Our Community Class series focuses primarily on one goal: creating a fun, no-pressure environment for people to meet, play, and form a community through the practice of improvisation! Students are welcomed, encouraged, and assisted if they wish to perform on stage, but students are never pressured or expected to perform. Instead, we place a priority on just having meaningful, weekly fun. 

Our curriculum will focus primarily on intermediate-level skills:

• Understanding story structure
• Learning the difference between Primary & Secondary characters
• Using the basics of space/mime work
• Leveraging different characters to move a story forward
• Finding and working the relationship of the characters in any scene

OUR CLASSES ARE CAPPED AT 10 PARTICIPANTS! Fewer students = more personalized feedback and time to work.

PREREQUISITES: Participants in this class series MUST have already completed our Foundations Level Class series or an introductory class series at another theater.

Why Take Classes With Us?

Our studio is founded on the belief that student progress only comes by providing clear instruction and feedback. We not only want our students learn the core skills of improvisation, we also want them to improve their skills over their time with us. Because of that, we offer learning opportunities that students won't find anywhere else. All of our students can expect to receive the following:

1. A safe, nurturing, and supportive environment & community
2. Just 10 students max per class so everyone gets a lot of attention
3. Flexible class options: only purchase the number of classes you want/need
4. Receiving coaching while most games are played & then discussing each exercise when it's completed to gage for your awareness
5. Laying out and then discussing that week's curriculum on our blackboard
6. Closing every class by asking each student to recognize their own wins
7. Being invited to join our regular student showcases at the end of every class cycle
8. Getting videos and pictures of their showcase as keepsakes and learning tools
9. Reviewing showcase videos with teachers so the entire class can learn from their experiences 
10. Receiving long, detailed, and highly personalized notes from your teacher by email celebrating your wins during the class series and recommending skills to work on when you come back for another class with us

Class Dates, Times & Location

We will hold a total of EIGHT classes during this cycle. Register for as many as your schedule and budget allow. Our first class is on January 7th and our final class will be February 25th.

All classes run Tuesdays, 7:30-9:30pm, at the Change Through Play Studio:

4905 SW Scholls Ferry Rd., Portland, OR, 97225
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