3pm Saturdays Live from Times Square NYC

Walt Frasier

Category: Class / Workshop

  • January Comedy Forum, Times Square NYC Classes & More!!!!

    January Comedy Forum, Times Square NYC Classes & More!!!!

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    January 2026 Schedule

    Pay just $100/month for classes and get access to up to $300+ in show tickets (improv comedy, murder mystery), pdf versions of our books, and more!!!

    • 12:30-2:30 Saturdays January 3, 17, 24, 31 Comedy Class
    • 7pm Mondays ZOOM Writer’s Room – share Stand Up Comedy, Sketch comedy, check in. FREE for January students anytime! $50 / month ZOOM ONLY CLICK HERE
    • 2:45 Saturday January 31st SHOWCASE Get on stage. FREE for January students to perform/attend. Just $10 for guests. NO DRINK MINIMUM.
    • 3pm Saturday January 3, 17, 24 FREE TICKETS to professional improv comedy by EIGHT IS NEVER ENOUGH, live from Times Square NYC since 2002. $25 plus two drink minimum. January students get free tickets for you and a guest anytime. Come EVERY week if you like.
    • 2:45pm Saturday January 10 MADCAPPED MYSTERIES $25 plus 2 drink minimum. January students get FREE TICKETS for you and a guest!

    The most original murder mystery show EVER!!! Madcapped Mysteries is a fully immersive experiences where YOU and your guests help create then crime scene before becoming characters in the story and eventually deputized detectives. This show has the most amazingly create endings.

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    Improv Theater LLC is a one stop edutainment center for corporate team building, office / holiday parties and more. Our comedy shows and workshops deliver high impact results. Clients include Cushman Wakefield, Google, Merck, Mercedes Benz, META /Facebook, TikTok, JP Morgan Chase, Accenture, Morgan Stanley, Twitter, Roblox, Rimowa, EI Digital, Accenture, Datadog HQ, Milbank, BING/Microsoft, Bank of America – Merrill Lynch, Home Depot, Ernst & Young, Johnson & Johnson, Louis Vuitton, Coach, UBS, BDO, AMEX, Master Card, Macy’s, 360i, IBM, GM, Kraft, UNILEAVER, HBO, Disney, American Express, WeWork, Prudential, Convene, Conference Board and many more including 1000s of public and private events in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, Florida, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Nebraska….

  • January Improv Forum – Classes, Showcases & More

    January Improv Forum – Classes, Showcases & More

    Sign up for a full year today and get the rest of 2025 on me! (November 15, 22, December 6, 13, 20)

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    Come join the growing community of players looking for fun and self enrichment. Network with a wide variety of New Yorkers while developing invaluable skills for life at work and home.

    • 12:30-2:30 Saturdays January 3, 17, 24, 31 ($50 to drop in a single session)
    • 3pm Saturdays January 3, 17, 24, 31 FREE TICKETS to our professional comedy shows (reg $25). Have food, drinks and maybe join in on the interactive musical comedy improvised based on your suggestions and participation.
    • 2:45-4:30 Saturday January 10th is our new monthly showcase for all of our students and colleagues to play. Share the stage with other classmates and teachers, and then enjoy improv, Sketch and Stand Up comedy by guest performer. 2nd Saturday of every month!
    • NEW Mondays 7pm VIRTUAL WRITER’S ROOM Join us on zoom, share stand up and sketch comedy ideas, get your scripts read aloud by other guests. Check in and network, maybe play some improv as time permits.

    Walt Frasier

    With over 30 years of experience in theater, comedy, and television, Walt Frasier is the Artistic Director of Improv Theater LLC, a leading edutainment center known for its high-impact comedy shows and workshops. His extensive career includes performing comedy sketches on MTV’s Stankervision, Late Nite with David Letterman, TruTV’s Friends of the People, and HBO’s Pause with Sam Jay. As an actor, Walt has appeared on NBC’s Blacklist, CBS’s Blue Bloods, USA’s Royal Pains, Netflix’s Lilyhammer, and NICK’s Naked Brothers Band, in addition to numerous commercials, industrials, and live performances worldwide.

  • Fall Improv Comedy Class, Saturdays 1pm, Times Square NYC

    • 1pm Saturdays at the Broadway Comedy Club 318 West 53rd Street, NYC 10019
    • Sept 6, 20, 27, Oct 4, 18, 25, November 1, 15, 22
    • 11/1 SHOWCASE 3pm
    • CLICK HERE to register with my discount code Walter101!
    • EMAIL for group sales and private events!

    I am very excited for this fall!!! We are finally returning to a normalcy schedule of classes. This session will include NINE class days. I know different folks travel different weeks, Jewish Holidays, Comic Con, etc etc etc so I have built in make up sessions. There will be a showcase on November 1st where this class will take center stage along with other invited teams.

    Every class will include a series of warm up / ice breakers, games we play in every class, rehearsal, warm up to a show and corporate team building workshops. Then we play various performance games, each week highlighting 1 new scene game plus playing a few large team games that get everyone involved.

    WHY IMPROV COMEDY?

    Improv Comedy is a ton of fun and a powerful tool to develop skills for the office, classroom, home and out in the world. A must for any performer, we also daily work with corporate teams and student groups using the same games to teach community, leadership, sales and more. Simply playing these games develops creativity, critical thinking, public speaking, self confidence and more.

    COME JOIN THE COMMUNITY

    We have a growing community of fun folks in Times Square NYC and various hubs DC to Boston. Improv builds life long friendships. Some of our “students” are more like family now. Many of our staff are former students.

    BRING THE FUN TO YOUR COMMUNITY

    We tour schools, corporate and private events DC to Boston. We also work with local community centers to establish class programs for public and private programs after school, in house corporate programming and more.

    With over 30 years of experience in theater, comedy, and television, Walt Frasier is the Artistic Director of Improv Theater LLC, a leading edutainment center known for its high-impact comedy shows and workshops. His extensive career includes performing comedy sketches on MTV’s Stankervision, Late Nite with David Letterman, TruTV’s Friends of the People, and HBO’s Pause with Sam Jay. As an actor, Walt has appeared on NBC’s Blacklist, CBS’s Blue Bloods, USA’s Royal Pains, Netflix’s Lilyhammer, and NICK’s Naked Brothers Band, in addition to numerous commercials, industrials, and live performances worldwide.

    Beyond entertainment, Walt brings his dynamic skills to corporate training, having worked with an impressive roster of clients including Google, Mercedes Benz, META/Facebook, TikTok, JP Morgan Chase, and many more, delivering impactful team-building and corporate event solutions. He also has significant K-12 outreach experience, having brought his unique blend of education and entertainment to thousands of schools and summer camps across various states. His reach extends to college and university campuses like Harvard, Syracuse, Princeton, and Columbia, as well as public and private events at prestigious venues such as The Smithsonian Portrait Gallery and Disney Resorts. Walt’s diverse background and engaging approach make him a compelling voice for any podcast or class.

  • April 2025 Adult Classes, Times Square NYC, Zoom

    April 2025 Adult Classes, Times Square NYC, Zoom

    New, pay $50/week, $150/month, or $1000/year for unlimited access to live and zoom jams, free downloads of my books and free tickets to all public shows! EMAIL for details and links.

    • Sundays Times Square NYC
    • 11:30 Improv Jam
    • 1pm Musical Improv Jam
    • 3pm Show
    • Mondays ZOOM
    • 6:30pm Improv Comedy
    • 8pm ZOOM Stand Up Comedy
    • Saturdays 3pm Times Square NYC Show
    • 4/24 Thursday 8pm Brooklyn Comedy at The Rat
  • Episode 1: How to get stage time! Stand Up Comedy 101

    Episode 1: How to get stage time! Stand Up Comedy 101

    Show Notes: Ways to Get Stage Time

    Open Mics:

    Open mics are shows performed by and for performers. The audience is often other comics.

    Go to an open mic within the next 48 to 72 hours and get on stage for five minutes and just talk.

    Find a good open mic, and go back. Avoid the bad ones.

    Barker and Bringer Shows:

    These are ways to create stage time with an audience.

    Bringer shows are where comics bring their friends, creating a small audience.

    Barker shows involve handing out flyers on the street to attract an audience.

    Barking is a way to develop audience, and get stage time.

    Barking also allows you to interact with people before the show, and create a relationship with your audiance.

    Producing Your Own Show:

    This gives you control over everything.

    It’s a way to create consistent stage time.

    Finding talent is easy, building an audience is the hard part.

    Paid Gigs:

    Eventually, you may get paid to perform at clubs, colleges, or corporate events.

    Even when getting paid, you need to keep working on new material, and getting stage time at open mics.

    The Comedy University

    Don’t complain about paying five bucks for stage time or spending an hour on the street. Think of it as your comedy university. You’re learning what works and what doesn’t. Remember, as my friend Milinth Fowler says, “There’s no wrong, no bad, no good. Is it working, or is it not working?”

    The Process

    Every time you get on stage:

    • Prepare: Brainstorm or outline your material.
    • Have Fun: Focus on enjoying yourself without being a jerk.
    • Analyze: Objectively evaluate what worked and what could have been better.

    Repeat this process throughout your career. You’re never fully “ready,” but you’ll figure it out.

    Creating Opportunities

    As Oran Sandel said, “If you can’t find work, create it.” If you’re not getting stage time, create opportunities. Find other people who need stage time and organize shows. This could be at school, a bar, or anywhere.

    Call to Action

    Get on stage within the next week. If you need guidance, wait for my next episode. But if you’re ready, just get on stage and talk. If it works, do it again. If not, try something different.

    The next four or five episodes will cover how to create your first five-minute stand-up routine.