About Me

Will Luera is the Director of Improvisation at Florida Studio Theatre, Artistic Director of Improv Asylum, Director of Big Bang Improv, and serves as the Artistic Director Emeritus of ImprovBoston. He is the co-creator of Healing Moments for Alzheimer’s, a non-profit organization that provides education, advocacy, and ministry for persons with dementia and their caregivers. He sits on the board of CreArte Latino, a Latino-centric cultural community center in the Sarasota area. Will tours globally as an improv comedy actor, instructor, director and performs and teaches regularly all across North America, South America, Europe and Asia.

Will joined Florida Studio Theater in 2014. Before that he was with ImprovBoston since 1997 as a member of the Mainstage cast, TheatreSports cast and also helped to start the Boston franchise of Sitcom. In 1999, he left ImprovBoston to start his own improvisational theater company called Blue Screen, where he continued to direct Sitcom but also developed and directed ground-breaking shows like Secret Society and Dropkick Bandito. In 2000, he rejoined ImprovBoston as Artistic Director, directing the Mainstage cast and developing the nationally renowned productions of Sitcom, Secret Society, Blue Screen, and Quest. Since 2004, Will has also worked with Healing Moments as consultant for Improvisation Education. From 2005 - 2006 he Directed the NXT and Mainstage casts of Improv Asylum where he currently serves as the Artistic Director. He has appeared in numerous improv festivals around the world and has studied improvisation with ImprovOlympic, The Second City, The Annoyance Theater, The Upright Citizens Brigade, and Keith Johnstone. In addition to his work at ImprovBoston, Will has taught improvisation classes for The United States State Department, Major League Baseball, Google, Thomson Reuters, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Boston College and has directed shows for the Improv Asylum, Another Country Productions, Longwood Players, The Footlight Club and The Alarm Clock Theater. In 2012, Will received the life-time title of Artistic Director Emeritus of ImprovBoston.

Festival Appearances

I have performed and/or taught at the following festivals. I am available for hire to perform or teach at festivals anywhere in the world. If interested, please e-mail me at me@will-luera.com.

2021 Creative Approach Conference (Worldwide)
2021 Curious Comedy Theater Lovefest (Portland, OR)
2021 Everybody Get in Here! Festival (Worldwide)
2020 Compass Improv Festival (St. Louis)
2020 Twin City Improv Festival (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
2020 - 21 Impro Fest Online (Germany)
2019 Oklahoma City Improv Festival (Oklahoma City, OK)
2019 - 20 Vintage Improv Festival (Boston, MA)
2019 Cundimpro (Colombia)
2018 ImproSalento (Italy)
2018 - 20 Ottawa Improv Festival (Ottawa, Canada)
2018 San Diego Improv Festival (San Diego, CA)
2017 Palm Beach Improv Festival (West Palm Beach, FL)
2017 New South Comedy Festival (Greenville, SC)
2017 Westside Comedy Festival (Los Angeles, CA)
2017 - 20 Countdown Improv Festival (Tampa, FL)
2017 - 18 Stumptown Improv Festival (Portland, OR)
2017 Mt. Olymprov (Athens, Greece)
2017 IMPRO Amsterdam
2016 MProv Festival (Montreal, Canada)
2016 Slapdash Improv Festival (London, England)
2015 Cartelera Festival Cultural Amado Nervo (Tepic, Mexico)
2015 Hell Yes Festival (New Orleans, Louisiana)
2015 GASP! Improv Tour
2015 Atlanta Improv Festival
2015 - 2016 Miami Improv Festival
2014 Peru Improv Tour
2014 Finland International Improv Festival
2014 SteelStacks Improv Comedy Festival (Bethlehem, PA)
2014 Charleston Comedy Festival
2013 Ireland Improv Festival
2013 Barcelona Improv Festival
2013 - 2016 Tampa Improv Festival
2013 - 2014, 17 Big City Improv Festival (Toronto, Canada)
2013 PICNIC festival de Improvisacion
2013 FESTIM
2013 Pilsen Improv Festival
2013 - 2014 Green Mountain Comedy Festival (Burlington, VT)
2012 - 2013 Detroit Improv Festival
2012 New York City Improv Festival
2011 - 2012, 14, 18 Baltimore Improv Festival
2011 Portland Improv Festival
2010 – 2012 Philadelphia Improv Festival
2010 - 2012, 14 Atlanta Spontaneous Combustion Festival
2010 - 2020 Sarasota Improv Festival
2010 - 2011, 14 - 15 Women in Comedy Festival (Boston, MA)
2010 Vancouver Improv Festival
2010, 2018 Austin Out of Bounds Festival
2010 Orlando Improv Festival
2010 Red Dirt Improv Festival (Oklahoma City, OK)
2009 - 2016, 2018 Boston Improv Festival
2008 - 2010 NorthCarolina Comedy Arts Festival
2007 - 2014, 2018 Providence Improv Festival
2007 - 2012 Tokyo Improv Festival
2007 - 2010 San Francisco Improv Festival
2005 - 2008 Lowell Comedy Festival
2006, 2014 Seattle Improv Festival
2004 - 2006 PuertoRico CATCH Tournament
2002, 2012 Toronto Improv Festival
2001 - 2014 Del Close ImprovMarathon
2000 - 03, 06, 08, 12, 14, 16 Chicago Improv Festival

Corporate Clients

The following is a list of companies, schools and organizations that I have worked with on creative partnerships over the last two decades. These relationships were cultivated either independently or through an organization that I represented. In each case I played a significant role in working with the client on creating a custom experience unique to their culture and needs.

Google
United States Embassy and Consulates
American Voices
Constant Contact
Thomson Reuters
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard University
Boston College
University of Massachusetts – Amherst
Eckerd College
Gordon College
Suffolk University
Ivy Street School
Suncoast Technical College
Boston Center for Adult Education
Longboat Key Adult Education Center
Forty Carrots
AstraZeneca
Novartis
Massachusetts General Hospital
Pega
Flir Security
AtLarge, Inc.
Sarasota County Libraries
Sarasota County Schools
United States Military
GameOn
Pittsburgh Pirates
US Sports Congress
PCG Sports Desk
Feld Entertainment
National Fire Protection Association
City of Lowell
Coffee Federation of Colombia
Pepperidge Farm
Union of Concerned Scientists
United Teen Equality Center
Community Art Center
YES Academy
North American Family Institute
Massachusetts Innovation and Technology Exchange
Epsilon Marketing
Small Army Marketing
O’Sullivan Communications
National Association of Realtors
Paradigm Properties
Embrace Home Loans
Gentle Giant Movers
Sarasota Film Festival
Healing Moments
Smileworks Dental

About Me

Festival Appearances

Corporate Clients

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