Santa Barbara Improv Workshop

The Santa Barbara Improv Workshop is having a recital this coming Saturday, July 5th at Jefferson Hall. Folks from the ongoing Workshop class will be performing short-form improv games and everyone is invited to stop by and enjoy the show.

Once again, the particulars are:

Time: 8:00 pm until about 9:30 pm

Date: Saturday July 5th, 2008

Location: Jefferson Hall, 1525 Santa Barbara Street (near Anapamu)

WE ARE CHANGING LOCATIONS FOR THE WORKSHOP
THIS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2008

This is a one-time change! Next week we’ll be back at our regular location.

This week we will be meeting at:

Jewish Community Center
524 Chapala Street
7:30 pm to 10:00 pm (our usual time)

Click here for a Google Map

There’s a parking lot, and parking is available on the street. The door to the center will be locked, but it’s a glass door and we can see anyone knocking and let them in. It will be easier if everyone could arrive on time (or close to it).

I want to thank Nancy (from class) for arranging this. I had a chance to check it out, and it’s a great location.

I look forward to seeing you all there!

Alan

P.S. Call if you need directions: 680-0455

Workshop

Saturday, June 7th

Jefferson Hall

Santa Barbara

With Gary Jacobs

learn cutting-edge improv techniques,

sharpen your improv and scripted work,

discover principles of creating great art,

improvisationally unlock dormant creative

impulses to keep your acting and

improvising exciting and fresh!

Explore a new art form:

The full-length improvised play

For 28 years, Gary Jacobs has been

directing, teaching, performing, and producing

improvisational theater. He is founder and

artistic director of Precipice Improv Theater

in Washington D.C.

Enrollment is limited. Sign up early.

Where: Jefferson Hall

1525 Santa Barbara Street

Santa Barbara, California 93101

When: Saturday, June 7th from 12:00 to 3:00

Cost: $60 tuition

$50 if you register by May 30th

To register: contact Mike Gordon

(805) 886 2148

mike@gordonillustration.com

The next Caught In The Act show will be:

Saturday, May 3, 2008

8:00 pm to 9:30 pm

Jefferson Hall, 1525 Santa Barbara Street

$5 for tickets at the door

And now, at long last, we move on to the next month’s worth of pictures. Here’s a quick summary of the four classes that happened in February.

On the 6th of February, we did a little Story, Story, Die narrative work. We also did some Attitudes scenes as sell as some Surprise Lines. Everyone did an Irish Drinking Song and we finished the night with Three Person Freeze Tag, a very fast paced version of that form. The picture is of Scott and Allegra, although I’m not sure what scene it’s from. The rest of the pictures are in the album.

On the 13th of February, we had a good sized class, but not many pictures. This one is from the opening One Word Story exercise. The rest are in the album. We did some work on Give and Take using the Cocktail Scene as an exercise. We also told some Tag Out Stories and Spoon River.

On February 20, we had a couple of new faces, and you can find them in the album for the night. We did ABCs, Ages, and Dubbing. And, we still had time for the Irish Drinking Song and some 3-Line Drills. The picture shows Guy, Scott, and Seth in a Dubbing scene.

The last Wednesday night in February (the 27th) had our usual workshop, and this time there are a lot of pictures to show for it. Find them in the album. In addition to One Word Story and Hitchhiker, we also got in some Standing, Sitting, Bending as well as a Create Object To Speak exercise. Then came the Irish Drinking Song, some Three-Line Drills, and a quick couple of rounds of Montage to complete the night.

And that’s the quick summary for classes in the month of February.

The next Caught In The Act show will be:

Saturday, April 5, 2008

8:00 pm to 9:30 pm

Jefferson Hall, 1525 Santa Barbara Street

$5 for tickets at the door

Here’s a quick review of the classes in January, along with the links to the albums of their photos.

This photo is from the Tug-o’-War exercise during the January 2 class. The rest of the photos (such as they are) can be found in the album. The camera was still acting out, so there aren’t a lot that made it through the screening. Still, there are some fun new faces joining the regulars.

The camera is back in action for the January 9 class, and the album has the number (and quality) of photos to prove it. In addition to a couple of new players in the class, we also had a guide dog!

I was out of town for the January 16 class. Mike filled in and taught the class, but no pictures from that one.

The January 23 class included one of my favorite scenes in some time. The lead picture from this class (the rest can be seen in the album) shows the Three Wonder Sisters, performed by Roberta, Karla, and Li-At. It was one of the Typewriter scenes and also included Sol as the starting writer. There are a lot of pictures from this class, and they’re all fun.

The last class of the month was on January 30 and the pictures are posted in the album. There were several new players and so we got back to doing some good, basic exercises and games, including the one shown in this photo: Entrances and Exits with Jennifer, Kenna, and Scott.

The next Caught In The Act show will be:

Saturday, March 1, 2008

8:00 pm to 9:30 pm

Jefferson Hall, 1525 Santa Barbara Street

$5 for tickets at the door

The next Caught In The Act show will be:

Saturday, February 2, 2008

8:00 pm to 9:30 pm

Jefferson Hall, 1525 Santa Barbara Street

$5 for tickets at the door

I’m BAAAAACK!

Yes, it’s taken me a bit to get my head back into the blogging game after my trip (and work, and life, and blah blah blah), but I think it’s time to catch up on some of the backlog. Let’s start by getting a bunch of these workshop photos published onto the old intertubes.

The last post with photos was for the October 17, 2007 workshop. Since then, we’ve had one workshop canceled (Oct. 24) and four workshops with guest instructors (Oct. 31, Nov. 7, Nov. 14, and Nov. 21) and no photos! For the rest of the workshops of 2007, I’m going to forgo any sort of detailed description and just give out links to the on-line albums.

The album for the November 28, 2007 class can be found here. For some reason, my camera started giving us grief, and we lost a lot of pictures to blur (I overcompensated for underexposure).

Still, it’s nice having Scott’s enthusiastic approval.

The December 5 workshop (see the album) had quite a few new players join us. Their experience ranged from “first time on stage” to “experienced improv player”. Unfortunately, the camera was still acting up, so we don’t have as many pictures of the new folks.

The album from the December 12 workshop shows the return of a lot of familiar faces. Although we are still losing pictures to blur, at the end of the night there were a lot of two-player shots from the Freeze Tag round. Those are some very fun pictures.

The December 19 workshop had a nice mix of new and old experienced players (although I think we scared off one of the newer players - drat!). The camera was settling down so we have quite a few pictures in the album for this class (although I’m still correcting some exposure problems).

The last workshop of 2007 (December 26) has only 1 picture in the album. After I took the class warm-up shot, no one else picked up the camera. The night was just that good! Actually, we had a pretty good turn out for the day after Christmas, and it was a very good class.

And that was how we finished off 2007! Thanks to all the Santa Barbara Improv performers, players, students, instructors, audience-members, and well-wishers for a fabulous year.

Now to catch up on 2008…