Dan Lisle

Hey! I'm Dan. I love improv. I've been performing it for 9 years and coaching nearly as long. You may have seen me around town at the Magnet, or with my indie team Fever Dream, or anywhere else doing and seeing improv.

I really like picking or creating exercises to target specific skills or foster specific behaviors. I want to help you listen and process information as if by instinct, so you can truthfully respond to the last thing said.

My favorite forms involve narrative openings (Fact or Fiction, the Armando) and the Harold, which continues to teach me new things.

Oh, you want to know my story? I was born....

I began taking improv classes in 2007 at ComedySportz DC, and have since trained with Baltimore Improv Group, Magnet Theater (NYC), UCB, and with a whole bunch of other wonderful people around the country (Jil Bernard, Asaf Ronen, Joe Bill, Your Mom). At BIG I performed weekly, coached a team for 16 months, and taught classes.
I moved to NYC in 2010 and have studied at UCB and (mostly) Magnet, where I do stuff occasionally. I'm passionate about improv and love coaching and teaching almost as much as performing. I've been coaching a team in Baltimore mostly via Google Hangouts for a year and it's going great; distance is no obstacle.