UNITED COMEDY ACADEMY
Bringing Long Form Improv Training to Wichita Kansas
United Comedy Academy believes anyone can be an improviser. In just six weeks, discover and use the tools essential for creating made up scenes on the spot.
The six week program covers both short form and long form improv. We focus on teamwork, discovering new tools for your improv tool belt, and finding your inner "yes, and". Every six week class ends in a graduation show for the public. You have a goal to achieve and teammates to get you there. Students from previous classes always have the opportunity to stay and re-visit the six weeks again and again. There is always something new to learn.
If you have no previous improv experience, no worries at all. That is how majority of the students enter the course. The cost is $125 for the first six weeks. I promise it to be rewarding, fun, and educational.
Find confidence if initiating, find joy in the unknown, find your voice with UCA
MEET THE OWNER
Sharla was born and raised in Augusta Georgia. After receiving her BA in Theater at Georgia Southern University, she moved to Hong Kong where she taught for two years with Dramatic English. Teaching in public schools, she used theater games to encourage children of all ages to speak English with confidence. She was part of the only regularly performing comedy club in Asia, Take Out Comedy. She performed with the house ensemble, People’s Liberation, showcasing short form improv games to locals and tourists alike. She was also part of an independent team, performing long form improv in clubs and bars in the downtown area. She then moved to Chicago where she lived for ten years. There she completed the Second City Conservatory Program, Long Form Improv Training with Jimmy Carrane, performed multiple improv and sketch shows at The Second City, The Annoyance, ComedySportz, The Public House, The iO Theater, The Playground, and Theater Wit. She finally found her home at pH Productions where she lived and breathed comedy for eight years. The pH cast eventually built their own theater in Chicago, creating unique forms for improv, sketch, full length productions, and musicals. After joining pH, she quickly got involved in The College Program, coaching students at Loyola University who rehearsed to perform weekly as part of College Night at The Annoyance Theater during the school year. And finally, before leaving Chicago she created the NSFW Podcast, creating and performing more than 50 episodes with Universehead Productions.