Mary Lou helps you play IN your games. This 2-hour workshop explores the art of role-play itself. In improvisation and gaming, the fundamental action is the same: creative collaboration in the moment. We run exercises and offer strategies to help you create immersive role-play experiences, build confidence as storytellers, and express your personality through your characters. 2-Hour Workshop, Max capacity 16 

What to Expect

MARY LOU is a Los Angeles-based actor, improviser, musician, comedian, and gamer. A series regular on the Glass Cannon Network (Blood of the Wild, The Game Garage), she also appears regularly on Smosh, Faster Purple Worm, Kill Kill!, and Push the Roll. She performs musical improv with Baby Wants Candy and Tabletop Tunes, and her deep roots in tabletop RPGs, LARP, and live performance have made her a respected, sought-after, and celebrated presence in the actual-play and comedy community.

Financial Assistance

We understand that financial circumstances can sometimes make participation challenging. Please know that your presence, voice and contributions are valued here, and we are committed to making our programs as accessible as possible.

We have a few ways to help folks experience our classes. First off, all of our volunteers can take up to one full level class every term. Our volunteers learn positions at the theater and agree to a regular schedule at either our box office, tech booth, or our HM position which helps get the shows started on time. If you have a skill or trade or item that could be of benefit the theater, we're open to talking to you about it. We also offer payment plans for more flexibility, look into them at check out.

If those options aren't helpful, we offer an inclusion scholarship that will help Rise best reflect Denver. If you feel that you have a perspective and experience that Rise could benefit from we offer scholarships each term for our leveled classes. Apply below.

Link to Scholarship Program: https://risecomedy.com/rise-comedy-inclusion-scholarship/

If you have circumstances beyond these options or would like more details on any of them please reach out to [email protected] with the subject "Financial Assistance"