Improvisers spend so much time searching for the games that they often miss all the funny shit they've already created. In this workshop, we'll explore how the first 30 seconds of a scene can reveal multiple games through your own comedic behaviors, your connection to your scene partner, and your connection to the audience. Through specific exercises and scene work, you'll learn to recognize these patterns, discover different levels of game, and build on what's already happening instead of constantly searching for something new.
 
Instructor Bio:
Jeff Quintana is a comedian, director, educator, and creator of The Circuit Method and the S.P.E.C.S. Performance System, developed through more than 23 years of continuous performance, teaching, and research. He has trained with nearly every major school of American improvisation and has taught at The Annoyance Theatre, iO Theater, Home Comedy Theater, Brooklyn Comedy Collective, One Group Mind, and The Playground Theater. Jeff headlines nationally with The Powerful Hourful starring Antonio Quintana, Motivational Speaker, an immersive avant-clown stand-up experience that blends improvisation, audience interaction, and physical comedy into a one-of-a-kind live performance.

Schedule:
This one day workshop has two dates scheduled.  Please be sure you're registering for the correct date.
Saturday 11/14/2026 12-3pm
Tuesday 12/15/2026 6-9pm

Please ignore the below schedule information as it may not apply to this class/workshop

Term 1 (Winter) 2027 runs 1/4 - 3/7/2027
NO CLASS: 1/10 - 1/16

Classes meet once a week on the same day each week:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday classes meet 6:30-9pm
Saturday and Sunday classes meet 1-3:30pm

Class Showcases for AP1-AP5 and MI1-MI3 occur on the final Sunday of the term.
AP5 and MI3 feature a run of shows concurrent with the final four weeks of class.
CRASS1 and CRASS2 feature a run of two and four shows following the last Sunday of the term.
Solo Characters, Variety & Alternative Comedy, Standup, and other elective class showcases vary by term.
-See class description for additional details on class showcase schedules-

Please be sure about your schedule before you register for class. Here’s why….Your enrollment HOLDS A SPACE in a class that we are no longer able to offer someone else.Class payments are NON-REFUNDABLE, NON-TRANSFERABLE, and can be applied only to the current term’s class for which you have signed up. This applies if you get cast in a show, get a new job, or other situation, or have other changes to your schedule. So please be sure about your schedule before you register.

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