The Grand Slam is a form for exploring heightening and exploration through premise and slacking. In this workshop, Jake will use the Grand Slam, a form originated at WE Improv that is part Harold and part Slacker to help performers collaborate and take big swings. The Grand Slam was designed to keep performers in the present moment and on the same page. The workshop will be broken into three components: (1) Staircase Heightening, (2) building comedic DNA through the Slacker, and (3) combining both skill sets to execute the Grand Slam.

Jake Jabbour is the founder of WE Improv in Los Angeles, an improv school and theater dedicated to inclusive and accessible improv through small class sizes, high rep curriculums, multi-modality instruction, and a focus on non-judgmental awareness. WE has been serving Los Angeles since 2016. Additionally, Jake completed a U.S. tour teaching and performing improv in Austin, San Antonio, Philadelphia, D.C., Chicago, and New York. He’s also taught workshops in Iceland, Germany, England, and Austria. Prior to that, Jake taught special education in Los Angeles as part of Teach for America. He also performs at UCB with his house team Bitchin’. He has three cats who will likely come up in his workshops.

A diversity scholarship spot is available for this workshop.  You can apply through the website: divergentimprov.com.