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IMPROV TECHNIQUE WORKSHOP

What You Will Learn

An improviser's utility belt is loaded with countless acting exercises, communication skills, and other tools that enable him or her to freely and playfully create spontaneous theatre. The Improv Technique Workshop will help you build your foundation as a smart, imaginative, and fearless improviser. You will learn the basic fundamentals of improvisation such as accepting ideas, give and take, beginning/middle/end, and connecting information. The Improv Technique Workshop is a required prerequisite for the Improv Performance Workshop.

You will learn:
* Saying "Yes, And..."
* Taking Risks
* Mental Agility
* Three Dimensional & Abstract Thinking
* Character Creation
* Establishing Environment
* Having an Intention
* Seeing the World Through the Eyes of a Child
* Playing Well with Others (Your Fellow Actors and the Audience)
* Using Everything & Ignoring Nothing
* Learn improv techniques to help you be a better actor

Level 1: The Skills --This beginner's class teaches the basic fundamentals of improvisation and will help you feel more spontaneous and creative on stage and off!

Session: 5 weeks

Tuition: $225

Prerequisite: No improv or acting experience necessary

Level 2: The Scene--This intermediate class focuses on the elements of what separates a good improv scene from a great improv scene and it also will teach you to be a better conversationalist!

Session: 5 weeks

Tuition: $225

Prerequisite: SFCC Improv Level 1 or some beginning improv experience

Level 3: The Show--This advanced class prepares you to do the style of comedic longform that was made famous in Chicago and is one of the most popular, challenging, and rewarding kinds of improv you'll ever attempt. You'll be funnier after you take this class! This level culminates in a graduation showcase.

Session: 5 weeks

Tuition: $225

Prerequisite: SFCC Improv Level 1 & 2 or completed training elsewhere

SAMMY WEGENT -- Your Improv Instructor
Sammy is a Comedian/Improviser/Actor who has been teaching, performing, and directing improvisation professionally for 7 years. He holds an M.F.A. in Acting from Catholic University in Washington D.C. and a B.F.A in Theatre from Shorter College. A recent graduate of the San Francisco Comedy College, Sammy has performed stand-up all over the Bay Area, including SF Comedy College showcases at the San Jose Improv, Cobb's Comedy Club, and Rooster T. Feathers Comedy Club. Sammy is the Associate Artistic Director of the Seaside Repertory Theatre in Seaside, FL as well as the Artistic Director of SPF 7, the 2-Time World Record Holders for the longest improv show by a single troupe (35 Hour Show and 70 Hour Show).

He has performed all over North America at such venues as the Destin Punchline Comedy Club, the St. Louis Fringe Festival, The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington D.C., the Gulf Coast Comedy Festival, and the Toronto International Improv Festival. Sammy has taught improvisation and acting at numerous universities, comedy festivals, and theatre conferences. He is the creator and Executive Producer of the Gulf Coast Comedy Festival.

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