Our style stems from the Bay Area longform tradition of supportive play and grounded storytelling, with our core principles informed by Patricia Ryan Madson’s improv philosophy (Improv Wisdom)! We believe in saying yes, celebrating mistakes, taking care of each other, and having fun, among other things :)

We do a range of formats, some existing and some new! They range from hour-long narrative shows (Improvised Musicals, Filmprov Noir, Unscripted Shakespeare) to shortform montage (The Harold, Armando). Check out our Past Shows page for more!

There are lots of kinds of SImps!

• StImp = Stage Improvisor. Auditions for StImps require having taken TAPS 103, TAPS 104, TAPS 105, or IT! (Improv Time - a workshop offered by the SImps) — subscribe to our mailing list to be notified when LIT! will be offered and when auditions will be held!

• MImp = Musical Improvisor. Auditions will be announced through the SImps Publicity mailing list, you can subscribe here to be notified!

• TImp = Technical Improvisor. We’ve had lighting improvisors and makeup improvisors in the past! Feel free to email us at simpsbooking [at] gmail.com or DM us @stanfordimprov on Instagram! Let’s chat :D

Any other roles you can think of? Feel free to email us at simpsbooking [at] gmail.com or DM us @stanfordimprov on Instagram! Let’s chat :D

oh wait but there’s more

• ClImps = rock climbing SImps (you gotta be goated)

• WImps = women-identifying SImps

• DrivImps = people who have cars and are willing to drive us and/or equipment around

• PImps = peoples of SImps. Aka SImps Super Fans.

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More links here: https://linktr.ee/stanfordimprov

• At Stanford, you can take TAPS 103, TAPS 104, TAPS 105 or IT! (Improv Time - a workshop offered by the SImps). Sign up for the IT Workshop for Winter 2025 by reaching out to awang24@stanford.edu (and subscribe to our mailing list to get notified when IT! is happening! Usually every quarter, depending on interest.)

• Outside of Stanford, we recommend taking classes at BATS!

• Join The Improv Nexus in Slack! It’s a place for people of all improv experience levels to meet, jam together, watch shows, or start new groups! You can join by contacting ahmadk@stanford.edu or denizari@stanford.edu

• Join the #all-improv channel in Slack.

• In addition to classes, BATS also has shows and jams!