Each week Queen City Comedy offers a fun, "learn through laughing" approach to building improv skills! Each Saturday, we’ll explore a key improv principle through simple games and exercises, while you build confidence and creativity. Whether you have improv experience and want to build new skills, or you are new and ready to learn — just bring yourself and a willingness to laugh and play!

About your Instructor:

Tanner Dahlin has over 27 years of improv and acting experience. As a long-time veteran of New York City's Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) Theater, Tanner performed as a cast member in their national touring company and featured as a weekly performer on Harold Night. He is also a pioneer of improv in North Dakota, having founded Fargo’s high school improv team, Donkey Hotey’s, which is now entering its 28th year.

Beyond the stage, Tanner has appeared on prominent television networks and digital platforms, including Disney, MTV, A&E Biography, and Cartoon Network, as well as in various feature and short films. He has been featured in numerous regional, digital, and national commercials, notably starring as the primary spokesperson and brand ambassador for The Ridge Wallet across several national campaigns.

Tanner has taught improv workshops across the country in theaters, colleges, and to corporate business leaders, working with everyone from first-day beginners to seasoned stage veterans. Currently, he performs locally with the dramatic improv teams Pillow Talk and Drama Queens. As an instructor, Tanner’s philosophy centers on the belief that improv should, above all, be genuinely fun. He is dedicated to helping students get out of their own heads and master the core fundamentals of strong scene work, with a special emphasis on finding the truthful moments that ground even the silliest of scenes.

Adult improv class

Each Saturday in August

Food and drinks available at VisArt Cafe.

Improv Building Blocks w/ Tanner Dahlin