Alissa Platz-Engler
(she/her)
Washington Improv TheaterFollowing the best New Year’s resolution ever, Alissa started improv classes at DC Improv in the spring of 2019.
Her level 1 class solidified her love of improv and the rest is history. She completed the majority of the WIT curriculum virtually from the comfort of her kitchen table. Additional improv training includes virtual classes at WGIS, Rise Comedy, Magnet Theatre, and Upright Citizens Brigade. Despite all of the virtual improv training, she prefers a good old-fashioned stage and real human interactions.
Alissa came to DC for college in 2012 and never left. By day, she works in fundraising. Alissa was in the WIT Harold program from 2023-2025 on the team Standby Children. In 2024, Alissa was part of the Ensemble Team at the Edinburgh International Improv Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. Always a camper at heart, Alissa has attended Camp Improv Utopia since 2022. She is currently on the indie teams Girass! and AA Battery. Alissa is thrilled to be teaching zip, zap, zop to new improvisers. She is originally from the same state as her hero Bruce Springsteen—New Jersey.