Monday 8/11 – Monday 9/15

Improv

18+

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Early Bird Price: $299, NO FEES! Tell a friend!
***As of 2/1/25, Early Bird discount ends 3 days before the first class session. Plan ahead and sign up now!

PREREQUISITE: YOU MUST HAVE COMPLETED LEVEL 1 MUSICAL 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.

Building on the musical fundamentals learned in Level 1, Level 2 dives deeper into technique and structure to help you turn your scenes and songs into a musical! You’ll work on melody and style as well as structure and song-type. Exercises will focus on emotional commitment and heightening the stakes of a scene to help you find your best voice to start a solid and interesting song. With continued work on movement and teamwork, this class will help you develop the skills you need to get a standing ovation at the end of each number. You don’t have to be a great singer to be a great musical improvisor, come one, come all!

***Grad Show will be held Saturday, 9/20 at 6 PM in The PIT Loft***

Calendar for Level 2 Musical Improv | Swearingen

  • 7:30pm

    Global Comedy Studios

    New York, NY

  • 7:30pm

    Global Comedy Studios

    New York, NY

  • 7:30pm

    Global Comedy Studios

    New York, NY

  • 7:30pm

    Global Comedy Studios

    New York, NY

  • 7:30pm

    Global Comedy Studios

    New York, NY

Location

Global Comedy Studios

156 W. 29th Street, Floor 2, New York, NY, 10001

Instructor

Pat Swearingen

Pat Swearingen

Improv

Pat Swearingen is from Danville, Illinois. Gene Hackman and Dick Van Dyke are also from that city. Just sayin’. A featured performer at The PIT you can also catch him​touring the country in “Broadway’s Next Hit Musical”
(www.broadwaysnexthitmusical.com). Pat has also appeared in the original casts of the “Unauthorized: The Musical” version​s of “Back To The Future” (Doc Brown), “The Hunger Games” (Caesar) and “Nightmare on Elm Street” (Freddy Krueger). ​Recent new works include “The Magnificient Revengers” by Matt Cox, “Talk To Me” by Megan Bussiere, and “Paradise Lost & Found” by Tirosh Schneider”. Pat is lucky to be a much in demand improv coach/instructor and his favorite credit is teaching kids how to act and write plays for eleven seasons at the Williamstown Theatre Festival through an extension of the 52nd Street Project. Also, if you don’t blink, you can catch him dancing at da club in the “I’m Rick James, b***h!” sketch for “Chappelle’s Show”.

Comedy acting reel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFjnsryHaXg

“Pat Swearingen is a powerhouse! By the end of the first act I was in love, by the end of the second I had discovered a new emotion stronger than that just to feel for him!”-OnStage

“Highlights include Pat Swearingen who almost single-handedly steals the show as hilariously over-the-top TV host Caesar.”-Bestnewyorkcomedy.com