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by request, I'll start posting a few more entries about my improv experiences in nyc. Tonight, a rundown of my improv schedule...
monday nights: UCB Level 4 class with Joe Wengert. It's a basic harold workshop class (I took it this time last year), but I decided to take it again because I've never studied with Joe, and he's one of the highest-regarded teachers at the theatre. Most of the students are 23-26 years old, and they're all pretty good. Fun time, lots of scene work and harold basics.
tuesday nights: Harold Night! My team, Raynard, plays approximately every-other-week, though the schedule varies. Whenever we don't perform, I like to go to watch. There's nine Harold teams at the theatre, and five teams play each Harold night, so it's a different mix almost every time.
wednedsay nights: earlier this year I spent wednesday nights with my indie team (improv troupes not assembled by a theatre) Shark Tank, but this month I'm in an Experimental Improv workshop with Chris Gethard. Gethard is one of the gurus of the theatre, and he's always been a supportive, influential teacher on my way through the UCBT system. In this class we experiment with really fun, different, surreal forms.
thursday nights: Shark Tank practices.
friday, saturday: the weekend! normally I take a break from improv, hang out with NYU pals or whoever. About once or twice a month I like to see the UCB weekend teams: The Stepfathers and Death by Roo Roo on friday, Mother and Reuben Williams on saturday. The weekend teams are basically the leaders of the theatre.
They also fit pretty analogously into a family pattern: The Stepfathers are Dad, Mother is Mom, Reuben is the Golden Son, and Roo Roo is the Rebel. (stepfathers include some of the oldest, wisest performers at the theatre, the veteran teachers and gatekeepers; mother is the oldest team at the theatre, they've been together for almost a decade; reuben williams includes slightly younger guys- late 20s, early 30s- but collectively they're the day-to-day leaders of the theatre, in terms of teaching and administration; and death by roo roo embraces a really dark humor, fun-for-fuck's-sake style more than the other weekend teams- the only group that makes me think, 'improv is badass')
sunday nights: Raynard rehearses with our coach, Anthony Atamanuik. I'll write more about Raynard and rehearsals some other night.
In the meantime, gotta go to Monday class!
monday nights: UCB Level 4 class with Joe Wengert. It's a basic harold workshop class (I took it this time last year), but I decided to take it again because I've never studied with Joe, and he's one of the highest-regarded teachers at the theatre. Most of the students are 23-26 years old, and they're all pretty good. Fun time, lots of scene work and harold basics.
tuesday nights: Harold Night! My team, Raynard, plays approximately every-other-week, though the schedule varies. Whenever we don't perform, I like to go to watch. There's nine Harold teams at the theatre, and five teams play each Harold night, so it's a different mix almost every time.
wednedsay nights: earlier this year I spent wednesday nights with my indie team (improv troupes not assembled by a theatre) Shark Tank, but this month I'm in an Experimental Improv workshop with Chris Gethard. Gethard is one of the gurus of the theatre, and he's always been a supportive, influential teacher on my way through the UCBT system. In this class we experiment with really fun, different, surreal forms.
thursday nights: Shark Tank practices.
friday, saturday: the weekend! normally I take a break from improv, hang out with NYU pals or whoever. About once or twice a month I like to see the UCB weekend teams: The Stepfathers and Death by Roo Roo on friday, Mother and Reuben Williams on saturday. The weekend teams are basically the leaders of the theatre.
They also fit pretty analogously into a family pattern: The Stepfathers are Dad, Mother is Mom, Reuben is the Golden Son, and Roo Roo is the Rebel. (stepfathers include some of the oldest, wisest performers at the theatre, the veteran teachers and gatekeepers; mother is the oldest team at the theatre, they've been together for almost a decade; reuben williams includes slightly younger guys- late 20s, early 30s- but collectively they're the day-to-day leaders of the theatre, in terms of teaching and administration; and death by roo roo embraces a really dark humor, fun-for-fuck's-sake style more than the other weekend teams- the only group that makes me think, 'improv is badass')
sunday nights: Raynard rehearses with our coach, Anthony Atamanuik. I'll write more about Raynard and rehearsals some other night.
In the meantime, gotta go to Monday class!