For actors who want to improve their acting skills through improvisation, this class amplifies the technique work in Level 1 and supports the work with scenes in Levels 2 and 3. The first session will be dedicated to the choices you need to make to structure a viable improvisation, with emphasis placed on circumstances, relationships, tension, and subtext. In the following sessions, you will improvise scenes and explore improvisation through games and exercises. There is no work outside of class. Through this inventive process, you develop immediacy, creativity and partnering skills, and hone your instincts for making productive dramatic choices. Actors of all levels are welcome.
In Part A, participants will play graduate-level theater games and explore improvisational methods to build character, conflict, and collaboration. The discoveries made in this class will apply to all acting endeavors and are designed to nurture creative expression, uniqueness, bravery and unselfconscious play. Actors should dress to move.
ACTING IMPROVISATION INSTRUCTORS:
Charlotte Bydwell