Upright Citizens Brigade Improvisation and Sketch Comedy Training Center
(4746) Improv 101 Thursdays 3-6pm Betsy Stover
Improv 101: Improv Basics
- Scheduled
- Thursdays 3-6pm
- Start Date
- Thu March 18, 2010, 3:00pm EDT
- Price
- $350.00
Students will learn the fundamentals of long-form improvisation. Core concepts covered include using character agreement to make your scenes succeed, developing character, character status, object and environment work, “playing at the top of your intelligence,†and heightening (finding ways to make your scenes get funnier from start to finish).
This course also introduces the specific vocabulary of the UCB Training Center.
This course meets for 8 sessions that are each 3 hours long. At the end of the course, students will take part in a class performance, generally held at the UCB Theatre. Graduation is also contingent upon students seeing at least two improvised shows at the UCB Theater before the end of the course.
Class Size: 16 Students
This course also introduces the specific vocabulary of the UCB Training Center.
This course meets for 8 sessions that are each 3 hours long. At the end of the course, students will take part in a class performance, generally held at the UCB Theatre. Graduation is also contingent upon students seeing at least two improvised shows at the UCB Theater before the end of the course.
Class Size: 16 Students
Betsy Stover, Teacher
Betsy Stover has been improvising for 13 years, 10 of which have been with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. She is a native of Minneapolis, Minnesota and has a background in both short-form and
long-form improv. She attended NYU were she studied directing and dramatic acting. Betsy has appeared on NBC, MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, NPR and has also starred in numerous TV and radio commercials. She has performed in a zillion shows and Harold teams at UCBT. Betsy lives with her husband and fellow UCBT teacher, Ari Voukydis, and their dog, Walter, in the Lower East Side, where they like to pretend that they are more bad ass than they actually are. Betsy likes to curse. A lot.
long-form improv. She attended NYU were she studied directing and dramatic acting. Betsy has appeared on NBC, MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, NPR and has also starred in numerous TV and radio commercials. She has performed in a zillion shows and Harold teams at UCBT. Betsy lives with her husband and fellow UCBT teacher, Ari Voukydis, and their dog, Walter, in the Lower East Side, where they like to pretend that they are more bad ass than they actually are. Betsy likes to curse. A lot.
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This Course is Completed.