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    • Swords

      Saturday, Sep 22, 2012 9pm
      $5

      Swords brings you a night of beautifully crafted improvised theater. Every show features performances from a celebrity guest improviser. "Brilliant...Absolutely Hysterical" - Improvisation News 4 STARS - Torchonline.com Winners: Sketchprov Tournament, 2009 2010:ECNY Award Nominated 2010:INNY Award Nominated 2010:Official Selection: Chicago Improv Festival 2010:Official Selection: So ILL Improv Festival
     
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  • Musicality and Scenework

    June 1st-2nd, (Two-Day Workshop)

    Using music to inspire scene work both internally and externally. Developing a musicality to your scenes as well as making up music / songs inside of your format. We will look at the concept of tempo and develop and understanding of how music can lead to unspoken agreement for greater joy and ease of play. We will be beatboxing, freestyling, listening, sharing, making noises you never thought you'd make and moving a lot.

    Anthony Veneziale
    Sat-Sun, 1pm-4pm

    History Philosophy Metaphor

    May 25th (One-Day Workshop)

    Details, Specifics and Information are always needed for a good improv scene. This workshop teaches you HOW to create those scenic needs while creating enjoyable humor and sound theater as a side effect of generating the best details possible.

    Matt Donnelly
    Saturday, 12pm-3pm

  • Getting Out of Your Own Way

    June 9th (One-Day Workshop)

    here are a hundred things that you end up doing on stage instead of what you want to be doing. Your brain is clouded with all sorts of things that you think you are supposed to do instead of what you are inspired to do. Learn to throw all conventions to the wind and just have fun in your scene work. Learn how to pull from all your learning and find the school of thought that works for you, because it comes out of you.

    Asaf Ronen
    Sunday, 2pm-5pm

    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

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