About Me
Will Luera is the Director of Improvisation at Florida Studio Theatre, Director of Big Bang Improv, 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 is a conflict mediator with a focus on EDIA issues in the workplace. He is the Simulation Coordinator for Real Academy, who specialize in immersive simulation training for human helpers, offering a profound opportunity to further integrate improvisation into impactful training methodologies. He sits on the boards of CreArte Latino, a Latino-centric cultural community center in the Sarasota area and Miss Sarasota Softball, an organization focused on empowering young women through educational-athletic programs. Will also was a part of the 2022 cohorts of Leadership Sarasota and Art Equity and the 2023 cohort of the Gulf Coast Leadership Institute. 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. 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.
- 2022 Phoenix Improv Festival (Phoenix, AZ)
- 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 - 22 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.
- 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
Recognition
2022 Class of Leadership Sarasota
2022 Class of ArtEquity
2012 Named Artistic Director Emeritus of ImprovBoston
2011 INNY-Nominated ImprovBoston Mainstage Cast
2011 INNY-Nominated ImprovBoston Comedy School
2008 Actor and Producer of NBC Comedy Short Cuts competition winning tv pilot, “Strange Faculty”
2004 Boston and national winner of PAX-TVs World Cup Comedy
