Classes
Advanced Scene Study
Improv Salt Lake's newest class will explore the anatomy of improvised scenes. While improvising we juggle the roles of Actor, Writer, and Director. Join us as use this lens to explore all three of these roles and how to apply them in your improvisation. This 7-week course will have conclude with a showcase performance at The Alliance Theater on May 27, 2026.
Advanced Scene Study
Sundays, 2 - 5 PM
April 12 - May 24, 2026
The HERC - Studio 3
2505 S State St.
South Salt Lake, UT 84115
Cost: $175 / person
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Calvin Dittmore - Instructor
Information coming soon!
Kayt Sawyer- Assistant Instructor
Kayt has been involved in improv, theatre, and sketch comedy for over 20 years. She started taking classes in 2001 while still in high school. After high school she pursued a degree in Theatre Arts and English Literature. She studied improv and sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York while attending NYU. After returning to Utah she taught theatre arts and English literature classes for 3 years before moving to Washington to attend law school. In Washington she performed, taught, and directed shows with The Blue Door Theatre and worked as their Community Education Director. Kayt returned to Utah in 2015 performing with many local improv and sketch comedy groups. She is graduate of Weber State University, University of Utah, and Gonzaga University. In her (limited) free time she enjoys traveling, reading, Muay Thai, and anything that allows her to bring her 4 dogs along!
Organic Improv with Jesse and Miriah
Instructors Jesse Parent and Miriah Kessler lead this class for improvisers wanting to unlock new skills for the stage and beyond. This course is designed for adults (18 years and up) who have at least one year of improvisation experience. This 7-week course will run Thursdays from March 5 to April 16, culminating in a performance at the Alliance Theatre on April 24.
Organic Improv
Thursdays, 6 - 8 PM
March 5 - April 16, 2026
South Salt Lake Community Center
2531 S 400 E
South Salt Lake, UT 84115
Cost: $175 / person
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Jesse Parent - Instructor
Jesse Parent first started performing improv in the 1990s at Worcester Polytechnic Institute with his college improv troupe, Chain Link Fence. He has performed improv consistently since 2001, traveling to perform, learn, and teach at dozens of improv festivals throughout North America, mostly as part of the duo JoKyR & Jesster. He has taken classes with instructors from iO, Second City, Upright Citizens Brigade, and the Annoyance Theatre. He has also taught and coached groups in Utah, Washington, Arizona, Texas, Massachusetts, Chicago, Florida, North Carolina, and several other locations. Jesse is the creator of the slam poetry/improv fusion format, The Hook, which earned him the honor of being named an artistic associate of the prestigious Chicago Improv Festival in 2006. He has performed with almost every Utah improv group from St. George to Logan, is a world-renowned slam poet, an internationally ranked Toastmasters public speaker, a father of three, a grandfather of one, and the husband of a very patient wife.
Miriah Kessler - Assistant Instructor
Miriah Kessler grew up doing community theatre with her family. It forced the shy out of her and now she is very-much-not-that-shy-anymore. Now she does improv at Improv Salt Lake, the Comedy Box, and Improv Broadway. When she isn't doing improv, she works as a professional home organizer. After some years in corporate doom, she decided to live her dream and start an organizing business called "Miriah Organizes Stuff" and believe it or not, she uses a lot of the skills she learned in improv when organizing.
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