Now that you’ve been set up with the fundamentals, it’s time to strengthen those skills and hone your comedic voice. Level two will reinforce what you learned in Level 1, and add nuance to your play, so that you can sustain improv scenes with access to more tools. We will focus on building collaborative honest scenes that highlight both the relationship and what you and your scene partner find funny about the scene, avoiding tropes and caricatures. Students with previous long-form improv experience are welcome to register for this class.

Kickstand's BIPOC improv track is currently a free / pay what you will affinity class through Level 3. After that, students pay full price (or apply for a scholarship) for Level 4, 5 & for Advanced Study in our general program, where students can learn and apply their skills to different formats. Each week of class builds on the previous one, and each Level builds on the Level before.

*Level 2 includes 6 weeks of instruction with 2.5 hours of instruction each week !

INSTRUCTOR: Afrita Davis

DAY / TIME: Wednesdays 6:30 - 9 PM (2.5 hours)

DATE RANGE: 6 weeks.10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 12/2 *skip 11/25

LOCATION: 1006 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR 97214  (ADA accessible)

PREREQUISITE: Level 1 at Kickstand or elsewhere

Afrita started Improv journey a few years ago and fell in love with the art form.  While new to improv, she is no stranger to being in front of crowds.  She began her oratory practice in high school, where she participated in her school local forensic club. She continued to built those skills into a business and her current day job as a facilitator and personal developer coach.  Her talent for humor always took a back seat to the more serious nature of speaking until she took an improv class at Kickstand Comedy.  She co-founded "The Humans," a local Portland improv group, and has performed with other groups over the years.  She is a kind and expressive performer who sees the humor in the routine crevices of life.

ALL SALES ARE FINAL, AND NO REFUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR OUR CLASSES   

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Thanks again for your interest in classes at Kickstand! We cannot wait to meet you!