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:
Sun. April 6th
Sat. April 19th
Sun. April 27th
Sat. June 21st
Sat. July 26th
Sat. August 9th
This class is designed for improvisers with a background in narrative improv who want to expand their skill set by diving into the mechanics of the Harold. Students will explore how the structure, game, and thematic connections of a Harold differ from traditional storytelling while exploring how their narrative instincts can enhance scene work and group mind. Through exercises focused on pattern recognition, heightening, and nonlinear scene progression, students will practice weaving multiple storylines that follow discovery and theme until they converge organically.
Whether you’re looking to enhance your existing improv skills, explore a completely new art form, or just have some good-ol’-fashioned fun, this workshop is for you! Explore the fundamentals of theatrical hand puppetry (and a little hand-and-rod puppetry, aka muppetry), from the rich history behind the craft to on-stage tips-and-tricks for technique and movement. Through playful exercises and guided scene work, you will step into the roles of both puppeteer and human scene partner, learning how to create compelling performances that include puppets. By the end of this workshop, you will be ready for some on-stage puppet shenanigans!
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.
