Online: Foundation 4 with Andy Sarouhan

Class Date/Time: Mondays 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PST // May 8, 22, 29, June 5, 12, 19, 26, July 10

~ Note: No Class on May 15th or July 3! ~

Prerequisite: BATS Foundation 3 or equivalent*

**This class requires Head of School or Coach approval. Email bats@improv.org with a concise list of your improv experience to determine eligibility.

Schedule: 8 sessions (once a week for 8 weeks)

Class length: 2 hours (16 hours total)

Class size: 12 students maximum

Tuition: $299

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 or moving to F5: Narrative.