Embrace Spontaneity: An Intro to Improv

Embrace Spontaneity: An Intro to Improv

Join us for a break from the routine—no improv experience needed. Let's create together! Two great facilitators lead your intro to improv!

By Highwire Improv

Date and time

Tuesday, May 14 · 7 - 9pm EDT

Location

Homewood Friends

3107 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218

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About this event

  • 2 hours

Join our 2-hour in-person workshop, "Embrace Spontaneity: Intro to Improv." It's a low-pressure, fun experience designed for newcomers. Connect with others through introductions, establish boundaries, and engage in energizing warmups, games, and collaborative scenes.

Get ready to embark on a low-pressure, fun-filled adventure that will unleash your creativity, boost your confidence, and ignite your sense of playfulness.

Led by our experienced and supportive instructors, this workshop is tailored to provide a safe and welcoming environment where you can step outside your comfort zone. We'll begin with a boundary check-in, where we establish guidelines for respect, trust, and collaboration. Then we'll dive into engaging improv warmups and games, designed to ignite your imagination, enhance your listening skills, and unlock your spontaneity.

Through interactive exercises and guided scenework, you'll discover the joy of working together, building on each other's ideas, and creating compelling scenes on the spot.

No prior experience in acting or improv is necessary. This workshop is specifically designed for individuals who are new to improv. Whether you're seeking a fun and unique experience, a chance to improve your communication skills, or simply a break from everyday routine, "Embrace Spontaneity" is the workshop for you!

About Your Instructors:

Misty Letts (she/they) stepped into the improv pool 6 years ago and has not looked back. She got her footing at Baltimore Improv Group through curriculum and workshops from various BIG instructors of the form. Digging into opportunities to learn from so much talent including Don Fanelli (UCB), Kate Zelensky (UCB), and Travis Charles Ploeger (iMusical- WIT). She has also enjoyed playing with Maryland Improv Collective and can presently be found camped out on Highwire’s front stoop. Misty she’s and is also a they/them and can be found on two wheels tooling about town, so drive carefully!

“Improv helps the world laugh, and listen” -Misty

Sam Brunner (she/her) is a writer and improv performer, coach, and instructor based in Baltimore, MD. She is a member of the Asian American improv team A++ and has studied improv with the Baltimore Improv Group, Magnet Theater, Upright Citizens Brigade, and World's Greatest Improv School and is a graduate of The Second City's satire writing program.

About Highwire Improv:

Highwire Improv is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization based in Baltimore, Maryland. Our mission is to steward a community of artists committed to growth, collaboration, joy, and justice — in Baltimore and around the world — through improvisational theater.

This workshop is supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council (msac.org)! Highwire Improv uses funds from the MSAC Creativity Grant to deliver this and other introductory workshops all over Baltimore!

Frequently asked questions

What parking is available?

Homewood Friends Meeting is accessible via multiple bus lines, and there is ample (free) street parking along Charles Street.

Is the building wheelchair accessible?

Yes.

Are students under the age of 18 allowed to sign up?

No, all participants must be 18 years or older.

Is a donation required?

No! This workshop is made available completely free! Donations are accepted and will be used to deliver more free workshops in the future.

Organized by

Highwire Improv's mission is to build and foster a community that brings all of Baltimore to the world through improvisational theater, and an organization that brings the best of the world to Baltimore. We envision a world where everyone feels included, heard, and represented without regard to race, gender, or orientation.

What sort of events do we host? Amazing live improv theater shows (comedic and dramatic) and classes and workshops that teach you the joy, craft, and magic of improv!

All classes and workshops are for participants ages 18 and older unless otherwise specified.

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