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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 Mondays at 7:00-9:00pm:
Sept 9
Sept 16
Sept 23
Sept 30
Oct 7
Oct 14
Oct 21
Oct 28
Possible make-up date if HVC needs to cancel class: Nov 4
Sept 9
Sept 16
Sept 23
Sept 30
Oct 7
Oct 14
Oct 21
Oct 28
Possible make-up date if HVC needs to cancel class: Nov 4
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:
Scott Braidman is General Manager and Artistic Director of Happier Valley Comedy. Scott started improvising in 2002 with Mission: Improvable at UMass Amherst, and since then he has studied and performed at The iO Theater and One Group Mind in Chicago, The UCB Theatre in New York, and ImprovBoston and Improv Asylum in Boston. He began teaching improv in 2008 at the ImprovBoston Comedy School. Scott produces and directs all of Happier Valley Comedy's Mainstage shows as well as teaching improv classes and performing in many improvised shows, the most immersive of which is called "Being A Dad." He gets a little better at it each day.
Scott Braidman is General Manager and Artistic Director of Happier Valley Comedy. Scott started improvising in 2002 with Mission: Improvable at UMass Amherst, and since then he has studied and performed at The iO Theater and One Group Mind in Chicago, The UCB Theatre in New York, and ImprovBoston and Improv Asylum in Boston. He began teaching improv in 2008 at the ImprovBoston Comedy School. Scott produces and directs all of Happier Valley Comedy's Mainstage shows as well as teaching improv classes and performing in many improvised shows, the most immersive of which is called "Being A Dad." He gets a little better at it each day.
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.
