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$99+Fees In this online class, consider this no pressure Improv. Dip your toe into the joyous pool of improv- 0% fear, 100% fun. This is the perfect place for absolute beginners to get acquainted with the art of longform improvisation. Every week you will play in a safe and positive class environment with group exercises and scenework. It’s the perfect spoonful of improv, come have a taste! Please note that there is no graduation show for this class.

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In-Person The Actor’s Intentional Toolkit THURS 7:00-9:00 PM

Thursday 6/22 – Thursday 7/13

Instructor: Jennifer Bareilles

$199+ fees Over the 4 weeks, you will be using improv exercises and tools that are intended to strengthen yourself as an actor. The first weeks of the session will provide you with various tools and methods to utilize and access within scenes as both an actor and improviser. The last weeks of the session will be putting all of that to use through a deep exploration of scene work.

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Emotional Breakdown Workshop - Chris Moody

In-Person Emotional Breakdown SAT 11 - 1:30PM

Saturday 6/24 11:00 am

Instructor: Chris Moody

$39+Fees This 150 minute workshop exercise will use emotion, music, and movement to force you to communicate without speaking. During a three-minute song you (a few of your fellow improvisers) will be asked to convey the provided who, where and what of a scene by using only emotion and object work.

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Special Guest Intensive - Intuitive Narrative - Pgraph

In-Person PGraph’s Mini Signature Intensive SAT 7/1, SUN 7/2 10a-1p

Saturday 7/1 – Sunday 7/2

Instructors: Kareem Badr, Roy Janik, Kaci Beeler, Valerie Ward

1-Day Intensive: $75 2-Day Intensive: $139 Join Kaci, Kareem, Roy, and Valerie for a 6-hour improv intensive you don’t want to miss. Intuitive narrative improvisation, long-form improv that tells an entire story, is the bread-and-butter of the award-winning work Parallelogramophonograph does. 

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Special Guest Intensive - Playing the Villain - Pgraph

In-Person Playing the Villain: PGraph Workshop SUN 4-6 PM

Sunday 7/2 4:00 pm

Instructors: Kareem Badr, Valerie Ward

$60 +fees

Villainy: Being Bad Onstage

Learn how fun it is to be bad. In this workshop, Kareem Badr and Valerie Ward from PGraph will teach you how to play downright evil characters on stage that the audience will love to hate. It's easy enough to play a 2-dimensional bad guy, but for true evil to shine in all its dark glory, your characters must be rooted in truth, and be unique individuals.

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Early Bird Special $1200+ fees Get both Improv & Sketch Levels 1-4 here at The PIT with world-class instructors like Kevin Scott, Chris Griggs, Patrick McCartney... and more! Early Bird Special $1200+ fees Get both Improv & Sketch Levels 1-4 here at The PIT with world-class instructors like Kevin Scott, Chris Griggs, Patrick McCartney... and more! Level 1 Improv & Sketch: 7/10-7/14 Level 2 Improv & Sketch: 7/17-7/21 Level 3 Improv & Sketch:7/24-7/28 Level 4 Improv & Sketch: 7/31-8/4

Classes will be held Monday through Friday from 9am-4pm with an hour break for lunch each day from 12-1pm.

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In Person Level 3 Improv MON 7:00-9:30 PM

Monday 7/10 – Sunday 9/3

Instructor: Patrick McCartney

In level 3 you will continue to focus on strong listening and reacting without interrupting your scene partner. Making sure “the beginning of your sentence doesn’t get in the way of the middle of theirs”. You will reinforce saying “Yes, and...!” Until you have to say “no thank you”. Work on the first-second and third beats of two person scenes as well as continuing to focus on editing by following your foot connected to your gut and heart to edit scenes at the height. Learn how to “heighten and tighten” a scene organically glued in reality to create “win-win” fun scenes to play to entertain yourself and others while “treating your partner like a genius”

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Harold Intensive Elective - Patrick McCartney

In Person Harold Intensive THURS 6:30-9:00 PM

Thursday 7/20 – Thursday 8/10

Instructor: Patrick McCartney

Pit instructor Patrick McCartney loves The Harold. It’s a long form improvisation taught to him by Del Close in Chicago. In this workshop we will do the Harold. We will learn game of scene, the importance of group mind, why openings matter and so much more. The form uses all your skills as an improviser. This workshop will be informative and fun. You’ll leave it loving the form as well!

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Sketch Level 1 - Andrea Romano

In Person Level 1 Sketch THUR 7:00-9:30 PM

Thursday 7/27 – Thursday 8/31

Instructor: Andrea Romano

$349+Fees

In Sketch Writing Level 1: The Basics of Sketch, students will develop the fundamental skills they need to start writing original comedy sketches. Build your sketch toolkit with the essentials - how to come up with a sketch idea, how to employ classic sketch structure, how to create memorable characters, how to clearly communicate your ideas to your audience.   

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$249+ fees Over the 6 weeks, you will be using improv exercises and tools that are intended to strengthen yourself as an actor. The first three weeks of the session will provide you with various tools and methods to utilize and access within scenes as both an actor and improviser. The last three weeks of the session will be putting all of that to use through a deep exploration of scene work.

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Sketch Level 2 - Sean Christian Taylor

In-Person Level 2 Sketch TUES 6:30PM

Wednesday 8/9 – Tuesday 9/19

Instructor: Sean Christian Taylor

$349+Fees In Sketch Writing Level 2: Building Your Packet, students will utilize the skills developed in "Sketch Writing Level 1" to write sketches in a series of classic formats. Mastering the modern sketch comedy standards -  commercial parodies, character pieces, topical sketches, and many more - is the primary goal of this class, as students will begin to fine-tune and hone their personal sketch comedy voice.

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Sketch Level 1 - Sean Christian Taylor

In-Person Level 1 Sketch SAT 2:00-4:30PM

Saturday 8/12 – Saturday 9/16

Instructor: Sean Christian Taylor

$349+Fees

In Sketch Writing Level 1: The Basics of Sketch, students will develop the fundamental skills they need to start writing original comedy sketches. Build your sketch toolkit with the essentials - how to come up with a sketch idea, how to employ classic sketch structure, how to create memorable characters, how to clearly communicate your ideas to your audience.   

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In-Person Level 2 Improv THUR 6:30-9:00 PM

Thursday 8/17 – Sunday 10/8

Instructor: Jennifer Bareilles

$399+Fees This class will help students take the basic elements of the IMPROV YOUR LIFE™ philosophy learned in Level One and apply them toward building great scenes that engage an audience. Students will leave this level with an understanding of how to make strong initiations, establish who/what/where, heighten the funniest choices and edit scenes.

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