Improv Playhouse brings The Naked Stage to BATS Improv’s Bayfront Theatre in Building B at Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture. See The Naked Stage on Friday, March 14, 2025, 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

The Naked Stage is a fully improvised, three-act stage play full of lively stories. These stories take place on a single set, in traditional stage-play style. The improvisers play one character each, and there are no built-in transitions or scene breaks. All the actors have is the bare stage, a simple suggestion from the audience, and each other.

The Naked Stage combines San Francisco’s tradition of narrative longform improvisation with the demands and surprises of traditional theater. In a sense, the actors are “trapped” on stage with only each other. Without the usual exit options (lights, time and location jumps, and other scene enders), they are left to fully confront the characters and situations which they have created in the moment.