In addition to our standard 6-week level classes, The Hideout likes to host specialty workshops on specific topics that will add some great skills to your improv tool belt.
These can range from intensives with world-renowned instructors from out of town to one-off sessions with local teachers showing you some of their unique expertise. They’re a great way to work on very specialized skills in a short amount of time.
Here’s what we have coming up:
Sat. June 21st
Sat. July 26th
Sat. August 9th
Sat. August 30th
Sat. September 6th
Sat. September 20th
Fri. October 3rd
Sat. October 4th
This workshop explores the makings of the unique style of Big Bang free-form improvisation. This mindset is built on the concept of “follow the funny” and proposes that every single moment, beat, line and movement in a show can be deconstructed and used to lead you to the next scene. During this exploration and deconstruction of content, a language and pattern are established that help define form where previously there was no form.
We’ve all been in THAT scene. The one with the uh-oh moments that pulls us out of the scene, makes us worry, feels out of our control. Well, it doesn’t have to. Learn how to reset your default responses to those moments in a way that helps you regain the fun of the scene. Fill your go-bag with tools that help reshape, redirect or replace those catalysts for a bad time.
This class will teach you the very simple and basic tools needed to become a deeper, emotionally present improv actor and how to look precise and polished and inspired while you do it. Increase and adjust your focus and concentration to better serve you in the scene, by understanding how to play like a child, with an adult’s abilities and discipline!
