With over 25 years of improvisation experience, Louis Wells, a founding member of The Heroes of Comedy in Austin, TX, now teaches and performs with his theater company, El Enjambre/Swarm Lab Arts. His performances span across New York City, Madrid, Zaragoza, Paris, and Montreal. For 15 years, he led the Theatre Arts and Technology program at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, establishing a robust improvisation curriculum and the Center for Applied Improvisation and Theatre. He initiated community-based programs like the Newark Improv Festival and the Newark Playwright Festival. Louis has globally presented and published works on innovative theater technology and improvisation in education. He's collaborated with organizations like Teach for America, Meta, Reddit, and NJIT ROTC. Currently based in Spain, he serves on the board of the Applied Improvisation Network and delivered a TEDx talk on improvisation's significance. In 2018, he was honored with the Innovation in Teaching Award from NJIT and holds an MFA from Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts.