OffScript: A Night of Improv for Founders & Teams

Oct 8, 10:00 PM – Oct 9, 12:30 AM (UTC)

New York City

New York, Venue TBA, New York, 10001

​OffScript is a night of improv built for Founders and Teams. Get thrown off on purpose, and practice reacting instead of reciting. Prepare for the moment where the plan falls apart and you just have to... go.

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​Hosted in collaboration with York Effect, OffScript is a night of improv built for Founders and Teams. Get thrown off on purpose, and practice reacting instead of reciting. 

Prepare for the moment where the plan falls apart and you just have to... go.

​What to expect:

  • ​Improv games built for founders and teams
  • ​Group and breakout exercises that surface how you and your team think under pressure
  • ​Drinks, conversation, and a room full of people who get it
  • ​Hosted each month by a performer from NYC's comedy and improv scene

​Limited spots to give everyone a chance to participate, perform, and connect.

​Sònia Victoria Werner, co-founder of Lighthouse Ladies, LLC, is an actress who has improvised alongside Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein for Netflix’s Office Romance campaign, and starred as Flora in The Winx Club: The Magic Is Back. She’ll lead a series of improv games designed to help founders think on their feet, adapt on the fly, and connect with one another.

Facilitator

  • Sònia Victoria Werner

    Lighthouse Ladies, LLC

    Co-founder

When

When

October 8 – 9, 2026
10:00 PM – 12:30 AM (UTC)

Where

Where

New York
Venue TBA
New York 10001

Organizers

  • Joshua Ness

    Fulbright Program

    Director, Startup Grind

  • Tova Feldheim

    York Effect

    Cofounder

  • Prianka Ball

  • Michaela Freedman

  • Pushkar Taday

    Opus Training

    Software Engineer (AI Operations)

  • Rebecca Liang

  • Theophila Lee

    Reitler Law

  • David Liu

  • Nancy Kang

    Aerion Capital

  • Jeannie Chan

  • Tilly Xu

  • Roberto Bruni

  • Madison Simon

  • Megan Purvis

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