Instructor
Improv, Life Skills
Mandy Schmieder has performed and taught improvisation at The Peoples Improv Theater in New York City for 12 years. She loves teaching improv to budding comedians, aspiring actors, and those with no interest in a career in entertainment whatsoever. She specializes in taking the core principles of improvisation and applying them to successful interactions in a corporate setting. Her clients include Duke Fuqua School of Business, Columbia AMP, Amgen Inc., Lockheed Martin, The Securities & Exchange Commission, and many others. She received her M.F.A. in Acting from UC-Irvine, where she was an Artsbridge teaching scholar. She produces & writes original content including solo shows, short films, and sketch comedy, and has performed live from coast to coast. You can see her on your TV in commercials for Geico, GE, and The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. She was a recurring guest on all five seasons of Inside Amy Schumer and is currently touring the festival circuit with her award-winning short film, Unnatural. She lives with her husband in NYC, where they’re raising two small humans named Teddy & Veda. Mandyschmieder.com
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In level 2 you will continue to focus on strong listening and reacting without interrupting your scene partner and reinforce saying “Yes, and…!” Until you have to say “no thank you”.
