The Box Theater

Name

The Box Theater

Website

https://boximprov.com

Company type

Private

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Box Theater is a small Tampa, Florida-based company founded in 2009 with approximately 7 employees, associated with the domain boximprov.com suggesting improvisational comedy theater operations. Its primary web presence is currently inactive as a parked GoDaddy domain with no disclosed business activity.

Ownership category

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Product category

Live Entertainment

NAICS

Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (711110)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Event Operations & Venue Services (Box Office, FOH/BOH, Concessions) (MPAIAFAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Theater & Performing Arts Ticketing (HSACALAC)

Keywords

• Live theater performances
• Improv comedy shows
• Performing arts venue
• Live entertainment events
• Comedy theater venue

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Core offering

The Box Theater is a Tampa, Florida-based venue founded in 2009 with approximately 7 employees. Its domain name (boximprov.com) indicates the intended core offering of improvisational comedy theater performances and live entertainment. The current website is parked and inactive, so no active offerings, show listings, or ticketed products can be verified.

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Direct peers

• Side Splitters Comedy Club: Side Splitters is a long-running Tampa comedy club featuring stand-up and improv acts. It competes for the same Tampa audience spending on live comedy as The Box Theater, and operates a similar small-venue, ticketed-show model.
• Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB): UCB is a major improv comedy theater and training organization known for long-form improv and sketch shows. It is directly comparable as a venue-driven improv comedy business with an integrated training/classes revenue line.
• iO Theater: iO Theater is a well-known improv comedy theater originally founded in Chicago, focused on long-form improvisation and performer training. It is directly comparable to The Box Theater as a venue-based improv comedy business.
• Second City: Second City is the most established improv comedy theater brand in the U.S., producing long-form improv shows and training programs across multiple cities. It is directly comparable to The Box Theater because both are venue-based businesses centered on live improv performances and comedy training.
• Improv Asylum: Improv Asylum is a Boston-based improv comedy theater offering live shows, corporate training, and classes. It mirrors The Box Theater's mix of ticketed performances and training revenue at a similar small-venue scale.
• Tampa Improv (Improv Comedy Theater & Restaurant): Tampa Improv is an improv comedy theater and restaurant located in Tampa, FL, offering live improv shows and food service. It is a direct, same-market competitor to The Box Theater's improv-focused venue concept.

Regional players

• Straz Center for the Performing Arts: The Straz Center is Tampa's largest performing arts venue, hosting Broadway shows, comedy, and live entertainment. It is a regional anchor in the same Tampa market and competes for the same discretionary live-entertainment dollar, though at significantly larger scale.

Broad incumbents

• Funny Bone Comedy Club: Funny Bone is a national chain of comedy clubs operating across multiple U.S. markets. While broader than The Box Theater's improv-specific niche, it competes in the same small-venue, ticketed live comedy category.
• Laugh Factory: Laugh Factory is a well-known comedy club chain with locations in major U.S. cities. It is comparable as a scaled, multi-location live comedy venue operator, though it focuses more on stand-up than The Box Theater's improv angle.
• The Comedy Store: The Comedy Store is an iconic Los Angeles-based comedy club offering live stand-up and improv programming. It is broadly comparable as an established live comedy venue business, though at much greater scale and brand recognition than The Box Theater.

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