Improv gets easier when your body joins the conversation. This class builds from the physical to the vocal to the text: first space, posture, and movement to discover new character spines, then impulse into sound, then dialogue driven by what your body already found. You’ll make scenes and stories on the spot in a supportive environment that rewards cooperation over cleverness. No experience needed. Over-thinkers and shy people welcome.
Instructor: George Higgins teaches Stagecraft for Lawyers as a lecturer at Berkeley Law and trial skills as a guest lecturer at Stanford Law. George taught improv and trial skills as the Distinguished Practitioner in Residence and as an adjunct professor at Cornell Law. He taught improv as a teaching assistant at the BATS School of Improv. George has improvised with Stone Soup Improv, the (i)ncidentalists, BATS summer school intensive, Leela, and the Advanced Improv Lab at Berkeley Rep. George was formerly a trial lawyer, Navy prosecutor, and public defender. He’s a graduate of Michigan Law.
- Thu 7–9:30pm
9/24, 10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/29, 11/5 (no class 10/22)
$380
Instructor: Jon Burnett holds an MFA in Performance from the University of Tennessee’s International Actor Training Academy. Jon has appeared on stages from New York City to Budapest, Hungary, taking on roles ranging from André in Chekhov’s The Three Sisters to Einstein in Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile. After founding two college improv troupes, he refined his craft at the Berkeley Rep School of Theatre under Diane Rachel and Diana Brown and studied action theatre with Ruth Zaporah. Jon is also a founding member of the improv ensemble The Incidentalists.
- Wed 1–4pm
10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 12/2 (no class 11/25)
$310
