Patti Stiles
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Patti Stiles is an Australian improvisation artist. She received her training at Calgary, Alberta's world-renowned Loose Moose Theatre under Keith Johnstone. Stiles is currently the Artistic Director of Impro Melbourne. She was formerly the Artistic Director of Rapid Fire Theatre in Canada. She is a founding member of Die-Nasty:The Live Improvised Soap Opera (nominated for several Canadian Comedy Awards and winner of the 2006 award for Best Improv Troupe).
She is a three time nominee for the Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award for Theatre Excellence and holds the record as the first female improviser to improvise 53 hours straight in the annual Die-Nasty Soap-A-Thon. TV credits for Stiles include Neighbours (AUS), Stingers (AUS), Imagine That (CAN) and Wheel of Impro (CAN).