Rich Cox

First BATS Class: 2001 with Dan Klein
Other BATS Service: BATS Board of Directors, Young Audience performer, Sunday Player and Sunday Rep
Contact: school@improv.org - Re: Rich

Rich Cox grew up in an imaginary world and only recently discovered reality by watching American Idol. His parents enforced daily vocabulary cards and encouraged his use of puns and improvising lyrics to songs which led to his incredible popularity in high school (perhaps you have heard of him). After years of improvising with people in real” life he found himself and his acceptance with other actual improvisers.

Finding BATS sparked an instant love of improv which continues today for Rich when watching, learning, performing and teaching improv. Rich particualrly enjoys watching new improvisers discover the magic of improv. Since starting rich has been doing some form of improv consisitently except for a 5 month break to walk 2600 miles from Mexico to Canada along the Pacific Crest Trail in 2003. (Yes, it's real...look it up).

When not improvising Rich helps non-profits with fundraising (he is also working on a time machine in his garage).

Q&A With Rich Cox

First BATS Show: It was a Theatersports show in October 2001. That night I performed my favorite scene ever (to this day). It was a scene repeated in three genres that ended with a broadway musical and a song that I still can sing.

Favorite Formats: Long Form (especially multiple stories at the same time), Theatersports, Spontaneous Broadway, Disco Romance, American Musical

Best Thing to Happen on the BATS Stage: The rush of hitting the stage, every time!

Improv Advice: Never stop learning, or let yourself think you have it all figured out

Favorite Movies: The Princess Bride, Gilda, Double Indemnity, The Day The Earth Stood Still, The Highlander, North by Northwest, Rebecca, odd numbered Star Trek Movies, Oscar, The Lord of the Rings extended DVD edition

Favorite Music: Grateful Dead, big band / swing, outsider music, alternative (is it still?), folk, bluegrass, 80's pop, old timey music