FESTIVAL
Workshops
Step into the spotlight and learn from some of the best improv instructors in the country! Our workshops offer a rare chance to train with working comedians who bring real-world experience and insight from their work in TV, film, dand on stage to every session. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned player, you'll grow your skills, take creative risks, and have a blast doing it.
INFINITE TAG EXPLORATION WITH BILLY SOCO
Let's go on a forever journey to answer all of the questions... through tag-outs! Realities are rarely the way they are for no reason and characters experience multi-faceted lives. To that end, we're going on the ultimate tag-run to find the truth. In this workshop, we'll be exploring how various tag edits can justify behaviors, add depth to character lives, and help us answer the question, "what the what is happening here?!" This workshop is ideal for those who want more reps using tags toward discovering more and just having fun!
*Recommended for improvisers who have completed at least 3 levels of long-form improv.
The two-person mono scene with celeste pechous
A ten-minute, two-person scene... make you a little nervous? Good. That means you're ready. Before you know it you'll easily be able to do a two-person 25 minute set. Detailed analyzation and notes after each scene. YOU can (and will) do it.
MAKE A MOVE with NNAMDI NGWE
Hesitancy from you or your ensemble kills momentum or an entire piece. But you can overcome this! We’ll explore how you as an individual can make moves that support others and empower you to make positive moves others would love to support.
CREATING CHARACTERS FOR IMPROV WITH HOLLY MANDEL
This workshop is open to performers who are interested in learning improvisation driven by character, made popular by Los Angeles’ Groundlings Theater as well as Mandel’s own schools in NYC & LA.
In the workshop, you will approach the fundamentals of improv emphasizing character - the “who” of the scene - exploring how a scene grows and deepens from the character’s information, thoughts, behaviors, emotional life, and relationships to one another. You will not use any particular format or structure, focusing more on the building blocks of scenes and how character expands your abilities to add specifics, drive action, and open up worlds of possibility.
Participants will also discuss and explore what constitutes a character, how to create and improvise as one, and how Character Improv is unique to all other forms of improvisation.
Recommended for all experience levels.
PLAYING FAST & FUN WITH PATRICK ROWLAND
This workshop teaches folks how to play for quicker pacing, just like the award winning group 3Peat. How tight can you be as an ensemble? we’ll work on techniques to improve trust and playing harder that will improve the dynamics and add much needed energy to any show.
THE DECONSTRUCTION INTENSIVE WITH BRIAN JAMES O’CONNELL (FESTIVAL ENSEMBLE)
Developed by some of the top names in entertainment like Adam McKay, The Deconstruction is a 12 step philosophy to unlock the secrets of storytelling.
An essential tool for creativity, your work will never be the same!
Topics include: The Opening, Commentary, Thematics, Tangentials & The Run.
THIS CLASS WILL PERFORM SUNDAY 10/12/25 as part of the festival lineup.
