WORKSHOP: Scene Brain, Story Brain, Game Brain (Joe Bill) - IMPROFEST 2025
Schedule
Thu, 21 Aug, 2025 at 10:00 am to Fri, 22 Aug, 2025 at 05:00 pm
UTC+02:00Location
Redbergsteatern | Gothenburg, VG
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Scene Brain, Story Brain, Game BrainJoe Bill
This two-day workshop will help improvisers understand the differences in how their brains work when they are playing improv scenes vs improv games. We’ll cover how the harmony of the Engineer and Jazz Musician sensibilities in your head can be vital in playing Scene, Narrative, Games (and “Game of The Scene’, if applicable). There are psychological differences that happen when we play for comedy as the goal vs. when we play for comedy as a consequence of emotional and psychological connection. I’ve studied psychology and behavioral neuroscience for more than 30 years and in this workshop, I aim to help everyone at any point in their improv life, to understand how to ground themselves immediately in an improv scene, in ANY context. There is some deep cut neuroscience nerdery in this workshop but I will also help you get out of your head, gain confidence, and feel more connected so you can just PLAY!
Redbergsskolan
Örngatan 6, 416 67 Göteborg
📆 Thu Aug 21 - Fri Aug 22 🕒 10.00-17.00
Joe Bill
Joe Bill is widely regarded as one of the best teachers of Improvised Storytelling and Scenic, Longform & Duo Improvisation in North America today. He is one of the founding members of Annoyance Theater Chicago where, for 12 years, he performed in and/or directed more than 60 different shows. Joe is ½ of the first touring Improv Duo in North America, BASSPROV, created in 2000 with Mark Sutton. They are still performing at Festivals and theater engagements globally 24 years later. Since then Joe’s been touring all over the world teaching, directing, and improvising with several other amazing Duo Partners like Patti Stiles (Our Play), Jill Bernard (SCRAM!), Stacey Hallal (Stacey & Joe, We Slept Together) Lee White (Paradigm), Heather Urquart (Blues Hammer), Felipe Ortiz (Les Disciplinos) and David Razowsky (Razowsky & Bill), ALL in different, original formats and styles.
He was the Director of Corporate Training at iO Chicago for 15 years and started training and performing there in 1985. He was a Guest Artist in Residence at The Second City Training Center & Conservatory where he taught intensives in Duo Improvisation and Improvisation for Actors for 10 years.
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IMPROFEST is an annual International Improv Theatre festival in Gothenburg & Mölndal, Sweden. It’s a celebration of improv in the performing arts and offers engaging workshops as well as amazing performances from all over the world.
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Main festival:
Improfest 2025 will be bigger then ever with a main festival in Gothenburg Aug 21-24 with shows, workshops and alot of social gatherings, such as after parties, events and mixer shows. Just like
previous years, we will also be in Mölndal Aug 18-20, where there will be workshops and festival kick-off with improv jam.
Stay tuned at gbgimpro.se/improfest
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Where is it happening?
Redbergsteatern, Örngatan 19, SE-416 67 Göteborg, Sverige, Gothenburg, SwedenEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
