In Intermediate Improv, students will be introduced to the concept of Game, learn additional edit techniques (focus edits, tag-outs), discover how to create second beats and connections, plus learn how to pull premises from a monologue opening. Students will put this all together to create the improv format The Armando.
Stacey Venzel leads our drop-in workshops where students of all levels can dive into the craft of improv. Students will learn how to focus and heighten their scenes with just a few simple techniques. Limit 12 students. For ages 18+.
Stacey Venzel leads our drop-in workshops where students of all levels can dive into the craft of improv. Students will learn how to focus and heighten their scenes with just a few simple techniques. Limit 12 students. For ages 18+.
Starting with "Yes-and," students will then explore object work and environment, basic scene editing, and how to use a suggestion to start a scene. Focus will be placed on playing with emotion, character, and relationship. Students will be introduced to the simple longform structure, The Montage.
In Advanced Improv students will focus on longform structure “The Spokane.” Starting from a central scene, improvisers use tag-outs to explore tangential scenes and build out the world beyond. Get it? It’s like spokes coming out from a central hub. Prerequisite: At least two levels of improv at any theater or commensurate experience.
Stacey Venzel leads our drop-in workshops where students of all levels can dive into the craft of improv. Students will learn how to focus and heighten their scenes with just a few simple techniques. Limit 12 students. For ages 18+.
Stacey Venzel leads our drop-in workshops where students of all levels can dive into the craft of improv. Students will learn how to focus and heighten their scenes with just a few simple techniques. Limit 12 students. For ages 18+.
Stacey Venzel leads our drop-in workshops where students of all levels can dive into the craft of improv. Students will learn how to focus and heighten their scenes with just a few simple techniques. Limit 12 students. For ages 18+.
Stacey Venzel leads our drop-in workshops where students of all levels can dive into the craft of improv. Students will learn how to focus and heighten their scenes with just a few simple techniques. Limit 12 students. For ages 18+.
Starting with "Yes-and," students will then explore object work and environment, basic scene editing, and how to use a suggestion to start a scene. Focus will be placed on playing with emotion, character, and relationship. Students will be introduced to the simple longform structure, The Montage.
Stacey Venzel leads our drop-in workshops where students of all levels can dive into the craft of improv. Students will learn how to focus and heighten their scenes with just a few simple techniques. Limit 12 students. For ages 18+.
In Advanced Improv students will focus on the Eventé, a longform structure. In this form students will explore group scenes and playing the same character through time. Prerequisite: At least two levels of improv at any theater or commensurate experience.
Stacey Venzel leads our drop-in workshops where students of all levels can dive into the craft of improv. Students will learn how to focus and heighten their scenes with just a few simple techniques. Limit 12 students. For ages 18+.
In Intermediate Improv, students will be introduced to the concept of Game, learn additional edit techniques (focus edits, tag-outs), discover how to create second beats and connections, plus learn how to pull premises from a monologue opening. Students will put this all together to create the improv format The Armando.
Stacey Venzel leads our drop-in workshops where students of all levels can dive into the craft of improv. Students will learn how to focus and heighten their scenes with just a few simple techniques. Limit 12 students. For ages 18+.
Stacey Venzel leads our drop-in workshops where students of all levels can dive into the craft of improv. Students will learn how to focus and heighten their scenes with just a few simple techniques. Limit 12 students. For ages 18+.
Starting with "Yes-and," students will then explore object work and environment, basic scene editing, and how to use a suggestion to start a scene. Focus will be placed on playing with emotion, character, and relationship. Students will be introduced to the simple longform structure, The Montage.
Stacey Venzel leads our drop-in workshops where students of all levels can dive into the craft of improv. Students will learn how to focus and heighten their scenes with just a few simple techniques. Limit 12 students. For ages 18+.
Stacey Venzel leads our drop-in workshops where students of all levels can dive into the craft of improv. Students will learn how to focus and heighten their scenes with just a few simple techniques. Limit 12 students. For ages 18+.
The Sleepover is an advanced longform structure performed at the UCB and Magnet Theaters! Here each improviser plays their own single character for the entire show, weaving a complex web of relationships through every scene.
Class is scheduled for Thursday nights, 6:30-8:30 PM, November 7 - December 19. Class will be held at the Hudson Valley Books for Humanity bookstore in Ossining. Due to Thanksgiving, class will not be held on the 28th and will instead resume on December 5th.
18+
Class size limit: 12 people
That’s right, we have in-person improv drop-ins! This drop-in is designed for people who have never done improv before and are looking to be introduced to the basic principles of the craft. Limit 12 students. For ages 18+.
That’s right, we have in-person improv drop-ins! This drop-in is designed for people who have never done improv before and are looking to be introduced to the basic principles of the craft. Limit 12 students. For ages 18+.
This class is the perfect place to jump in as a brand-new student, or serve as a refresher for the continuing student!
Class is scheduled for Thursday nights, 6:30-8:30 PM, August 22 - September 26. Class will be held at the Hudson Valley Books for Humanity bookstore in Ossining.
If you've ever heard the expression, "The form is a tool to help you," and wondered what it means, this class is for you. If you haven't, well, you just did. Students will delve deep into what makes some forms better vessels for different styles of play, how to recognize what forms might be a good next step to explore, and how to let that all of it take a back seat to the piece itself.
That’s right, we have in-person improv drop-ins! This drop-in is designed for people who have never done improv before and are looking to be introduced to the basic principles of the craft. Limit 12 students. For ages 18+.
That’s right, we have in-person improv drop-ins! This drop-in is designed for people who have never done improv before and are looking to be introduced to the basic principles of the craft. Limit 12 students. For ages 18+.
That’s right, we have in-person improv drop-ins! This drop-in is designed for people who have never done improv before and are looking to be introduced to the basic principles of the craft. Limit 12 students. For ages 18+.
This class builds on 101 and introduces students to advanced techniques.
Class is scheduled for Thursday nights, 6:30-8:30 PM, May 23 - June 27. Class will be held at the Hudson Valley Books for Humanity bookstore in Ossining.
Sunday, May 19th, 12-2 PM
That’s right, we have in-person improv drop-ins! This drop-in is designed for people who have never done improv before and are looking to be introduced to the basic principles of the craft. Limit 12 students. For ages 18+.
Sunday, April 28th, 12-2 PM
That’s right, we have in-person improv drop-ins! This drop-in is designed for people who have never done improv before and are looking to be introduced to the basic principles of the craft. Limit 12 students. For ages 18+.
Sunday, February 25th, 12-2 PM
That’s right, we have in-person improv drop-ins! This drop-in is designed for people who have never done improv before and are looking to be introduced to the basic principles of the craft. Limit 12 students. For ages 18+.
This class serves as an introduction to improv and the Blind Tiger style.
Class is scheduled for Thursday nights, 6:30-8:30 PM, Feb. 22 - March 28. Class will be held at the Hudson Valley Books for Humanity bookstore in Ossining.
Sunday, January 28th, 12-2 PM
That’s right, we have in-person improv drop-ins! This drop-in is designed for people who have never done improv before and are looking to be introduced to the basic principles of the craft. Limit 12 students. For ages 18+.
