

High Jinx: A Charming Celebration of Cannabis-Centered Comedy

Let's keep the good times rolling. A night of 420 funnies, baked up from your suggestions! Whether you partake or not, we’d love to have you

Closed Easter Sunday

Improv 499: Producing an Improv Show

This advanced course will take experienced improvisers through the complete process of creating and producing their own new improv shows.

Open Improv Rehearsal: Drop In! - Practice with Sea Tea community members

Hey there! Looking to get some extra improv practice? Look no further! Sea Tea community members are hosting open rehearsals in our Studios!

Show Lab: Be Part of the Experiment! - Improv Comedy, Sketch Comedy & More

Sketch comedians & improv teams create something you’ve never seen before, trying out ideas for the first time — an experiment just for you.

The Deep End: Hartford's Weekly Improv Show

Dive into the weekend with The Deep End every Friday at 7PM

CT Comedy Cage Match: KnucklePuck vs. STOAT vs. Less Lonely Boys

Improv teams compete for your votes in a no-holds-barred improv show. The audience chooses the winner that will return the following month!

Sea Tea Comedy Duos - Two-Person Improv Teams

Sea Tea Comedy Theater presents a wonderful assortment of improviser tag-teams to add to your list of all-time favorite Comedy Duos!

CT Improv Mixer: A Party Where You Can Do Improv Scenes & Meet Other People

JAM (JAM JAM JAM)! Welcome to the CT Improv Mixer! It’s a party where you can do improv scenes and meet other people! All levels welcome!

The Sea Tea Improv Family Show! Comedy You Can Bring Your Grown-Ups To

An awesome evening of all-ages comedy for kids, teens & adults with Hartford's professional comedy troupe, Sea Tea Improv Touring Company!

Improv 402: Twoprov (2Prov)

Waiting on the backline for the perfect idea? Terrified your scene'll never get swept? Or, want to do tons of scenes with one great partner?

Open Improv Rehearsal: Drop In! - Practice with Sea Tea community members

Hey there! Looking to get some extra improv practice? Look no further! Sea Tea community members are hosting open rehearsals in our Studios!

Kids Improv Workshop: Learn & Play Improv Comedy Games with Sea Tea Improv!

Get your kids on their feet, learning improv games, having fun, collaborating, and getting their energy out in this fun theater workshop!

Open Improv Rehearsal: Drop In! - Practice with Sea Tea community members

Hey there! Looking to get some extra improv practice? Look no further! Sea Tea community members are hosting open rehearsals in our Studios!

Open Improv Rehearsal: Drop In! - Practice with Sea Tea community members

Hey there! Looking to get some extra improv practice? Look no further! Sea Tea community members are hosting open rehearsals in our Studios!

Open Improv Rehearsal: Drop In! - Practice with Sea Tea community members

Hey there! Looking to get some extra improv practice? Look no further! Sea Tea community members are hosting open rehearsals in our Studios!

Open Improv Rehearsal: Drop In! - Practice with Sea Tea community members

Hey there! Looking to get some extra improv practice? Look no further! Sea Tea community members are hosting open rehearsals in our Studios!

Kids Improv Workshop: Learn & Play Improv Comedy Games with Sea Tea Improv!

Get your kids on their feet, learning improv games, having fun, collaborating, and getting their energy out in this fun theater workshop!

Open Improv Rehearsal: Drop In! - Practice with Sea Tea community members

Hey there! Looking to get some extra improv practice? Look no further! Sea Tea community members are hosting open rehearsals in our Studios!

Open Improv Rehearsal: Drop In! - Practice with Sea Tea community members

Hey there! Looking to get some extra improv practice? Look no further! Sea Tea community members are hosting open rehearsals in our Studios!

Open Improv Rehearsal: Drop In! - Practice with Sea Tea community members

Hey there! Looking to get some extra improv practice? Look no further! Sea Tea community members are hosting open rehearsals in our Studios!

Open Improv Rehearsal: Drop In! - Practice with Sea Tea community members

Hey there! Looking to get some extra improv practice? Look no further! Sea Tea community members are hosting open rehearsals in our Studios!

Kids Improv Workshop: Learn & Play Improv Comedy Games with Sea Tea Improv!

Get your kids on their feet, learning improv games, having fun, collaborating, and getting their energy out in this fun theater workshop!

Kids Improv Workshop: Learn & Play Improv Comedy Games with Sea Tea Improv!

Get your kids on their feet, learning improv games, having fun, collaborating, and getting their energy out in this fun theater workshop!

[Workshop] Intro to Personal Storytelling with Terry Wolfisch Cole

Want to get better at captivating listeners? Do you know *how* to tell your story? Learn everything you need to know to engage any audience.

Kids Improv Workshop: Learn & Play Improv Comedy Games with Sea Tea Improv!

Get your kids on their feet, learning improv games, having fun, collaborating, and getting their energy out in this fun theater workshop!

Kids Improv Workshop: Learn & Play Improv Comedy Games with Sea Tea Improv!

Get your kids on their feet, learning improv games, having fun, collaborating, and getting their energy out in this fun theater workshop!

Kids Improv Workshop: Learn & Play Improv Comedy Games with Sea Tea Improv!

Get your kids on their feet, learning improv games, having fun, collaborating, and getting their energy out in this fun theater workshop!

Kids Improv Workshop: Learn & Play Improv Comedy Games with Sea Tea Improv!

Get your kids on their feet, learning improv games, having fun, collaborating, and getting their energy out in this fun theater workshop!