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Improv Class Level 1: (Fun)damentals of Improv

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To be great at long form improv, you need to be connected to your scene partner. If your scenes aren't emotionally grounded, the audience won't care, and you won't get as many laughs.

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In this (Fun)dementals of Improv class, you will learn how to do realistic long form improv, creating fully improvised scenes based on real life. It's the relationship between the characters and their emotional reactions that really matters.

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I will teach you how to become emotionally connected to your scene partner so your dialogue will flow easily and effortlessly, making improvising as easy as having a conversation.

Your scene success rate will increase.
Your confidence will soar.
The "game of the scene" will appear easily.
The laughs will be more satisfying, because they will come from recognition

I have been teaching my "Art of Slow Comedy" method of improvisation since 1991 and have taught thousands of people to improvise this way. My class were named in Chicago Magazine’s “5 Great Comedy Classes for Fall 2015"!

I am the author of several books on improv and the host of the Improv Nerd podcast. I don't only care about teaching improv, I also care about people.

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"Jimmy does more than teach. He unlocks what's already there."
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"I learned more from Jimmy in my first class than I had learned in the entirety of the improv program at another school.”
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NEXT CLASS

March 14-April 25, 2023 -- Tuesdays from 1-3 p.m. (no class March 28)
At The Laughing Academy, Glenview, IL
$259

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