DROP IN: SUNDAY

It happens to every improviser: we get stuck in our heads and scenes start to feel impossibly difficult. This class will give you the tools not only get unstuck, but to prevent yourself and your scene partners from ever feeling lost or confused. Exercises will focus on the principles of clarity, emotion, and pattern to create richly textured comedic theater. We will also dip into film, history, music, and literature to find examples of the power of these principles at work across the creative spectrum. Get ready to get out of your head and into your scene!

Sundays (ongoing)
3-6pm
Location: Simple Studios (134 W. 29th Street, 2nd fl)
Prerequisite: Improv Level 1 or equivalent experience
$20 per person per class (cash only)

Since this is an ongoing class, there is no online registration. Simply show up!

OSCAR MONTOYA has been doing improv since 2008, studying and performing at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, The Magnet Theater and the Peoples Improv Theater. He performs weekly on the PIT House team Local 154 and currently performs in independent teams like OJ in a Sippy Cup, North Coast, Zamboni!, 10 £ Ally, The Belmonts and Los Improvisadores Peligrosos. When not doing improv, he is coaching it. He has coached for various 10,000 Hours sessions, and has coached Indie teams such as Ladies and Gentlemen, Mystery Machine, Gusto! (UCB musical improv team), Michelin, and the Day Camp Kids. Oscar co-hosts Improdome at the PIT every Wednesday at 11pm, which is an open improv jam that celebrates the PIT community. Oscar was awarded Rookie of the Year in 2010 by the Peoples Improv Theater.

The Drop-in classes at The PIT are ongoing classes open to ALL improvisers. Students and non-students alike from all different improv backgrounds and levels are welcome to show up to this class to examine various aspects of scenework and longform improvisation.

Drop-in classes are first come, first-served and our class maximum is 16. We sell the class out when we reach that limit to maintain a comfortable classroom experience where everyone gets a decent amount of playing time.

All of our classes begin on time. After 15 minutes, students will not be allowed entry into the class. If you are more than 15 minutes late, we recommend coming back another time to attend one of our other drop-in classes. The schedule of drop-in classes is: Fridays, 12-3pm & 7-10pm; Saturdays & Sundays, 3-6pm.

All of the rules in our official course enrollment policy that can or would apply to these ongoing classes do apply.

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