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Improv Skills Class: Stagecraft

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We all have our stage. Scripted and improvised actors and stand-up comedians have an actual stage. Some of us play on the stage of everyday life, trying to speak and behave like “normal” human beings. Stagecraft is the technical skills of acting: blocking, vocals, physicality. These are the skills that help keep an audience engaged so they will listen to what you’re saying.

June’s Improv Skills Drop-In improv classes are focused on training your stagecraft skills to be a more dynamic performer and speaker. Topics to be covered include: physicality, space work, vocals, and theatricality.

 

WHERE: HiFi COOP, 2nd Floor, Ward Warehouse, 1050 Ala Moana Blvd STE. 2580, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
WHEN: Every Tuesday in April
TIMES: 7:30pm
TICKETS: $10/class or $35 for the month Classes start promptly at 7:30 every Tuesday. Classes run until 9:30.

 

Our Improv Skills are every Tuesday and open to everyone regardless of improv experience level.  If you’ve never improvised before, that’s great!  Our instructors are gentle and have plenty of experience to share.

Drop-in Improv Classes are held every Tuesday from 7:30 to 9:30.

For questions or more information on classes: e-mail us at info@thinkfastimprov.com or call Aaron at (808) 728-7146.

Improv Skills: Storytelling

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“You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone’s soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows that they might do because of it, because of your words. That is your role, your gift.”

― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus

Scripted theater takes years to write and alter to create a production. Improvised theater has no script, there are multiple perspectives that work together without a script to tell a story that will never be told again. Only those special few who witness the story in all it’s glory.

This month learn to tell an unscripted story with your scene partners. Classes apply the techniques of ‘Give and Take’, listening, and teamwork.

WHERE: HiFi COOP, 2nd Floor, Ward Warehouse, 1050 Ala Moana Blvd, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
WHEN: Every Tuesday in March
TIMES: 7:30pm
TICKETS: $10/class or $35 for the month
Classes are held every Tuesday from 7:30 to 9:30.

Our Improv Skills are every Tuesday and open to everyone regardless of improv experience level.  If you’ve never improvised before, that’s great!  Our instructors are gentle and have plenty of experience to share.

About The Instructor

Larissa DLG Nielsen is one of the most recognized improvisers in Hawaii. She was a founding member of IYFI (In Your Face Improv) and a member of house teams both at Laughtrack Theater Company and The Greenhouse. Larissa loves to share the magic of improv and taught the Laughtrack Theater Company’s Youth & Teen Improv program twice. Larissa has studied improvised theater under Second City master level trainer Jeff Griggs and Chicago Improv Festival Executive Producer Jonathan Pitts as well as the training programs with both of Hawaii’s other improv schools. Her talent and drive garnered her an invitation as one of 8 improvisers invited to an exclusive coaching class taught by Griggs. She has appeared as a performer at Hawaii’s Improvaganza Festival for 4 years, and coached 3 teams into the festival’s spotlight. Larissa also makes all of Think Fast’s videos!

Drop-in Improv Classes are held every Tuesday from 7:30 to 9:30.

Improv as an Everyday Skill at the University of Hawaii – PNM

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Improv is a powerful tool that everyone can benefit from every single day. Whether you want to break out of your shell, hone your public speaking skills, tighten up your business pitch, or just want to get your brain working differently, this workshop is for you! It gets you thinking on your feet and outside the box. GREAT for entrepreneurs, business folk, lawyers, teachers, performers, dogwalkers, and anyone else who likes to challenge themselves with new things. No experience required. Learn in a non-judgmental environment and walk away feeling more confident!

Originally from Kaneohe, Kimee Balmilero’s professional acting credits include Hawaii 5-0, the original broadway cast of “Mamma Mia,” “Miss Saigon” and “Hawaii Five-0.” While living in LA and NYC for 15+ years, Kimee studied sketch and improv at The Uprights Citizens Brigade and has performed at UCB, Second City (Hollywood) and iO West. She is the founder of improvhi.com and director of StoryU Arts, a division of the BBB Torch Award-winning BizGym Foundation that focuses on applying performance skills to business. A self proclaimed “Sillypino” she enjoys garage sale hunting, instagram-ing and dreaming of being a judge on “Top Chef.”

Supported in part by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

Improv as an Everyday Skill at the University of Hawaii – PNM

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Improv is a powerful tool that everyone can benefit from every single day. Whether you want to break out of your shell, hone your public speaking skills, tighten up your business pitch, or just want to get your brain working differently, this workshop is for you! It gets you thinking on your feet and outside the box. GREAT for entrepreneurs, business folk, lawyers, teachers, performers, dogwalkers, and anyone else who likes to challenge themselves with new things. No experience required. Learn in a non-judgmental environment and walk away feeling more confident!

Originally from Kaneohe, Kimee Balmilero’s professional acting credits include Hawaii 5-0, the original broadway cast of “Mamma Mia,” “Miss Saigon” and “Hawaii Five-0.” While living in LA and NYC for 15+ years, Kimee studied sketch and improv at The Uprights Citizens Brigade and has performed at UCB, Second City (Hollywood) and iO West. She is the founder of improvhi.com and director of StoryU Arts, a division of the BBB Torch Award-winning BizGym Foundation that focuses on applying performance skills to business. A self proclaimed “Sillypino” she enjoys garage sale hunting, instagram-ing and dreaming of being a judge on “Top Chef.”

Supported in part by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.