Workshop Description: This workshop will largely focus on UCB’s longform improv philosophy “the game of the scene” but exercises and feedback will be pulled from the instructors combined 40+ years of improv study and teaching. Participants will explore justifications, listening, getting active & so much more.
Workshop Length: 2.5 hours
Prerequisite: All improv experience levels welcome.
What Should I Bring? Please wear comfy clothes and closed-toe shoes fit for movement. Bring a notebook and pen/pencil for taking notes. Bring a full water bottle.
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About the Instructor: Casey Feigh is a comedic actor, writer, producer & director who you can see opposite Al Pacino in Dead Man's Wire in theaters and VOD. Other acting credits: St. Denis Medical, Night Court, What We Do In The Shadows, For All Mankind, The Goldbergs, Unprisoned, Grown-ish, Out of Office, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Together Together, Lessons in Chemistry... Casey is the creator of Holy Shit Improv, a touring improv show featuring the best comedy talent in LA that you can watch from anywhere in the world. Casey's written for NBC, Pop TV, Comedy Central, Disney, FunnyOrDie. He's a frequent guest on the podcast Comedy Bang! Bang! and has appeared in a ton of commercials. In Los Angeles, you can catch Casey improvising with Holy Shit Improv Fridays at UCB + Saturdays at The Elysian, with ASSSSCAT, Friday Fix & performing standup twice a year. Enjoying it and then not doing it again for a while.
Comedian, teacher, and writer of short bios, Mike McLendon has led improv comedy workshops across the U.S. and internationally in Australia, China, Japan and aboard Norwegian Cruise Lines. A 20 year veteran of the Los Angeles improv scene, Mike has trained and performed and taught with the Upright Citizens Brigade, iO West, The Second City, The Westside Comedy Theater, and Comedy Sportz. Stage credits include House Teams at iO West (Bandit, Orpheus Roy) and UCB (Outside Dog, How I Met Your Sitcom, I'm Too Effing High) and touring with Mission Improvable, Second City Theatricals, and The Dinner Detective.
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