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December 2019
Johnna Scrabis & Sean Casey: Crazy World, Grounded Scenes
Learn how to play at the top of your intelligence, even in the most bizarre worlds. This workshop focuses on commitment to character and world in genre scenes. We’ll explore scenes set in alternate universes and within specific genres (horror, sci-fi, time-travel) all while staying grounded and playing it real. Experience required: Intermediate Sean Casey is an actor and writer based in Brooklyn, New York. He improvises with his team GOAT at the Upright Citizens Brigade theater each and every Saturday…
Find out more »Johnna Scrabis & Sean Casey: Activate Your Games
Once you’ve found the unusual thing, it’s time to play (not just talk about it). In this workshop, we work on attacking scenes with strong game moves and heightening. We’ll learn to make moves that stay in the present moment and how to set up game moves as both the unusual person and as the voice of reason in the scene. We’ll also play with group support of game through walk-ons and backline moves. Experience required: Intermediate Prerequisites: Level 2…
Find out more »February 2020
Improvised Stand-Up with Caroline Clifford
This workshop is about finding the funny, fast. Whether you're a stand-up, improviser, or anyone that wants to loosen up in front of an audience - this workshop is for you! With the help of a projector and a slideshow of random (and often bizarre) topics - much like in the show Standup Vs Improv, Off The Cuff, Setlist, Wilde Ponys (etc). You will take part in a mock improvised stand up show that's heavy on the side coaching. This…
Find out more »April 2020
Topical Joke Writing with Caroline Clifford – Online!
The world is very strange right now, we're hit with harrowing news 24/7. The only way you can really get through it is to have a laugh! This workshop will give you the tools you need to write great jokes from current events. Writing based on your own life can be great and easy as you have the real emotions and experiences to drive your creativity. Writing from a newspaper or equivalent can be harder as you just don't have…
Find out more »Improv to Stand Up with Caroline Clifford – Online!
In this class you will write, workshop and perform a short stand-up set from scratch in just a few hours! It’s a fun yet intensive class that will combine the fundamentals of good stand-up, and good improvisation to turbo-charge your imagination. We'll use improvised monologues as the base of our set, then we'll do some writing exercises and put it all together in to a short stand-up set which we'll record via Zoom! (just privately but you can can take…
Find out more »Comedy Storytelling with Josh Telson – Online!
Learn the art of comedic storytelling! Students will be guided through the process of finding and telling their own true stories – from embarrassing moments and heartache, to crazy adventures and moments of truth – bound together with humor. The workshop will focus on both the creative and technical aspects of storytelling through a combination of writing and performance exercises. Students will learn to tap into our own lives to find relatable stories and anecdotes, how to technically craft those…
Find out more »September 2020
Starting a Show with Trevor Silverstein
Hosting a show or even just asking for a suggestion can often be the most daunting part of any improv show. But it doesn't have to be! Whether you're hosting alone, in a duo, or with a full team, this workshop will be geared towards making you feel calm, cool, collected AND PREPARED, so that the audience feels that way too. It will explore many different ways of hitting the stage, warming up the crowd and engaging with them to…
Find out more »October 2020
Be an Asshole with Matilde Keizer
Listening is great, support is wonderful, hell, teamwork is the dream work, but sometimes we also have to train the asshole in us who just has ideas, throws them into scenes, walks away and smiles with pride. In this workshop we will work on freeing the little asshole inside of us and making that inner critic's voice smaller so that our choice can be bold and heard! Additionally, we will look at how it feels to play with this asshole,…
Find out more »Next Train to Crazytown with Sid Singh
Ever want to embody a big, silly character like you see on television? Ever want to figure out how to play next to a scene partner who is doing a character bigger and sillier than you've ever played with before? Learn how to heighten quickly, heighten better, and ground any scene back into reality no matter how crazy in order to reap all of the benefits of absurdity without any of the negatives. This is a great approach to reach…
Find out more »December 2020
Playing it Straight with Antonia Bär *POSTPONED*
THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO THE CONTINUED LOCKDOWN IN BERLIN. WE WILL UPDATE THE DATE/TIME WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO RE-OPEN. The Voice of Reason (formerly known as the Straight Man) is the sensible character in a comedy scene who points out absurdities and represents “real world logic”. But more importantly, playing the Voice of Reason can be incredibly satisfying! In this workshop, we’ll explore the Voice of Reason as the 'comedian' of the scene who lets the…
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