#improvclown

• What are your other hobbies? Juggling, Entrepreneurship, Music, Playing with my kids, Judge Judy.


• If you weren’t doing improv, where would you be? Costa Rica living in a tree house.


• What is your favorite improv scene you’ve been in? Upside-Down Spiderman kissing Mike Schramm
  


• Who is your comedy idol? Too many to mention. Steve Martin, Robin Williams, Jim Carrey, Bill Irwin, Charlie Chaplin, Bill Hicks, …….
  


• 10 words or less of what improv means to you? Meditation in motion with others through collaboration and love.


• Where will you be in 10 years? Always in the moment, living for the moment.


• Anything else we should know? I couldn’t do what I do without the love and support of my beautiful family and every day I am most grateful for ALL of them.

Tommy Galan is a veteran performer and teacher with 25 years of stage experience. He teaches all levels of core improv classes plus electives in clown and physical comedy. He was the Director of Workshops at The Peoples Improv Theater in NYC and former Director of Training at Finest City Improv. Tommy is an improviser, actor and clown who has been trained by master improvisers and clowns such as Ali Faranakian, Susan Messing, Paul Vallaincourt, Jay Sukow, Mark Beltzman, Erik Davis (Red Bastard), John Gilkey, and Dan Griffiths. Tommy infuses all of his experience in improv, acting and clown into his teaching method and has shared his passion for the stage with thousands of students.

Tommy performs with our professional ensemble on most Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm.