INTRO TRACK
Improv classes open to anyone. No experience necessary!
Improv Workshop A
Improv Workshop A takes beginning students through all the core principles of improv in a fun, safe environment. You’ll build self-confidence, develop your creativity, experiment, play, and make new friends. No experience necessary!
SKETCH WRITING
No prerequisites. Screenplay software (Final Draft, Celtx, WriterDuet, etc.) required.
Sketch Writing for Beginners
Great for students just getting started who want an overview of the basics of sketch writing and to try their hand at writing a sketch or two. Bring your funny ideas and we’ll show you how to turn them into hilarious sketches!
$200
4 SESSIONS
Sketch Writing Workshop A
Available for the first time online: The Groundlings School’s 6-session deeper dive into the basics of sketch writing! Learn the difference between character and premise sketches, identifying beats, writing for your medium, and how to find material. Get experience and build confidence in your writing ability. For each class, students will write and submit sketches, and we will find the gold in whatever you create.
$350
6 SESSIONS
Continued Sketch Writing
Already know the basics? Let’s keep going! Bring in your sketches and get top quality notes to turn your own comedic sensibility into sketches you can be proud of. Students are asked to send a finished sketch to the instructor before the first class.
$200
4 SESSIONS
CORE TRACK
The improv track at the heart of The Groundlings School. Audition required.
Basic
Basic Improv introduces students to the fundamentals of improvisation through the use of games and exercises in a fun, fast-paced environment. Basic lays the foundation for The Groundlings style of improv and sketch, which each level above Basic will build upon.
Click here to schedule a free audition.
Intermediate
Intermediate Improv uses the skills developed in Basic to concentrate on scene work and the Groundlings signature style of character development in both improvisational scenes and monologues.
$560
12 SESSIONS
SPECIALTY
Prerequisites Vary
Creating Characters for Beginners
w/ Julie Welch
Creating Characters for Beginners is a one day drop-in class that will combine elements from some of our intro & core track classes to give an in-depth and fun focus on building characters. This class is for those beginner students looking to really delve deep into what it means to design a well-rounded improv character using both scene-work and monologues
$55
1 SESSION
Sat, April 6
11am-2pm
Performance WOW
w/ Diego Parada
An improv series comprised of games and exercises that culminates in a performance.
$250
4 SESSIONS
W/F, 10am - 1:30pm
starting April 17
Intro to Voiceover Acting
w/ George McGrath
A one-day introduction to the world of Voiceover acting that gives students an overview of the kinds of job opportunities in the Voice-Over world and techniques to becoming a good actor behind the microphone.
$55
1 SESSION
Sun, 12pm - 2:30pm
Apr 21
Performance WOW
w/ Guy Stevenson
An improv series comprised of games and exercises that culminates in a performance.
$200
4 SESSIONS
Sun, 7pm - 10pm
starting Apr 28