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COMEDY IMPROV

   Want to be the life of the party? Need a creative outlet? Need a laugh? Then give Comedy Improv a try. With the Success of television's Whose Line Is It Anyway? Improv has become a popular way to have fun. It's also a great way to sharpen confidence in personal and business situations.

      Finding an Improv troupe is very difficult. Most don't last very long. The hard part is you have to work with the other members for a very long time so you can get your timing right. But you can only learn so much without an audience. The first thing you need to do is get a good idea of how improv is done. Classes are a good idea and many places offer them. You should familiarize yourself with the most popular improv structures before you start to take classes. Here are a few instructions on some of the most popular structures:
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Freeze Tag

Know-it-All

     To better get an understanding of how a show works you should go see a troupe perform. There are no weekly performing troupes in the Wilmington area currently so you will have to go out of town. Comedy Sportz in Philly is one place you can go.

  If you want to home school here is a great improv web site:
Improvisational Theatre Structures

Classes offered by:
Danny Peak
Gary Keifer, City Theater Company
No previous experience is required
Limited to 16 students.
10 Weeks
Wednesdays, 7:00 to 9:00, 2/28/2001 to 5/2/2001
Room: 108
AM 114   Henderson High School
              Map
               Directions:
   Lincoln & Montgomery Ave., West Chester Follow Gay Street into West Chester.  Turn right at Montgomery Ave. (traffic light and McDonald's on corner) and proceed about 1/8 mile to the high school on the left, with parking directly across the street.
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