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. September 14th
Wed. September 18th
Thu. September 19th
Sat. September 21st
Wed. October 2nd
Sat. November 2nd
Sun. November 3rd
Sat. November 23rd
Interested in helping us make Maestro as awesome as possible every single week? 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.
Joe Bill is in Austin this September and offering a workshop on The First 30 Seconds of your improv scenes: This workshop will help participants get present immediately in Improv Scenes. I’ll show you how to have your inner engineer and inner jazz musician come into balance as you’re starting scenes.
John Gebretatose is in town this November and offering a workshop on Characters. This workshop will explore the challenge of one improviser playing multiple characters within one scene or show. We will look at ways to help you remember all those lovely characters in your brain while having fun. You will leave with a handle on what systems work best for you when remembering details and juggling all of your improv characters and their wants and needs, your improv plot points and more. We you’ll leave with tools to help you add more layers to your improv.
John Gebretatose is in town this November and offering a workshop on Hard Topics. This workshop will highlight what happens to us as performers when a scene becomes scary, offensive, or insensitive, and we freeze or lose ourselves. We explore some approaches to get the agency back when we find ourselves somewhere uncomfortable, tools for improvising mindfully, and finding a proactive voice for you and your show. We will learn the SwagHat format. A living room-style discussion, and then we perform scenes inspired by the conversation.
Stephanie Rae is in town this November and offering a workshop on The Power of Specificity. This is a red ball. But is it a glittering, diamond-encrusted disco ball? Or is it a worn down, quarter-sized rubber ball? The details you add to your dialogue can make or break a scene or set, so we’re going to build your specificity muscles with mental exercises. Then, we’ll put these skills to the test with improv comedy based on true stories.
Stephanie Rae is in town this November and offering a workshop on Find Your Flow: A Freestyle Rap Workshop for Everyone. Whether you’re brand new to the mic or an experienced MC, you’ve got something unique to bring to the stage and we wanna hear all about it! We’ll cover different methods for building a verse, practice rapping from a place of authenticity, rap in scenes, and create larger-than-life rap personas. If you’ve ever wanted to learn and practice freestyle rap in an encouraging environment, then push past your fear of failure and let’s find your flow!
