Upright Citizens Brigade Improvisation and Sketch Comedy Training Center

(7629) Improv 201 Mondays 7-10pm Anthony Atamanuik


Improv 201: Game of the Scene

Prerequisites
Completion of Improv 101 within previous two years
Scheduled
Mondays 7-10pm
Start Date
Mon September 24, 2012, 7:00pm EDT
Price
$350.00

The UCB Training Center teaches quality comedic scenes focus on one central comedic idea: referred to as "The Game" of the scene.

Students will be taught: 1) identifying "games," 2) heightening - finding new ways to make your scenes get funnier from start to finish, 3) realizing how patterns support the "game," 4) second beats (returning to scenes later in a piece).
This course meets for 8 sessions that are each 3 hours long.

Students will take part in a class performance, generally held at the UCB Theatre.

Students are required to see at least 2 improvised shows at the UCB Theater before the end of the course.

Admission to 301 after the completion of this course is not guaranteed. Students will be judged on their application of concepts that they have learned in Improv 101 & 201. The Training Center will send placement notification to students within 10 days of the Improv 201 graduation performance. Students may not enroll in Improv 301 before receiving this notification.

Class Size: 16 Students


Admission to 301 after the completion of this course is not guaranteed. Students will be judged on their application of concepts that they have learned in Improv 101 & 201. The Training Center will send placement notification to students within 10 days of the Improv 201 graduation performance. Students may not enroll in Improv 301 before receiving this notification.

Anthony Atamanuik, Teacher

Anthony Atamanuik has been performing, directing and writing for over 25 years, receiving his Bachelor's of Science in Film Theory from Emerson College in 1997.  Anthony has also trained at Second City Toronto, Gotham City Improv and since 2002 and the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre.

Anthony has studied under legendary acting and vocal coach Kristen Linklater during his Emerson College years. He has also had the opportunity to study improvisation with, UCB founders Matt Walsh, Ian Roberts and Matt Besser.  Anthony has also taken classes and been directed by, Seth Morris, Billy Merritt, Owen Burke, Kevin Mullaney, Dyna Moe, and Brian Huskey.

Anthony has been a teaching improvisation at the Upright Citizen's Brigade Training Center for over a year.   He has directed UCB house team Reuben Williams and UCB Harold teams, Creep, 1985, fwand, Kill Your Darlings, Raynard, DeCoster, Beverly Hills, and Tantrum.

He wrote the film short "The Incredible Drunk" which won the Channel 102 Film Festival.   Anthony also wrote web content for Jim Henson Interactive from 1996-1998.

Anthony performed the with the Gotham City Improv Main Company from 2000 to 2002.  He  has performed improv at he UCB theatre since 2003 with a variety of ensembles, "Creep", "Grenade vs. Washing Machine" and "Trillion".  He currently performs with the house team "Death By Roo Roo".   Anthony is also a regular monologist at UCBâ's flagship Sunday night show Assscat.

His Television credits include appearances on Conan O'Brian, The Caroline Rhea Show, and  The Tony Danza Show.   He has a recurring role as a Girly Show staff writer "Anthony Yannetti" on the Emmy Award winning NBC Sitcom "30 Rock" and plays various roles in the Adult Swim's "Fat Guy Stuck In Internet".

Anthony lives in Astoria with his girlfriend Flossie and their turtle, Turtle.

Schedule

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September 2012
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  • Class #1

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  • UCB NYC Classroom 4
    145 W 30th St. 4th Flr
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  • Class #4

    UCB NYC Classroom 1
     
  • Class #5

    UCB NYC Classroom 1
     
  • UCB NYC Classroom 3
    145 W 30th St. 4th Flr
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  • UCB NYC Classroom 1
    145 W 30th St. 4th Flr
    (btwn 6th & 7th Ave)
     
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    UCB NYC Classroom 1
     
  • Class #8

    UCB NYC Classroom 4
     
  • Performance

    UCB EAST
     
  • UCB NYC Classroom 1
    145 W 30th St. 4th Flr
    (btwn 6th & 7th Ave)
     
  • UCB NYC Classroom 4
    145 W 30th St. 4th Flr
    (btwn 6th & 7th Ave)
     
  • UCB EAST
    153 E. 3rd St. at Avenue A

     
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