Sobre el instructor

Jo Garrity is an improviser, writer, and filmmaker originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, now based in Barcelona. Jo learned about improv while working as a research intern at Saturday Night Live and watching weekly shows at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York. In 2010, he stepped nervously into his first community improv class in Berkeley, beginning a journey through training programs at BATS Improv SF, Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre NY, and the Groundlings LA. He earned an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of California, Riverside, focusing in screenwriting and creative nonfiction. He writes essays, poetry, and screenplays, including his personal tragicomedy, Twinsburg. He directs and performs in the improvised radio theatre project The Bluff Education Hour.