Mercury Improv offers beginning improv classes for people who think it sounds like fun but who aren’t necessarily interested in getting onstage and playing shows. The goal of every Mercury Improv class is to create a friendly, relaxed space where students feel unconditionally supported.
Everyone is welcome in Mercury Improv classes as long as they’re willing to not be a jerk. (100 percent success rate so far, good job everybody.)
John Ratliff is Mercury Improv’s founder and principal teacher. He’s been teaching improv in Austin for almost 20 years, including at ColdTowne Theater (where he was twice voted Best Teacher) and at Austin Community College, where he was an instructor at The Actor’s School.
John enjoys hanging out with his cat, reading old books, listening to music that sounds like broken air conditioners, and eating at Mexican restaurants that serve breakfast all day.
John does not enjoy AI, fascism, or writing about himself in the third person.