by dorian lenz | Jul 7, 2026 | Classes & Workshops, Improv Talk, News & Events
Inside the Competitive Comedy Show Somebody in the third-row yells “laundromat!” before the lights have even settled. Shorty after that the of improvisers are building a improvised scene out of that one word — Another suggestion, and another improvised scene, and the...
by dorian lenz | Jul 1, 2026 | Classes & Workshops, Improv Talk, News & Events
see a show take a class Improv Classes in Phoenix: A Field Guide to NCT’s 5 Levels Walk into NCT during an improv class and you’ll hear all sorts of different conversations going on. In one class, a total beginner is learning to fall into a scene...
by dorian lenz | Jun 12, 2026 | Classes & Workshops, Improv Talk, News & Events
The Decon The ladder The Movie Three Forms, Three Nights: NCT Brings Del Close’s Long-Form Lineage to Mesa The three workshops NCT is running back-to-back next week – Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday – all trace to the same room: The Family, the...
by dorian lenz | Jun 4, 2026 | Classes & Workshops, Improv Talk, News & Events
Roll for Improv: Why June’s Process Lab Mixes D&D With Scene Work D&D players and improvisers are doing more of the same thing than either of them usually admits. Both walk into a room with no script and build a story by listening to whoever talks next. Both...
by dorian lenz | May 28, 2026 | Improv Talk, News & Events
This Saturday at NCT: A Morning Improv Workshop, an Evening Comedy Show, One Mesa Stage At 11 a.m. this Saturday, a small group of improvisers will walk into NCT’s theater in downtown Mesa, pick one imaginary room, and refuse to leave it for thirty minutes. At...
