Jay's Info
Jay Sukow will gladly talk to you endlessly on how improv changes people's lives for the better. He has been performing professionally with and without a script for over 27 years. Some of those he has trained with include Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Jon Favreau, Jeff Michalski, David Razowsky, Keith Johnstone, Del Close, Charna Halpern, Dick Schaal, and Mick Napier.He is the founder of Today Improv and also a proud faculty member of The Second City Hollywood and The Westside Comedy Theater. As a faculty member of The Second City Chicago, Jay was an ensemble member of “Those Who Can’t”, their faculty jam. He taught and coached teams at iO Chicago, where he was also head of The Harold Committee, and a faculty member of ComedySportz Chicago. Jay has taught and performed throughout the world, including the BIG IF4, Copenhagen International Impro Festival, Chicago Improv Festival, the New Orleans Improv Festival, the Phoenix Long Form Improv Festival, the C-U Improv Festival and Club Med International, to name a few. Jay teaches improv to people from every walk of life, from beginning students to executives at Fortune 100 companies. You can check out his Yelp! reveiws: https://www.yelp.com/biz/today-improv-with-jay-sukow-los-angeles and go to todayimprov.com for student and professional testimonials and letters of recommendations.
Jay was an ensemble member of ComedySportz Chicago and several teams at iO Chicago and has performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the Del Close Marathon, the C/U Improv Festival and the New Orleans Improv Festival. He has been a guest performer at Boom Chicago, the Second City, the Second City ETC, the Second City Northwest and Messing with a Friend. You can hear him as a guest on several improv podcasts, including "Improv Nerd with Jimmy Carrane", "ADD Comedy with Dave Razowsky", "Tales from the Teacher's Lounge with Lauren Morris", "Improv Yak with Carla Cackowski", and was featured on the improv documentary "Whether the Weather."
Jay has written, produced and been a cast member of the narrative features “American Legacy” and directed “Trubadeuax: A Restaurant Movie,” both of which feature improvised dialogue within a scripted storyline.
For more info: http://www.todayimprov.com
"I have watched Jay cast a group of some of the most challenging students in a project and in weeks transform them into a highly functioning, skilled and loving group. " - Brian Posen, The Second City Training Center Program Head
"I was a reluctant student, shy and, as one friend put it, the very last person in the world one would expect to take improv. In other words, I was a difficult student. Uptight. Petrified of failure. So it was no small thing that with Jay, improv finally became fun. He taught me that there is no such thing as failing, but rather that it is only through failing that one can truly learn " - Debbie Nall, Assistant Appellate Defender
"If you want an improvisational teacher, coach or performer who's enthusiasm and skill matches his expertise and experience, you'd be hard pressed to find someone who fits this bill better than Jay Sukow. Give him a shot at whatever you need, you'll be glad you did!" - Jonathan Pitts , Executive Director, Chicago Improv Productions Executive Director, Chicago Improv Festival