Casa del Humor

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Casa del Humor is a Mexico City comedy school offering training in theatrical improvisation, stand-up comedy, clown, and cabaret theatre, co-founded by Jesús Martínez Herrera, who is also co-founder of both Complot Escena and El Impródromo. Martínez Herrera is described as one of the most prominent improvisers in the Ibero-American world, with over 23 years of performance and teaching experience as a graduate of UNAM's Colegio de Literatura Dramática y Teatro. The school has directed more than 20 improv productions.

History

Casa del Humor was established in Mexico City by Jesús Martínez Herrera and collaborators from the same generation of UNAM-trained theatre artists who built the city's professional improv scene in the 2000s. The school has been in operation for approximately a decade, training professional comedians across multiple disciplines with a faculty of specialists. Its production output includes the competitive format Improsport México and a range of stage productions associated with its teaching faculty. Martínez Herrera's parallel roles as co-founder of both El Impródromo and Complot Escena situate Casa del Humor within the interconnected network of Mexico City improv institutions.

Artistic Identity

Casa del Humor is structured as a multi-discipline comedy school rather than a single-genre performance company, treating stand-up, improv, clown, and cabaret as related but distinct performance languages that a working comedian should develop in parallel. Its teaching philosophy emphasises professional-grade instruction from practitioners actively working in Mexico City's comedy industry.

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