Highwire Instructor Tours

with Brian James O'Connell

March-April 2026: Homecoming Tour

Durham, NC March 7 Mettlesome
Raleign, NC March 13-15 Leela NC

Oct-Dec 2025: Highwire European Creation Tour

Bensafrim (Lagos), Portugal Oct 24 – Nov 9One Month Improv
Manchester, UKNov 10-12Improquo
Birmingham, UKNov 15Birmingham Improv
Glasgow, ScotlandNov 16Glasgow Improv Theater – The GIT
Farnham/London, UKNov 17-21Pretend
Barcelona, SpainNov 22-23The Comedy Clubhouse
Norwich, UKNov 24-27Dogface Improv
Brighton, UKNov 28-29And Also

March - April 2025: HEARTLAND: The Rust Belt Tour Too

Des Moines, IAMar 1 – 2Tim Overton Comedy at Chandelier
Ann Arbor, MIMar 7 – 9hear.say Brewing and Theater
Pittsburgh, PAMar 15 – 16Arcade Comedy Theater
Bethlehem, PAMar 21 – 22ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks
Fairfax, VAMar 28 – 30Reflex Improv
Cleveland, OHApr 4 – 6Imposters Theater
Cincinnati, OHApr 9 – 13Improv Cincinnati

November '24 – January '25: The Southern Culture Tour

Nashville, TN Nov 29 – Dec 1 Third Coast Comedy Club
Baltimore, MD Dec 13 – 15 Highwire Improv
Savannah, GA Jan 3 – 5 Front Porch Improv
Wilmington, NC Jan 10 – 12 Daredevil Improv
Oxford, MS Jan 17 – 19 Anubis Improv
New Orleans, LA Jan 24 – 26 Big Couch and Anubis Improv

June – July 2024: The Northwest Classage

Edmonton, AB June 19-22 Rapid Fire Theatre
Eastsound, WA June 25-28 Orcas Center
San Francisco, CA July 12-13 Endgames Improv
Fremont, CA July 14 Made Up Theatre
Sacramento, CA July 27  Sacramento Comedy Spot

March – April 2024: The Rust Belt Tour

Rochester, NYMarch 8-9The Focus Theater
Harrisburg, PAMarch 13-15Harrisburg Improv Theatre
Philadelphia, PAMarch 16-17Philly Improv Theater
Baltimore, MDMarch 20-24Highwire Improv and Baltimore Improv Group
Ferndale, MIApril 19-21Go Comedy!
Ann Arbor, MIApril 22-25hear.say Brewing and Theater
Cleveland, OHApril 26-28Imposters Theater

About BOC

Brian James O’Connell is a working actor, writer, director, filmmaker and teacher in Los Angeles.

He taught as part of the Core Faculty at The Pack Theater and at iOWest for over a decade before pursuing his own independent, bespoke & curated student training ALL IMPROV.

Brian is the Creator and Executive Producer of Big Yellow Taxi, the Executive Producer and Founder of Long Hard Tuesdays, the Executive Producer and Founder of The Lady Invitational and Executive Producer of Genre Night! at The Pack Theater.

Brian is a graduate of the prestigious North Carolina School of the Arts (David Gordon Green, Danny McBride, Jody Hill, Anthony Mackie, Peter Hedges, Mary-Louise Parker, Dane DeHaan, Terrence Mann, Chris Parnell, Jada Pinkett-Smith and Jeff Nichols) and moved to Los Angeles in 2000 to follow his dreams of a career in filmmaking.

BOC (as his friends call him) is part of the comedy collective Dr. God, who recently completed their first feature film project BLOODSUCKING BASTARDS, starring Fran Kranz, Pedro Pascal, Joey Kern, Joel Murray, and Emma Fitzpatrick, which O’Connell directed (his third feature as a director) as well as co-writing the script with Dr. God. The film was the Opening Night Premiere at Slamdance in 2015 and is available now on DVD and On-Demand after it’s theatrical run.

A regular performer, coach and teacher in Los Angeles, Brian derives most of his approach to improv from The Deconstruction, the form created by iO’s legendary team, The Family (Miles Stroth, Neil Flynn, Ian Roberts, Matt Besser, Adam McKay, Ali Faranahkian.).

With his internationally touring improv duo Billyhawk and iOWest’s legendary improv group Dr. God, Brian has performed and taught in festivals in Denver, Dublin, Phoenix, Toronto, Kansas City, Philadelphia, Austin, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Mexico City, Cincinnati, Los Angeles and Chapel Hill, NC. Well-respected as one of Los Angeles’ premier improvisers, Brian is famous for his encyclopedic knowledge of minutiae and his insane recall ability and memory.

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