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Improv Level 06 (Sat)
Level 06: Creating a Form
Prequisite: must have taken a Level 5 improv class at ColdTowne
In Level 6, you'll take everything you've been learning for the past year and apply it to creating and performing your class's own form. You'll also get a series of showcases at the theater that run concurrently with the class and culminate in a graduation show and ceremony. You get a certificate and everything!
This class includes a 4 showcase performances including a graduation performance.
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Improv Level 03 (Sat)
Advanced Scene Work
Prerequisite: must have taken a Level 2 improv class at ColdTowne
Strong group work, or “group mind,” is the focus of Level 3, where students take a deeper look at their scenework and begin to create shows that are more than just a montage of disconnected scenes. While continuing to strengthen and build on the lessons of past levels, various storytelling techniques and other skills are introduced to help students go from improvising a single scene to creating an entire longform improv show. This class includes a student performance!
Improv Level 04 (Sat)
The Harold
Prerequisite: must have taken a Level 03 Improv class at ColdTowne
If Chicago-style improv were music, The Harold would be the twelve-bar blues, the language that’s shared by all improvisers in this tradition. In addition to being a challenging and rewarding form in itself, The Harold is also a great teaching tool, and the skills learned in mastering it are applicable to almost every other form of improv. This level builds on and challenges all of the skills the students have learned up to this point. Students weave together multiple story lines and characters to create shows that are each a unique tapestry spun from what has come before. This class includes a student performance.