Allison Yolo
(she/her)
Washington Improv TheaterYolo loves to perform and has over 19 years of improv experience. As much as she loves to perform, she can confidently decline to perform those "make 'em ups" when asked to do so at parties.
Allison Yolo is an actor who often prefers to make up her own lines versus memorizing them. She started improvising with her college team at Western Washington University while studying theatre. She continued on the improv track, moving to Chicago to study at iO, SecondCity and Annoyance. She performed on several teams at iO and independently. Theatrically, she is a graduate of the Steppenwolf Summer intensive program. Contrary to the opening sentence, she looks forward to being in a full theatre production in the future.
She has loved being involved with WIT since moving here in 2019. She recently started teaching Level 1 and hopes that her love for all things improv infects her students. Fondest memories include making it to the 2024 Fighting Improv Smackdown Tournament (FIST) Finals with her team Milk! Milk! Milk! and, more recently, winning the 2025 FIST competition with her team Shibacle.
By day, Yolo does a lot of parenting and side hustles. Her nuclear family went from 3 to 5 at the beginning of the pandemic and life has been crazy ever since! When she’s not rushing around everywhere, she is scheming for her next solo excursion to a good thrift store.
Current Ensembles
Personal Hero
My partner (awwwww)
Favorite Snack
On a tough day - Twizzlers
Favorite Word
Hi!