Improv Lady
San Francisco Bay Area, California U.S.A.
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+1 (415) 706-6700
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Rebecca leads workshops in communications, collaboration, innovation, team building, feedback, and leadership skills utilizing the principles of applied Improvisation. In addition, Rebecca leads Applied Improvisation Train the Trainers, and utilizes improvisation principles in 1:1 coaching and mentoring.
Testimonials:
"Rebecca's improvisation clinic was able to accomplish what decades of military education and training has not been able to do the next generation of senior military leaders."
- Joe Funderburke, Military Event participant
"...I am particularly impressed with Rebecca's ability to work with people of different backgrounds and roles in the studio, from the mailroom to the executive suite. She is able to read people and circumstances well. She adjusts her content and presentation to match what is needed, without diluting her core message. In improv terms, her ability to be ‘present’ in each situation is in itself a great example of the power of her craft.
Until we started working with Rebecca, we were not sure one of the most critical skills for a film studio, creative collaboration, could be taught. Rebecca’s work in the studio has shown that it can be taught and learned, and not merely as skill in its own right, but as a platform for greater creativity and involvement in work the studio."
- Randy Nelson, former of Dean Pixar University, Pixar Animation Studios
About:
Rebecca is a improvisational theatre performer and director and has been applying improvisation since 1984. She holds a BFA from the University of Washington Professional Actor Training Program. Rebecca co-founded BATS Improv in the 1980s and was the first Dean of BATS School of Improv. She continues to teach and perform improvisation at BATS. Rebecca has led interactive improvisation training primarily in business, and education. Some higher ed customers include the faculty in Schools of Law, Medicine, Business, and Education. Some of her business customers include Genentech, Telltale Games, and Pixar Animation Studios.