Stephen Wilder

Stephen Wilder is the founder & director of Hit and Run: Musical Improv®, since its inception on July 22, 2006. He has been teaching, improvising, and performing for more than 30 years.

An alumnus of iO West and Second City Hollywood, Stephen has performed with and studied under improv luminaries such as Michael Pollock, Shulie Cowen, David Razowsky, Armando Diaz, Kevin McDonald, Craig Cackowski, and many others.

On the scripted theater side, Stephen studied at the Asolo Repertory Theater and has performed across the country and on both coasts, including Off-Broadway as part of the United Solo Theatre Festival.

Stephen operates as CTO and corporate/private workshops & events manager for RISE Comedy, the theater he founded in October 2011. He has personally deployed workshops for companies such as Apple, Adobe, Comcast Xfinity, Chipotle, DaVita, Ernst & Young, Google, Microsoft, and Vail Resorts.

Stephen is also co-executive producer for The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show®.