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. February 3rd
Sat. February 10th
Sun. February 11th
Sat. February 17th
Sat. March 2nd
Sat. March 16th
Sat. April 27th
Sat. May 4th
Sat. May 18th
Interested in helping us make Maestro as awesome as possible every single week? Come get your hands dirty with Roy Janik (Hideout owner and Artistic Director) and Andy Crouch (Education Director). We’ll talk about (and PLAY with) best practices for warming up the cast, hosting the show, setting up and directing games and scenes, cultivating mischief and excitement, creating a fun “shape of show,” and giving constructive notes afterward. All toward the goal of creating a fun, world-class experience for improvisers and audience members alike.
Ratas de Dos Patas designed this workshop to help improvisors of all levels learn how create distinct characters in their improv. We will assess our individual voices through classic and unique improv exercises. Then we will take things to the next level with vocal and physical explorations to find an array of characters we can bring on stage.
Ratas de Dos Patas are proud to present this workshop for BIPOC Women and Femmes in improv to have a brave space where they are uplifted, celebrated, and rejoiced. This workshop is dedicated in loving memory of Sandra Ybarra and the light she brought to everyone around her. We will explore the difficulties we face as BIPOC women and femmes in improv, work on exercises that highlight the power we bring to the stages, and learn skills on how break the barriers we face in our art form.
Is anxiety keeping you trapped in your head, or bogging you down in your scenes? Many people and performers of all levels struggle with anxiety, whether in life or related to performance, which can make following your feet feel hard! This workshop aims to help folks take the power back from their anxious tendencies and put that power back into themselves and their scenes!
Interested in helping us make Maestro as awesome as possible every single week? Come get your hands dirty with Roy Janik (Hideout owner and Artistic Director), Andy Crouch (Education Director) and Steven Rutkowski (Hideout Tech Guru Extraordinaire). We’ll talk about (and PLAY with) best practices for getting the tech booth set up before the show for lights and sound, making the theater feel welcoming and exciting for the audience, how to kick off the show with energy and panache, how to make the improvisers look amazing on stage and maybe even shine a little bit yourself.
Is anxiety keeping you trapped in your head, or bogging you down in your scenes? Many people and performers of all levels struggle with anxiety, whether in life or related to performance, which can make following your feet feel hard! This workshop aims to help folks take the power back from their anxious tendencies and put that power back into themselves and their scenes!
