Advanced Improv Workshop with Chuy Zárate- Forget What You Know
Schedule
Sat Nov 06 2021 at 02:00 pm to 05:00 pm
Location
11950 Starcrest Dr, San Antonio, TX 78247-4109, United States | San Antonio, TX
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Date & TimeSat, Nov 6
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM CDT
Location
ComedySportz San Antonio
11950 Starcrest Drive
#210
San Antonio, TX 78247
Description
Feel like your scene work is stagnating? Do you find yourself resting on what you know works in front of an audience for self-gratification? Do you get too far into your head when you are trying to build a simple scene? Too many times improvisers feel the need to be clever or witty on stage. Do you get stuck in a whirlwind of bits that really serve no purpose in a scene? It might be time to forget what you know and remember that there are simple building blocks to scene work. There is no better way to get out of your head and back into the scene than remembering the basics. We will wipe the slate clean. To be successful at the long scene, you need to be proficient in the short scene. By the end of this workshop, you should have a strong instinct for creating quick relationships and lasting scene premises. You will look at scene starts as the most important aspect of every scene. Your relationship establishing "muscle memory" will hopefully take over and guide you to satisfying and creative scenes. Improvisors with 2 plus years of experience will be more comfortable in this class.
Instructor's biography:
Estevan J. (Chuy) Zarate is an actor/director/coach from San Antonio TX that has been improvising for audiences for 31 years. He has lived most of his life in Improv Mecca Austin TX. Chuy was one of the driving forces of improv in the early 2000s in Austin. He helped make it the viable improv comedy scene that it is today. Current and previous improv troupes include The Hideout Theatre's house troupe: The Big Bash, Luby's Bingo Hall, Merlinworks faculty troupe: The Known Wizards, An Evening With...With Tyler and Chuy feat. Tosin, duos: Pizarati w/ Ellen Pizarek, ChuTopp w/ Topping Haggerty, RD: We Go For It! w/Rachel Austin, Dorsey/Zárate w/ Neil Dorsey and The Project with his 18 year old son Antonio. Past mainstay Austin and San Antonio troupes include: The Oxymorons, Your Dad's Friends, Ray Prewitt's 4th Grade Class, ¡Zarzamora! and Monk's Night Out. He also directed and performed with sketch troupes The Latino Comedy Project and The Mexcentrics. He teaches all styles and formats being that he has a very eclectic tool belt to reach into. If there is a scenario to be performed in, he has probably performed it. With specialties in improv singing and grounded/character-driven scene work, Chuy has coached hundreds of kids, teens, students and adults for years to multiple successes.
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Where is it happening?
11950 Starcrest Dr, San Antonio, TX 78247-4109, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
