Musical Improv 201
In Musical Improv 201, you’ll build on the song structure and scene work skills from 101 while adding new layers of musical improv knowledge – taking your scenes and improvised songs to the next level! We’ll expand on how to play “the game” of the song, make more interesting musical choices, explore rhyming techniques, and learn how to create group game songs.  As always, you’ll have support from both an improv instructor and a musical accompanist – and you’ll leave ready to launch into fully improvised musical montage! This class promises to boost your confidence, push you with fun challenges, and leave you with a whole lot of joy.

INSTRUCTOR(S): Rachel Rosenthal & Brantley Bacon

DAY / TIME: Mondays 6:30 - 8:30 PM (2 hours)

DATE RANGE: 6 weeks. 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19, 6/2 *skip 5/26

LOCATION: 825 SE Madison St Suite C, Portland, OR 97214
CLASS SHOW: Wed 6/11 7 PM *subject to change

PREREQUISITE: Intro to Musical Improv + Level 1 Improv (at Kickstand or elsewhere)

ABOUT RACHEL ROSENTHAL
(She/Her)
Rachel Rosenthal is a performer, comedian, and improv instructor with over 24 years of experience. A recent transplant to Portland from NYC, she has taught at numerous comedy theaters throughout the USA, including ImprovBoston, Reckless Theatre, Brooklyn Comedy Collective, & The Peoples Improv Theatre (The PIT) in NYC, where she was awarded Teacher of the Year for her work with 101 improv students. 

Hailed as an "improv whirlwind," (by Huffington Post), Rachel is an esteemed performer who has toured all over the world from New York and Hawaii to London and Iceland! She is a 11+ year cast member of both free-form improv team, Big Bang, and free-style rapping Hip Hop comedy group, North Coast (“Top 10 Comedy Show” -- Time Out NY). She also performed Off-Broadway in Blank! The Musical. Today she performs in Portland with Love, Shakespeare, Cliffbanger (Musical Improv), and Sam & Rachel Comedy — the duo she shares with her husband. They also have a podcast together called “Sam & Rachel’s Generation Gap.”

As an Applied Improv Instructor, Rachel also teaches improv to corporate teams with a client list that includes Microsoft, Meta/Facebook, and HBO. Her story, "Identity Thief" has been featured on the “This American Life” and “Risk!” podcasts, and was later published as a book with Amazon. More at www.theraeroshow.com.

ABOUT BRANTLEY BACON
(He HIm)
Brantley Bacon is a pianist, percussionist, composer, educator, and keytar enthusiast. He has worked professionally for cruise ships, theater companies, dance troupes, and dive bars around the globe and he has composed pieces for entities such as NASA, the Lionel Hampton School of Music, and DCI groups. Although he finds fulfillment in almost all facets of music, improvisation is where he flourishes best and he’s always itching for a chance to enter the ephemeral realm of arts with any and all brave souls.

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