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Birmingham's Premier Professional Improvisational Theatre Company

A Magic City staple since 2008!!

This is only the beginning, child...

Hot Southern Porch
May 29 & 30, 2026 at 7:30pm!

These shows will be at Theatre Downtown.
Need more info? Check out their Venue Page!

It's oppressively hot, and the household barely contains the rising tension. Classes, lifestyles, and values collide in fiery clashes on the family porch. Will the family be torn apart by the passions that drive them? Can Southern gentility withstand the blazing Summer heat? Should there be a character named "Skippy"? All of these questions can be answered, child - out on the hot Southern porch.

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Walk-Up Tickets: $15 at the door
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Check out our FEATURED CLIP!!

ETC presents the Broadway musical "The Civil War." A couple of slave-owners (Debbie and Jacob)
face an inconvenient truth while their slave (Christopher) celebrates the coming of his
freedom. Extemporaneous Theatre Company performs at BFT, February 5, 2011.
Check out our former Featured Clips on our YouTube Channel!

About us...

The Extemporaneous Theatre Company, founded in 2008, is a repertory-style company comprised of professional artists in theatre, comedy, and a variety of sub specialties. Our goal is multi-faceted:

to provide the Birmingham Metropolitan community with quality improvised theatre
to work with other artists to bolster the art of live theatre in our community
to offer quality improvisational training workshops to students, the community, and corporations, and
to have a mighty good time doing it!

In 2013, Extemporaneous Theatre Company was acquired by ETC Productions - an Alabama Nonprofit Corporation. Through ETC Productions, The Extemporaneous Theatre Company has obtained 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status.

If you want to receive notices of the latest information on performances, classes, or auditions, please send us an email: contact@extemporaneoustheatre.com