Nate Shaffer: Bio
Your Music2Meeting Improv Comedy
Your Music2Meeting Improv Comedy
Nate Shaffer is a master improviser, a great singer, educator, and a world-class musician. Equally comfortable in the concert hall and at the comedy club, Nate performed in over 800 shows at ImprovBoston from 2013-2020, including shows with their MainStage and National Touring Company. An award-winning student composer and pianist at Brandeis University, he earned a BA with honors in piano performance, and currently studies composition at Tufts University.
As an improv comedian and music director, he has performed at famed improv stages across the country, including iO (Chicago), UCB (NYC), ImprovAsylum (Bos), The Magnet (NYC), and the Out of Bounds festival in Austin TX.
As a singer, he has performed at the SPEBSQSA International Barbershop contest, Carnegie Hall, and as a singer-songwriter at venues and restaurants across Boston & New England.
A master of improvisation with the earnestness of a child and the finesse of a world-class musician, his show creates a magical sense of aliveness and possibility. By including audience suggestions, interviews and interactions, he virtuosically spins a tapestry of spontaneity, joy, and melodies.
In his shows, the audience becomes the focal point and celebrated feature of the event.
With years of experience in musical theatre, songwriting, improv comedy, stand up, teaching children, classical piano, jazz and singing, he brings it all together for a live show unlike any other.
Your Music2Meeting Improv Comedy
Your Music2Meeting Improv Comedy
Your Music2Meeting Improv Comedy
Nate will have you jiving with his high-energy music and genius wordplay. He'll leave you and your company with the high of an interactive and enlivening performance.
Games and activities may include:
- Honoring a Special Guest
- Song based on an interview
- Incorporating every single Chat Suggestion into a song
- Interactive Games that have folks dancing and moving on screen
- An improvised musical describing the history (and future!!) of your company
- Writing a new advertisement jingle for your company
- Improvised musical soundscapes
- Improvisation-based team building & interpersonal awareness
- “Applied Improv” workshop
- Group and Individual Creativity coaching
The running order and scope of the shows are fully customizable. Want some songs for your cool boss, or to celebrate the marketing team that has worked so hard this quarter? You got it!
In your show, YOU become the ultimate collaborator and muse for these improvised songs; they are made for you AND with you!
You’ll be taken great care of by this incredibly virtuosic musician, amazingly supportive human being, funny guy, and polished entertainer: ALL IN ONE!
Praise for Nate
"Nate is an amazing performer with an infectious energy and joy that spreads to the audience. He is a skilled instructor and brings out the best in his students. Nate has shown me what I'm capable of by allowing me to take risks with music and learn from each experience. As a bonus, Nate is a pleasure to work with."
Kelly MacFarland, Director of ImprovBoston National Touring Company, comedian, improviser, actor, writer. Seen on Last Comic Standing, Jimmy Fallon
"Nate Shaffer is a Swiss army knife of improvisers, adept at both improvising and teaching improvisation in a wide variety of artistic genres and modalities. Lessons from Nate get straight to the core of the improvisational process while simultaneously giving you real world skills that translate into real world progress. And you will have fun at the same time!"
Tom Hall, Improvisation Instructor at Brandeis University, Creator & Director of ImprovLive365, and Author, Free Improvisation: A Practical Guide