Improv & Acting Games

Use Improv to Create Spontaneous Performances

 

Improvisation, or improv, is a form of unscripted theater where performers create scenes spontaneously, often with hilarious results. Explore improv by performing improvised scenes and discover how improv is used in different types of performance.

Students will get comfortable with improvisation as they perform a variety of spontaneous scenes. They will discover how to incorporate props, locations and characters into their scene creation. We will play acting games to strengthen students’ confidence and ability to think on their feet. Students will also learn how to use improv in auditions. The class will prepare students to take the next steps into the comic, creative world of improv.

What You Will Learn

Get an introduction to improv by performing improvised scenes and discover how improv is used in different types of performance.

• Practice performing a variety of short improv scenes.
• Understand how to incorporate props, location and characters into your scene work.
• Use acting games to strengthen your confidence and ability to think on your feet.
• Understand how to use improv in auditions.

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Note: Upon successful enrollment of a section, students will receive a confirmation email from our Student Services team. This email will include a link to an authorization form that is required to be completed within 72-hours of enrollment. 

In response to COVID-19 health guidelines, we have restructured our in-person Junior Academy workshops as online courses. Contact us at srs@ucsd.edu if you have questions.

Course Number: THEA-90004
Credit: 1.50 unit(s)

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6/20/2022 - 6/24/2022

$175

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• SECTION ID:

  164900

• CLASS TYPE:

  Synchronous web-based class meetings that are scheduled to meet online at published times (time/date).

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Turret, Samantha

  Samantha Turret is a transplant from New Jersey and New York City who found her way to sunny Los Angeles. She is an actress, voice actor and teacher best known for cohosting Nickelodeon's “Top Elf” alongside the one and only Santa Claus. She has also worked on shows on MTV, A&E, Discovery and Lifetime. As a voice actor, she can be heard on commercials and podcasts, and as the narrator of popular children's audiobooks such as “Pearl the Magical Unicorn” and “Rivals! Frenemies Who Changed the World.” Samantha loves live theater and has performed throughout the country in regional productions, off-Broadway and in schools with Story Pirates. She has taught theater and creative writing in New York, New Jersey and California for the past eight y...Read More

• TEXTBOOKS:

  No textbook required.

• POLICIES:

  1st meeting mandatory.
  Early enrollment advised.
  No UCSD parking permit required.
  No visitors permitted.
  Pre-enrollment required.
  No refunds after: 6/13/2022.
  

• NOTE:

  This is a ELEMENTARY SCHOOL level course. Instructor will email student with Zoom information 24-hours in advance of start date. Please note this email will go to the student email on file, and not the parent email. The course runs the first two hours with an optional office hour the last hour. No supplies are needed for this course.

DATE	DAY	START	END	LOCATION
6/20/2022	Mon	9:00 a.m.	12:00 p.m.
6/21/2022	Tue	9:00 a.m.	12:00 p.m.
6/22/2022	Wed	9:00 a.m.	12:00 p.m.
6/23/2022	Thu	9:00 a.m.	12:00 p.m.
6/24/2022	Fri	9:00 a.m.	12:00 p.m.