Improv for Kids & Teens

Improv & Acting for 4-6th Graders

Wednesdays, January 14, 2026—February 18, 2026 | 5:00-6:30pm | Meets in the Go Comedy Theater

This six week class focuses on improv games and theater exercises, with an emphasis on listening, teamwork, and support. Perfect for budding theater kids, kids searching for a new activity, and everyone in between. A short class show will take place following the final class (6:30pm on 2/18).

Sign up below, or email classes@gocomedy.net with any questions.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Malen Taylor is a Resident Company member at Go Comedy! Not only is she an Improviser and a Musical Actress, but she is also a Director, Puppeteer, and Choreographer. She found Go Comedy! by attending the Teen Camps and Classes when she was a kid, and she’s grateful to be back full circle teaching as an adult!

Along with performing in the Resident Company at Go Comedy, Malen has toured all throughout the Midwest with The Brainstormers Inspiration Factory, performing Improv for kids during the day. You also may find her performing in The Dinner Detective Troy Company. Malen has attended several intensives and workshops, including Second City Chicago and Improv Utopia East. She has had the chance to direct plays, choreograph musicals, and teach improv, puppetry, and stage combat to children as young as 8 years old, all the way up to college students! 

Malen loves teaching students because she gets the chance to see them grow not only as performers, but as people in their creativity and their confidence. She truly believes that improv has the power to change lives, because it changed her’s! There is something for everybody to enjoy when it comes to improv!