IMPROV WORKOUT Fluxus Stage

Stephen Thornton
Improviser, Actor, Teacher

Stephen has been working in improvisational theatre for 25+ years. He has studied improv at various schools such as: The PIT, UCB, AND Theatre Company, IN Studios, Gotham City Improv, and The Treehouse Theater. And has had the privilege to study with some of the most prominent teachers from L.A. and New York including: David Razowsky, Jeff Michalski, Michael J. Gellman, Gary Austin, Scotty Watson, Jeff Wirth, Hal Peller and Mik Kuhlman. A graduate of the Acting program at the New York Film Academy. He is currently living and teaching in Lisbon, Portugal. He is the co-founder of Fluxus Stage, where he continues to research and develop his unique style and technique of approaching improvisation and the co-founder of Jelly Jam, Lisbon's oldest English Improv Jam. Currently you can see him on-stage as a performer of the long-form improv group BAD J. JR!.

He has taught and coached various forms of improvisation at institutions such as: ACT: Escola de Actores (Lisbon), BIG (Barcelona), The Irreverent Festival (Lisbon) The Armory, AND Theater Company and the Treehouse Theater (New York). As a performer he has improvised in the United States, Portugal and Spain, in theater like: The PIT, UCB, The Magnet and The Annoyance in New York City, Fluxus Stage, Espaço Evoé, and ODD Trindade in Lisbon, and the BIG IF 6 in Barcelona.