Steve's Info
Steve Kleinedler has been improvising on and off for the past 32 years and consistently since 2000. He graduated from the Players Workshop of Second City in 1987 and from ImprovBoston in 2002. He’s taken workshops and classes from Del Close & Charna Helpern, Martin deMaat, Amy Poehler, Susan Messing, Joe Bill, Will Luera, and countless others. Steve Kleinedler has taught at ImprovBoston from 2003-2011 and Philly improv Theater from 2011 to the present. He’s taught workshops in Baltimore, Bethlehem PA, Boston, Chapel Hill (NCCAF), Chicago, Detroit (DIF), Providence (PIF), Philadelphia, Pittsburgh (PCF), San Juan, and Sarasota.In 1985 he cofounded the improv troupe Spontaneous Art at Michigan State University. In 1991 he was one of the founders of the still-running Shattered Globe Theatre in Chicago. He was a member of the video sketch comedy group Abneria in the late 1990s in Boston. He performed with ImprovBoston from 2001-2011 in Micetro, with the Harold team Marjean, and in many other shows including Directions…. With Steve & Harry and The Dream Show. In Philadelphia, he’s a member of Chaperone and Sad Trombone, among several other groups. He’s appeared in numerous festivals, including Boston, the Del Close Marathon, Providence, Detroit, Toronto, San Juan, Carrboro NC, and Baltimore.
In the period between 2003-2011, for ImprovBoston he directed the Improv Boston Family Show, the sketch team The Ruckus, the improvised Shakespearean show The Robert Cycle, the Memento-inspired BacksStory, among many others. At PHIT, he directed house team Hot Dish, as well as PHIT fringe shows twenty-four, BackStory, and Page One, and was the inaugural director for the PHIT Mainstage cast. He also manages and co-hosts The Dean’s List, a weekly show that provides students in the PHIT training program and opportunity to perform with instructors.