Ryan Locante

Just like with food, improv is often commodified into a fast-food version of itself, relying on a safe, familiar recipe. However, if you seek it out, there's a not-so-hidden culture of improvisers who'd rather not serve you up the same thing you had in a strip mall in Omaha. Ryan is one of those improvisers.

Ryan got his improv start in Salt Lake City with Knock Your Socks Off (KYSOff) in 2001. He is a graduate of the iO Training Center in Chicago and has worked alongside a broad range of artists including those who have trained, performed, and taught at iO Chicago, Second City, iO West, UCB, DSI, and elsewhere.

There's a secret buried beneath Ryan's improvisation and it lies in his motive: to echo ideas off as many people as possible. To achieve this, he performs, coaches, directs, practices, takes classes, and teaches whenever he gets the chance.

He also has a Terrible Towel above his front door.