PHIT believes we have the best improv teachers in Philly. Our staff of instructors has a diverse set of backgrounds, perform regularly in the city and around the country, and love showing new people how to improvise. The combined experience of our resident staff is over 75 years.

In addition, the theater is committed to bringing the best improv instructors from across the world to Philadelphia, as we do almost monthly for our workshops, and weekend-intensive master classes. These special workshops are open to various levels of experience: sometimes we welcome absolute beginners, and at other times they are restricted to past students only. Through this program we have brought notables such as author of Impro Keith Johnstone (one of the elderstatesmen of improv), Second City instructors like Mark Sutton and Joe Bill, and former Saturday Night Live writer Ali Farahnakian.

A full list of our staff is below. To learn more about any resident, past, or guest instructor just click on their name:

Resident Instructors
"Cubby" Altobelli
Rob Baniewicz
Mark Bringhurst
Nathan Edmondson
Meg Favreau
Nick Gillette
Jefferson Haynes
Matt Holmes
Rick Horner
Kelly Jennings
Brian Kelly
Mike Marbach
Greg Maughan - PHIT Executive Director
Don Montrey
Amie Roe
Kristen Schier
Joanna Schmitt
Alli Soowal
Jason Stockdale
Paul Triggiani
David Warick

Past Instructors
Bobbi Block
Karen Getz
Alexis Simpson

Guest Instructors
Joe Bill - Annoyance Theatre, The Second City (Chicago)
Patrick Clair - UCB Theatre (New York)
Ali Farahnakian - Saturday Night Live, The Peoples Improv Theater (New York)
Jonathan Gabrus - UCB Theatre (New York)
Brian Glidewell - UCB Theatre (New York)
Keith Johnstone - creator of Theatresports, author of Impro (Calgary)
Glennis McMurray - I Eat Pandas, UCB Theatre (New York)
Peter McNerney - The Magnet Theatre (New York)
Ben Rameaka - UCB Theatre (New York)
Asaf Ronen - Austin Improv Collective (Austin, TX)
Eliza Skinner - I Eat Pandas & Instructor, UCB Theatre (New York)
Janus Surratt - NewFormat Improvisation (New York)
Mark Sutton - Annoyance Theatre, The Second City (Chicago)
Justin Tyler - UCB Theatre, The PIT, The Magnet (New York)
Ari Voukydis - Instructor, UCB Theatre (New York)
Zach Ward - Dirty South Improv (Carrboro, North Carolina)