David Shepherd is the co-founder of the first modern professional improvisational theatre, the Compass. The Compass featured actors such as Alan Arkin, Elaine May, Mike Nichols, Jerry Stiller, Severn Darden and Del Close. The Compass was succeeded by The Second City.

This feature film was made for the purpose of helping improvisers to know something about the roots of their craft and to see how one of its founders has spent a lifetime exploring improvisational formats.

The project is the brainchild of Willie Wyllie, CEO of the Canadian Improv Games, Directed by Mike Fly, and written by Michael Golding.

Enjoy!

Please bring the film to the attention of your improv community. Feel free to put a link to the film on your website. You may also show it in public for a reasonable admission price (and keep the proceeds for continuing your work in improvisation).