Class held Sunday March 11, 11am–2pm
Class size: 16 students maximum
Class length: 3 hours
Prerequisite: None

Prerequisite: None!

Come play at BATS, learning skills and games in a fun, very safe environment designed to create comfort and trust between class members.  The skills of spontaneity and adaptability inherent in the art of improv can help students loosen up, take risks, and have more fun everyday.

Guest Coach Lisa Safran:

Lisa Safran began studying theatre at the ACT Young Conservatory. She went on to train at Jean Shelton and then attended The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Shortly after returning to San Francisco, Lisa began studying improvisation with Jim Cranna and went on to perform with several improv groups around the Bay Area until shifting her attention to stand-up comedy for several years performing at odd little clubs around the US and Canada.

Lisa began teaching elementary school and developed programs for children that used improvisation to support literacy, which really took form while teaching overseas in Thailand. In 2007, Lisa returned to San Francisco and joined the improvisation troupe, The Too Many Larry’s and also began studying at BATS Improv.

In 2010 Lisa began presenting her findings on improvisation and literacy at conferences and published, Reading and Writing Come Alive: Using Improvisation to Build Literacy. In 2011, she founded Improv Consultants, a group of creative professionals who provide engaging and enjoyable experiential programs for educators, businesses, and organizations using improvisation.

Lisa is also a self-taught musician and in 2010, produced Dreams that Matter a CD of original music performed by her band The Bitter Mystics and is currently collaborating with David Norfleet on an album of children’s music.

BATS Improv Class Refund Policy:

Your class tuition includes a 20% non-refundable deposit:

If you have registered for a class and decide you want to drop that class AT LEAST 14 DAYS BEFORE THE FIRST CLASS SESSION, you may choose to receive a refund for the amount of the class minus your non-refundable deposit OR you may choose to reapply your payment IN FULL to another BATS class.

Classes dropped 4-13 days before the start of the class are not eligible for the re-application of full payment to another class. You may either reapply your payment (minus the applicable deposit) or receive a partial refund. This option is not available for those enrolled in summer intensives or youth/teen camps.

Regular classes/workshops dropped within 72 hours of the first class session, or summer intensives and youth/teen camps dropped within two weeks of the first session, are not eligible for either re-application or any refund.