Improv 5c: Form and Structures

Six Week Course | Adults Only (18+)
This course will practice long-form improvised theatre structures performed at various improv houses around the country.  Focus will be placed on thematic forms, narrative forms, genres, and theatrical devices.  Long-form structures covered are dependent on the instructor’s experience and training.

Learn and perform the Deconstruction!  According to Miles Stroth, The Deconstruction is an improv form initially developed at iO Chicago by his group The Family, under the direction of Del Close, with the goal of asking the question: how many different ways can performers be inspired by a scene?  The Deconstruction is a journey beginning with an initial scene, to which it returns periodically as improvisors explore and expand the themes they find in it.  The Deconstruction format leads improvisors to explore concepts, performance pace and style, and narrative arc, all in the space of a single performance.  It builds a tool box useful for any long form performance.

At the end of this course students perform together in a graduation show.

(Please note that all sales are final.  No refunds, exchanges, or transfers.  We will NOT respond to refund, exchange, or transfer requests.)

Prerequisite: Improv 4: Top of Your Intelligence or instructor approval.
Schedule: 6 sessions (once a week for 6 weeks)
Class Length: 3 hours (18 hours total)
Class Size: 12-18
Tuition: $379/$359 Early Bird Registration

Please be sure to bring your ID as you will need to sign-in with the SF Chronicle building security in the lobby once you have arrived and checked in with your instructor.  Thank you!

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