Improv Playhouse of San Francisco

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Improv Playhouse of San Francisco will perform three improvised plays – onstage and streaming – on Aug. 21, 22 and 23, 2026, as part of the 5th Annual Free-Play Festival in San Francisco, hosted by PlayGround.

Every Improv Playhouse performance is unscripted, with actors taking suggestions from the audience to create fully improvised characters, scenes and story arcs. No one, including the performers, knows what might happen!

Improv Playhouse’s cast comprises the Bay Area’s top improvisational talent, and includes Mark Duncanson, Tim Orr, Lisa Rowland, and Regina Saisi, with Remi Frazier on lights and sound.

Although unscripted, each performance features a unique theme:

• August 21: The Naked Stage, a two-act play wherein each improviser plays just one character and all the action takes place on one set.

• August 22: Improvised Movie, based on a title from the audience with a story that jumps through times and locations.

• August 23: The Bechdel Test, putting multi-faceted, complicated female characters at the center of the story.

Performed onstage at Potrero Stage, 1695 18th St., San Francisco

At the ticket link, choose to watch in person or via streaming.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.