Theresa Robbins Dudeck

Theresa Robbins Dudeck, PhD, has taught improvisation and applied improvisation all over the world. She is a Fulbright Scholar and considered one of the foremost teachers of Keith Johnstone's Impro System. Theresa wrote the critically acclaimed Keith Johnstone: A Critical Biography (Bloomsbury 2013), serves as Johnstone's Literary Executor, and is co-editor of two books on applied improvisation: Applied Improvisation: Leading, Collaborating, and Creating Beyond the Theatre (2018) and The Applied Improvisation Mindset (forthcoming 2021). She is also the co-founder of one of the only international symposiums focused on theatrical improvisation, the Global Improvisation Initiative (GII). Theresa worked as a Los Angeles based actor/singer/dancer before discovering her passion as a theatre scholar-practitioner and applied improvisation facilitator. Still, she keeps one foot in the theatre and, over the last 2 decades, has directed 27 productions, several of which were new plays in development.