Class Date/Time: Thursdays 5:00 PM - 7:00P PM PST/January 14, 21, 28, February 4, 11, 18, 25, & March 4

Prerequisite: Foundation 3 **

**This class requires Head of School Approval. Email registrar@improv.org with a concise list of your improv experience to determine eligibility

Schedule: 8 sessions (once a week for 8 weeks)

Class length: 2 hours (16 hours total)

Class size: 12 students maximum

Tuition: $299

Building on the improv foundational skills learned in F1-F3, now the improvisers will learn scene structure and acting skills that will help them create story on the spot.

In Foundation 4 improvisers will learn:

• How to identify the basic information of the scene. Who are these characters, how do they know each other, where are they and why are they there?

• How to effectively start scenes, build them in the middle, and successfully “land the plane.”

• How to embody the basic information of the scene. How can we as actors, shift our body, face, voice and imagination to establish and support the world we are creating.

• Basic acting skills that lend themselves to believable storytelling.

At the end of F4, the coach will make a recommendation for each student about what the next step is best — repeating F4 or moving to F5: Longform Narrative.

*Attendance at the first session of your course is strongly encouraged - if you think you have to miss the first session of your Foundation 1 class, please notify the office before registering.*

BATS Improv Class Refund Policy:

Class cancellation policy:

• If you cancel more than 96 hours (4 days) before a class begins, we will refund your tuition less a 15% processing fee. 
• If you cancel within 96 hours (4 days) of your first class, your tuition will be forfeit.

Summer Youth and Adult Sessions cancellation policy:

• If you cancel more than 14 days (2 weeks) before your first class, we will refund your tuition less a 15% processing fee.
• If you cancel within 14 days (2 weeks) of your first class, your tuition will be forfeit.

All cancellation and refund requests must be emailed to registrar@improv.org, and include the title and start date of your class.

In the event that we cancel a class due to insufficient enrollment, we’ll refund your tuition in full.

Please note: In the past, we have offered class credit in lieu of refunds. We are no longer able to offer this option. Each class tuition payment will stand on its own, and is non-transferable.