GII SYMPOSIUM 2026

Theme: Activate the Possible

July 8-11, 2026
Portland, Oregon, USA

with International Remote Options

Hosted by Portland State University

College of the Arts
School of Music & Theater

2nd CALL FOR PROPOSALS (pdf)

If you missed the initial Call for Proposals that closed in November, we want to hear from you! In November, we received a robust round of submissions resulting in an exciting line-up for the GII 2026! (See below to get a taste of what’s on offer.)

We still have a few available slots left. We especially want to encourage proposals from up-and-coming practitioners, scholars, and performers; proposals from the global majority; and proposals from those working beyond Portland, Oregon, in other hotbeds of improv like Austin, DC, Minneapolis, Denver, LA, Philadelphia, the SF Bay Area, Seattle, Toronto, and Vancouver. If you hail from outside the U.S., the GII will make every effort to support your participation either in-person or as an online offering, if your proposal is selected. Submitting a proposal in the first round does not disqualify you from submitting again.

2026 GII: A Sample of Sessions on Offer

Teaching Beyond Fear: Improv as Change Practice
Making DAME: Exploring under-represented aspects of female identity through improvisation and community connection
The Resistance Will Not Be Scripted: Improv as Anti-Authoritarian Practice
Del and Keith at Work: Foundational Tools for Improvisers
Using Applied Improv for Speech, Language, and Cognitive Challenges
Improvising Shakespeare
Theatre as a Tool to Learn the Seven Zapatista Principles
An Epic Disney Armando: An Armando using current events woven together with Epic Theater and characters that could exist in a Disney Fairytale
Intimate Possibilities: Exploring the development of intimate, emotionally grounded, truthful relationships, both on stage and off
Premiere showing of "Keith Johnstone's Master Class" filmed at the first GII Symposium in 2017!

Submit Proposal HERE

Second Round of Submissions Due: March 2, 2026

Registration for Symposium opens soon!

MEET THE TEAM