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301: Improv Longform


  • Mettlesome 800 Taylor Street, Suite 9-156 Durham, NC, 27701 United States (map)

Use the skills from 201’s “Game of the Scene” to create characters and worlds that combine to form a unified 25-minute longform improv piece. This class continues a focus on Game-driven scene work and introduces students to the Harold structure.

Classes every Monday, June 26 - August 7. Class show TBD.

Prerequisites: Students are required to have taken Mettlesome's 201: Game of the Scene. You may email any questions to hellothisismettlesome.com

COVID-19 Policy For Classes

Mettlesome strongly encourages all participants to be up-to-date on their COVID vaccinations. By “up-to-date,” we mean having completed your original COVID vaccination series as well as the recommended booster vaccines (according to guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Weather permitting, classes will be taught outdoors. Otherwise classes will be held indoors with masks required in accordance with local guidelines (currently optional). 

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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.

Earlier Event: June 14
201: Game of the Scene
Later Event: July 6
101: Intro to Improv (SOLD OUT)