Devised World Improvised Theatre is a hybrid performance approach in which a cast collaboratively creates a fictional world before or during improvisation, then performs fully improvised scenes within that shared environment. This class will explore principles of devised theatre (where performers collaboratively build story, style, themes, tone, and character relationships through rehearsal exploration) with improvised theatre (where dialogue and actions are created in the moment without a script).
Prerequisites: Beginning Improv, Intermediate Improv.
Instructor: Diana Brown is an improv teaching artist, actor, producer, director, and voiceover talent. Diana was named as one of The Improv Boost’s 2025 Sudden Impact Teachers. She was voted Most Valuable Mentor and Teacher at the San Francisco Improv Festival. In addition to leading the Improv Performance Lab program at the School of Theatre, Diana is a member of the leadership team with Leela Improv Theatre. She leads the improvised Shakespeare program at All Out Comedy Theatre. And she’s a guest teacher with BATS Improv. Diana performs, directs, and teaches at theatre and improv festivals nationally and internationally.
- Tue 7–9:30pm
1/20, 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24, 3/3, 3/10, 3/17, 3/24
$450
