This year’s workshop selection is phenomenal. You are going to wish you could take them all, so find a cloning machine and do it! Workshop registrations go live March 1 and can be purchased online through our partner, Brown Paper Tickets.
Please note: all workshops will be at Midtown Art Center, 3414 La Branch in Midtown Houston.
SATURDAY APRIL 18, 11am
The Dark Side – Master Class with Jimmy Carrane
(11am-2pm)
Improvisers avoid going to the dark side. And here are the excuses: They think they can’t make it funny. They want to be liked. And the biggest one, they think the audience will actually think they’re that person they just played on stage. Guess what? You’re acting! If you want to be a well-rounded improviser you have to be as comfortable going to the dark side as going to the light side. This workshop will start you on your way. This workshop is suggested for the experienced improviser who is willing to push himself to go to taboo and dark subject matter. “Not for the timid, this workshop.” This workshop is suggested for the experienced improviser.
NOTE: This workshop includes free admission to the Improv Nerd Podcast LIVE Show and Recording on Saturday at 4pm.
Cost: $70 (Early-Bird registration $55 until March 15)
Touchy-Feely In Space with Dan Grimm & Tina Jackson (11am-1pm)
This workshop is designed to make your scene work immediate, emotionally connected and grounded, allowing you to manipulate the empathy of an audience and your scene partners. Exercises will focus on very simple and often overlooked human interactions. All experience levels.
Cost: $40 (Early-Bird registration $30 until March 15)
SUNDAY APRIL 19, 11am
Art of Slow Comedy – Master Class with Jimmy Carrane (11am-2pm)
Winner of the 2012 INNY award for best comedy class, The Art of Slow Comedy teaches students before they can be funny they need to be real and how to slow down so you can find the “game” in the scene more quickly. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to connect with your partner so your scene work will be more grounded and real, making long-form as easy as having a conversation. This workshop is suggested for the experienced improviser.
NOTE: This workshop includes free admission to the Improv Nerd Podcast LIVE Show and Recording on Saturday at 4pm.
Cost: $70 (Early-Bird registration $55 until March 15)
Tour de Accénts with Jim Johnson (11am – 1pm)
Jim Johnson, founder of AccentHelp.com, leads you through the big keys to nailing accents and dialects. You’ll get an introduction to the various materials that are available, plus a lot of the secrets that help people to jumpstart learning some of the biggies: New York, British variations, French, Italian, German, Russian, Mexican, American Southern, Irish, and more. Lance Armstrong personally guarantees you will master every single one of them, or [this space intentionally left blank]. All experience levels.
Cost: $40 (Early-Bird registration $30 until March 15)
SUNDAY APRIL 19, 3:30pm
Improviser’s Reconstitution with Dan Grimm (3:30pm – 5:30pm)
A high-energy improv boot camp that will refresh you with a perspective of existing on stage in the moment, being in touch with your scene partner and honing intentional technique that does not invent comedy or drama but instead promotes it to occur naturally. This workshop will run through simple drills to break down preconceived notions of scene work. All experience levels.
Cost: $40 (Early-Bird registration $30 until March 15)
Exploration in Stage Combat with Leraldo Anzaldua (3:30pm – 5:30pm)
Leraldo Anzaldua presents an in-depth discussion and practice of safe and dramatically effective techniques to represent violence on stage. Participants will actively explore theories of staging and performing various techniques of violence for the stage – including various slaps, punches, grabs, chokes, etc. for the defender and attacker of any given scene. All experience levels.
Cost: $40 (Early-Bird registration $30 until March 15)
Online sales are through our partner, Brown Paper Tickets, and will include an additional 3.5% surcharge. Registrations will also be available for purchase at the Box Office 30 minutes prior to the workshop. Cash and all major credit cards accepted. No checks, please.
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