Upcoming Shows!
SOMETIMES FUNNY
8:00-8:45PM
Amber Larkin, Austin Scott, Sri Persaud, Stephanie Voight, Izzi Rudin-Rush, Eze Sanchez, Jonathan Branch, Nate Steen
Join Gainesville’s favorite improv team for a completely improvised show that will never be seen again.
Theater Strike Force
8:45-9:30PM
The Sunday Group is our elite Long Form Improv team. The Sunday Team travels to various Improv festivals and competitions on behalf of Theatre Strike Force. The Sunday Group is self directed.
My Name is… w/ Guts & Glory
9:30-10PM
This week we invited Taylor Williams, of Guts & Glory, to share shares thoughts, feelings, and personal remembrances inspired by the audience suggestion. The improvisers turn use this improvised monologue into a hilarious laugh riot, and fully improvised show.
Hi Improv Current Classes
10 Weeks Intro to Improv!
Level 1 – Intro to Improv / Harold Crash Course
This crash course is designed for people new to improv and acting, just new or rusty with long form improvisation, or people who just want to revisit the basics in a more structured manner. Any improviser that completes this course will be ready to perform a show-quality long-form piece with the other members of the class.
Topics Covered: Acceptance, Spontaneity, Teamwork, Characters, Object Work, Relationships, Environment, The Game of the Scene, First Beats, Second Beats, Group Games, Third Beats
5 Weeks Advanced Improv!
Level 2 – The Movie / Stylizing the Harold
The Movie is a form that borrows heavily from the Harold in structure, but with more opportunity to deviate from the 3/3/3 scene format. Additionally, The Movie requires improvisers to fine tune their edits to elicit specific emotions from the audience and convey important context details to fellow improvisers. Skills required of The Movie (e.g. interesting edits) can be applied to a more general Harold performance.
Topics Covered: Theatrical Scene Painting, Genres and Tropes, Show Don’t Tell, Offering Information w/o Pimping Scene Partners, Adapting Plot Structures to Improvisation, Applying Stylized Movie Edits to Improvisation
OPEN FOR REGISTRATION:
Level 1 – Intro to Improv / Harold Crash Course
Dates: 10 Tuesdays, 7-9pm,
Starting on September 17th
Ending with a show!
Location: House Improv Theater
Teacher: Jonathan Branch
$100
Level 2 – The Movie / Stylizing the Harold
Dates: 5 Thursdays, 7-9pm,
Starting on October 17th
Ending with a show!
Location: House Improv Theater
Teacher: Austin Scott
$60
Instructors
Austin Scott
Austin has over 10 years of experience performing, teaching classes, and coaching improv teams. For several years, Austin ran Improvamonium, Western NY’s longest running (and 100% free) improv comedy festival.
He’s been featured in other festivals such as DuoFest in Philadelphia, the Fall Back Comedy Fest in Rochester, and has performed several times in the Del Close Marathon in NYC.
Since bringing his talents to Gainesville, Austin has taught his Intro to Improv class, the first of which became local long form team Sometimes Funny, and is the current Co-Artistic Director. He’s the current coach of Sometimes Funny, and performs with three person team Jan and teah.
Jon Branch
Jon’s improv adventure began May 2016 and he still hasn’t stopped obsessing. He can be found performing in the long form team Sometimes Funny and Jan, while substitute coaching and teaching for groups around Gainesville! Jon is also the Co-Artistic Director, Managing Director and Founder of House Improv.
When not reading, watching, or doing improv he enjoys playing guitar, going to concerts, and trying not to eat carbs. If you ever have questions about improv Jon will talk to you forever about it!
