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Saurabh Pande is a native Houstonian. He started improvising when he was 14 at his high school’s improv comedy club. After high school, he performed with his college team, Glaundor, which won the National College Improv Tournament in 2013. He was also performing with ComedySportz Houston at the time.

In 2014, Saurabh moved to Chicago to pursue the craft further. A recipient of the prestigious Bob Curry Fellowship eventually led him to being cast on their National Touring Company. He was also on a house team at the IO theater and a main company member of the critically acclaimed Improvised Shakespeare Company.

After Chicago, he moved to Los Angeles to continue improvising and pursue a film career. Appearing on Chicago Med, The Chi, Paper Girls, as well as a handful of commercials.

In 2021, he moved back to Houston with the goal of opening a theater for sketch comedy and improv comedy In June 2023, the doors of The Coronation Theater finally opened.

Cool dude owner, creator Improv!!

About the name “Coronation”

“I was sitting at a bar in Montrose working on the early ideas of this theater and what it could be. I had narrowed it down to two names. Vesper and The Coronation—I just couldn’t decide. When looking through the very extensive menu at the bar, I came across a “Coronation”: 2 ounces dry vermouth, 1 ounce fino sherry, 2 dashes maraschino liqueur, and 3 dashes orange bitters. Garnish: lemon twist. I ordered it and drew a circle around “The Coronation”.

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