GAMES | Improv Workshop Series

Schedule

Tue Jun 02 2026 at 07:00 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

165 King St W | Kitchener, 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: Switch-Change, Genre-Coaster, Oscar Moment, Should'a'Said, Three Headed Expert, Question Period, World's Worst, Speak in One Voice, Half-Life, Party Quirks 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 [email protected]


Dates and times:
Tuesdays| June 2-23 | 7:00-9:30pm


Venue:
This workshop will take place at 165 King St W, Kitchener. This is the same building as Libro Credit Union downtown. The studio is in the basement and Ben will meet you at the street entrance to head down together. Make sure you go to King St West, not East!


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 for which he was nominated 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

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Where is it happening?

165 King St W, 165 King Street West, Kitchener, Canada

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Tickets

CAD 156.61

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