*Drop-ins always welcome (sign up any week throughout the semester if spots are available)

This class acts as a "club," so it's perfect for students that loved my "Intro to Improv & Acting" class and want to do similar games/activities every week, or for students with improv experience looking to do it more. I strongly encourage students to take my "Intro to Improv & Acting" one-time class to get a feel for my teaching & energy to see if the club is the right fit. I do offer private group sections of this class, but time slots are limited, so please message me for availability. This is a smaller group club (no more than 7 students in each section), which I find works very well with the amount of games, attention, and practice each student receives. The students tend to really get to know each other and often find new friendships because of the comfortable class setting. 

Students will learn warm-ups each class, which they can keep in their "Actor Toolbox." We will play multiple games every week, and eventually repeat ones that are favorites. Games will include "Yes, And" techniques, Character Building, Genre, Dialogue, Movement, Props, and even Commercials. Students will be paired up, perform in small groups, and sometimes get to do one-person scenes. We will play with "breakout rooms" on Zoom, where students get to work in small groups to create scenes with a specific category or genre, and then perform them for everyone in the "main room." Sometimes we will do "fast-improv" games that require students to make things up on the spot, and sometimes we may do "slow-improv" games, which give students a little time to plan out fun skits in smaller groups. Each session will be catered to the students in class, because every group is different! I am constantly tweaking the games, inventing new ones that work well with each group, and taking requests from students to make sure the group is having the best possible experience. 


A sample class breakdown is below (this structure will stay the same, but the games will change week to week)
1. Updates since we last saw each other, and introduce new students 
1. Warm up (tongue twisters, vocal exercises, "emotional ball" game) (10-15 min)
2. "Freeze and Justify" game (students will improvise a scene, and a third student will "freeze" the scene, and replace one of the student's frozen position. Then, when I say "justify," the two new partners will have to continue the scene and justify their positions.) (10-15 min)
3. "Lines" game (students will improvise a scene with "audience suggestions," and then say random lines that are privately messaged to them by other students.) (30-40min)
4. Short Discussion (students will talk about their favorite scenes and games.)

Logistics for Parents:
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