Episode 38: Betsaida LeBron

The Improv Teachers

Our August episode is ready! Betsaida LeBron is our guest. Here is her bio from her website: My passion is creating art as a performer and helping others create art as a teacher. At a young age I began entertaining family and friends performing improvised productions in my parents’ living room and staging elaborate improvised puppet shows with homemade puppets and sets with my siblings throughout Northern California. I discovered improv by accident in 2009 while studying in Spain and never looked back! I studied theater, psychology, and education in college and am an alum of iO-Chicago and Bay Area Theatre Sports (BATS). I began performing at ComedySportz. In 2011 I co-founded Blacktop Comedy Club in Rocklin, CA. There I had the opportunity to perform in weekly improv shows, taught beginning to advanced improv classes, and directed several improvised genre shows, including a Shakespearean romantic comedy, improvised musical, improvised western, and improvised teen slasher horror film. I also began performing in two indie improv troupes, Yada Yada Yada and Kooky Pants. I've also studied stand-up comedy with Keith Lowell Jensen and performed stand-up sets at Laughs Unlimited Comedy Club, Blacktop Comedy Club, California Comedy Festival, and various other venues throughout Northern California. ​ I strive to be an animated and engaging improviser and enjoy creating characters and vivid worlds on stage with my scene partners. Combining over 10 years of experience in improv and a background in psychology and education, my workshops include a unique blend of acting and life skills, reflecting my philosophy that improv is all about life. Some of the workshops I've given include Improvised Storytelling at the Auburn Hip-Hop Congress, Improvised Musicality at San Francisco’s 2016 Femprov Festival, Bold as F**k at the 2016 California Comedy Festival, and my regular workshop series Improv Playhouse. I feel fortunate to do what I love and help others (re)discover their potential.