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Improv 401 — Harold Workshop

Sundays noon-3pm starting Mar 09, 2008
Prerequisites: Completion of Improv 301
Cost: $300

This course offers students the chance to strengthen their own individual skills while simultaneously allowing them more practice with the long form improvisation performance known as the Harold.

One goal of the course is to help students perform stronger scenes. The instructor will use the first half of the course to identify and troubleshoot any weaknesses that the individual players may be demonstrating.

The other goal of the course is to allow students to continue to perform full Harolds. The instructor will use “side-coaching,” or feedback given during an improvised piece as it is happening, in order to facilitate success in the students’ improvised scenes. The instructor will also give notes after each performance in order to enhance and improve the quality of future performances.

This course meets for three hours a week for eight weeks. Students will perform in two class performances at the UCB Theatre – once halfway through the course and once at the end. Graduation is also contingent upon students seeing at least two improvised shows at the UCB Theater before the end of the course.

Class Size: 16 Students

Improv 401 - Harold Workshop

Students will learn more Harold techniques, expand their group game vocabulary, try out alternative long form structures, and continue to hone their skills at the game of the scene. Students will have opportunities to perform at the UCB Theatre.

Prerequisite: Improv 301

Maximum class size is 16

NO CLASS MARCH 23

Class meets at Lyric Hyperion Theatre in Silver Lake

Chad Carter

carter, chad
Chad Carter is a writer and improvisor based in LA. He has performed in a lot of festivals and shows with silly names. Currently, you can see him in MySpace and ASSSSCAT at the UCBTLA. He has written for ABC's My Kind of Town, Comedy Central's Crossballs and the upcoming Creature Comforts on CBS.

Chad Carter is a trained physicist and tries his best.

Student Feedback

"Chad is very warm and easy to work with. He is excellent at creating an atmosphere where I felt very supported to be imaginative and make strong choices. He was always positive and gave solid helpful feedback."

"I thought Chad was a great teacher. He was constructive and encouraging but never too easy on us."

"Chad Carter was a pleasure to work with for Improv 201. Very open, extremely helpful and encouraging, and fun to work with, can't say enough good things about him."

"Chad is friggin' awesome. Not a minute of class time was wasted and he always made sure we understood concepts before moving on. He rocks!"