Zoe Galvez Joined Company: 2003 First BATS Class: January 1998 with John X. Heart BATS Coach: Since 2000 Contact: company@improv.org Zoe Galvez caught the improv bug while training at BATS. She is a professional actor with a background in theatre and dance. She has performed locally (Magic Theatre, The Marsh) and abroad (Canada, Australia, New York) in various theatrical productions including adaptations of Dickens’ Hard Times, Melville’s Moby Dick and the West Coast Premiere of Sam Shepard’s Eyes for Consuela.

The Magic Theatre brought Zoe back to understudy for the female lead in the World Premiere of Shepard’s The Late Henry Moss at Theatre On the Square.

In addition to her stagework, Zoe works a in commercial, film, and television (Nash Bridges, Stand-By, Dodge Ram), corporate trainings (Kaiser Permanente, Apple Computers), industrials (IBM, Banana Republic and most recently for Elevon with John Cleese), and in over 40 voiceovers (Macy’s, Sprint PCS, SIMS 2, Battles of Exigo, Scooby Doo Interactive). Her favorite voiceover line ever is...."I would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for you meddling kids and your pesky dog!"

She teaches movement, acting, and improv to kids and adults throughout the Bay Area at acting/improv schools such as the San Francisico Acting Academy, Kids On Camera, Improvworks and BATS.

In her spare time, she trains her cat. He can ‘sit’ and ‘ring a bell’ on command. Some argue that her cat has trained her.

Q&A With Zoe Galvez

First BATS Show: A Family Weber Christmas

Favorite Formats: I have eclectic taste. I like it all.

Funniest Moment on the BATS Stage: When William announced to the audience that I had a booger hanging out of my nose.

Improv Advice: Don't write your bio at 3 a.m.

Artistic Influences: People: Helen Mirren, Lucille Ball, and Peter Brooke; Artists: Rene Magritte

Favorite Movies: Last movie I saw was What the fuck do we know? a documentary on quantum physics and our perceptions of the world. I just saw it yesterday so it's on my mind at the moment.

Favorite Music: Eclectic...everything from Mozart to Madonna. My CD collection includes hip hop, jazz, latin, disco, rock, everything but country, although I have been known to dabble in Southern Fried Rock

Favorite Theatre: Current favorite is a show I saw on Broadway this year:Take Me Out