Upright Citizens Brigade Improvisation and Sketch Comedy Training Center
(4226) Improv 401 Wednesdays 7-10pm Jeff Hiller
Improv 401: Harold Workshop
- Prerequisites
- Completion of Improv 301 within previous two years
- Scheduled
- Wednesdays 7-10pm
- Start Date
- Wed July 8, 2009, 7:00pm EDT
- Price
- $350.00
Improv 401 serves as the end official "end" of our improv program. This course offers students the chance to strengthen their individual skills while giving them more practice with the long form improvisation performance known as the Harold. Additionally, the course will introduce new openings and exercises about playing without fear, emphasizing group ownership, and bringing more of themselves to their scene work.
One goal of the course is to help students perform stronger scenes. The instructor will use the first half of the course to identify and troubleshoot any weaknesses that the individual players may be demonstrating.
The other goal of the course is to allow students to continue to perform full Harolds. The instructor will use "side-coaching," or feedback given during an improvised piece as it is happening, in order to facilitate success in the students' improvised scenes. The instructor will also give notes after each performance in order to enhance and improve the quality of future performances.
This course meets for three hours a week for eight weeks. Students will perform in two class performances, generally held at the UCB Theatre – once halfway through the course and once at the end. Graduation is also contingent upon students seeing at least two improvised shows at the UCB Theater before the end of the course. Admission to 501 after the completion of this course is not guaranteed. Students will be judged on their application of concepts that they have learned in previous levels.
No class August 12th.
NOTE: This class will meet at Atlantic Acting School. Photo ID required for entry.
One goal of the course is to help students perform stronger scenes. The instructor will use the first half of the course to identify and troubleshoot any weaknesses that the individual players may be demonstrating.
The other goal of the course is to allow students to continue to perform full Harolds. The instructor will use "side-coaching," or feedback given during an improvised piece as it is happening, in order to facilitate success in the students' improvised scenes. The instructor will also give notes after each performance in order to enhance and improve the quality of future performances.
This course meets for three hours a week for eight weeks. Students will perform in two class performances, generally held at the UCB Theatre – once halfway through the course and once at the end. Graduation is also contingent upon students seeing at least two improvised shows at the UCB Theater before the end of the course. Admission to 501 after the completion of this course is not guaranteed. Students will be judged on their application of concepts that they have learned in previous levels.
No class August 12th.
NOTE: This class will meet at Atlantic Acting School. Photo ID required for entry.
Jeff Hiller, Teacher
Jeff Hiller has performed and studied at the UCB Theatre since 2001. He has studied with many great teachers at the UCB including workshops with all four UCB members. Jeff has been teaching at the UCB since 2006 and has been coaching independent improv groups since 2004. Jeff was a member of harold teams Creep and Police Chief Rumble (2004 ECNY award, best sketch group) and has performed in many shows at the theatre including "Kilgore: The Musical", "A Ho Ho Horatio Christmas", "The Real Real World", and "Listen Kid". Jeff is a musical improviser and has played with "Baby Wants Candy", "I Eat Panda's and Friends", and "The Made Up Musical". He was the founding member of the all gay improv teams "Feathers and Flannel" and "Neely O'Hara". Jeff is also a regular performer in the NYC musical theatre scene withe credits such as: "Silence: The Musical", "Slut", "The Awesome 80's Prom" and "The Children" (NYMF Individual Performance Award). Jeff's TV credits are MTV's "Boiling Points" (Series Regular), Fuse's "The PA" (Series Regular), Some bits on Conan, VH1 Talking Head shows, the voice of Nano on "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", several commercials, and as a gay prostitute on FX's "Starved".
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This Course is Completed.