Real. Funny. Theatre.
Welcome to BATS Improv, San Francisco’s most highly acclaimed and longest-running improv company and school.
Feed your imagination. Be surprised. Bust a gut.
Join us this weekend and experience the one-of-a-kind blend of theatre, comedy, and spontaneity that is BATS Improv.
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See a Show
Every show is a one-of-a-kind theatre experience created on the spot by our highly skilled actors and inspired by your suggestions.
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Take a Class
Improv skills are life skills. Explore your inherent creativity in a fun, safe, and supportive environment. New classes start every week!
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Bring Us to Work
Improve team effectiveness, unlock creativity, and build morale with customized trainings and performances from BATS Improv.
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BATS Gives Back!
Improv Lesson #1: You’re not in it alone. As a nonprofit San Francisco institution, we feel strongly about giving back to the broader community that sustains us as we build an improvised theatre community from the grassroots.
Through our Community Outreach Programs, like Laughing Stock, which offers free improv classes to people living with chronic and life-threatening illness, BATS brings the skills and delight of improvised theatre to people throughout the Bay Area and beyond.
“The gold standard for improv in the San Francisco Bay Area”
– Shawn B, Yelp review
Paris Café (4:25)
Improvised live at BATS
We are non-profit theatre company
BATS Improv is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to cultivating and innovating the craft of improvised theatre. Your gift helps us make professional live theatre accessible to everyone, and it will help you at tax time too!