Improv Playhouse

IMPROV PLAYHOUSE OF SAN FRANCISCO Performs - Naked Stage

These stories take place on a single set, in a traditional stage-play style. The improvisers play one character each, and there are no built-in transitions or scene breaks . All the actors have is the bare stage, a simple suggestion from the audience, and each other.

The Naked Stage combines San Francisco's tradition of narrative longform improvisation with the demands and surprises of traditional theater. In a sense, the actors are "trapped" on stage with only each other. Without the usual exit options (lights, time and location jumps, and other scene-enders), they are left to fully confront the characters and situations which they have created in the moment.