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4Track Workshop with Christian Capozzoli - 5 Spots Left!
This 4-week class introduces and explores the key improv philosophies behind the 4Track form. Learn how to match energies and use its momentum to make discoveries to super charge your scenes, make bold moves with big stakes and high energy, say "yes" in huge ways with more than just words, and attack the stage with total agreement and zero fear. Get out of your brain and into the scene. All lessons are designed to create an immediate sense of trust, synergy, and agreement. Surprise and shock yourself and take this class. 4 weeks of class followed by a graduation performance. Prerequisite: Level One or equivalent experience. Limit 14 students.
Instructor: Christian Capozzoli
Day: Sundays, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Starting: Jan 16, 2011
Cost: $125
Auditioning for TV & Commercials with T.J. Mannix
Put your improv skills to work in the entertainment industry and learn the art and business of auditioning. In other words, learn how to get paid to do what you love. This 8-week class will cover the ABC’s of auditioning. Topics to be covered include auditioning on-camera, working with sides, finding the right monologue, preparation, and the business of the business. Students will work on-camera each week with a special emphasis on commercials, soap operas and prime-time television auditions.
Students will audition for agents and casting directors in an industry showcase. Limit 12 students.
Instructor: T.J. Mannix
Day: Thursdays, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Starting: Jan 13, 2011
Cost: $299
Coaching Class with Armando Diaz - 4 Spots Left!
This class is for experienced improvisers who want to learn how to coach and teach improv. Students will be lectured on warm-ups, scene exercises, ensemble building techniques, how to give notes, structuring a coaching session, dealing with typical coaching problems, and time management. They will also get practical hands-on experience coaching actual students. 6 weeks. Prerequisite: Level Three or equivalent experience. Limit 12 students.
Instructor: Armando Diaz
Day: Saturdays, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Starting: Jan 8, 2011
Cost: $249
Deal With It with Mark Grenier - 3 Spots Left!
As improvisers, we often expect others to play by certain rules and we get frustrated when teammates don't meet our expectations. Sometimes we need a reminder that the improviser's job is to accept - to accept everything and to embrace every contribution as a gift. Your ability to "yes and" is truly tested when encountering the unusual, the unexpected, and the undesired. In this workshop you'll be confronted with things you may despise - questions, denials, curve balls, poor listening, bad object work, selfish partners, and complete stupidity - and you'll learn ways to not just accept it but to make magic out of it. Stop wishing for the ideal partner and deal with it. 3 weeks. Prerequisite: Level One or equivalent experience. Limit 14 students.
Instructor: Mark Grenier
Day: Saturdays, 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Starting: Jan 8, 2011
Cost: $99
Musical Improv Level One with Michael Martin & Frank Spitznagel
Now this is something to sing about! Eight weeks of music and improvisation. Learn how to put your thoughts into song and take your scenes to the next level. Whether you are an experienced singer or not, you will learn to master duets, rock opera, charity songs, and more! 8 weeks of class followed by a graduation performance. Prerequisite: Level One or equivalent experience. Limit 16 students.
Instructor: Michael Martin, Frank Spitznagel
Day: Sundays, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Starting: Jan 23, 2011
Cost: $325
One Day Workshop: Listen (to yourself!) with Rick Andrews
Listening is king—yet so often we become deaf to ourselves. In this workshop, we’ll focus on the offers we make without even knowing it. We’ll do some exercises designed to help us take control of the offers we make as soon as we hit the stage to make better, more organic, honest scenework. Stop thinking about the moves you should be making, and start listening to the moves you’re already making. Limit 16 students.
Instructor: One Day Workshop
Day: Sunday, 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Starting: Jan 23, 2011
Cost: $30
One Day Workshop: Point of View with Kelly Kreye
This workshop will focus on point of view. What is it? How do we approach having a point of view? Once we have it, how the heck do we know what it is? And how do we not only keep it, but use it to fuel our choices while affecting our scene partner? Prerequisite: Level One or equivalent experience. Limit 16 students.
Instructor: One Day Workshop
Day: Sunday, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Starting: Jan 16, 2011
Cost: $30
Rachel Hamilton's Master Class: Be Here Now - 4 Spots Left!
Introducing Rachel Hamilton's Master class, for experienced Improvisers who want to explore their work more deeply. Leaving behind the tried and true techniques that have become our standard choices on stage, we will take the risk to play with even more truth, more commitment and more connection to our partner and to the present moment. Each week, class will have a different focus designed to stretch and expand the individual improvisers as well as the ensemble in a space where it is safe to "fail." Prerequisite: Level Three or equivalent experience. Limit 14 students.
Instructor: Rachel Hamilton
Day: Tuesdays, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Starting: Jan 18, 2011
Cost: $299
Sketch Writing Level One with Ed Herbstman - 2 Spots Left!
This class will teach you concrete skills that will help you become a better sketch comedy writer. You will learn how to develop your ideas, clarify your premise, create characters, and understand what makes a good sketch work. The class will consist of lectures, writing assignments, and focused and fun workshops each week. Most of the class will be about the work, but of course some of the class will be devoted to the business, and the improvement (or creation) of your sketch packet. 6 weeks. No experience required. Open to all. Limit 12 students.
Instructor: Ed Herbstman
Day: Thursdays, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Starting: Jan 6, 2011
Cost: $249
Sketch Writing Level Two with Armando Diaz
This class is an advanced sketch writing workshop that will give you the experience of working as a writer on a professional comedy show. Students will learn how to better craft sketches, expand their writing portfolio, collaborate with a team of writers, and produce their own sketches for performance. The class will conclude with two graduation performances, in which students will be responsible for casting, rehearsing, directing, and producing their work for the stage. 8 weeks and 2 graduation performances. Prerequisite: Sketch Writing Level One and instructor approval. Limit 12 students.
Instructor: Armando Diaz
Day: Saturdays, 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Starting: Jan 8, 2011
Cost: $299
This 4-week class introduces and explores the key improv philosophies behind the 4Track form. Learn how to match energies and use its momentum to make discoveries to super charge your scenes, make bold moves with big stakes and high energy, say "yes" in huge ways with more than just words, and attack the stage with total agreement and zero fear. Get out of your brain and into the scene. All lessons are designed to create an immediate sense of trust, synergy, and agreement. Surprise and shock yourself and take this class. 4 weeks of class followed by a graduation performance. Prerequisite: Level One or equivalent experience. Limit 14 students.
Instructor: Christian Capozzoli
Day: Sundays, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Starting: Jan 16, 2011
Cost: $125
Auditioning for TV & Commercials with T.J. Mannix
Put your improv skills to work in the entertainment industry and learn the art and business of auditioning. In other words, learn how to get paid to do what you love. This 8-week class will cover the ABC’s of auditioning. Topics to be covered include auditioning on-camera, working with sides, finding the right monologue, preparation, and the business of the business. Students will work on-camera each week with a special emphasis on commercials, soap operas and prime-time television auditions.
Students will audition for agents and casting directors in an industry showcase. Limit 12 students.
Instructor: T.J. Mannix
Day: Thursdays, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Starting: Jan 13, 2011
Cost: $299
Coaching Class with Armando Diaz - 4 Spots Left!
This class is for experienced improvisers who want to learn how to coach and teach improv. Students will be lectured on warm-ups, scene exercises, ensemble building techniques, how to give notes, structuring a coaching session, dealing with typical coaching problems, and time management. They will also get practical hands-on experience coaching actual students. 6 weeks. Prerequisite: Level Three or equivalent experience. Limit 12 students.
Instructor: Armando Diaz
Day: Saturdays, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Starting: Jan 8, 2011
Cost: $249
Deal With It with Mark Grenier - 3 Spots Left!
As improvisers, we often expect others to play by certain rules and we get frustrated when teammates don't meet our expectations. Sometimes we need a reminder that the improviser's job is to accept - to accept everything and to embrace every contribution as a gift. Your ability to "yes and" is truly tested when encountering the unusual, the unexpected, and the undesired. In this workshop you'll be confronted with things you may despise - questions, denials, curve balls, poor listening, bad object work, selfish partners, and complete stupidity - and you'll learn ways to not just accept it but to make magic out of it. Stop wishing for the ideal partner and deal with it. 3 weeks. Prerequisite: Level One or equivalent experience. Limit 14 students.
Instructor: Mark Grenier
Day: Saturdays, 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Starting: Jan 8, 2011
Cost: $99
Musical Improv Level One with Michael Martin & Frank Spitznagel
Now this is something to sing about! Eight weeks of music and improvisation. Learn how to put your thoughts into song and take your scenes to the next level. Whether you are an experienced singer or not, you will learn to master duets, rock opera, charity songs, and more! 8 weeks of class followed by a graduation performance. Prerequisite: Level One or equivalent experience. Limit 16 students.
Instructor: Michael Martin, Frank Spitznagel
Day: Sundays, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Starting: Jan 23, 2011
Cost: $325
One Day Workshop: Listen (to yourself!) with Rick Andrews
Listening is king—yet so often we become deaf to ourselves. In this workshop, we’ll focus on the offers we make without even knowing it. We’ll do some exercises designed to help us take control of the offers we make as soon as we hit the stage to make better, more organic, honest scenework. Stop thinking about the moves you should be making, and start listening to the moves you’re already making. Limit 16 students.
Instructor: One Day Workshop
Day: Sunday, 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Starting: Jan 23, 2011
Cost: $30
One Day Workshop: Point of View with Kelly Kreye
This workshop will focus on point of view. What is it? How do we approach having a point of view? Once we have it, how the heck do we know what it is? And how do we not only keep it, but use it to fuel our choices while affecting our scene partner? Prerequisite: Level One or equivalent experience. Limit 16 students.
Instructor: One Day Workshop
Day: Sunday, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Starting: Jan 16, 2011
Cost: $30
Rachel Hamilton's Master Class: Be Here Now - 4 Spots Left!
Introducing Rachel Hamilton's Master class, for experienced Improvisers who want to explore their work more deeply. Leaving behind the tried and true techniques that have become our standard choices on stage, we will take the risk to play with even more truth, more commitment and more connection to our partner and to the present moment. Each week, class will have a different focus designed to stretch and expand the individual improvisers as well as the ensemble in a space where it is safe to "fail." Prerequisite: Level Three or equivalent experience. Limit 14 students.
Instructor: Rachel Hamilton
Day: Tuesdays, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Starting: Jan 18, 2011
Cost: $299
Sketch Writing Level One with Ed Herbstman - 2 Spots Left!
This class will teach you concrete skills that will help you become a better sketch comedy writer. You will learn how to develop your ideas, clarify your premise, create characters, and understand what makes a good sketch work. The class will consist of lectures, writing assignments, and focused and fun workshops each week. Most of the class will be about the work, but of course some of the class will be devoted to the business, and the improvement (or creation) of your sketch packet. 6 weeks. No experience required. Open to all. Limit 12 students.
Instructor: Ed Herbstman
Day: Thursdays, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Starting: Jan 6, 2011
Cost: $249
Sketch Writing Level Two with Armando Diaz
This class is an advanced sketch writing workshop that will give you the experience of working as a writer on a professional comedy show. Students will learn how to better craft sketches, expand their writing portfolio, collaborate with a team of writers, and produce their own sketches for performance. The class will conclude with two graduation performances, in which students will be responsible for casting, rehearsing, directing, and producing their work for the stage. 8 weeks and 2 graduation performances. Prerequisite: Sketch Writing Level One and instructor approval. Limit 12 students.
Instructor: Armando Diaz
Day: Saturdays, 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Starting: Jan 8, 2011
Cost: $299