Honest Repeat: Discover Truth and Connection in Every Scene

Honest Repeat is a hands-on, scene-focused workshop exploring the power of repetition and heightening to create emotionally truthful, dynamic improv. Participants practice saying, feeling, and repeating lines and actions while exploring how to raise stakes, deepen choices, and heighten connection in verbal, physical, and emotional moments.

Drawing on traditional scripted acting techniques such as Meisner, Stanislavski, and Uta Hagen, performers learn to move beyond surface-level “yes and” improvisation and build characters who feel real, motivated, and multi-dimensional. The workshop emphasizes ensemble awareness, physicality, and emotional presence, turning small choices into compelling, surprising, and memorable scene work.

Learning Goals

• Identify and play Objective (what), Intention (why), and Action (how) in the moment.
• Use repetition to deepen emotional truth and scene connection.
• Practice heightening stakes through verbal, physical, and emotional iteration.
• Develop character arcs and ensemble dynamics in improvised scenes.
• Discover how deeply motivated, iterative choices create surprising, authentic, and memorable moments.

About the instructor:
Karla Dingle has been performing since age five and holds a B.A. in Theater from the University of Georgia. She began studying improv in 2009 and has trained with The Second City, Hoopla, and The Groundlings. Based in Charlotte, NC, she serves as Education Director at Queen City Comedy and works as an Improv Director and Acting Instructor at a local studio. She performs regularly with Now Are the Foxes, Cul-de-Sac Improv, Close Distance Improv, and British American Experience.

An in-demand teacher and coach, Karla blends acting and improvisation to deepen performance skills. She has taught on six continents and been a guest instructor for festivals and organizations including Improv Fest Ireland, Impro Amsterdam, Highwire Improv, and the Bangalore Improv Community. She was a 2023 Theater IDA Artist-in-Residence in Zurich and a 2025 International Instructor for The Improv Boost’s Sudden Impact. Her students have booked film, TV, voiceover, and commercial work with brands such as Apple TV, Netflix, Amazon Prime, CBS, CVS, and Atrium Health.

About the Venue:

The Highwire Center is Highwire Improv's home base in the Highlandtown neighborhood of Baltimore! Part of Highlandtown Main Street and the Highlandtown Arts District, The Highwire Center is home to classes, free workshops, shows, community events, corporate training, and more! The Highwire Center is accessible, with ramp access available, an ADA restroom, and flat transit throughout the space.

About Highwire Improv:

Highwire Improv’s mission is to steward a community of artists committed to growth, collaboration, joy, and justice — in Baltimore and around the world — through improvisational theater.

Learn more at https://www.highwireimprov.com

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