Crafting Character Through Connection

SF Improv Intensive / 16 Student Maximum / Tuition: $45
Take your character work to the next level! Learn how to connect with your scene partner by creating characters with a shared history. Using techniques such as In Medias Res (starting a scene in the middle of a confrontation), crafting monologues by inventing shared memories, and integrating your personal life experiences into a scene, you’ll find a new confidence in your ability to connect on an emotional level. Whether your characters have known each other for 15 minutes or 15 years, you’ll be able to jump right into a scene with the confidence of knowing exactly how you feel about your partner, allowing you to play with grounded, genuine and powerful improv personalities.

Prerequisite: None
Instructor: Wylie Herman
Day/Date/Time: Sunday, April 21st, from 11:00 AM – 3:oo PM
Location: Intersection for the Arts - Lower Level, 925 Mission Street, San Francisco

Instructor Bio:

Wylie moved to San Francisco and joined Leela’s Resident Company after training at the Groundlings in Los Angeles in 2001, and  has now been performing and teaching as an actor and improviser in the Bay Area for over eight years. Wylie has also worked extensively with local improv troupes Drunken Monkey, Synergy Theatre, and Tilted Frame. Teaching credits include improv for teens at The Willows Theatre, sketch performance with Killing My Lobster, and various classes with Leela. Local theatre credits include Victor in Private Lives (Douglas Morrison Theatre), Farsted  in Show and Tell (Symmetry Theatre), and Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Atmostheatre). Television credits include Trauma (NBC), Escape from Alcatraz (BBC 4), and The Hunt for Lincoln’s Assassin (National Geographic Channel). Wylie’s first full length play, Better Homes and Ammo, was produced at the Exit Theatre in San Francisco in December of 2009.