WORKSHOP: The First 30 Seconds - The Next 3 minutes & Now What? (Joe Bill) - IMPROFEST 2025
Schedule
Wed Aug 20 2025 at 10:00 am to 01:00 pm
UTC+02:00Location
Redbergsteatern | Gothenburg, VG
Advertisement
The First 30 Seconds - The Next 3 minutes & Now What?In Improvisation scenes, the ending often lies in the beginning. I will show you how to begin your scenes with focus and playfulness and how to begin to bring your inner Engineer and Jazz Musician into Harmony through the way that you listen. We’ll focus on the first 30 seconds of a scene to discover your
characters (How they do, What they do, is Who they are) evolving from the recognition of “How am I?”, “How are you?” and “How are WE?” I’ll help increase your awareness of the 2 types of dialogue, (Circumstantial and Interpersonal) to give you the best chance to play an honest grounded scene, rooted in depth and discovery AND how comedy and story can come as a consequence of connection, rather than goals that you’re desperately chasing.
Konstkollektivet
Pixbovägen 5, 431 36 Mölndal
📆 Wed - Aug 20 🕒 10.00-13.00
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.
🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡
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.
🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡
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
Advertisement
Where is it happening?
Redbergsteatern, Örngatan 19, SE-416 67 Göteborg, Sverige, Gothenburg, SwedenEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
