In-Person: Foundation 4: Scenework and Acting Skills Palo Alto w/Derek Yee

Cubberley Community Center

Class Time/Dates: 7:00pm-10:00pm PST on Thursdays // April 11, 18, 25, May 2, 9, 16

Schedule: 6 sessions; once a week for six weeks

Class length: 3 hours (18 hours total)

Class size: 12 students maximum

Prerequisite: Foundation 3 or equivalent. Email bats@improv.org for the access code and other eligibility questions.

Tuition: $349

Building on the improv foundational skills learned in F1-F3, now the improvisers will learn scene structure and acting skills that will help them create story on the spot.

In Foundation 4 improvisers will learn:

• Identifying the basic information of the scene. Who are these characters, how do they know each other, where are they and why are they there?

• How to effectively start scenes, build them in the middle, and successfully “land the plane.”

• How to embody the basic information of the scene. How can we as actors, shift our body, face, voice and imagination to establish and support the world we are creating.

• Basic acting skills that lend themselves to believeable storytelling.

At the end of F4, the coach will make a recommendation for each student about what the next step is best — repeating F4, going to the Improv Gym to hone specific skills, or moving to F5: Longform Narrative.