Improv Workshop: HOW TO GO HARD (ON FUN) with KENNY/ROGERS

Name: Improv Workshop: HOW TO GO HARD (ON FUN) with KENNY/ROGERS
Start: 2025-05-03T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-05-03T14:30:00-05:00
Location: The Little Improv Theater - Home of ComedySportz San Antonio

Schedule

Sat May 03 2025 at 12:00 pm to 02:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

The Little Improv Theater - Home of ComedySportz San Antonio | San Antonio, TX

TITLE: How to Go Hard (on Fun)
DESCRIPTION: Part improv workshop, part clown workshop, all comedy workshop. Kenny/Rogers has perfected their comedy formula to make a show that many have described as "a lot" or "please stop". Most importantly, it's a highly interactive show that incorporates the audience while also doing a lot of formally classic improv. So how do you incorporate normal audience members while doing good scene work?
In this workshop, we show you how by getting you doing lots of scene work, running you through specific scenarios we've done, and explaining our show structure the best way we can. It may look like chaos, and it is. But there are a surprising amount of bumpers and restrictions to make the chaos fun, safe, and actually good.
FACILITATOR: Heidi "Deuces" Rogers and Kenny "Nickname" Madison
INSTRUCTOR BIOS: HEIDI ROGERS is based in Austin, TX, and has been performing improv for over 13 years. Heidi is a two-time B. Iden Payne award winner for her improv duo Kenny/Rogers (@kennyrogersimprov). In addition to performing in over 25 mainstage shows in Austin, Heidi has performed at improv festivals around the country including UCB's Del Close Marathon (New York City), Improvaganza (Honolulu, HI), New South Comedy Festival (Greenville, SC), Improv Fest Oklahoma (Oklahoma City, OK), Big Little Comedy Fest (San Antonio, TX) and Out of Bounds (Austin, TX). Heidi’s favorite part of improv is creating rich, unique characters with a myriad of voices and accents. She is passionate about teaching improv and sharing her performance experience with the Austin improv community. When not improvising Heidi enjoys game nights with friends, watching movies at Alamo Drafthouse, watching Dropout’s Game Changers on repeat and ample snuggles with her dog Leo.
KENNY MADISON has been doing improv for 15 years and coaching/teaching for 8 of those years. He currently teaches at Hideout Theatre and has done mainstages at Coldtowne, Hideout, Fallout, and directed 3 shows at The Institution Theater (RIP). In 2024, he directed "What Next?" for FronteraFest's Free Fringe with Gloria Rabil. That made it into Best of Week, which is pretty cool. With Heidi Rogers, he performs as one-half of Kenny/Rogers, which was accepted into the Del Close Marathon in 2018 and tours whenever they can. They currently have a monthly show as the hosts/producers of the After Dark LIVE Adult Comedy Show in Austin. Whenever he is not keeping busy with that, he's 1/3 of Lasso Cast, a Ted Lasso podcast where he talks with critics, crew, and cast members from the Emmy Award winning show Ted Lasso. And he also co-hosts the Trek Wars Podcast, which goes through both Star Trek and Star Wars in chronological release order. When he's not doing any of that, he sleeps.
LENGTH: 2.5 hours
TIME: 12:00PM - 2:30PM
ADMISSION PRICE: $20
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: No previous improv experience required.