Improvisation is proliferating! Come find out why!
In a playful atmosphere, step out of your comfort zone and enjoy the brain- boosting, spirit -lifting, day-brightening fun of IMPROVISATION!
Through theatre games, ritual, insight and lots of laughter, we will build spontaneous stories together. Affirm your ideas and creative impulses.
Deepen your listening skills and boost your creative imagination.
Learn confidence-boosting games to share with others, and team- building skills that’ll last a laugh-time. Shake off the winter blues with a hearty “What if?” and a rousing “ yes, and!”
Details:
WHEN: Saturdays, March 2– April 6, 2024, 11:00–12:30pm
WHERE: Center for Performing Arts, 3754 Pleasant Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55409
COST: $95
INSTRUCTOR: Dane Stauffer
“Dane made the class fun and helped us ease into the idea of improvisation, which helped me explore my abilities. He has a great way of making everyone feel comfortable and accepted. I enjoyed the class so much, that I recommended it to a group of seniors that I meet with regularly. The group brought Dane in and really enjoyed the 4 week class he taught.”
Linda Z. — Recent Workshop Participant
“First off, the improv class was fun, great fun. As seniors, we often don’t act silly, or giggle and laugh, this class gave us that opportunity. I was a bit intimidated at first thought of taking the Improv class; Dane put me at ease with the first group exercises…..The class showed me I was still a creative spontaneous “senior” person. The exercises Dane provided allowed my spontaneity to flow. The class pushed on my comfort zone and allowed me to break through touching into my kid again. Dane was a fun energetic leader.”
Maureen C.— Recent Workshop Participant
Fresh off a successful run starring in the IVEY award winning musical “Glensheen,” at the History Theatre, Dane Stauffer is pleased to teach this improv workshop. He studied at the Children’s Theatre School of Minneapolis as a kid, where improv was used extensively to develop full-length plays, and spent several happy teen years improvising Commedia del Arte at Renaissance festivals.
A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Dane had two years of theatre games with Omar Shapli, (one of the founding members of Compass Theatre and Second City Chicago) He returned to the Twin Cities, quickly becoming a resident company member of Dudley Riggs’s Brave New Workshop, writing sketches and improvising nightly. He was cast leader on the Inaugural improv cruise of “The Disney Magic” and studied in Los Angeles with Avery Schreiber, of Second City and “Burns and Schreiber” fame. (Not to mention the Doritos ad.) Dane has a long list of credits as an actor and playwright, which can be viewed at www.danestauffer.com