Improv might be the most challenging of the performing arts for a director to skillfully mold his cast, and this class will show you how to get the most out of your improvisers whether in a class or a rehearsal. Techniques for creating lesson plans, orchestrating rehearsals, and giving notes will be explored. Participants will be given the opportunity to apply the techniques through hands on experience directing each other, and at the end of the session there will be a Q&A to address personal concerns of the attendees.
Saturday, February 25th
11am - 2pm
$40 / $30 for Institution Students
The Institution Theater, 3708 Woodbury Drive
Limited to 12 students.
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Asaf Ronen is creator and Editor-in-Chief of YESand.com, a website devoted to improvisation, and the author of Directing Improv: Show the Way By Getting Out of the Way. He has been involved in improv since 1990 and is currently Educational Director of The Institution Theater. He has directed dozens of shows including the improvised comic book adventure show Ka-Baam!!, the Miyazaki-inspired Spirited and Death in the City, a dramatic longform improv piece, at the NY Fringe Festival.
Asaf has taught improvisation in Canada, Great Britain, Norway and in twenty-three of The United States, to everyone from kindergarteners to ministers. In 2000, Asaf worked with Cirque du Soleil as a scout for improvisational talent.[/img]
