Serious about leveling up your improv? Then it’s time to learn how to do a great Harold! Chicago’s famous long-form improv format. The Harold is the CrossFit of improv training. A full body-and-mind workout of essential skills focused on revisiting the core fun ideas you develop, heightening and exploring them using new scenes, and finding thematic and character connections that leave your audience wondering how the performers pulled it off. In this class, you’ll learn the techniques that make the Harold seem magical and peek behind the curtain of how to use an opening effectively, create second beats that keep your momentum going, and identify callbacks and connections towards the end of your show.
 
*Game of the Scene is a concept essential to Kickstand’s philosophy; don’t worry, we’ll teach you!

*Kickstand's improv track is a five-level program followed by Advanced Study, 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 5 includes 6 weeks of instruction with 2.5 hours of instruction each week and a class show!

INSTRUCTOR: Lauren Sinner
DAY / TIME: Tuesdays 6:30 - 9 PM  (2.5 hours)
DATE RANGE: 6 weeks. 10/20, 10/27, 11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 12/1 *skip 11/24
CLASS SHOW: Tue 12/8 6:30 PM *subject to change
LOCATION: 1006 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR, 97214  (ADA accessible)
PREREQUISITE: Level 4 at Kickstand

ABOUT LAUREN SINNER
She/Her
Lauren is an improviser and artist with over a decade of experience performing in Portland. Originally from the Midwest, Lauren’s style is very supportive and listening-based, with lots of room for organic moves and games. She is currently on the teams Hopes n Prayers, Sinner & Williams, and Tuesday the 13th Part III (an improvised slasher show). Other highlights include performing in the Del Close Marathon (NYC), Vancouver International Improv Festival, Loose Threads, as well as the sketch show, Show Ridiculous. She is the founder and host of Night Cheese—an absurd & chaotic art/food/comedy variety show. Outside of comedy, Lauren is an editor, writer, mentor, teacher, and critic who focuses on contemporary fiber and textile work. When it comes to fun, non-comedy stuff, she loves reading horror, playing video games, and thrifting.

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