Elana's Info
Elana Fishbein is an actress, improvisor, and teacher based in New York City. She has been performing improv at the Magnet Theater since 2005 and can be seen with Ariana Grande, the Armando Diaz Experience, Magnet Theater TourCo, and her solo improv show, Pepita. She has performed and taught workshops at festivals all over the United States, Canada, end Europe.Elana earned her M.A. in Educational Theater from NYU and her B.A. in Drama from Vassar College. Her favorite succulent is jade.
For more info: http://www.elanafishbein.com
"Our improv troupe had been struggling with the same things for months, within three hours Elana was able to help fix these issues as well as bring us closer together as a group of people. Her joy and honesty was infectious and helped us reach those rare magical improv moments multiple times over. I still have a smile on my face from working with her. If she was teaching a workshop on lighting each other on fire, I’d gladly take it and then invite all my friends to do the same." - Harris Gordon (Student, Vassar College)
"Elana is a talented, insightful, personal teacher who will take improv students, novice through advanced, to a deeper level. Elana embraces the individuality of her students and has the unique skill set of being able to differentiate instruction while still maintaining rigor and integrity to the art form. While in Eau Claire Elana taught students from elementary school, middle school, high school, and adults. Her work in classrooms has had long lasting impact on students; in fact, several have gone on to start improv teams. Area teachers commented that they felt their own classroom instruction was enhanced by watching the masterful Fishbein instruct." - Amber Dernbach (Founder, Eau Claire Improv Festival)