This workshop is designed to help you take all of the tools that you learned in our Level 1 and put them to good use constructing scenes. After all, what good is a bunch of tools if you never build anything with them? The ultimate goal of the ACME program is to create great storytellers - that’s what we do. We don’t focus on performing the kind of improv some call “Game Shows”, which are made up of a bunch of games/exercises that, while entertaining to watch, don’t have an overall story. ACME is all about giving you a SOLID ACTING EXPERIENCE, like you might get from doing a play; it’s just that in our plays, no one knows their lines until the curtain rises.
Level 2 focuses on the skills that allow you to develop great CHARACTERS and tell good STORIES as part of a performance, whether that's for an audition, a dramatic play, or a comedy show. You'll learn about structure, how to arrange your information, how keep the story moving forward, and how to be engaging so you can deliver these stories in a fun and entertaining way. Remember, improv is basically the art of making stuff up. STORYTELLING is the reason it's FUN to watch people do it.
No audition is required to enroll, however participants must first complete our Level 1 workshop OR complete at least a comparable beginning improv course at another well-recognized school (contact us for accepted schools; verification of course completion will be requested).
In general, we recommend
starting with our
Level 1 workshop
even if you have improv experience, because it provides a common foundation,
vocabulary, and skill set for ACME's storytelling approach to improv, and it
will help you get the most out of the entire ACME improv program.
ADVANCE
REGISTRATION
(ONLINE)
REQUIRED.
Ongoing, 3-hour
group
classes,
plus
showcase
opportunities.
Class size
limited.
Tuition:
$99/month
(billed $198
per two
months).
Class meets
3 or 4 times
per month.
Workshops: Thursdays,
7:30 -
10:30 pm
Improv Show: Wed night,
once a
month.
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TO REGISTER
NOW
The
workshop fills
up quickly -
Register today!
ABOUT THE
INSTRUCTOR
Joseph
Limbaugh has
over 15
years of
experience
in the
fields of
improvisational
and sketch
comedy. His
television
appearances
include Curb
your
Enthusiasm,
Scrubs, That
70's Show,
Yes Dear,
and many
others. He
is a
co-founder
of Dad's
Garage
Theatre in
Atlanta,
where he
worked as
the Improv
Director for
4 years
before
moving to
Hollywood.
He has
performed in
numerous
festivals
and worked
extensively
with Keith
Johnstone,
Del Close,
Stan Wells,
Randy Dixon,
and Dan
O'Connor.
The main
focus of his
improv career has
been
blending the
playful
experimentation
of Chicago
style improv
with the
solid
narrative
theory of
Johnstone's
work. He
has
developed
and extended
many improv
forms
including
improvised
cartoons and
the soap
opera
format. He
has worked
with and
directed
dozens of
celebrities
including
Debra
Wilson,
Jimmy Pardo,
Scott
Thompson,
Topher
Grace,
Felicia Day,
Alex
Borstein,
and Brian
Cranston.
He is
currently
the Head
Writer and a
cast member
of the
HOLLYWOOD
SATURDAY
NIGHT
sketch
comedy show,
and the
director of
the
mainstage
improvisational
show
HOLLYWOOD
DREAM ROLE,
both of
which are
online TV
shows
broadcast
live from
the famous
ACME stage.
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