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Long form SceneWork
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Ready to take your scenes to the next level? In Long Form Scenework, we'll learn a whole toolbox of key concepts and skills that propel you into fun, successful scenework, including game of the scene, emotional mapping, heightening, environment and object work, and discovering characters.
Long Form Scenework is the first step for new Advanced Improv students as well as a terrific class for more experienced students to retake again (and again!) in order to bolster and polish their own performance. This class is a prerequisite for most Advanced Long Form offerings, including Ensemble and format classes.
Long Form Scenework is generally offered every session but with different teachers. This class will always tackle the same skills but with different approaches and exercises!
Long Form Scenework is the first step for new Advanced Improv students as well as a terrific class for more experienced students to retake again (and again!) in order to bolster and polish their own performance. This class is a prerequisite for most Advanced Long Form offerings, including Ensemble and format classes.
Long Form Scenework is generally offered every session but with different teachers. This class will always tackle the same skills but with different approaches and exercises!
Our class meets the following 8 Thursdays at 7:00-9:00pm:
May 1
May 8
May 15
May 22
May 29
June 5
June 12
June 19
Possible make-up date if HVC needs to cancel class: June 26
May 1
May 8
May 15
May 22
May 29
June 5
June 12
June 19
Possible make-up date if HVC needs to cancel class: June 26
If you need to miss a class due to the observance of a holiday that takes place during this session, it will not count as an absence against earning credit for this class.
About Your Teacher:
Maddy Benjamin is the Program Manager and Facilitator of Fun at Happier Valley Comedy. She got her start in improv in 2010 with IT: Improvisational Theater at the College of William & Mary, and joined the HVC community in 2017. Maddy is a founding member of "Not In Charge" and "Second Saturdays Presents," and performs with several HVC casts. You'll also catch her teaching short form and Improv 4, hosting the monthly Comedy Quiz Show on WHMP, solving the NYT crossword puzzle, and serving as the unofficial laugh track for any show or class she attends.
Maddy Benjamin is the Program Manager and Facilitator of Fun at Happier Valley Comedy. She got her start in improv in 2010 with IT: Improvisational Theater at the College of William & Mary, and joined the HVC community in 2017. Maddy is a founding member of "Not In Charge" and "Second Saturdays Presents," and performs with several HVC casts. You'll also catch her teaching short form and Improv 4, hosting the monthly Comedy Quiz Show on WHMP, solving the NYT crossword puzzle, and serving as the unofficial laugh track for any show or class she attends.
praise for long form scenework
"...a helpful class for even experienced improvisers. You relearn skills and lessons you may have forgotten and you have an opportunity to see yourself in a new way. If you allow yourself to open your mind and challenge your usual way of doing improv, you can take yourself to a new level." |
"In real life, you repeat a class if you fail. In improv life, you can repeat a class just to have more fun! [Long Form Scenework] is one of those classes that you could take it again and again, layering your developing skills and playing with a new grouping of people each time. It is a core course for practicing small scenes, working with environment, working with characters and emotion, and doing object work. And it’s just plain fun!" |
*Happier Valley Comedy rents land that was stolen from Indigenous people, including the Pocumtuc and Nipmuc tribes. A land acknowledgement is not appropriate or adequate to address this injustice that continues to harm people today. Therefore, we have instituted an ongoing process of contributing to the preservation of the lands and cultures of Northeastern Indigenous Peoples. All class fees contain an additional $3 to benefit The Nolumbeka Project, a local nonprofit whose mission is dedicated to these goals.
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Learn more about The Nolumbeka Project, including their upcoming events.
Learn more about our commitment to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Small but Important Fine Print:
*Please note that once you make your purchase, your place in the class is NON-REFUNDABLE unless we have 48 hours notice before first class AND we can get someone to fill your spot.
*Students must attend at least 6 of the 8 classes to graduate to the next level.
*Students must be 18+ years. (In actual years, not maturity. ;)
*Our classes may involve physical activity and we could be on our feet for at least an hour; however, we're able to accommodate for all physical abilities. Please let email us to let us know how we can best fit your needs or if you have any questions about accommodations.
*Please note that once you make your purchase, your place in the class is NON-REFUNDABLE unless we have 48 hours notice before first class AND we can get someone to fill your spot.
*Students must attend at least 6 of the 8 classes to graduate to the next level.
*Students must be 18+ years. (In actual years, not maturity. ;)
*Our classes may involve physical activity and we could be on our feet for at least an hour; however, we're able to accommodate for all physical abilities. Please let email us to let us know how we can best fit your needs or if you have any questions about accommodations.
NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY AS TO STUDENTS
The Happier Valley Comedy School admits students of any race, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religious affiliation, age, ability, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religious affiliation, age, ability, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other school-administered programs.
The Happier Valley Comedy School admits students of any race, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religious affiliation, age, ability, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religious affiliation, age, ability, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other school-administered programs.
