Jill Bernard Improv Workshops - Jan. 11th & 12th at TIT
Posted: December 11th, 2013, 2:14 pm
Jill Bernard Improv Workshops happening at The Institution Theater!
January 11th & 12th
JILL BERNARD has been performing with ComedySportz-Twin Cities since 1993, and is a founding member of HUGE Theater in Uptown Minneapolis. Her one-woman improv piece, Drum Machine, has been featured in over forty improv festivals. She has taught and performed improv in Norway, Australia, Canada, Argentina and over thirty-five of the United States; and also on an episode of MTV "Made." She is one-half of the duo SCRAM with Joe Bill of the Annoyance Theater. An Artistic Associate of the Chicago Improv Festival, she has studied at the Annoyance Theater, Improv Olympic, the Brave New Workshop and other organizations; and is the recipient of the 2005 Chicago Improv Festival Avery Schreiber Ambassador of Improv Award, and the 2007 Miami Improv Festival award for Best Solo Show. She was also the winner, in January 2000, of the Executive Vice President Award for outstanding contribution to Human Resources, the highest award in the American Express Human Resources function. She's also the voice of God, the Holy Ghost, the Virgin Mary and other religious figures in a series of confirmation videos for Sparkhouse.
IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY
Saturday, January 11th
11:00 am to 2:00 pm
$50 / $40 for for currently registered Institution Students (Use Discount Code InstitutionStudent)
Too often improv feels like a chore, filled with right decisions and good and bad choices. In this session with Jill Bernard, participants will learn the joy and success that follows doing exactly what tickles them.
This workshop is limited to 15 students.
To register go to http://theinstitutiontheater.com/workshops/68
FIREBALL THEORY
Saturday, January 11th
3:00 pm to 6:00 pm
$50 / $40 for for currently registered Institution Students (Use Discount Code InstitutionStudent)
This workshop presents Jill Bernard's Fireball Theory and offers exercises to help you improvise faster and harder than you can judge yourself. You will learn to metaphorically hit the scene running and outrun the explosion of self-loathing and doubt like an action movie hero outruns a fireball thus defying the laws of physics.
This workshop is limited to 15 students.
To register go to http://theinstitutiontheater.com/workshops/68
VAPAPO: CHARACTER TOOLKIT
Sunday, January 12th
12:00 pm to 5:00 pm (with at 30 minute break)
$65 / $55 for for currently registered Institution Students (Use Discount Code InstitutionStudent)
Jill Bernard offers a character toolkit to give participants the ability to create strong, compelling characters that they can hang onto through the whole scene. This session will focus on using Voice, Attitude or Posture, and Animal, Prop or Obsession to build instant characters. Participants will use these tools to fearlessly initiate scenes, create relationships and find agreement.
This workshop is limited to 15 students.
To register go to http://theinstitutiontheater.com/workshops/68
January 11th & 12th
JILL BERNARD has been performing with ComedySportz-Twin Cities since 1993, and is a founding member of HUGE Theater in Uptown Minneapolis. Her one-woman improv piece, Drum Machine, has been featured in over forty improv festivals. She has taught and performed improv in Norway, Australia, Canada, Argentina and over thirty-five of the United States; and also on an episode of MTV "Made." She is one-half of the duo SCRAM with Joe Bill of the Annoyance Theater. An Artistic Associate of the Chicago Improv Festival, she has studied at the Annoyance Theater, Improv Olympic, the Brave New Workshop and other organizations; and is the recipient of the 2005 Chicago Improv Festival Avery Schreiber Ambassador of Improv Award, and the 2007 Miami Improv Festival award for Best Solo Show. She was also the winner, in January 2000, of the Executive Vice President Award for outstanding contribution to Human Resources, the highest award in the American Express Human Resources function. She's also the voice of God, the Holy Ghost, the Virgin Mary and other religious figures in a series of confirmation videos for Sparkhouse.
IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY
Saturday, January 11th
11:00 am to 2:00 pm
$50 / $40 for for currently registered Institution Students (Use Discount Code InstitutionStudent)
Too often improv feels like a chore, filled with right decisions and good and bad choices. In this session with Jill Bernard, participants will learn the joy and success that follows doing exactly what tickles them.
This workshop is limited to 15 students.
To register go to http://theinstitutiontheater.com/workshops/68
FIREBALL THEORY
Saturday, January 11th
3:00 pm to 6:00 pm
$50 / $40 for for currently registered Institution Students (Use Discount Code InstitutionStudent)
This workshop presents Jill Bernard's Fireball Theory and offers exercises to help you improvise faster and harder than you can judge yourself. You will learn to metaphorically hit the scene running and outrun the explosion of self-loathing and doubt like an action movie hero outruns a fireball thus defying the laws of physics.
This workshop is limited to 15 students.
To register go to http://theinstitutiontheater.com/workshops/68
VAPAPO: CHARACTER TOOLKIT
Sunday, January 12th
12:00 pm to 5:00 pm (with at 30 minute break)
$65 / $55 for for currently registered Institution Students (Use Discount Code InstitutionStudent)
Jill Bernard offers a character toolkit to give participants the ability to create strong, compelling characters that they can hang onto through the whole scene. This session will focus on using Voice, Attitude or Posture, and Animal, Prop or Obsession to build instant characters. Participants will use these tools to fearlessly initiate scenes, create relationships and find agreement.
This workshop is limited to 15 students.
To register go to http://theinstitutiontheater.com/workshops/68