WGIS Intensive
Class Description: Will Hines, Sarah Claspell and Jim Woods are the teachers for this class. Our system only lets us put two teachers but it's three.
This is a WGIS intensive in premise improv. We will go over: pulling premise, gentle yes, playing it real, staying grounded, joining team fool, heightening the music, emotional reactions and more.
Two 3-hour sessions a day for 5 days plus a class show at the end. A full course.
NOTE: At first we are accepting ONLY out of town students for this. After a few weeks we will open it up to LA residents.
Mon Jul 28 10am-5pm (LA)
Tue Jul 29 10am-5pm
Thu Jul 31 10am-5pm
Fri Aug 1 10am-5pm
Show: Fri Aug 1 6pm-7pm
$375 USD
Class size: 16
Location:
WGIS Space
1615 N. Vermont Ave.
LA CA 90027
three doors to the right of the Clubhouse
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About Will Hines: Will has been teaching long-form improv since 2004 at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, at both its New York and Los Angeles branches. He's published a best-selling book on improv called How to Be The Greatest Improviser on Earth. He's also a working comedic actor and has appeared on many terrific television programs (Brooklyn 99) and on some big podcasts (Comedy Bang-Bang) as well as the 99 podcasts he's produced himself (including Screw It We're Just Gonna Talk about the Beatles) He's also the founder of the audaciously-named World's Greatest Improv School.
About Sarah Claspell: Sarah is an actor/comedian/writer/teacher/co-owner of WGIS. She has been featured on tv shows such as Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and written for Drunk History, and some other cool stuff, like live shows at the UCB Theatre. She teaches at WGIS and the Upright Citizens Brigade, and performs regularly with improv teams Cardinal Redbird, The Bozos and Voltron, variety show Asian AF, and various shows doing improv, sketch, and characters. She has performed at San Francisco Sketchfest, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Das Improv Festival, and SoHo Rep Theater in New York. Additionally, she has trained with members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in London. Sarah co-hosts the podcast Everything is Rent, a podcast with popular comedians or musical theater types talking about the Broadway musical Rent, of course.
How This Works
- You'll get an address in your enrollment email. Online classes are on Zoom.
- REFUND POLICY: Full refund if you drop 24 hours before start of class.
- Discounts: We sometimes offer discounts on last-minute spots for those in financial need.