Elise Marsan
she/her
Washington Improv TheaterFrench improviser in DC... oulala, still stuck in a French accent.
Elise began her improv journey in Toulouse, France, in 2010, after friends convinced her to try a university league class. What started as a reluctant yes turned into a lasting passion. In her early years in Toulouse, she performed in improv and theater and played across France.
She later joined the Paris University League, performing with French, Belgian, Canadian, and Swiss teams and several ensembles in both short- and long-form improv. After moving to San Francisco, she founded an improv group at UCSF, teaching and performing in English. Now in the DMV, she joined WIT during the 2026 FIST competition and is in the Harold program.
Elise loves the full presence improv demands and its team-based, cathartic nature. Off stage, she tries to understand how the brain works, enjoys coffee or cocktails with friends, listens to the radio (she is that old), and watches movies and TV shows.