Author Archives: Sam Shaw

In addition to our amazing performers, teachers, volunteers, and audience members, the 2010 San Francisco Improv Festival could not have happened without the following individuals and organizations: Alan Myerson, Carl Gottlieb, Larry Hankin, Allaudin Mathieu, Jim Cranna, Kim “Howard” Johnson, John Byrne Cooke, Julie Milburn, Jonathan Pitts, Ron West, Armando Diaz, San Francisco Theater Festival, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, Ange Hones, Phil Ristaino, Christy Daly, Lauren Pizzi, Joshua Redel, Tim Lamphier, Angelo Camacho, Joy Begbie, Ustream.tv, Bi-Rite, Josiah Greenwald (iPhone App), Michael Michalske (Tech Director), Eureka Theater, Kokkari, Zoe Galvez, San Francisco Comedy College, Piano Fight, The Freeze, Crisis Hopkins, [...]

If you can’t make the SF Improv Festival in person, we’re streaming the whole thing LIVE on the internet with our friends USTREAM! Check it out!

Robert Avila’s SF Bay Guardian article on the San Francisco Improv Festival is online. Find it here. Chloe Veltman’s New York Times/Bay Citizen article on San Francisco improv from The Committee onward is online. Get a Sunday Times or find it here!

We couldn’t be more excited to announce that we now have a SF Improv Fest IPhone app! Use this tool to check out the fest schedule & performer info, buy tickets, and be all around awesome. Once you buy your tickets, use it to present confirmation so you don’t kill a tree. If you use Android, we’re working on it for next year, k? Get it now!

We’ve released a good number of free and half price tickets on Goldstar events. Check it out here.

Monty Python historian/employee/collaborator/author and friend Kim “Howard” Johnson presents the history of his life with the members of Monty Python, with a particular emphasis on his weeks on the set of “Life of Brian” in Tunisia. From travels with Graham Chapman and years as John Cleese’s personal assistant, to producing Terry Jones’ 2011 tour,  Howard talks about life in the Python inner circle, and presents a plethora of Python pictures from the past four decades. Kim “Howard” Johnson is a founding member of The Baron’s Barracudas, the first house team of Chicago’s ImprovOlympic (now iO), and co-author (with Del Close [...]

The 2010 SF Improv Festival has numerous opportunities for volunteers. If you want to help us market the fest, or work concessions and box office, let us know. Contact Sam Shaw at samshaw@sfimprovfestival.com to become a festival volunteer!

This year, every San Francisco Improv Festival show and workshop has its own Facebook event, making it easy to share the fest with your friends. Keep track of our schedule, and get festival updates, by being our Fan on Facebook!

Sales are now open for all performances and workshops for the 2010 San Francisco Improv Festival. To purchase tickets to performances, visit our Shows page. To reserve your slot in a festival workshop, visit our Workshops page.