Upright Citizens Brigade Improvisation and Sketch Comedy Training Center

(5239) Improv 101 Wednesdays 3-6pm Joe Wengert

Improv 101: Improv Basics

Scheduled
Wednesdays 3-6pm
Start Date
Wed September 1, 2010, 3:00pm PDT
Price
$350.00
Students will learn the fundamentals of long-form improvisation. Core concepts covered include using character agreement to make your scenes succeed, developing character, character status, object and environment work, “playing at the top of your intelligence,” and heightening (finding ways to make your scenes get funnier from start to finish).

This course also introduces the specific vocabulary of the UCB Training Center.

This course meets for 8 sessions that are each 3 hours long. At the end of the course, students will take part in a class performance, generally held at the UCB Theatre. Graduation is also contingent upon students seeing at least two improvised shows at the UCB Theater before the end of the course.

Class Size: 16 Students Class meets at MetaTheatre in West Hollywood

Joe Wengert, Teacher

Joe Wengert has been improvising for over ten years. After performing as a founding member of the first improv troupe at the University of Delaware, he came to New York City and studied at the UCB Training Center under Michael Delaney, Armando Diaz, Kevin Mullaney, Billy Merritt, Matt Besser, Ian Roberts, Matt Walsh, and many others. He has been a regular performer at the UCB Theatre since 2002 in shows such as Game Face, Your Favorite Thing, the Dark Side of the Moon Show, Krompf, Instant Cinema, Dillinger, and more. He can currently be seen performing at UCBTLA with house team The Smokes.

Joe has also performed at improv festivals in Chicago and Toronto, and he currently tours the country with the UCB Touring Company. He has appeared on VH1 and in national commercials. He is currently a writer for the Onion News Network.

Schedule

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    MetaTheatre
     
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  • Class #3

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  • Class #4

    MetaTheatre
     
  • Class #5

    MetaTheatre
     
  • MetaTheatre
    7801 Melrose Avenue (entrance on Ogden)

     
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  • Class #6

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  • Class #7

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  • Class #8

    MetaTheatre
     
  • Performance

    UCBTLA
     
  • MetaTheatre
    7801 Melrose Avenue (entrance on Ogden)

     
  • UCBTLA
    5919 Franklin Avenue (at Bronson)
    Hollywood
     
Online Registration is not available.
This Course is Completed.