GII Symposium 2026: Full Schedule

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11:00am PDT

Improbable Panel

Thursday July 9, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT

221 - Zoom Room

Conversation with Phelim McDermott, Lee Simpson & Matilda Leyser (UK)

Moderators

Theresa Robbins Dudeck

Assistant Professor | Co-Founder/2026 Chair, Portland State University | Global Improvisation Initiative (GII)

Theresa Robbins Dudeck
Assistant Professor of Theater at Portland State University; Co-founder of the Global Improvisation Initiative (GII); and Director of P.I.E. (PSU Impro Ensemble). Theresa works internationally as a theatre practitioner with expertise in improvisation. She is a Fulbright Scholar (Brazil), autho... Read More →

Artists

Lee Simpson

Artistic Director, Improbable

Lee is a founder member of Improbable, a Comedy Store Player and one of Paul Merton's Impro Chums. He’s also been a croupier, cinema projectionist and breakfast show DJ. He’s written plays, appeared in sit-coms and in some films, been on some Radio 4 panel shows and once did a... Read More →

Matilda Leyser

Co-Artistic Director, Improbable

Matilda Leyser is a British writer, director, aerialist, and the first female Co-Artistic Director at the UK-based theatre company, Improbable. She is widely known for blending improvisation, storytelling, and physical theatre, and for navigating her creative work alongside personal experiences as a mother and a leukaemia survivor... Read More →

Phelim McDermott

Artistic Director, Improbable

Phelim is a founder member of Improbable. He has won various awards such as an Olivier Award for Best Entertainment, TMA Awards for Best Touring Production and Best Director and a Critics Circle Best Designer Award. He was awarded a National Endowment for Science, Technology and the... Read More →

Thursday July 9, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm PDT
221 - Zoom Room Lincoln Hall PSU, 1620 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR 97215

Panel, Virtual/Online

GII Symposium 2026

11:00am PDT

Theresa Robbins Dudeck

Lee Simpson

Matilda Leyser

Phelim McDermott

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