Tuesdays 11am-1pm weekly ongoing class.
Location: 2590 Truxtun Rd, Suite 200
For students with prior improv training only
Come sit at The Grown-Up Table with us, a class for Gen X and Boomers who are forever young at heart! The class will focus on finding freedom through play and honing improv skills in an environment that is supportive and inclusive.
While this class is geared towards older adults, all ages are welcome to join!
Benefits of playing at The Grown-Up Table:
- Life-experience & resource pool WAY deeper and wider than your average class
- Respectful, appreciative, humble and inspiring community
- A mix of professional & community theatre folks
- Fun, positive community with no time for bull shins or shenanigans.
- Led by Ellen Kaz, genuine improv OG: daughter of The Second City's iconic Music Director for 25 years, Fred Kaz, and its Operations Manager for 40 years, Lois Kaz.
We will explore freedom and creativity through:
- Presence and discovery
- Embodied stage work
- Opening to surprises
- Caring for and adapting to our needs/abilities
- Self discovery and embracing truth
The class will entail both improv games and scene work and is recommended for those with prior training in improvised scene work (Mockingbird's Improv Essentials level 3 class or above or equivalent training)
This class is led by Ellen Kaz (she/her) who grew up with The Second City in Chicago, more home to her than any apartment her family rented. For its first groundbreaking 25 years, her father was the club's iconic Music Director; her mother was Operations Manager for 40 years. Improv is in the marrow of Ellen's bones; it's in her DNA, which takes suggestions, adores collaboration and does not need a mic. Ellen trained at Second City primarily with Don DePollo and Martin De Maat, who called her very first improv showing on the Second City E.T.C. stage "So good it was scary." Ellen's work in performance (both improv and dance) has been seen in the US from coast to coast, in Europe and in South Africa.
Enrollment in this class is by monthly subscription. It is a flat rate each month regardless of whether there are 3 classes or 5 classes that month and is not dependent on how many classes the student attends. Class tuition is kept as low as possible to increase accessibility (comes to only $15 per class!) and build in flexibility for those who's schedule cannot accommodate a weekly commitment.
