Are you tired of talking head scenes where nothing really happens? Stuck playing the same characters that feel like a version of yourself? Spending too much time chasing the plot instead of letting yourself play?

Then this workshop is for you. Stop pretending and start making it real. Comedy comes from commitment, and the funny will follow when you really mean it.

This improv intensive will help students* and experienced performers boost their skills to create deeper, more authentic scenes that practically play themselves. We’ll explore strong points of view, whole body communication, the fun of what goes unsaid, and creating inspiring environments that give you something to do besides stand around and talk. Let your body do the talking, let your scene partners surprise you, and let yourself be changed by what’s happening around you.

You’ll strengthen your acting skills while you boost your improv chops and get personal feedback and practical tools along the way. We’ll bring it all together in a class showcase in week five.

Stop writing your scenes in your head and start living them on stage. Because if you believe it, so will the audience.

* Participants must have an understanding of the improv basics and some scenic improv performance experience through student showcases or other shows.

Class Schedule:
Tuesdays, 7–9:30 p.m.
Nov 24
Dec 1
Dec 8
Dec 15 

Class Show:
Tuesday, Dec 22 at 7 p.m.

Class Location
hearsay Training Center
251 Jackson Plaza Suite B
Ann Arbor, MI 48103

About the Instructor:
Michael Hovitch has been performing and teaching improv in Southeast Michigan since the turn of the century, which is longer than he’d care to admit but too late to take back. He’s an alumnus of the Second City Training Center, Go Comedy’s Resident Company, and Planet Ant’s Home Team, where he also served as Creative Managing Director and led the training center for five years.

He has written, directed, and performed in theater productions throughout the region, with work spanning improv and scripted theater. His love of improv is matched by his enthusiasm for teaching it and helping others find their confidence, their voice, and their people. He currently performs with 11 Non-Blondes at hear.say brewing + theater and beyond.

We offer improv classes and occasional sketch and stand up offerings from top local and visiting instructors. Classes take place in hear.say theater or our new training center.