Improv 414: J.T.S. Brown - Performance-Level Improv Comedy Course

"Challenging but rewarding, complex yet freeing, JTS Brown is renowned as one of the most unique improv forms ever created... JTS Brown is different, experimental, and infectiously inspiring. It is a philosophy of play more than anything else. It is organic, physically active and relies primarily on spontaneity (vs being in your head). You won’t have time to go into your head. It utilizes a level of group mind that is amazing. Taking a JTS Brown class should have many artistic take-aways for you in and of itself. Your improv skills should bump up a notch given the demands of the form." - Carolyn Cole, ImprovNow

"J.T.S. Brown was not a form so much as a philosophy of play. It was designed for a large cast (10-14 people), to involve as many players as possible at a time, to have a higher level of theatricality and polish than a typical improv show, and to encourage any move to be made at any time, with the idea that anything that happened was the perfect thing to happen. We didn’t have a set structure, but we had a few rules to abide by." - Craig Cackowski, as told to Nick Armstron in "J.T.S. Brown: An Improv Journey"

"A perfect show that incorporated short form's speed and playfulness with long form's patience and freedom." - Ed Goodman, The Second City

Class Day and Time: Mondays from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Class Dates:

Monday, August 19

Monday, August 26

NO CLASS ON 9/2 (Labor Day)

Monday, September 9

Monday, September 16

Monday, September 23

Monday, September 30

Class Show: TBD at the Sea Tea Comedy Theater

Prerequisites: Successful completion of Improv 301 or Improv 302, or instructor approval

Cost: $200

About the Instructor: Ann "Crim" Crimmins is a graduate of ImprovBoston, Happier Valley, and Sea Tea Improv Studios. Thirteen-time attendee of Camp Improv Utopia. Crim has performed improv and led or took improv workshops all over the world including CT, MA, RI, NY, NJ, CO, CA, MD, PA, Canada, Ireland, Australia. Improv teacher at Sea Tea Improv Studios since 2017. Co-founder of Vintage Improv Festival. Performed with Sea Tea Improv TourCo and The Nerd Ensemble, and directed & produced shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater.

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