CHARACTER | Improv Workshop - Single Session

Schedule

Thu Mar 05 2026 at 07:00 pm to 10:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Visitor Information Centre | Waterloo, ON

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One-off, 3 hour workshop looking at the wide world of CHARACTER in improvisation
About this Event

CHARACTER:
Explore the bold world of improvised character! In this one-off, 3 hour workshop we'll look at psychological, emotional, and physical approaches to playing complex, interesting characters on stage. This class will help you extend your character range and open up new choices in spontaneity that rely less on doing and more on being.


Prerequisites:
*Some* improv experience recommended.
If you're not sure, just email [email protected]


Date and time:
Thursday, March 5 | 7:00-10:00pm


Venue:
Waterloo Visitor Information Centre | 10 Father David Bauer Dr


Accessible Pricing:
If cost is a barrier for you, please email [email protected] and we'll figure out an accessible price. Don't be shy!


About the instructor:
Ben Gorodetsky is an improviser, director, and educator based in Kitchener, Ontario. They are curator and host of KW monthly mainstays: Pinch Cabaret and Together We're Boisterous Comedy. Ben is the former Associate Artistic Director of Rapid Fire Theatre, where he performed in the flagship TheatreSports show every friday night for seven years, and a nominee for a Canadian Comedy Award. He has performed, taught, and directed improvisation at The Magnet Theatre (NYC), Out of Bounds Comedy (Austin), UCB (LA), Highwire Comedy (Atlanta), English Lovers (Vienna), IGLU (Ljubljana), FERIIR (Reunion Island), Bad Dog (Toronto), and Blind Tiger (Vancouver). His performance work has been presented by The Art Gallery of Ontario, CAFKA, Lumen Fest, Movement Research at Judson Church, The Tank NYC, Mile Zero Dance, Brian Webb Dance Company, Expanse Festival of Movement Arts, Rubaboo Festival, Guelph Dance Festival, SpringWorks, and the Gas Station Arts Centre. They are creator and executive producer of TV series "My Pet Ate What?" for CTV/Bell Media. They teach at UWaterloo and hold an MFA from Brooklyn College-CUNY and a BFA from the University of Alberta.

More info: www.pinchpinchpinch.com/classes


*photo by Phi Doan

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Visitor Information Centre, 10 Father David Bauer Drive, Waterloo, Canada

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