BIORAPHIES
Tim ORR
Tim Orr is an internationally respected improv actor, director, and teacher whose work has shaped long-form improvisation for over three decades. A cornerstone of the San Francisco improv scene since 1988, Tim has performed with and helped define legendary companies such as BATS Improv, True Fiction Magazine, and 3 For All, and is the founder of the Improv Playhouse of San Francisco.
Tim’s artistry moves seamlessly between stage, screen, and classroom — from critically acclaimed improvised feature films (Suckerfish, Security) to globally touring theatrical productions and deeply influential training programs. As longtime Director of the BATS Improv Long-Form Intensive, he has mentored generations of improvisers with a focus on craft, clarity, and truthful play.
A sought-after international teacher, Tim has performed and taught across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and North America, sharing a vision of improvisation rooted in listening, structure, and storytelling. His work continues to inspire performers worldwide to approach improv not just as comedy, but as a disciplined and deeply human art form.
Paula Galimberti
Paula is an actor, director, coach and improviser. She studied acting in Cristina Rota school for 4 years. She also studied psychology in the UAM. She has been working as an actress since 1996.
She started her own improv company “Jamming” 23 years ago. We can also see her working in cinema and TV. She worked as an improv-acting teacher in Bogotá, Lima, Cuzco, Santiago de Chile, Lyon, Berlin… And she completed her professional career Jordan Bayne and Ivana Chubbuck.
Now she is working in Madrid regularly and also traveling around the world.
In Madrid she works with her company Jamming. As an actress, director, coach and teacher. She is the Artistic Director of Impro Bora Improv Festival in Trieste. She also collaborates with a national Spanish radio program doing an improv show on air.