DIF Workshop: The Space Between with Diana Brown

Name: DIF Workshop: The Space Between with Diana Brown
Start: 2025-10-25T11:30:00-07:00
End: 2025-10-25T13:30:00-07:00
Location: Lesher Center for the Arts

Schedule

Sat Oct 25 2025 at 11:30 am to 01:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Lesher Center for the Arts | Walnut Creek, CA

The Diablo Improv Festival, October 24 - 26, at The Lesher Center for the Arts. Check out our entire weekend line up of shows, workshops, and jams at DiabloImprovFestival.org!
About this Workshop
Sustaining your choices in the spaces between the words. In this workshop we'll be mining the silence for the specificity of your intention. Come and explore the rich inner life of your characters. Play with the complexities of emotions that inform the human experience. Learn ways to extend the dynamic tension between players without sacrificing brevity. You’ll leave this workshop with tools for and appreciation of staying in the golden moment.
Experience Level
All experience levels are welcome!
About the Instructor
Diana Brown is an improv artist, teaching artist, actor, producer, director and voiceover talent. She was voted Most Valuable Mentor and Teacher at the San Francisco Improv Festival. Diana was named as one of The Improv Boosts 2025 Sudden Impact Teachers. She leads the improv program at Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s School of Theatre. Diana is an instructor, producer and a member of the leadership team with Leela Improv Theatre in San Francisco. She presents the improvised Shakespeare program at All Out Comedy Theatre, is a guest teacher with BATS (Bay Area Theatre Sports) and teaches with Greater Than The Sum. She’s presented Improv workshops, intensives and “workshop to show” experiences at Rise Comedy Intensive, SAVI Fest, Northwest Improv Fest, Improv Fest Ireland, Belfast Improv Fest, Queen City Comedy Experience, Uptown Improv Festival, Vancouver Improv Festival, Tucson Comedy Arts Festival, Ocean State Improv Festival, Gather Spring Improv Retreat, Cornerstone Improv, O-Town Improv festival, Countdown Improv Festival, Camp Improv Utopia West, Experience, IMPRIDE, Unscrewed Theatre, 2nd Best Comedy Fest, Denver Improv Festival, Unscrewed Theater in Tucson, AZ, All Out Comedy Theater in Oakland, CA, Sealevel, San Francisco, CA, Phoenix Theater, San Francisco, CA. Diana is half of the duo Bingewatch. She plays in the Shakespeare inspired trio, Gamesome Frolic, and in the Tennessee Williams inspired duo Fleeting Reminiscence, the trios POPTOP, and Slumber Party, and the Twilight Zone inspired ensemble But of Mind.

CHECK OUT OUR ENTIRE WEEKEND LINEUP OF SHOWS, WORKSHOPS, AND JAMS!
Prepare to be inspired, delighted, and entertained at the Diablo Improv Festival. Laugh while you learn at improv workshops designed for all ages and experience levels, meet new friends, cultivate creative collaborations, and enjoy unforgettable performances from top-notch improvisers who take the craft to the next level.