LISA MERCHANT

Instructor: Lisa Merchant

Classes: Core Improv 1

Lisa Merchant is a highly sought-after improvisation instructor/facilitator/performer. She has been studying, performing and teaching the art of improvisation for 35+ years. A Senior Faculty member at The Second City Training Centre and The Social Capital Theatre and a corporate facilitator both privately and with The Second City Works division. Since 2017 she has been Program Chair for Improv(ed) Legal Skills: Improvisation for Legal Professionals for Osgoode Hall Law School Professional Development. Lisa is a professor at Humber College in the Media and Creative Arts Department Comedy Program teaching Improvisation. She delivered workshops to some of the Canadian Olympic Team hopefuls for the London 2012 Summer Games as well as Sochi 2014 Winter Games. Most recently she taught and performed with Angel Comedy in London, U.K and performed in the Artic Comedy Festival in Iqaluit, Nunavut. She is a multiple nominee and winner of 4 Canadian Comedy Awards, 3 for Best Female Improvisor. As an actor you may have seen her on Davey and Jonesie’s Locker, Murdoch Mysteries, Private Eyes, American Gods, to name a few…

“Taking improv with Lisa Merchant was a game changer for me. It not only helped me be a better communicator, it made me a better person. I learned fundamental ideas that I still apply to this day. Over ten years after taking that original class, I invited Lisa to come and speak to the 2012 Canadian Olympic team to give them a competitive advantage. Such is the value of what she has to teach.”

Mark Tewksbury, Olympic Champion and 2012 Canadian Olympic Team Chef de mission