The Ex!t Players are Yale’s oldest improv comedy group. Since 1984, we’ve been entertaining audiences with our quick-witted, fast-paced style of short form improv.

Ex!t features a unique and varied repertoire that keeps us and our audiences guessing! We do more than ten on-campus performances every year, including a number of themed shows like our Holiday Show or our annual Oscar celebration that feature a whole host of new material. We love to turn these into campus-wide events – we book big spaces and get creative with our publicity so we can pack the house with a huge turn-out!

Ex!t’s signature games – Jeopardy and A Symphony of Social Criticism – are two of the fastest, smartest and most satisfying improv games on the books. Check out clips here. But this kind of high-stakes, high-reward comedy is only part of our playbook. Ex!t also features more conventional scene-based games, where two or more players create a world together. Finally, we perform longer ensemble games in which the whole group works together, building through a series of scenes to a climactic and awesomely satisfying conclusion. Our performances are super high-energy, so there’s never a dull moment and the laughter never lets up!

In addition to performing on campus, Ex!t also goes on two tours during winter and spring breaks, bringing our distinct brand of comedy all over the country and the world, to places like London, San Francisco, Montreal, Los Angeles, North Carolina, and Jamaica. While traveling, we’ve performed for all kinds of audiences, from your average high school student body to DC's economic policy elite!

But enough about us. See our recruitment show, sharpen your skills at one of our workshops, and then come to one of our fun, low-pressure auditions! Check out our audition info here.