Teacher
BIO
KAISA
Kokko-Palmer
Kaisa Kokko-Palmer is a Finnish improviser, actor, director, and teacher with over two decades of experience performing and teaching around the world. As the co-founder of Impro Helsinki (est. 2018), she continues to shape Finland’s growing improv scene, fostering a community built on curiosity, creativity, and connection.
Her background spans both improvised and scripted theatre, and she’s a core member of several renowned ensembles, including Stella Polaris, Riskiryhmä, Improvokaatio, and The Baddest. Kaisa also tours internationally with her wife, Sara, as the acclaimed improv duo Crocodile Paws.
Known for her ability to bring ensembles together and inspire authentic play, Kaisa’s teaching blends artistic precision with warmth and playfulness. Her workshops empower improvisers to make bold discoveries, embrace vulnerability, and find joy in the craft of collaboration.
COME TO
KAISA
's WORKSHOPS
Viewpoints in improv
Kaisa Kokko-Palmer
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she/her
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Finland
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Impro Helskinki
This workshop uses viewpoints (Anne Bogart and Tina Landau) to be the drawing point for improvisational theatre. In the workshop we will explore the possibilities of time (tempo, kinesthetic response, duration, repetition) and space (spatial relations, shape, gesture, architecture, repetition) in creating theatre. We will apply viewpoints to scene work, stage images, character work, physical and abstract theatre and the overall approach to storytelling in improvisation. Expect to move a lot!
FORMATS and EDITS
Kaisa Kokko-Palmer
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she/her
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Finland
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Impro Helsinki
This workshop is like going to the gym for formats and edits. We will go through many different, simple, complex, interesting, beautiful, theatrical and clever edits to enhance one of the most important tools for improvising! In the same way we will dive into many different improv formats - both widely and less known - to develop our understanding, knowledge and skills as well rounded improvisers.
We will cover physical, heady, structured, abstract, story forward and thematic formats. We’ll also experiment with how edits shape rhythm, emotion, and storytelling in different formats — giving you the confidence to step in, shift energy, and heighten the overall arc of an improvised performance. During the workshop, we will work on both technical and artistic aspects of edits and formats. We will cover a lot of ground during the workshop and you will walk away with a lot of notes you can share with your own ensemble and thus continue the work at home.
