$399 + fees
PREREQUISITE: YOU MUST HAVE COMPLETED LEVEL 1 IMPROV OR EQUIVALENT AT ANOTHER COMEDY THEATER TO QUALIFY FOR THIS CLASS. In the comment section of Checkout, please list when you took said classes and who your instructors were.
If you fail to meet the prerequisites for this course and continue to register anyway, we will have to transfer you out and add the balance as class credit, to be used for other classes.
In level 2 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”. You’ll also get a comprehensive understanding on how to edit your scenes as an improviser, in partnered and group scenes.
Personal, truthful, monologues will also be part of the tool box that will benefit all aspects of life and performance. Editing will be introduced so performers know when it’s time to enter a scene and edit a scene with walk on’s and sweep edits.
*** Grad Show will be held at 4pm on Sunday July 14th***
Calendar for Level 2 Improv | Alu
6:00pm Cre8ive NYC Studios
134 West 29th Street, Floor 2, b/t 6th and 7th New York, New York 10001
6:00pm Cre8ive NYC Studios
134 West 29th Street, Floor 2, b/t 6th and 7th New York, New York 10001
6:00pm Cre8ive NYC Studios
134 West 29th Street, Floor 2, b/t 6th and 7th New York, New York 10001
6:00pm Cre8ive NYC Studios
134 West 29th Street, Floor 2, b/t 6th and 7th New York, New York 10001
6:00pm Cre8ive NYC Studios
134 West 29th Street, Floor 2, b/t 6th and 7th New York, New York 10001
6:00pm Cre8ive NYC Studios
134 West 29th Street, Floor 2, b/t 6th and 7th New York, New York 10001
6:00pm Cre8ive NYC Studios
134 West 29th Street, Floor 2, b/t 6th and 7th New York, New York 10001
Instructor
Originally trained in theater, Kimberly Alu has performed and written for venues across New Jersey and New York including Count Basie, Princeton University, The Player’s Club, and The Duke on 42nd Street. After moving to Los Angeles, Kimberly continued to write for several sketch comedy groups and has performed on countless improv teams including Sketch Time Strangers and Sweet Tweets, which was presented at The Second City Hollywood to Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele. Additionally, her short play Jumper received best original play at the Manhattan Repertory Theater and the Midtown International Theater Festival. Her original full length play Carnival Games also won best play at The Thespis Theater Festival.
Since moving back to New York, Kimberly has immersed herself in the improv and sketch world, taking up work at The Peoples Improv Theater and Gotham Writers Workshop as well as starting her own digital improv network Socially Distant Improv when New York went into full lockdown mode in March of 2020. She has completed over 40 original sketch comedy pieces, a half hour comedy pilot, two docu-series, and countless plays. Kimberly has developed her own line of improv classes, Approach to Dramatic Improv and Advanced Dramatic Improv, directly inspired by her background in acting, for The Peoples Improv Theater. Most recently, she was responsible for creating and implementing the full comedy curriculum for Dallas Comedy Club and helped to curate a series of shows for their Mainstage, including her absolute favorite, The Family Funny Interactive Improv Show.