by dorian lenz | Sep 2, 2026 | Classes & Workshops, Improv Talk, News & Events
Improv Classes in Mesa:What “Finding the Game” Actually Means In a Process Lab workshop this spring, two students named Carlos and Gabe started a scene as ordinary people and finished itlocked in the most aggressive hand-holding this building has ever seen....
by dorian lenz | Aug 25, 2026 | Classes & Workshops, Improv Talk, News & Events
Improv Classes in Mesa Start This Week — And One Sunday Show You Won’t GetTwice In a Process Lab workshop this spring, a student named Carmen introduced herself as Pirate HR. Not a pirate —Pirate HR. The person on the ship who has to file the paperwork when...
by dorian lenz | Aug 11, 2026 | Classes & Workshops, Improv Talk, News & Events
Comedy Shows in Mesa, AZ: D&D Comedy and a Triple-Header A comedian walks to the mic, and before she says a word she rolls a twenty-sided die in front of the room. It comes up a four. The Dungeon Master leans into his microphone and informs her that for the next...
by dorian lenz | Aug 4, 2026 | Classes & Workshops, Improv Talk, News & Events
Things to Do in Downtown Mesa: A Made-Up Musical The suggestion was “dental hygienist.” Ninety seconds later a performer was center stage in downtown Mesa, singing a power ballad to a molar she could not save, and the piano under her had found the key...
by dorian lenz | Jul 28, 2026 | Classes & Workshops, Improv Talk, News & Events
Comedy Shows in Mesa, AZ: The Bucket of Doom Picture a performer center stage in downtown Mesa, staring at a jenga tile (yeah, you heard me right) with the name of a game he may or may not know how to play. An audience member pulled it out of a metal bucket. The...
by dorian lenz | Jul 21, 2026 | Classes & Workshops, Improv Talk, News & Events
Comedy Shows in Mesa, AZ: See One Saturday, Try One Class The suggestion comes from somewhere in the back row, and it is not a word you’d shout at a regular saturday night show. Two improvisers take it anyway. They look at each other for half a second —...
