Happy Halloween! Let's get spooky. This one-off workshop will teach you the fundamental tools needed to do the classic improv form: The Bat. In a Bat, improvisers tune their listening to 150% and create a completely auditory improvised world.
Prerequisites: Students are required to previous improv experience.
COVID-19 Policy For Classes
All participants must show proof of vaccination prior to the start of the first session in order to participate in this class. Weather permitting, classes will be taught outdoors. Otherwise classes will be held indoors with masks optional in accordance with local guidelines.
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ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR
JACK REITZ is an actor, writer, and improvisor based Durham, NC. He has been studying improv since 2004, first with the DSI Comedy theater in Chapel Hill, NC, and then with the UCB Theater and The Magnet Theater in NYC.
Jack has appeared on stage in Durham, Chicago, and NYC and in various film work including appearances on ABC and MTV. For seven years toured nationally (and internationally) as part of Catharsis Productions' show "Sex Signals," which uses scripted and improvisational comedy to address issues of sexual assault in the military and on college campuses. He was recently the host of Our State Magazine's Secrets of the Triad Series.
Jack Reitz is a founding stakeholder of Mettlesome and recently directed Two Months In - An Original Sketch Comedy Revue. He directs the show Golden Age and can be seen performing with Hush Hush.
Jack has studied with Will Hines, T. J. Jagadowski, Shannon O’Neill, Brandon Scott Jones, Rick Andrews, Jeris Donovan, and Paula Pazderka.