Improv 301: Improv Longform

Schedule

Mon, 18 Aug, 2025 at 07:00 pm to Sat, 11 Oct, 2025 at 09:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

American Underground | Durham, NC

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Create characters and worlds that combine to form a unified 25-minute longform improv piece. Mondays.
About this Event

Use the skills from 201’s “Game of the Scene” to focus on bringing the Game forward and creating a fully-formed long-form show. This class continues a focus on Game-driven scenes and introduces students to group games and other multi-person scene work.Classes every Monday August 18th - October 6th from 7:00-9:30pm. (NO CLASS LABOR DAY 9/1)

The course will culminate in a student show on Saturday, October 11th at 5:30 PM.

Please read our and before signing up for a class or workshop.

PREREQUISITES: Students are required to have taken Improv 201: Game of the Scene. If you have any questions about this policy, you may contact us here.

CLASS REQUIREMENTS:

  • Students are required to attend 2 improv shows at Mettlesome during the course (students get into shows for free)
  • Students are allowed a maximum of 2 absences per course.

ACCESSIBILITY NOTE:If you have questions, need assistance, or require any accommodations, please email us at [email protected].


INSTRUCTOR: Brandon Holmes (he/him) was first exposed to improv comedy when he tried out for the then-newly-formed troupe at his alma mater, Presbyterian College in 2008. He made it! And loved every single minute of it! 

Improv has taken him all over the country, to bar mitzvahs and nondenominational lock-ins, block parties and watermelon eating contests, New York City and on top of a bank vault in Kinston, NC (what a night). Brandon works at Duke. On any given day, you can probably find several hairs from his beloved scrappy junkyard mutt dog, Miso, on his jeans. Brandon loves music, but he's not crazy about podcasts.  

Brandon has studied with Paula Pazderka, Jeremy McDonald, and taken workshops with Rick Andrews, Chet Siegel, and Charna Halpern.

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Where is it happening?

American Underground, 201 W Main St, Durham, United States

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USD 210.00 to USD 235.63

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