Phyllis Katz is an actor, writer, director, improviser, and teacher. She is a former member of Chicago’s Second City Touring Company, as well as a pioneer member, director, teacher, and current board member of The Groundlings Theatre. In addition to co-creating The Groundlings School, Phyllis designs and conducts improv, writing, character, musical improv, and corporate classes (for clients as varied as Los Angeles Opera and Activision). She also has created and directed stage shows, most recently Opera Meets Improv, The Benefit to Buy Harper Scharfman Higher SAT Scores, and the popular spoof of personal essay shows, A Bunch of Losers Reading Their Essays. She has been a recurring instructor at The Screen Acting Studio, the Actors Comedy Studio, ArtCenter College of Design, Margie Haber Studios, and The-Collaborative, and has designed and taught afterschool programs at Inner City Arts, The Virginia Avenue Project, and Radio Club. Her book, Hipwrecked, is available on Amazon, or she’ll be happy to read it to you over the phone, for a small fee.