NEW CLASSES IN JANUARY WITH DAVE BUCKMAN

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Dave Buckman returns to Austin this January from a two-month tour with The Second City for a full slate of Graduate classes and Finding the Game workshops.

Dave Buckman has been a Director, Teacher and Performer for Chicago’s The Second City, Amsterdam’s Boom Chicago and Austin’s ColdTowne Theater. He has written and produced shows with some of the leading forces in comedy today including Jordan Peele, Jason Sudekis, Ike Barinholtz, Seth Meyers, Dave Razowsky, John Lutz, Maribeth Monroe, Rich Talarico and Rebecca Drysdale as well as countless improvisers and comedians in Austin, Tex.




WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY ADVANCED IMPROV CLASSES
Classes designed for Continuing Education for graduates of Austin’s Improv schools and Improv Instructors to take an honest and supportive look at your own scene work, get some perceptive feedback and receive notes that are fair and honest.
$25 per class (2, 4, 8 or 12 classes)


Wednesday January 15 at 600-800pm-- Messiah Lutheran Church 5701 Cameron Rd
Wednesday January 15 at 830-1030pm--Messiah Lutheran Church 5701 Cameron Rd
Thursday January 16 at 330-530pm-- Messiah Lutheran Church 5701 Cameron Rd
Thursday January 16 at 830-1030pm--Messiah Lutheran Church 5701 Cameron Rd

Wednesday January 22 at 600-800pm-- Messiah Lutheran Church 5701 Cameron Rd
Wednesday January 22 at 830-1030pm--Messiah Lutheran Church 5701 Cameron Rd
Thursday January 23 at 330-530pm-- Messiah Lutheran Church 5701 Cameron Rd
Thursday January 23 at 830-1030pm--Messiah Lutheran Church 5701 Cameron Rd

Wednesday January 29 at 600-800pm-- Messiah Lutheran Church 5701 Cameron Rd
Wednesday January 29 at 830-1030pm--Messiah Lutheran Church 5701 Cameron Rd
Thursday January 30 at 330-530pm-- Messiah Lutheran Church 5701 Cameron Rd
Thursday January 30 at 830-1030pm--Messiah Lutheran Church 5701 Cameron Rd

Sign up for 2, 4, 8 or all 12 classes here:
http://www.rachelanddave.com/rachelandd ... _Dave.html



SATURDAY WORKSHOPS-FINDING AND HEIGHTENING THE GAME
A 3 week workshop in Finding and Heightening the Game within your improv scenes.
How do you walk into a scene? This class will help you laser in on what is funny about your improv scene and help you articulate that point...then what? Do you Freeze up when you know you need to turn on the juice? This class will also teach you about patterns, games and heightening past that plateau where the scenes starts to get boring and everyone is looking at you holding the ball.
3 weeks for $100

Saturday January 18 at 330-530pm--Messiah Lutheran Church 5701 Cameron Rd
Saturday January 25 at 330-530pm--ColdTowne Theater 4803 Airport Blvd
Saturday February 1 at 330-530pm--ColdTowne Theater 4803 Airport Blvd


Sign up for this 3-week workshop here:
http://www.rachelanddave.com/rachelandd ... shops.html


“Dave is great at getting you to actively reflect on your personal play-style and helps you identify ways to sharpen the skills you’re already good at, as well as getting you comfortable with the idea of wielding the skills you may not use that often.”
-Adam Trabka, Bad Boys

“Brutal diagnostics, targeted exercises specific to my needs and honest feedback made this class a crucial building block for my improv. Do you want to get better? Take this class.”
- Sarah Marie Curry, Girls!Girls!Girls!

“Dave was able to identify key tendencies of mine that were hindering my improv and target them. I am so excited to apply my new-found perspective. He walked me through my own thought process, invited me to explore other ideas, and then gave me the support I needed to feel comfortable when attempting new territory in my scenes. Awesome. I watched my improv and the improv of my fellow classmates improve two-fold. It was inspiring.”
- Ruby Willmann, the Escorts

“I've had more instruction from Dave than any other teacher, and I still benefit from his coaching. He identifies and articulates aspects of your play that everyone else has missed, and I love the collegial atmosphere he creates. When you walk out of one of Dave's workshops, you not only feel like a better improviser, you also feel like a valued contributor to a working artistic community.”
- John Ratliff, Chronicle’s Best of Austin Improv Coach

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these classes start this coming Wednesday!