Improvisation in Business
Kat Koppett 
Kat holds a B.F.A. in Drama from New York University and an M.A. in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University. She was instrumental in creating the corporate training wing of Freestyle Repertory Theatre, in New York, and is a performer, head coach and the Corporate Division Director of Bay Area Theatresports™ , the premiere improvisational theater company on the West Coast, with the biggest training school in North America.
A member of the National Speakers' Association, Kat has presented for the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), the North American Simulation and Gaming Association (NASAGA), Influent, International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI), the Rotary Club and the Young Presidents’ Organization.
In 1995, TheaterWeek Magazine named Kat one of the year's "Unsung Heroes" for her creation of the improvisational theater format, Spontaneous Broadway, which is now performed regularly all over the world. Her acting credits include the title role in The Diary of Anne Frank, both Off-Broadway and in the Soviet Union; Rosalind in As You Like It with the Manhattan Stage Company; and Fiddler on the Roof with Theodore Bikel. She has been seen in television ads for Pillsbury, Quaker Oats, and Dr Pepper (she was a Pepper!). In 1998, her short play, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, was a winner in Playground's Emerging Playwrights Festival. Her work is seen regularly in Bay Area venues, and she is an Artist-in-Residence at the Z Space, one of San Francisco's most respected theater collectives, where she is working on a full-length play entitled, Glory's Prints.