GAMES | Improv Workshop Series

Schedule

Thu Feb 06 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Visitor Information Centre | Waterloo, ON

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4 week, 10 hour improv workshop series exploring short-form improv games!
About this Event

Games:
Come explore the hilarious world of improv games in this four session improv series. TheatreSports veteran, improviser and director Ben Gorodetsky is offering a playful, collaborative exploration of short form improvisation (as seen on Whose Line)

Over the course of 10 hours of instruction this workshop series will cover a whole whack of improv games: Word at a Time Story, Speak in One Voice, Moving Bodies, Genre-Coaster, Half-Life, Party Quirks, Question Period, and much more! If you have a favourite game you'd like to learn, let us know and we'll add it to the list.

Prerequisites:
*Some* improv experience recommended.
If you're not sure, just email Ben@PinchCabaret.com


Dates and times:
Thursdays| Feb 6-27 | 7:00-9:30pm


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


Accessible Pricing:
If cost is a barrier for you, please email Ben@PinchCabaret.com 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 perfromed 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 of Rapid Fire Theatre by Billy Wong

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

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