Organizers

Same Bananas

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Same Bananas is a Manila-based improv theatre duo composed of Sabrina Manansala and Charles Alba, who bring over seven years of experience in performing and facilitating improvisational theatre in the Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore, and other parts of Asia. They are connected by a desire to play with physicality through characters, honey cauliflower rice, and shared life stories during the wee hours of the night. Aside from performing duo improv, Sabrina and Charles host and facilitate monthly jams, workshops, and shows for the local improv community. They have also facilitated applied improvisation sessions for corporate teams within ByteDance, DB Schenker, BPI, and Jollibee.

Housekeeping Improv

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A Manila improv group keeping the house in order — catch them in shows like Tataylines and multi-bill nights around the city.

Sessionistas Improv

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Stories, songs, and plays made up on the spot from audience suggestions — improv theater with music woven in.

Buwan ng Wika Improv

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Manila's premier low-stakes improv group.

Yes Andi Improv

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An improv training program — short form, musical improv, and student showcases celebrating the power of "Yes, and!"

Baus Rufo

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Stand-up comedian and host, of Dog Show Divas, Kaya Pa Ba, and Bekenemen podcast fame.

Hausmates

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WE ARE WHO ARE WE 🏠 The most sautéed-after improv group in Manila.

Issa Villaverde

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Stand-up comedian, improviser, actor, and host based in Manila.

Sabrina Manansala

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Sabrina Manansala is an artist, host, performer, and marketing professional who ignites her creativity through improvisation, dance, music, and spoken word poetry. She has taught improv workshops across the globe—including Singapore, Los Angeles, Taipei, Nigeria and Vietnam, —and regularly runs workshops, produces shows, and holds monthly improv jams in Manila. She served as the Production Head for Fringeprov 2025, a 12-hour improv festival in Manila; as a Production Manager for Manila Improv Festival 2026; and as an applied improv facilitator running workshops for major enterprises in the Philippines such as Bytedance (TikTok), Dunkin, BPI, DB Schenker, JFC, and more. Her work is deeply rooted in movement, physicality, emotion, and presence—believing that stories live in every gesture and that improv is a kinetic dance where each moment unfolds with warmth and adventure. She regularly performs with the house team of Third World Improv—Housekeeping Improv, Buwan ng Wika Improv, Noted with Thanks, and Same Bananas—blending art forms and communities through shared play and creativity. Check out Sab's list of workshops here.

Ansis Sy

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Comedian, improviser, stand-up, host, and actor — also behind the Muni-Muni podcast.

Comedy Manila

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The Pinoy Stand-up Revolution — live comedy shows and open mics featuring the country's best local comedians.

PAK Kyusi

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Improv Wednesdays, sa Quezon City lang — a show series featuring different improv groups, para makapag-chill at tumawa nang hindi lumalayo.

SPIT Manila

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Asia's premier improv theater group.

Third World Improv

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The Philippines' home of improv training — courses, intensives, coaching, and corporate programs in unscripted theater.

Afterclass

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An improv ensemble that met as Third World Improv classmates in QC — now taking what they learned after class to the stage.

PunDeSal

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Improv comedy from Manila — pwede sa kanal at aircon humor. Follow niyo para MASAYA LANG!

SPIT Consultancy, Inc.

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Split Pants Improv

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Yes/and, size 34 🇵🇭 — looking for their perfect fit, with new scenes and seams always coming soon.

Yen Diaz

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Does improv, and also kinda writes jokes. 🐙

Almost Friends Extended

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A silly bunch of improvisers from different groups who bonded through the online-improv era — renewed, redefined, extended.

Beksters

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Walang script, puro bardagulan — a proudly bekang improv crew serving loud, proud, awrayt nights.

Bimpo

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A bunch of friends who found each other through improv, building a fun, welcoming space — body positivity, tolerance, and equality included.

Charles Alba

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Charles Alba is an improviser from Housekeeping Improv, Buwan ng Wika Improv, and Same Bananas. He has been improvising for 8 years, learned improv from Third World Improv, and has joined workshops and shows online and in person in the Philippines; Singapore; Japan; Taiwan; Vietnam (The Improv Hub, Saigon Improv House); Canada (Improv College); India (Kaivalya Plays); and the United Kingdom (The Nursery). He likes to blend his product management/web development day job with improv, and so he has done digital visuals, lights, and sounds for SPIT Manila and other improv groups, as well as devised/performed with AI as a sixth player in the Manila Improv Festival 2023 before generative AI became mainstream. Charles, with Sabrina Manansala, runs Same Bananas Improv, where they host monthly improv events (jams, workshops, and shows) for the local community. His fascination with patterns, object work, environment work, and tech-assisted play as well as improv frameworks allows him to share the love for improv with anyone. He also likes fried chicken very much. Check out Charles's list of workshops here.