Improv Coaching
The ongoing craft-development role for an improv team — a coach rehearses the team weekly, gives notes, and shepherds the team's voice over months or years.
Known for
- At UCB and iO, house teams get assigned coaches; independent teams hire their own.
- Coach pay is usually small ($25-$50 per session) — the economics of improv coaching assume the coach is doing it for craft reasons, not income.
- Good coaches run 'workshops within rehearsals' — a 90-minute rehearsal might be 30 minutes of focused exercise on a single weakness.