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…using part of her meager wages to take an improvisation workshop at the Old Spaghetti Factory in North Beach. The Spaghetti Jam improv group, which ran the workshop, recognized the appeal of Hill’s wacky humor, accented by her red hair, toothy grin and booming voice.
By the summer of 1981,, Hill’s guest appearances with Spaghetti Jam were gaining wider notice, and she was invited to join other improv groups, including Femprov, The Comedy Underground, and the National Theatre of the Deranged. Hill was soon performing five nights a week, while holding on to her day job downtown.
In May of 1982, she went solo at an open mike at the Other Cafe. Stand-up comedy was new and shaky. “In improvisation,” notes Hill, “you don’t get scared, because if you get in trouble you know you’ve got the whole group who’ll save you.”
~Jeff Kaliss • SF Datebook