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Historical Moments

Shenanigans Comedy Theatre Founded in Huntsville, Alabama

Kimberly Wilson and Jessica Cotton founded Shenanigans Comedy Theatre as a nonprofit in Huntsville, Alabama in 2019, establishing improv and sketch comedy programming in North Alabama. The company provides improv performances, sketch shows, and comedy classes to the North Alabama community.

Dad Company Improv Founded in Mobile, Alabama

Dad Company Improv was founded in Mobile, Alabama in 2020 by four improv performers who are also fathers, specializing in long-form improvised one-act plays. The company specializes in long-form one-act improvised plays, creating narrative-driven performances that explore the format's dramatic and comedic potential.

Chaotic Good Improv Founded in Birmingham, Alabama

Chaotic Good Improv was founded in Birmingham, Alabama in 2020, performing short-form improv shows at the Sidewalk Film Center in the city's arts district. The company performs at the Sidewalk Film Center and Cinema, bringing audience-interactive improv comedy to Birmingham's arts district.

Faraway Theater Founded in Birmingham

Michael Greene, Jacob Simmons, and Tim Casper, the three members of Birmingham long-form improv group Gladys, founded Faraway Theater in Birmingham, Alabama in 2023, establishing the city's only dedicated improv comedy theatre. The founders brought training from the New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles improv traditions to build Alabama's primary improv institution.

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APA

The Improv Archive. (2026). Alabama. Retrieved September 28, 2026, from https://improvarchive.org/locales/north-america/united-states/alabama

Chicago

The Improv Archive. "Alabama." The Improv Archive, 2026. https://improvarchive.org/locales/north-america/united-states/alabama.

MLA

The Improv Archive. "Alabama." The Improv Archive, 2026, https://improvarchive.org/locales/north-america/united-states/alabama. Accessed September 28, 2026.

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