Join us for a 7-week Fundamentals Improv Class where you'll learn the art of improvisation through engaging and diverse exercises. In the first week, you'll dive into the core principles of "Yes, And," practicing CROW (Character, Relationship, Objective, Where) and honing your skills with 3 Line scenes and conflict Scenes. As you progress, you'll develop characters through emotional choices and character walks, explore relationships in-depth by endowing characters with specific traits, and practice creating strong, dynamic scenes. Exercises like pantomime and scene painting will enhance your ability to work with objects and environment, while longform improvisation techniques will teach you how to smoothly transition between scenes with sweeps and tag outs.

In the latter weeks, you'll delve into the intricacies of maintaining relationships in scenes, heightening comedic elements through the "First Weird Thing" exercise, and experimenting with the La Ronde format for interconnected scenes. After the final week, you'll be ready to showcase your newfound skills in a graduation performance, applying all that you've learned about character creation, relationships, object work, and longform improvisation. This class promises to be a fun, creative, and enriching journey, perfect for anyone looking to unleash their inner improviser and shine on stage.

Taught by long-time improviser and instructor, Ian Gibbs, this will be a fun learning experience!
 
The class meets on Mondays from 7 to 9:30 pm, for 7 weeks starting Monday, March 24th through May 7th, 2025, with a subsequent showcase performance date TBD. The classes will be held at the Dairy Arts Center in Boulder.

You can apply the discount code "early_bird_101" through February 28th to receive $25 off.

A little bit about Ian . . . Ian Gibbs has been performing and teaching Improv Comedy for the last 25 years. He did a 2-year theater program at Circle in the Square in NYC and has trained with Second City NY, The Upright Citizens Brigade, and the Groundlings. He has studied improv with Armando Diaz, Joe Bill, Micheal Gelman, Sean Conroy, Kevin Kirkpatrick, and many more. He currently lives in Boulder, CO where he performs regularly with The Front DeRanged Improv Comedy Troupe, Improv Boulder House team - Welcome to the Dojo, and the Chaos Bloom Mainstage Players in Denver.

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