Drop In Improv Diagnostics Workshop
A Monthly Personalized Work-Out
$12 / $10 for Institution Students (Use Discount Code IKnowTomBooker)
The Institution Theater offers an opportunity for anyone to drop by and get individualized notes on their improv. It will be two hours of rapid-fire scenework to explore each player's tendencies and which direction to push them for challenge and growth. Each month's workshop will be led by a different Institution instructor who will bring their unique perspective and experience into challenging you in your improv work.
Upcoming Diagnostics workshops
Saturday, December 5th, 4pm-6pm - Tom Booker
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This workshop is limited to 12 students.
TOM BOOKER started studying improvisation in 1986 at The Second City Training Center in Chicago before studying with legendary improv guru Del Close at ImprovOlympic (iO) where he performed with the infamous house troupe, Blue Velveeta. He is also a founding member of Chicago’s Annoyance Theatre where, among other things, he performed in their Off-Broadway production of The Real Live Brady Bunch at the world famous Village Gate Theater and at the Westwood Playhouse in Los Angeles.
After moving to Los Angeles in 1991, Tom formed Theatre-A-Go-Go! with Laura Hall, the musical director from Whose Line Is It Anyway? He eventually started teaching improv and sketch writing at The Second City Training Center in Los Angeles. Tom also co-wrote and co-directed (with producing partner Jon Kean) the feature film Kill The Man starring Luke Wilson, which premiered at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival. Tom has appeared in several television shows, a few movies and nearly a hundred commercials.
In 2007, Tom Booker came to Austin to start an improv theater and school and Austin’s Institution Theater was born! He’s a really nice guy. You should meet him.