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A L L 2 0 2 2 C L A S S E S
*DROP-INS, LOVEFEST SHOWS & THE LOWBAR ARE COMING IN APRIL & MAY! (details below)
INTRO TO IMPROV
Don’t think improv is for you? Think again!
Our intro is a fun, supportive introduction for anyone to learn the fundamentals of improvisation with our unique character-based approach. Discover the basic tools, rules, and philosophy of improv through fun, focused games & drills. You’ll be amazed how quickly and easily you can begin to improvise.
IN-PERSON INTRO
COST: $50
LENGTH: 2.5 hours
PREREQ: None, students must be at least 18 years old
COVID DISCLAIMER: all students must submit their vax card to register. we are “mask-optional” in the classrooms. a clear mask will be provided should you wish to use one.
MARCH
Sunday, Mar 27 11:30am-2pm ET w Anthony Minto // SOLD OUT
APRIL
Saturday Apr 16 11:30am-2pm ET w Donovan Mitchell
Thursday Apr 28 7p-9:00p ET w Anthony Minto
OUR IN-PERSON CLASSES
DURATION: 2.5 hours
PREREQ: none, must be at least 18
COVID & MASK POLICY: for all in-person classes students must present vax cards. Mask-wearing is now optional for each student. Read more on our COVID-19 page.
SOLD OUT / LEVEL 1: WEDNESDAYS
Instructor: Mallory Kinney
Dates: Mar 16 - June 1 (12 classes)
Time: 7pm - 9:30pm ET
Cost: $475 / $450 Intro grads* / $400 Class Repeat* - *email school to get special Alt Rate Code
SOLD OUT / LEVEL 1: TUESDAYS
Instructor: Maggie Schweppe
Dates: Apr 5 - June 21 (12 classes)
Time: 7pm - 9:30pm ET
Cost: $475 / $450 Intro grads* / $400 Class Repeat* - *email school to get special Alt Rate Code
• NEXT LEVEL 1 BEGINS EARLY MAY
PREREQ: Level 1
COVID DISCLAIMER: for all in-person classes students must present vax cards. Mask-wearing is now optional for each student. Read more on our COVID-19 page.
NEW LEVEL 2: TUESDAYS
Instructor: Donovan Mitchell
Dates: Apr 19 - June 21 (10 classes)
Time: 7pm-9:30pm ET
Cost: $425 Full / $375 *Refresher - *email school to get special Alt Rate Code
• NEXT LEVEL 2 BEGINS WEDNESDAYS IN JUNE
PREREQ: Level 1 & 2
COVID DISCLAIMER: for all in-person classes students must present vax cards. Mask-wearing is now optional for each student. Read more on our COVID-19 page.
NEW LEVEL 3: WEDNESDAYS
Instructor: Anthony Minto
Dates: Apr 6 - May 25 (8 classes)
Time: 7pm-9:30pm ET
Cost: $380 Full / $355 *Refresher - *email school to get special Alt Rate Code
• NEXT LEVEL 3 BEGINS MAY 10
OUR VIRTUAL CLASSES
BEGINNER’S IMPROV: MONDAYS
virtual
Instructor: Jessica Zambrotta
Dates: March 21 - April 25 (6 classes)
Time: 7pm-8:30pm ET
Cost: $185
*RETURNING IN APRIL…
DROP-IN CLASSES & LOVEFEST IMPROV SHOWS
For everyone who has graduated from our LEVEL 1, you are invited to our regular SUNDAY DROP-INS!
Learn from our expert teaching staff, meet others in the school, and get a chance to practice-practice-practice!!!
After 2 SUNDAY DROP-INs we will have a LOVEFEST IMPROV SHOW with students, teachers & visiting improvisers performing on the next Sunday.
4th Sunday we chill and then we do it all over again!
*COMING TO NYC IN MAY —
have some experience? looking for a new place to play, grow & perform? been away from improv & want to dive back in?
for advanced improvisers from all backgrounds to meet one another, learn from one another, and do cool shit together
headed by GROUNDLINGS MAIN COMPANY alum/senior instructor/director and IMPROVOLUTION founder
HOLLY MANDEL
MEET OUR FOUNDER & OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
HOLLY MANDEL: IMPROVOLUTION founder, Artistic Director; GROUNDLING alumna
REBECCA STUARD: IMPROVOLUTION Executive Director, NYC
Founded by Los Angeles GROUNDLING alum Holly Mandel in 2002, IMPROVOLUTION is an improv school, a group of performers, and dare we say philosophy of how to live, create, and collaborate on and off stage. (yes, we dare!) If you want to learn it, we can teach you. It’s not about being funny or clever or the best, or needing to be a good actor or performer. It's not reducible to one format, game, or rule.
It’s about investing in and getting behind the part of yourself that is fearless, creative, open, spontaneous, and likes the idea of creating with others and supporting them. Improvisation has been and always will be a “team sport”. And IMPROVOLUTION carries on the GROUNDLINGS tradition that Holly learned of a character-based emphasis to improv, with her own unique teaching process and philosophy that sets it apart from all other schools in NYC.
IMPROVOLUTION is the first - and may still be the only - improv school in NYC started and run by women.
Basically, improv is just kinda awesome. It helps people work together in amazing ways. It helps people think faster on their feet and trust their ideas. Both Holly and Rebecca Stuard, the school’s Executive Director and co-owner, want everyone who is interested to experience the freedom, joy, and individual and collective creativity that improv unlocks!
