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Want to learn improv? Take a class or workshop with us. We cover every side of improv and a wide range of improv formats, from shortform games like on "Whose Line" to longforms like "The Harold." Become more comfortable on stage, free your mind, and make your first instinct brilliant, all while supporting your fellow performers and making something out of nothing.
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We teach improv through the Philly Improv Theater.
www.phillyimprovtheater.com

Level 2 improv class - Intro to the Harold - with Nathan Edmondson
Monday nights starting in May
Level 3 improv class - Advanced Harold Concepts - with Alexis Simpson
Monday nights starting in May

We can also be booked to run workshops or coach new groups or projects.
Contact us at contact@rarebirdshow.com if you have any questions or want more information.

Longform Alexis Simpson | Improv Class | Class size: 5 to 12
This class introduces the fundamentals of good scenework, and how to use those skills to create interesting scenes within formats like the Harold or the Deconstruction. Ideal for those with some improv background, but no experience is necessary.

GAME ON! Matt Holmes | Improv Workshop
"Finding the game of the scene" is an improv technique that allows you to make anything into an interesting, funny, compelling piece of entertainment. Find the game of the scene, recognize patterns, and heighten ideas.

GET REAL! Matt Holmes | Improv Workshop
Get serious about comedy and find meaningful, honest, amazing moments in improv. Find the truth in comedy. Don't limit yourself to gags and gimmicks. Give your improv more impact by adding emotion, subtext, and importance to the hilarity.

STATUS Alexis Simpson & Nathan Edmondson | Improv Workshop
Come learn about the power of status as a tool for creating characters, scenes, and games. Experienced improvisors will appreciate a review of this all-important concept and beginning students of improv will find a powerful new tool to use in their work.

Feedback

"I took a workshop with y'all. It was sweet. I learned the best game ever, CR, which i taught to all my friends and now we have t-shirts. well, not really, but it was still fun." -Anna		"Intimate and focused, well-organized, fun, relaxed... I learned about short and longform improv, finding the game, to become more comforatble even when you don't know what to say. I miss the class and I wish I was still taking it." -Ariella Blejer
"Somehow he was able to make it simple enough for beginnners to grasp the concepts and move forward quickly, but also challenging enough for more experienced improvisers so they didn't get bored." -Matt Nelson		"You crammed an eight-credit course into four hours." -Mark

"I loved the way the workshop progressed from three-liners to mini scenes- it was so satisfying!
I loved the equal support you showed to every member of the workshop.
I loved the support the members showed to each other. I would love to take another workshop!"
-Mimi Chapra