KATIE G.
Age: 29
P.R. Director
"I had taken improv at a few other places and learned some, but never liked the competiton or the 'I want to be the star of the class' vibe. I'd more or less given up on it until I saw an Improvolution show. It looked like everyone was just having a BLAST and so I took a class. It changed how I think about improv and I have learned so much. It has helped in my work as well. I'm a convert, I admit it!"
MARCUS D.
Age: 38
Voiceover actor
"Learning improv was the best decision I've made in a long time. It helped me enormously in my voiceover work - losened me up and helped me take feedback and make new choices on the spot. Plus, it's so much fun. Everyone there is just a great person."
MIKE I.
Age: 31
Public High School Teacher
"As a novice to any kind of onstage performing, I was terrified at my first intensive. Holly creates such a nurturing and supportive atmosphere, however, that I was immediately hooked. The people in her classes are all great, the teaching is fantastic, and I've learned more about comedy in the last year than I ever thought was possible. The classes are challenging but incredibly fun, and Holly never makes you feel like you are a bad performer or are inferior to anyone. It's the highlight of my week, by far."
OR
"I loved it. It was much better than 'Cats'. I'm going to take it again and again."
MANDI B.
Age: 32
Copy editor
"Money is tight. Don't waste it anywhere else. Come learn, play, and unleash the best part of yourself."
ELLIE T.
Age: 43
Interior Designer
"If you want to have fun, unlock your creativity, stretch yourself, and laugh a LOT, thi sis the place to come. No politics, no favoritism, no 'factory-line' feeling. Genuine people who care about teaching everyone good improv."
SONIA U.
Age: 34
Personal Trainer, Equinox Gyms
"Holly is one of the best teachers I've ever had. She creates such a saf environment, but still challenges each of us. Holly has a knack for finding the right words at the right times, unlocking the best of each individual. I've been preaching the Gospel of Holly Mandel for years now. Her improv classes have helped me in every aspect of my life: work and play!
Holly got rid of my cellulite! Ok, maybe not ALL of it, but she did help me free myself up not only with my acting, but with my LIFE. I know that my Personal Training business is better because of my Improv training with Holly.
And I'm more myself after having gone through Holly's classes. That's a special gift that few of us are lucky enough to get."
PETE M.
Age: 31
Manhattan Theater Club, Marketing
"Holly and the other teachers are the greatest (said with conviction)....I love improv, with Holly, for three reasons:
1. Being able to speak and think on the fly makes me more creative and fun to be around. (This helps so much in a work environment)
2. I'’ve learned character work...in her class I get to try out comedic characters and I have to stick with them (Which in turn prepares me for auditions).
3. She is so positive and honest with all of her comments. My time in New York has improved 10 fold since I took Holly’'s intensive and continued in “drop in classes”, not just because Holly is incredible but because the other students and the other classes are incredible as well, I feel like family."
NOAH
Age: 36
Author, Actor, Television and Film Producer
"Over the course of the several years I’'ve trained with some of the best acting teachers in the world. I must say that Holly is one of the best. Her classes are unique in many ways: everyone gets to participate and to spend a significant amount of time working (instead of sitting on the sidelines); she never favors between men and women, old or young, "beginning" or "advanced" actors; she never takes the class (or herself) too seriously; and she is never negative or critical. Additionally, she acts herself (and is a good actor), which perhaps speaks most highly of her, since she puts herself on the line with the rest of us. I highly recommend her for the beginning or advanced actor, for the improv aficionado or for any method of acting."
JENNIFER
Age: 24
Musical Theater Actress
"Holly's improv class is a must! Her relaxed atmosphere and no-pressure style has given me tons of confidence to try new things in auditions. Whether you are an actor or just like to have fun and laugh, you will love this class!"
MARYANNE
Age: 36
Columnist, Lecturer
"Remember that really fantastic sense of excitement you felt as a kid - right when the school year ended, and you knew that you were finally free to have the fun you'd been waiting for, and suddenly the world around you looked incredibly exciting?
With charm, sensitivity, and a whole lot of smarts, they take the scariness out of improv and make it as comfortable and freeing as can be.
That's the kind of feeling I get when I go to any of IMPROVOLUTION'S classes - with Holly, Kat, Radhika...whomever!
These classes are very inspiring, fun, supportive and thought-provoking. And if everyone had a chance to take these classes, there'd be a whole lot of very happy people walking around."
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Our Improv Heroes:
STEPHEN COLBERT
>>read his commencement speech about Improv in Life
TINA
FEY
>>read her interview about "the cult of improv"
