Raleigh
CityCompanies
Historical Moments
iO South Opens in Raleigh
iO South opened in 2006 as a joint venture between iO Chicago and ComedyWorx of Raleigh, establishing iO's third training center and the only iO franchise in the Southeast. Operating as a joint venture between iO Chicago (then ImprovOlympic) and ComedyWorx of Raleigh, iO South brought the Harold-based iO curriculum to the Southeast.
Leela Improv Theatre Opens Raleigh Location
Jill Eickmann and Christopher Eickmann opened a Raleigh, North Carolina location of their San Francisco-based Leela improv institution in 2025 at 309 N Boylan Ave in Glenwood South, extending Leela's heart-centered long-form improv curriculum to the Triangle area. The Raleigh location opened in 2025 at 309 N Boylan Ave in the Glenwood South neighborhood, offering weekly classes, drop-in sessions, and First Friday jams rooted in the heart-centered long-form improv tradition Leela developed over twenty years in San Francisco.
How to Reference This Page
The Improv Archive. (2026). Raleigh. Retrieved September 28, 2026, from https://improvarchive.org/locales/north-america/united-states/north-carolina/raleigh
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