"I laugh, therefore I am."
ABOUT The Laughing Academy
With top tier performers headlining our Lake Geneva-area pop-up stand-up shows, plus emcees, and improv workshops for-hire for parties, weddings, special events, corporate training, team-building and more, The Laughing Academy is your one-stop shop for laughter, community, and everything improv comedy has to offer!
POP UP STAND-UP FROM THE LAUGHING ACADEMY!
kristen toomey IN WISCONSIN 11/7
The Laughing Academy presents headliner KRISTEN TOOMEY at Boxed & Burlap in Delavan, WI on Saturday, November 14th!
Star of her own hit podcast 'I'm Upset!,' KRISTEN TOOMEY's
debut comedy album hit #1 on iTunes, she's opened for Nate Bargatze, Michael Ian Black, Chris Redd, Bert Kreischer, and Eddie Pepitone, and recently skyrocketed to TikTok fame with 19M+ views of her straightforward, incisive stand-up.
DWAYNE KENNEDY IN WISCONSIN 12/12
The Laughing Academy presents DWAYNE KENNEDY with LAURA HUGG at Boxed & Burlap in Delavan, WI on Saturday, December 12th!
Emmy winner and three-time Emmy nominee DWAYNE KENNEDY has been seen on Seinfeld, Martin, 227, Amen,The Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and wrote for Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell and The Arsenio Hall Show. And now YOU can catch him live at Boxed and Burlap!
corporate training, workshops, and keynotes
"YES AND" AT THE OFFICE
When it comes to personal growth and team building, comedy's not just a laugh. Improv teaches serious skills like teamwork and collaboration, active listening, creative problem-solving, adaptability, communication, and more!
Founder and CEO Kim Greene Hiller leads successful workshops, keynotes, and corporate training sessions for everything from startups to Fortune 500's. Let The Laughing Academy get your team giggling while they grow!
HEY KIM, WHERE CAN I TAKE comedy CLASSES NOW?...
HOO'S GOT YOUR BACK?... WE DO! the laughing academy has partnered with the oil lamp academy to MAKE SURE YOU CAN KEEP STUDYING WITH YOUR FAVORITE TLA TEACHERS!
Our Glenview studio is shuttered, but that doesn't mean your comedy journey has to end! Several top TLA instructors including Jimmy Carrane, Tyler Fowler, Scott Levy, and Tim Soszko will be offering their most popular adult improv and stand-up classes through OIL LAMP ACADEMY, just around the corner at 1009 Waukegan Road!