Prerequisite: Must have taken an improv class at ColdTowne or elsewhere.

Strengthen your two person scenes using characters, relationships, and finding & playing “The Game.”

Building on the fundamentals from Level 01, students will begin to practice skills and techniques that strengthen their scenes and characters. Concepts will be introduced to help create deeper characters and relationships more quickly, while keeping things fun! Students will learn how to identify patterns within their scenes to create “The Game”: the engine that drives comedy in an improvised scene or sketch. This class includes a student performance!

DANI GONZALEZ is a comedian based in Austin, Texas. She is a 2017 graduate of ColdTowne's program and has been performing ever since. She is a current member of Midnight Society, one of Austin's longest-running troupes, and has been a member of troupes such as Say Uncle, Stool Pigeon, and Prima Donas (Latinuats) to name a few. She has performed in multiple festivals with her sketch and improv groups.

Prerequisite: Level 3 or higher in an established improv program.

Create believable characters that exist under the imaginary circumstances created by the scene. Practice supporting a base reality by accepting the gifts that the moment has already provided. Improve your group scenes by discovering what your imagination can find between the lines of dialogue.

CLIFTON HIGHFIELD has been teaching and performing in Austin for over a decade. He has studied comedy at Second City, ImprovOlympic, iO West, and UCB in Detroit, Chicago, and LA. Clifton has taught scores of comedy classes at various theaters, festivals, comedy clubs, schools, and workplaces across the US and is currently a faculty instructor at The Fallout Theater. Clifton has performed in over a thousand shows across the United States and currently performs in The Sunday Harold with Candy Necklace at Coldtowne Theater.