Guest Workshops w/ Second City's Bianca Casusol: Surprise Party & Longevity

Schedule

Sat Apr 11 2026 at 10:00 am to 05:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Summerhall | Edinburgh, SC

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2 x 3-hr improv workshops! Surprise yourself and others with joyful improv, then it's on to characters and the beauty of detail!
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Workshop Overview

Surprise Party & Make it Matter, Longevity


Morning Workshop - Surprise Party:

Scenework stale? In a character rut?

In this workshop we’ll use our minds and bodies to play and find fun gifts to surprise ourselves and our scene partners, rediscovering how joyful improv can be when there’s no “right” answer.

A mix of scenework and individual character exercises will leave you with the tools to create memorable and unique characters with distinct perspectives. An open skill level workshop focusing on practical tips and tricks to take yourself to new and surprising places in your scenework


Afternoon Workshop - Make it Matter, Longevity:

Make it matter! We'll focus on finding anchors in our scenework to help us dive deeper into character point of view, and build characters with texture, that we can then explore and play with for longer scenes. We'll focus on "yes and-ing" our own choices, and delving deeper, finding the beauty in even the "smaller" details and choices we make in our scenes.


Schedule:

Sat 11 April: Surprise Party & Make it Matter, Longevity
- 10am-1pm Surprise Party workshop
- 1pm-2pm lunch break*
- 2pm-5pm Make it Matter, Longevity workshop

*You can bring your lunch or head out for it - the Summerhall cafe & pub are just upstairs!



🧘 How to Show Up
  • Arrive early: please plan to arrive 10 minutes before class so we can start and end on time.
  • Dress comfortably: wear movement-friendly clothes that cover you fully (we’ll be moving throughout the space).
  • Bring water: a reusable water bottle is encouraged — hydration fuels creativity!



🎟️ Prerequisites

We recommend participants have completed Improv 101 (Intro to Improv) or attended several drop-in sessions of equivalent experience.
Ages 16 and up.



👩‍🏫 About Bianca Casusol (she/her)


Bianca Casusol is a performer and teacher based in NYC, currently teaching at the Second City in Brooklyn. She's been lucky enough to teach at festivals across the country, The Magnet Theater, The People's Improv Theater, DSI Comedy Theater and The North Carolina Theater Conservatory and to learn from every person she's ever played with. When she's not doing make believe, she's turning children's short stories into sketches as a touring member of The Story Pirates or trying to pet every animal.
She was a founding member of the Kiss:Punch:Poem, which Time Out Chicago called, "a rare find, a show that mixes improv with spoken word to effects both uproarious and heartfelt". Her work has been featured on The Truth Podcast, Hot Mic with Dan Savage, Risk!, Bust Magazine, and Reductress.

What her clients & students say:
"A theater is a community. If Bianca Casusol is part of it, she will be the heart of it."

"Bianca is a very inclusive coach, which enables participants to be the best they can in a workshop or a show. "

"With her coaching, you get not only the core improv concepts, but the confidence needed to execute them."


Prices:
1/2 Day: Earlybird £35 (use code HALFDAYFUN at checkout) / Regular: £42

Full Day: Earlybird £60 (use code DAYFUN at checkout) / Regular: £72
Earlybird discounts until 21st March


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