Learn to create completely improvised comedy scenes and characters by working with others!
Students in this class will learn to really listen to their scene partners, add interesting specifics & details, and progress & expand improvised scenes. We'll use short, fast-paced improv games to learn to act quickly and spend less time worrying about making the perfect move. Invent and inspire rich and consistent characters, and learn to create a playable environment with just miming. This course ends in a share performance for an invited audience at Sea Tea Comedy Theater.
Class Day and Time: Mondays from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Class Dates:
October 29, 2018
November 5, 2018
November 12, 2018
November 19, 2018
November 26, 2018
December 3, 2018
December 10, 2018
December 17, 2018
Class Share Performance: December 22, 2018 at 2 p.m. at the Sea Tea Comedy Theater
Instructor: Caitlin Reese is a Connecticut based stand up comedian, improviser, and sketch writer. Caitlin has performed stand up throughout the northeast and at venues including COMIX at Mohegan Sun, the Nerdist, Upright Citizens Brigade, Gotham Comedy Club, Broadway Comedy Club, Greenwich Village Comedy Club, EastVille Comedy Club, Laugh Boston, ImprovBoston, the Comedy Connection, Nick's Comedy Stop, and the Hartford Funny Bone. She has been featured on Comics Watching Comics Season 8 on Amazon Prime and PAID or PAIN on Sirius XM. She has opened for Kevin McDonald from Kids in the Hall and Corinne Fisher from the podcast, Guys We F*cked. Caitlin has been selected to perform in the Women in Comedy Festival, Hell Yes Fest, Charm City Comedy Festival, Baltimore Comedy Festival, and Portland Maine Comedy Festival. Her sense of humor is offbeat, quirky, and always feminist.
Beyond stand up, Caitlin is also an improviser. She is currently in the Academy with Upright Citizens Brigade with additional training from Second City, the Magnet, and the iO. Caitlin has studied improv with Armando Diaz and Will Hines. She performs on two house teams, is a member of the touring company, and teaches at Sea Tea Comedy Theater, Hartford, CT. Caitlin has traveled throughout the United States to perform in improv festivals including the Del Close Marathon.
Prerequisites: None, though students with no performance experience may prefer to take one of our 4-week Intro to Improv classes before taking Improv 101.
Cost: $225
All Sea Tea Improv courses and workshops are subject to our education policies: Education Policies