Kelsey Peters
Washington Improv TheaterWIT community (and hopefully one day Taylor Swift): meet Kelsey Peters.
Kelsey completed the WIT curriculum in 2016. Since then, she has completed programs at the Upright Citizens Brigade, Will Hines’ Worlds Greatest Improv School, and Dojo Comedy. She has studied clown, sketch, and stand up comedy.
She has performed at comedy festivals in Baltimore, Detroit, and Seattle with her 2019 FIST-winning team The Broken Bones. She once ate mayonnaise on stage and occasionally appears with her twin flames Puss and Kooch. In her comedy, she likes to play with the absurd, unexpected, and the truth beneath it all.
Kelsey is a big fan of whatever she’s obsessed with this week, until she forgets it ever existed. For those who partake, she’s a reputation sun, speak now moon, and lover rising.
Photo by Mikail Faalasli
Kelsey loves disproving the phrase “if you have to explain why it’s funny, it’s not funny.”
As a Level 3 teacher, Kelsey is obsessed with talking nerdy about comedic theory. In class, her students will dissect what makes something funny to them. Then, with that framework, they will learn ways to repeat that mechanism in scene work (It’s fun, she promises!!).
Kelsey believes in creating a space where all students can have a great time playing make believe together. By empowering her students to let loose and celebrate mistakes, she hopes to help her students feel confident in creating hilarious, original comedy.
She has completed curricula of Washington Improv Theater, Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theater, Dojo Comedy, and World’s Greatest Improv School. You can catch her performing on house ensembles Uncle Gorgeous and The Broken Bones. She also is lucky enough to coach WIT’s all-hilarious ensemble Hellcat.
Student Feedback
“Kelsey made everyone feel instantly comfortable, any intimidation I had was totally gone by the 2nd class. Improv night became my favorite night of the week!”
“Kelsey’s style of teaching improv feels like a friend teaching you something new that they are excited about.”
“Kelsey did an amazing job working with first time improvisers to make us feel comfortable. Right from the beginning, the classroom was a safe space. She never asked us to do something she wouldn’t demonstrate herself, so we could take risks and really learn without fear. Her feedback was always helpful and she worked hard to make sure we had a great foundation to build on.”
Photo by Mikail Faalasli