CFA Youth Improv
Serving DMV High School Students
CFA Youth Improv
The CFA Youth Improv Final Slam is a city wide competition featuring students from different Washington, D.C. High Schools. Students engage in a live, spontaneous, unscripted performance competition to see who will be crowned the best improv team in the DMV!
This year’s competing schools are:
Dunbar High School and Cardozo Education Campus
CFA Youth Improv Residency is a theater improv program that serves youth of color, 9th-12th grade in the DC, MD, Virginia area. Students study the techniques of improvisational theatre and sketch comedy through classes, live performances, creating original work, and competing in competitions. Taught and led by professional improv actors, CFA Youth Improv is rooted in providing a safe space for youth of color and immigrant teens to fully express themselves creatively through the art of comedy and social justice theatre.
Past program partners include: DC Parks and Recreation
The 2024 Spring school residencies will be conducted at:
Dunbar High School and Cardozo Education Campus
Benefits of Program:
Teaches Leadership, Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Social Activism
Partners with local theaters, artists, and organizations in the DMV
Final showcase produced by and starring the students .
Led by trained professional actors of color
Students will have the opportunity to join the CFA Youth Improv team to compete in local /national improv competitions
Past youth improv programs have been activated at DC Parks and Recreation, Dunbar High School, Maya Angelou Public Charter School, Kipp DC College Preparatory, Cardozo Education Campus
2022 CFA Youth Improv Summer Camp
