Santa Barbara Improv Workshop

I was out of town for the month of November, however all 4 Wednesday night classes were held with substitute instructors.
Victoria Charters taught on two of the nights.
Mike Gordon taught the other two nights.
I want to thank both of them for stepping in and covering the classes. The feedback from folks who attended was great [...]

The next Improvisational Comedy Show from the Santa Barbara Improv Workshop will be:
Date: Saturday February 6, 2010

Time: 8:00 pm until about 9:30 pm
Location: Jefferson Hall, 1525 Santa Barbara Street (near Anapamu)
Price: $5 at the door

Continuing the catch-up posts, here are the classes from October, 2009. You can get to the albums by clicking on the thumbnails.
7 October 2009
David, Allegra, and Tom have achieved just what I’m looking for when we start Scene From A Pose: randomness!
After our warm-ups, we did a complete rotation of Hitchhiker. Then a set of [...]

Time to catch up on a backlog of class postings. So here’s the entire month of September (you can click on the thumbnail to get the photo album for that night:
2 September 2009
When you see the larger version of this photo, look at Robert’s sad eyes. Evidently it was a sad 1 Word Story.
We also [...]

I’m not certain whether that pesky Robert is scaring Nancy with his antics or whether they are both frightened by the intensity of whatever’s happening on stage. Either way, you can find more photos from this night at our album.
After a rousing set of warm ups, including a 1 Word Story, we did a frenetic [...]

The next Improvisational Comedy Show from the Santa Barbara Improv Workshop will be:
Date: Saturday January 2, 2010

Time: 8:00 pm until about 9:30 pm
Location: Jefferson Hall, 1525 Santa Barbara Street (near Anapamu)
Price: $5 at the door

The next Improvisational Comedy Show from the Santa Barbara Improv Workshop will be:
Date: Saturday December 5, 2009
Time: 8:00 pm until about 9:30 pm
Location: Jefferson Hall, 1525 Santa Barbara Street (near Anapamu)
Price: $5 at the door

The next Improvisational Comedy Show from the Santa Barbara Improv Workshop will be:
Date: Saturday November 7, 2009
Time: 8:00 pm until about 9:30 pm
Location: Jefferson Hall, 1525 Santa Barbara Street (near Anapamu)
Price: $5 at the door

Bob, Brian, and Allegra are actively searching through the dump, which is their setting in this Counting Words scene. More photos in the album.
We began the night with warm ups that included our traditional 1 Word Story, then we moved on to our stage work. First was the Counting Words Scene. Then everyone did an [...]

No, I don’t require feats of physical prowess to participate in the Workshop. Here, Kathy has decided that “make a strong offer” in a 3-Line Drill wasn’t just a metaphor. You’ll find more photos from this night in our album.
After our warm ups, including the 1-Word Story, we did a 5-Letter Word scene as our [...]