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Birmingham's Best Professional Improvisational Theatre Company

A positively hilarious Birmingham tradition since 2008!

Want to Learn Improv?! Learn from the best!

Extemporaneous Theatre Company is pleased to announce that Douglas O'Neil, Jr., and Callie Mauldin are returning to Samford to teach another offering of our original course PD 270-00: Improvisation and Comedy for Beginners as part of Samford University's "Samford After Sundown" program! This Professional Development course is worth 1.6 CEUs, and is the best value in improv training in Birmingham! See the details here!

The best improv class value in town - just $145.00!

ETC's Fast-Paced Improv Games Are Back!

Vulcan's Underpants
May 17-19 & 24-26 at 8:00pm

These shows will be at Theatre Downtown.
Need more info? Check out their Venue Page!

Advance Admission: $8*
Walk-Up Admission: $10 (cash/check only) at the door
No discounts on Walk-Up Admission - Buy in advance and $AVE!
Purchase from our online Box Office or
give us a call at (205) 687-5233.
*plus 75¢ online processing fee

Check out our FEATURED CLIP!!

WARNING: This clip contains some adult language and themes. Viewer discretion is advised.

It's the story of "The Fattest Clown" as it might be told by Cat Fancy magazine (Debbie), a History text (Chris),
Archie Comics (Douglas), and Jersey Shore (Billy Ray). Hosted by Mike Cunliffe at Theatre Downtown - February, 2012.
Check out our former Featured Clips on our YouTube Channel!

About us...

The Extemporaneous Theatre Company, founded in 2008, is a repertory-style company comprised of professional artists in theatre, comedy, and a variety of sub specialties. Our goal is multi-faceted:

to provide the Birmingham Metropolitan community with quality improvised theatre
to work with other artists to bolster the art of live theatre in our community
to offer quality improvisational training workshops to students, the community, and corporations, and
to have a mighty good time doing it!

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