Advanced Improv Weekend Intensive: Duo-Prov! or Two Person Improv!

Duo-prov, or two person improv, can be the most profound, intimate, and challenging improvisation you’ll ever experience, as well as the most rewarding! Whether its a twenty minute two person monoscene, a two person musical narrative, or a fast paced montage sharing and creating many characters, Duoprov can broaden and deepen your improv like nothing else!

In this two day, weekend intensive, brand new and already established duos will have a chance to dig into what makes their brand of improv unique, combining voices, while also learning some new skills and tricks to build their first format or freshen up their current show! Students will practice playing longer scenes, three-dimensional characters, and other skills necessary to sustain a long form performance with only one other person! In the second half of the class, students will practice and perform their own original format with feedback focused on their strengths as a pair, culminating in a Sunday night showcase.

This weekend intensive is recommended for improv partners who have completed a training program and each have at least one year of training and/or performance experience. Students who have not completed Level Five Improv at Stomping Ground Comedy Theater should email the Training Center Director ([email protected]) with their previous experience.

Topics in the Course:

• Finding Your Combined Voice and Aesthetic as a Duo
• Sustaining Longer Two Person Scenes
• Creating and Passing Characters Between Improvisers
• Playing Off Each Other’s Strengths and Finding Your Improv Ying and Yang
• Determining or Developing the Format to Suit Your Combined Personal Styles
• Warming Up and Connecting Before the Show

About the Instructor:

Greg Mihalik is a performer and instructor who has been teaching and performing improv since 2002, studied improvisation at the Magnet Theater in NYC and has been seen using these techniques in both his one-man improvised musical, Fugue State at Stomping Ground Comedy Theater and since 2016 with his improvised duo, Too Shy Guys, at theaters throughout Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio and Tampa, Florida.

This is a two day weekend intensive held Saturday, July 20th from 10am-6pm and Sunday, July 21st from 10am-6pm, followed by a showcase at 8pm. The instructor is Greg Mihalik. This workshop is intended for new and/or existing improv duos. Duos must enroll together through Eventbrite in order to be registered for this class. All sales are final. Classes are non-refundable but enrollment can be deferred to a future class. All students must adhere to policies in the Stomping Ground Student Handbook. Must be 18 years or older.

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