Signs: That’s how the St. Louis improv team Some Black People got its start.
The first was the painted one that Jessica Nicole, the group’s founder, spotted for classes at the Improv Shop near the Grove Business District. The second came in the form of absence, a lack of Black folks onstage as a group that she set about to change in late 2023.
“Improv teams are usually formed around some commonality. I would see Aaron, Charles, Kendall or Donovan [play], and I would be like, ‘We’ve got to come together,’” she said. “It was the precedent that was set by the all-female teams and the gay teams. Like, ‘We deserve to be together and play together and share this common experience together.’”…