Justin Torres

Hello,

If you need to contact me directly, feel free to email me a justindtorres@gmail.com. My rate for groups of under 8 people is $40/hr. I have a lower 2 prov rate, let me know if you're interested.

I've been coaching mostly house teams at The Magnet. Recent teams include, Behemoth, Secret Secret, Boy Girl Party, and Bad Lover. I perform on Premiere: The Improvised Musical on Friday nights, and a monthly musical improv puppet show called HR Shovin' Stuff which will be performing at the IO Improv Festival this year. I'm also on a two prov team called Megan Pasta which recently played the Grindstone Comedy Festival in Edmonton.

I love coaching. I try to make things as positive as possible. If people want harder notes, I'm happy to give them but I think fun is an easier way to be a better improviser. I think it is extremely rare to make the wrong move, there are just other options available. I believe that the joy in improv comes from other people. At this point in my improv career, I only have fun with other people's ideas.

I specialize is scenework, monoscene, harold, krompf/gator, organic, and musical.

I believe all you need from any scene is probably within the first few sentences. I believe all you need from a show is usually in the first scene. You just need to see what the audience sees and hold it.

I do a lot of coaching and I love meeting new teams. My schedule fluxuates especially with musical teams, since they don't go weekly. So, let me know if you need me.