Saleh Karaman
Washington Improv TheaterSaleh has been doing comedy since high school, but took his first improv class after his girlfriend walked into their living room and said, "you've been watching a lot of "Whose Line," haven't you?"
Since then, Saleh has studied improv at WIT, taken longform workshops with the UCB, Annoyance Theater, and the DC Improv, and taken musical theater workshops with the Second City. He has been a member of improv groups Teen President, Hot & Sweaty, the Remainders, and Colossus. With WIT, he has performed in the Rise Up! series with the curtly titled show “A Look Back At Donald Trump, Greatest President of All Time: A Mockumentary,” and at Improvapalooza with a show starring a five year old child.
He can also be seen performing in theater and film productions, his most recent of which was Forum Theater’s “I Call My Brothers,” a play focused on paranoia and discrimination, of which he is very proud. Saleh has also performed on TV as a serial killer who targets pizza store managers, of which he is equally proud. Rave reviews of his performances include “yeah, it wasn’t bad, are we going to Mellow Mushroom now?”
Saleh has been doing comedy since high school, but took his first improv class after his girlfriend walked into their living room and said, "you've been watching a lot of "Whose Line," haven't you?"
As a teacher, Saleh has taught Levels 1,2, and 4. At WIT, he has had the pleasure of studying under Nina Hsu, Donna Steele, Annie Barry, and Reaves McElveen.
Outside of WIT, he learned from several excellent improv teachers, including Carl Tart, Will Hines, Ari Voukydis, Terry Withers, Patrick Noth, Zack Willis, all from UCB, Ross Taylor from Second City, Patrick Rowland from 3Peat, and Philip Markle from Annoyance Theater.
Student Feedback
“Saleh gave excellent feedback that was really applicable and made all of us better.”
“Saleh made every class fun with his high energy, support, and deep knowledge of improv.”