Big Emotions, Fun Scenes

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Big Emotions, Fun Scenes In this workshop students will practice establishing and playing strong, authentic emotional points of view in their scenes. We will explore how meaningful emotion - played truthfully - can drive scene work in unexpected ways and make an improviser a more confident performer and more reliable scene partner. Students will leave with exercises for continued practice and new tactics for supporting their scene partners and developing their characters. TEACHER BIO: Ryan and Ashley are St. Louis-based improvisers, commercial actors, writers, and teachers. They serve as faculty members of The Improv Shop (STL) Training Center and co-direct the Business Services division. Touch Baseball is a mainstay among Improv Shop House Teams (200+ shows). They have also performed and taught workshops at Brooklyn Comedy Collective, Out of Bounds Festival (Austin, TX), Nestival (Columbus, OH), Bellingham Improv Festival (Bellingham, WA) Third Coast Comedy (Nashville, TN) Fest, Omaha Comedy Fest, Countdown (Tampa, FL) Grand Rapids Improv Festival, Asheville Improv Fest, Countdown Festival, and Flyover Comedy (St. Louis) Festivals. As teachers, their approach to improvisation is informed by the St. Louis’ own style; relationship and emotion-forward performance with heavy emphasis on group mind.