When Sarah Houghton started the WIT curriculum in 2015, she had already been doing improv on stages around the world. A cast member of Fran and Citizens’ Watch, Sarah talked to WIT about Harold Night, the challenges involved with performing dramatic improv, and her favorite improv moments in DC,… Read More

If you’ve seen this year’s Improvapalooza program, this coloring book is the creation of Alex Kazanas. A WIT graduate and cast member of Die! Die! Die!, Alex Kazanas uses his improv skills in a live event called Super Art Fight—a competitive show featuring visual artists making wild collaborative creations. In… Read More

You’ve seen Caroline Pettit. Whenever someone is committedly lurching across the stage as the awkward teenage version of Cerberus the hell beast, it’s very likely Caroline. These days you can catch her with Commonwealth, but she’s also been… Read More

Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre teacher and performer Billy Merritt once hypothesized that improvisers come in three categories: the pirate, the robot, and the ninja. Pirates initiate scenes without fear or judgement; they blaze onto the stage with swords drawn. Robots jump in next, thinking of everything needed logically; robots are always computing… Read More