Alan Kliffer is the Artistic Producer of Improv Asylum. Hailing from Canada, Kliffer worked at The Second City for three years before becoming an independent comedy producer. Kliffer began teaching improvisation at the young age of 16, and has since taught in Canada and the United States for high schools, colleges, corporations, and recreationally for various improv institutions.

Out of the many musicals and plays he’s produced, Kliffer is an award winner for his fully improvised two-act musical, One Night Only. Kliffer also works with the New York City Department of Education as the coordinator of the city wide improvisation program. He is a graduate of the Commercial Theatre Institute.