Absolute Nonsense - Gibberish & Mime Improv Intensive & Showcase
Mon, January 4, 2027 @ 7:00 PM PST • Multiple prices
Description
ENTER THE WACKY WONDERFUL WORLD OF GIBBERISH & MIME
Converse in dynamic, expressive phrases of absolute gobbledygook. Level up your object and environment work while learning how to frame ideas, concepts, and words in clever, emotive mini-scenes. Guess boldly. Play to the audience. And explore a unique set of short form games with infinite variations.
At the end of 4 classes, students will perform in a showcase in the Curious Comedy Annex.
At the end of 4 classes, students will perform in a showcase in the Curious Comedy Annex.
THIS IS A GREAT CLASS FOR STUDENTS AND PERFORMERS WHO WANT TO:
- Engage with environment with evocative specificity.
- Train their brains to think outside the box.
- Be bold, specific, and embrace failing gloriously.
- Practice taking up space, radical support, and giving focus.
- Develop a new awareness of elocution, phrasing, and delivery.
- Incorporate more cultural references into their performances.
- Try something new, challenging, and outrageously fun,
Your Instructor: Skel Harrington (They/them)
Skelly and Improv Comedy met in 2010 at a small intro class. Since then, Skel has performed short form and long form in states across the USA, improvising on formats based on everything from card games to Ken Burns documentaries. They are the creator and producer of such shows as The Gauntlet, Dropped Notes, Cheeky Shorts, and more. Their improv superpowers are all-out-enthusiasm, whimsical goofitude, and musical improv (which is their very favorite both to perform, teach, and produce.) They believe in improv as a craft that helps us bring out the best in ourselves, celebrate one another, and make the world a better place with new and better stories—together.
Skelly and Improv Comedy met in 2010 at a small intro class. Since then, Skel has performed short form and long form in states across the USA, improvising on formats based on everything from card games to Ken Burns documentaries. They are the creator and producer of such shows as The Gauntlet, Dropped Notes, Cheeky Shorts, and more. Their improv superpowers are all-out-enthusiasm, whimsical goofitude, and musical improv (which is their very favorite both to perform, teach, and produce.) They believe in improv as a craft that helps us bring out the best in ourselves, celebrate one another, and make the world a better place with new and better stories—together.
DETAILS: 4 Class Series With Showcase
- Monday, January 04 - Thursday, January 07, 2026 , 7:00pm - 9:00pm
- SHOWCASE PERFORMANCE: Friday, January 08 at 5pm
EARLY BIRD (ENDS 12/18) $170.00 (172.50 w/ fees)
REGULAR TUITION: $195.00 (197.50 w/ fees)
Class minimum is 6 people. Class maximum is 16 people.
ETHOS: All classes at Curious Comedy are anti-racist, anti-misogynist, anti-ableist, anti-homophobic, anti-transphobic, anti-ageist and strive to be inclusive of all experiences. We are always learning and aim to keep the class safe for everyone. For more information on our mission and practice, see Curious Comedy's Policies & Procedures.
REFUND POLICY: All sales are final. Curious Comedy is unable to provide refunds or cancel installment plans. Please take this into consideration when making your purchase. Curious reserves the right to change the Instructor of a class at any time - and doing so will not result in a refund. Credits for future classes may be available. For more information on this policy or to request a credit, see the CURIOUS COMEDY TRAINING CENTER REFUND & CREDIT POLICY
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: We work to make classes available to everyone. Curious is pleased to offer two payment plan options available at checkout. Look for the checkbox under the payment method fields.
If you need financial assistance for adult classes, email our Director of Education at [email protected] for what options may be available to you. If you need financial assistance for youth classes, email our Director of Youth Programs at [email protected] for what options may be available to you.
ACCESSIBILITY/GENERAL SPACE ACCOMMODATIONS:
REFUND POLICY: All sales are final. Curious Comedy is unable to provide refunds or cancel installment plans. Please take this into consideration when making your purchase. Curious reserves the right to change the Instructor of a class at any time - and doing so will not result in a refund. Credits for future classes may be available. For more information on this policy or to request a credit, see the CURIOUS COMEDY TRAINING CENTER REFUND & CREDIT POLICY
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: We work to make classes available to everyone. Curious is pleased to offer two payment plan options available at checkout. Look for the checkbox under the payment method fields.
If you need financial assistance for adult classes, email our Director of Education at [email protected] for what options may be available to you. If you need financial assistance for youth classes, email our Director of Youth Programs at [email protected] for what options may be available to you.
ACCESSIBILITY/GENERAL SPACE ACCOMMODATIONS:
- Accessible parking
- Wheelchair accessible theaters, stages, and restrooms
- Size-inclusive seating
- Standing options for audience
- High-end air cleaners in all spaces
- Masks available at House Manager desk
- Restrooms: All-gender, single-stall restrooms with grab-bars, and side-loading wheelchair accessibility
Location
5225 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Portland, OR 97211, OR
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