Sunday, June 16

Improv Jam in Park

Name: Improv Jam in Park
Start: 2024-06-16T13:00:00-07:00
End: 2024-06-16T15:00:00-07:00
Location: Snow Park

We warm up with improv games, then do improvised scenes with various partners. This is a fun and supportive environment open to all.

By Oaktown Improv

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Sunday, June 16 · 1 - 3pm PDT

Location

Snow Park

Lakeside Drive Oakland, CA 94612

Refund Policy

Contact the organizer to request a refund.

Eventbrite's fee is nonrefundable.

About this event

2 hours

We warm up with improv games, then do improvised scenes with various partners. This is a fun and supportive environment open to all.

This jam takes place at Snow Park in Oakland. We are usually located between the children's play area and the lake. Please look for our sign. (One corner of the park is located at Harrison St. and 19th St. We are normally set up on the other side of the playground.) There is street parking in the area. The bathrooms are clean. It may be sunny, so hat and sunscreen may be required. Bring your own beach chair, if you don't want to sit on the grass.

If rain is due during the scheduled time, the jam will be held on Zoom. The Zoom registration link will be in the email confirmation. You can also get it before the event from near the top of the page at: https://oaktownimprov.com/. Exact status of the jam can be found 24 hours in advance in the same location.

This event happens once a month on Sunday, and has a $10 requested donation.

Organized by

Oaktown Improv

Oaktown Improv is about truly expressing ourselves. It's an outlet for expressing our inner promptings. It's a place to learn to express ourselves more authentically, more consistently, and more powerfully.

We seek the joy in co-creation. When fellow players listen to each other, adjust to each other, build onto what the other is giving them, magic happens.

We endeavor to embody real people in real situations. Though we seek to arrive at it in a real way, our goal is comedy, remembering our own sense of humor and playfulness.

Yet we teach that you don't have to be funny. "Humor is an ideal product of a good show", say TJ Jagodowski and David Pasquesi in their book . Humor is a often a natural side-effect of human beings making surprising choices on stage. It's more important to focus on the reality and the relationship of these human beings than it is to be comedic.

Improv has benefits that go beyond the stage and into normal life. Besides being more able to express yourself, you may also grow to be more at ease in groups of people and be less overwhelmed by fears of public speaking. Some even report the principles of improv help them be more successful in business. Because of this, Oaktown Improv is committed to teaching others the way of improv, so they can discover their own joy and find the value of improv for themselves.