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Advanced Study: Shortform Improv


  • American Underground @ Market 212 West Main Street Durham, NC, 27701 United States (map)

Each week we will cover a different "category" of Shortform Game and in doing so will go
over their mechanics, tips and tricks for success (as well as how to host them for your own Shortform Team!). This course will foster energetic play, strong characters, and launch you into the Shortform Welterweight - Prepare for High-Octane fun!

Classes every Sunday 2-4pm, March 15th - May 3rd. As part of the course, students will also perform in 4 shows in collaboration with Mettlesome's Shortform Team, House Party -

Show dates:
Saturday 3/15 @7PM - with House Party

Thursday 4/9 @7:30PM

Saturday 4/25 @7PM - with House Party

Saturday 5/2 @6PM

PREREQUISITE: Completion of Mettlesome’s Improv 201: Game of the Scene or relevant equivalent is required for signing up. If you have any questions about this policy, you may contact us here.

Please read our Lab FAQ & Policies and Covid Policies before signing up for a class or workshop.

INSTRUCTOR: Miles Amiri

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INSTRUCTOR: Miles Amiri
INSTRUCTOR: Miles Amiri

Miles Amiri (He/Him) first began taking improv classes circa 2017 in conjunction with Goodnights Comedy Club and Moonlight Stage Company. From there he took the next logical step and started doing Stand-Up Comedy at open mics around the Triangle over the following 3 years, occasionally hosting shows for touring indie bands. He eventually found home with Mettlesome Theatre in 2022.

Since then Miles has had the pleasure to do improv and sketch with a smattering of troupes across multiple theatres, states, and festivals such as San Francisco Sketchfest, Williamsburg's LastWord Festival, and Chicago's ioFest.

He's taken workshops with Bruce Philips, Jenn Bianchi, BabyWantsCandy and more. It's an indisputable fact that he loves the craft.

Miles is a residential appraiser, writer, has a voracious appetite for reading manga, and loves running improvised Dungeons & Dragons One-Shots.

Earlier Event: March 7
WORKSHOPS: Position Play & The Ladder Form
Later Event: March 16
Improv 401: The Harold