The Improv Coach Directory
IMPROV COACHES IN
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
6 coaches and 1 theatre listed within 30 miles of San Francisco for team practice, private sessions, corporate workshops, and drop-in classes.
Coaches near San Francisco
David Moore
Original CastGame focused. Supportive and authentic play will always win.
Colorful. Energetic. Genuine. Find your focus with the joyful and rebellious nature of improv. David is the founder of Spats Improv in Berkeley CA, and teaches improv across the Bay Area at Provocatio
Russ Gooberman
Original CastTeacher at LA's oldest improv theater. Meisner-oriented physical play driven by intuition.
Based in Los Angeles, Russ is a veteran of longform improvisation, physical comedy and clown technique. He has appeared on Comedy Central, Buzzfeed and ESPN. His YouTube sketches have accrued over 200
Shawn Reimer
Original CastShawn Reimer is an actor, improviser, and coach living in San Francisco, CA. After a decade as a musician, he transitioned to performing and coaching improv. His acting credits include Bad Monkey on
Dan O'Connor
Original CastDan is dedicated to evolving the art of narrative improvisation and sharing it with the world.
Dan O’Connor is an actor, improviser, writer, and director, and the founder and former Producing Artistic Director of Los Angeles’ acclaimed Impro Theatre. A pioneer of West Coast improv, he co-founde
Karen Twelves
Original CastElevate your scenes!
Karen Twelves has been performing in and around the Bay Area since 2008, most notably with the all-women troupe Chick Flick. She has taught at All Out Comedy and Provocation Theater, through the Googl
Kat Brown
Original CastThe best, for the most, for the least.
Passionate, alive, alert. With 15 years of professional improv training, coaching, performance, and teaching experience, Kat Brown delivers her message with heart. Inspired by devised theatre, Artaud
Theatres near San Francisco
Berkeley, CA, USA
Provocation Theatre was founded in 2023 with the mission to uplift creative performance through laughter, community, and heart. Bring your new ideas home. This is the space to try: try out, try on, try something new. As the Bay Area’s only boutique improv experience, we are adept at delivering an elevated creative mission. We proudly bring new community members up while challenging longstanding members to define their artistic pillars. We are the proud host of Yas! And festival: a queer forward comedy festival in July. We are proudly queer and fem owned, operated, and forward space.
Improv coaching in San Francisco
San Francisco's scene splits across two hubs a bridge apart — the city's alt-comedy and sketch-adjacent rooms, and Berkeley's teaching-focused stages across the bay. A lot of players train in one and perform in the other, hopping BART between a rehearsal and a show without much friction. That geography is also worth keeping in mind here: a coach or a theatre that looks "across the bay" on a map is often a completely normal weekly commute for someone already living the two-city version of this scene.
Every coach on Improv Coach sets their own rates and formats, so you can compare who works with teams your size, who runs corporate workshops, and who is available when your team actually rehearses.
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