BATS Improv, a non-profit education and performance theatre company, has entertained Bay Area audiences since 1986. Our unique style of acting-based improvisational theatre has made BATS the Northern California's largest improv theatre company and school and is a benchmark for improv all over the world. You can find a complete schedule of shows and workshops at www.improv.org
BATS takes its inspiration from the work of Theatresports creator Keith Johnstone and from San Francisco's own tradition of experimental improvisation. BATS continuously pushes the creative envelope, exploring both short and long-form improv theatre and has created many of their own improv formats over the past 20 years.
BATS presents improv shows every weekend, all year round. From comic competitions to improvised Shakespeare to spontaneous muscials--their shows showcase the variety and fun of improvised theatre.
The Main Stage Company includes some of the nation's top improv talent and BATS was named the Bay Area's "Best Theater Company," "Best Improv Company" (five times!) and "Best Comedy Troupe."
In addition, BATS runs a successful corporate training program, presents improv in schools as a popular participant in the Bay Area's Young Audiences program, and provides improv workshops through its Laughing Stock program to people living with HIV, AIDS, hepatitis C, cancer, and other chronic, life-threatening illness.
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