ADVANCED IMPROVISATION FOR STAGE AND SCREEN

Credit Hours: 3 · Undergraduate Upper-Level

This is an advanced course in the practical training for students who already understand the basics of how to craft scenes spontaneously using tools like character dynamic, status, comedic pattern, beat structuring, and agreement. Class will challenge students to explore more professional level long form improvisational structures, such as the Harold and improvised musicals. Students will be given the opportunity to participate in professional level improvisational performances hosted by a few of Houston’s finest professional improvisational theatres. Students will get to showcase their skills culminating in a run of performances on the Rice Campus.