2 Spots Left! Advanced Musical Improv Workshop w/Laura Hall

[The Institution Theater]

ONLY 2 SPOTS LEFT!!!

Advanced Musical Improv Class with Rick Hall and Laura Hall from "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"!

Sunday, April 29th
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
$55 / $45 for currently registered Institution Theater students (Use Discount Code InstitutionStudent)


To register go to http://www.theinstitutiontheater.com/workshops/27

This morning intensive is only for improvisers with musical improv experience.

We will explore:

1. Working with different musical styles: using vocal stylization and movement to enhance a style.

2. Group singing and movement: coming to a chorus, finding harmonies, call and response, improvising group choreography.

3. The basics of musical structure (and why it's important!)

3. Long forms with music: Make a Musical.

This workshop is limited to 12 students.

RICK and LAURA HALL met in Chicago, driving around in a smelly van with the touring company of THE SECOND CITY. Laura broke all her dating rules by going out with an actor (worse yet, an improviser!), but since then they have gotten married, had two kids, and moved to Los Angeles. There they continue to perform, both separately and together.

Rick and Laura have taught improv workshops at camps, colleges and theaters around the country. Laura especially likes helping people who
are scared out of their minds at the thought of doing music improv find out that it's actually really fun and something they can do.

Laura Hall is best known as the improvisational pianist on television's WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?. She was also on the DREW CAREY SHOW live episodes, and has toured the country doing live performances with DREW CAREY AND THE IMPROV ALLSTARS.

Laura has sat in and played with tons of improv groups in Chicago and L.A., including The Second City, The Annoyance Theatre,
Theatre-A-Go-Go!, The Groundlings, Improv Olympic, ComedySportz, Theatresports, The Improv Institute, Opening Night: The Improvised
Musical!, and Totally Looped.

Rick Hall was a founding member of Chicago's IMPROV INSTITUTE. After touring with THE SECOND CITY, Rick opened two main stage shows, JOHN PAUL SARTRE & RINGO and CATCH 27. Rick often works as a host/presenter at meetings and corporate events, where his improv skills help him handle whatever gets thrown at him.

Rick has used his improv background on the improv based television shows CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM and as a series regular in THE FACTORY. He's been seen on many other television shows as well, including SAVING GRACE, 24,MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE, ACCORDING TO JIM, and SEINFELD. He's also been in films, such as MY FELLOW AMERICANS, THE THING CALLED LOVE, and THREE FUGITIVES. In recent years, Rick has returned to Chicago to perform on stage in Chicago Shakespeare productions of THE SECOND CITY'S ROMEO AND JULIET and the lead role in A FLEA IN HER EAR.

To Register go to http://www.theinstitutiontheater.com/workshops/27, call (512) 895-9580 or send an email to Classes@TheInstitutionTheater.com