How The West Was Improvised created by Patti Stiles is a full length improvised Western. Performed to capture the true spirit of Westerns with all the grit, stillness, risk, intensity of this time of morality, loyalty and survival.

How The West Was Improvised was first performed in Melbourne, Australia (2011) for Secret Impro Theatre. It has also been performed in Amsterdam, Netherlands (IMPRO Amsterdam Festival 2017), Sintra Portugal (Festival 2016), Canberra, Australia (Improvention Festival 2012) which inspired a version to be performed in Cape Town, South Africa.