This class takes place on April 5th from 3pm-6pm
So you’ve been working on scene work and character but want to make your show a more cohesive whole. This workshop explores the huge potential of openings and edits — how to make them feel fun, inspiring, and sources of real team connection and collaboration for your shows. 

KAREN GRACI
A proud native of Buffalo, NY, Karen Graci is a writer, producer, improviser, and Buffalo Bills super fan. While touring with Chicago’s famed Second City National Touring Company, Karen was featured in their first-ever USO Tour, performing sketch and improv comedy for American troops in Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. She also performed ten shows a week as a resident cast member in The Best of Second City at The Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas.
Karen is currently Head Writer and Co-Producer for the Adult Swim/Max animated series, My Adventures with Superman. Past writing credits also include: the Disney+ series, Hailey’s On It!, the Paramount+ comedy, The Harper House, the acclaimed Netflix comedy, Tuca & Bertie, the adult comedy, Filthy Animals, for Stoopid Buddy Stoodios/Rashida Jones’ production company, Le Train Train, and the Netflix comedy, Girlboss.
When not writing or performing, Karen counts the days until her beloved Buffalo Sabres make the playoffs again. On a related note, she also sighs a lot and drinks.

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"