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Improvisational Acting Fundamentals
for Performers

Wednesdays 8:00-9:50pm
Jun 25 - Aug 27
$80 (non-refundable)
Additional $50 deposit is required.
Limit 12 Students

This class introduces students to a complete system of practical techniques for improvisational acting. Improvisational scenework and its application to both short and long form improv is explored. A heavy emphasis is placed on making strong choices, creating dramatic action, and heightening patterns. This class is geared toward performers of all kinds who are interested in learning how to participate in improvisational performances or just want to increase their impromptu abilities.

Successful completion of this course is a prerequisite for participation in the Advanced Improvisational Acting Teams program. The course lasts eight weeks, and ends on August 13. Students who wish to participate in a recital performance on August 27 will be asked to attend a rehearsal on August 20. Tuition is $80 (non-refundable). Students must also pay an additional $50 deposit, which will be refunded if the student misses no more than one class session.

Advanced Improvisational Acting Teams

Wednesdays 6:00-7:50pm
Jun 25 - Aug 27
$80 (non-refundable)
Additional $50 deposit is required.
Limit 12 Students

This program is an advanced study of applying improvisational acting techniques to performance. Students will be cast into performance ensembles under the direction of a Breaking Point Studio instructor. Each ensemble will spend eight weeks preparing and developing an improvised performance piece based on improv principles. A major focus of the program is providing individualized feedback and coaching to students. This program is for advanced improvisers who want to increase their skills and gain valuable performance experience.

To participate in this program, students must first successfully complete the Improvisational Acting Fundamentals for Performers course, obtain instructor permission, and audition for a place in a performance ensemble. Auditions will be held on June 25. The course will last eight weeks, with a mandatory recital on August 27. Tuition is $80 (non-refundable). Students must also pay an additional $50 deposit, which will be refunded if the student misses no more than one class session.

About Our Instructors: Jesse Parent
Jesse has taught improv classes for Quick Wits Clearfield, ComedySportz Provo, Off the Wall, TBA - In No Particular Order, and Laughing Stock in Utah, Guerilla Improv in Massachusetts, the Beatnik Syndicate in California, and the Dirty South Improv Festival in North Carolina. He has also helped run student workshops for KYSOff and Quick Wits Salt Lake City and was the coach for the improv team The Prototypes and the improv troupe 3.2 Improv. He also taught a weekly class in Salt Lake City called "Four Weeks a Form," where he developed the slam poetry inspired format, the Hook, which was performed at the 7th Annual Del Close Marathon, the 2006 Phoenix Improv Festival, the 2006 Denver Improv Festival, and the 2007 Chicago Improv Festival, as well as by groups in San Francisco and Boston. In 2006, Jesse was named an Artistic Associate of the Chicago Improv Festival. He also tours internationally with the long form improv duo JoKyR and Jesster, and regularly competes in national slam poetry competitions.

About Our Instructors: Joseph Kyle Rogan
Mr. Rogan is Utah's most experienced and prolific improv teacher. He began improvising professionally in 1996, when he founded the award winning KYSOff Improvised Productions. Since then, he has traveled throughout North America to study under the best improv teachers in the world, including instructors from the Second City, ImprovOlympic, Upright Citizens Brigade, Annoyance Theatre, Dirty South Improv, Brave New Workshop, and the Hothouse Spontaneous Theatre Conservatory. He has taught improv classes for festivals across the United States and for private groups in Utah, Arizona, Wyoming, Florida, and the US Virgin Isles. Rogan holds a BFA in Acting and Theatre Education from the University of Utah, and teaches Theatre at Glendale Middle School in Salt Lake City. He is an active member of multiple improv performance groups, including Laughing Stock at the Off Broadway Theatre, but is best known as the first half of the international touring long form improv duo JoKyR and Jesster.