ThePIT

Dec 31st (Wed)

Mainstage

• Beauty Love Truth

  Thursday, Aug 30, 2012 8pm
  $10
  
  Guest musicians inspire improvised scenes. Beauty Love Truth is produced by Shannon Manning and Louie Pearlman and features some of the best improvisers in the world! Musical guest Ko-Lition (Check out their new album on iTunes) will play their music to inspire improvised scenes. Nothing is planned; it’s all improvised. You will never see this show again! Featuring an INTRODUCTION by Mike Doughty who will speak on the subject of Beauty Love AND/OR Truth. This month’s IMPROVISERS include: Kaitlin Fontana (Buckshot ‘n’ Benny, CTV’s “The Party“) Ed Illades (IO Chicago) Shannon Manning (Second City, IO, UCB, “Conan”) Louie Pearlman (Story Pirates, The Spidey Project, Buckshot N Benny) Natasha Rothwell (Oh Boy!, Hodapp and Rothwell, The Story Pirates) Erik Tanouye (“BP Spills Coffee”, Onion News Network, UCB: Curfew, Neighbor Boy) Betsy Todd (UCB, Magnet, “Battle of the Bozos”) Matt B. Weir (Story Pirates, Dunk, We’re Matt Weir)

Patterns in Everything

June 21st (One-Day Workshop)

Being in your head has a terrible reputation in improv circles. This workshop is all about being in your head at the top of the scene (a good thing) and then using the information to truly play out of your head for the remainder. One exercise, one technique. Adding pattern recognition to your bag of improv tricks will help you find the comedy faster no matter the form.

Chris Trew
Friday, 2pm-5pm

Anatomy of a 1-Liner: Writing Monologue & Roast Jokes

June 25th (One-Night Workshop)

The "Anatomy of a 1-Liner: Writing Monologue and Roast Jokes" interactive seminar teaches students the various categories and structures of jokes used in monologues and roasts. Using this organized approach, students will participate in exercises that enable them to improve their current jokes and to write new ones from the latest daily newspaper.

Neil Berlynir
Tuesday, 6pm-8pm

Character Building

Monday, August 19th at 7pm

Jul 11-Aug 15 (6 weeks)

Ever feel like you suffer from multiple personalities? Why not put them to work! In this character building class, you will learn how to cultivate fully developed and realistic characters through a blend of classic mask techniques & improvisational games. This class will not only make you a character connoisseur, but help you contextualize them for the stage, screen and even auditions.

Jenn Dodd
Thursdays, 7pm-10pm

Writing for SNL Fantasy Camp

Aug 5-10th (1 week)

This class will simulate what a week as a writer for SNL is like, culminating in a live show at 11:30pm on Saturday night!

Ali Farahnakian
Monday-Saturday