Improv: The Michalski Method
A full day workshop from the most remarkable man in improv
Move Kinesthetically. Read and Respond. Reference and re-reference. Bust open. If you don't know what those mean, you owe it to yourself to take this class.
Jeff Michalski's unique method of improvisation, honed in his nearly forty year career at Second City, the Groundlings, and elsewhere, is about relationship and pattern and will quite simply make you funnier.
Don't believe me. Here's what some of Jeff's former students have to say:
"The first director I had at Second City (Jeff Michalski) said, "You have to learn to love the bomb," and I didn't know what he meant for a very long time. Imagine a child drinking a beer for the first time and they can't possibly understand why you like it. And you can't possibly explain why its tastes good." -Stephen Colbert, Host, The Colbert Report
"When I first started improvising in Chicago almost twenty years ago, I was desperate for guidance. In my search, I encountered numerous "mentors" and "teachers" who, in lieu of any practical advice, mostly offered vague theater platitudes such as "feel the space". I felt lost. After performing in my first Second City show, Jeff, our director, walked back into the green room where Chris Farley, another member of the company, wondered out loud why a rather enormous choice fell to the stage with a thud. Jeff casually replied, "You went for the laugh and they hated you for it." We had found our leader." -Paul Dinello, Strangers with Candy/The Colbert Report
"Jeff was my favorite teacher at Second City" -Tim Meadows, SNL
"He is uniquely qualified to teach improvisation because of his experience, knowledge and passion for it...He is a treat to watch and learn from. Time with Jeff is well spent." -Dave Pasquesi, TJ & Dave
Have you ever had an improv class from somebody with endorsements like that?
Jeff Michalski is the ferrari of improv teachers.
Come study with him:
Sunday, March 20 from 12-7pm
TheaterLAB - 137 w. 14th st
$75
email admin@improvplus.com to register.
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Check out our other classes this weekend:
Standup - Saturday, March 12 from noon to 7pm - http://www.improvresourcecenter.com/mb/showthread.php?t=70898
Satire - Sunday, March 13, from 3-6 - http://www.improvresourcecenter.com/mb/showthread.php?t=70899