Improv: Powerfully Play With Genre - John Conroy
About This Class
ONE DAY ONLY! December 15th 12-3pm
Class size limited to 12
This class will be held at the NEW Pack Theater space!
1615 N. Vermont, 90027
No prerequisites required!
Sci-Fi. Western. Fairy Tale. Film Noir. Shakespeare, Dickens, Tennessee Williams. Genres can be powerful foundations for your improv and an exciting way to stretch yourself as an improviser and explore stories, characters and emotions you wouldn’t normally think to play. In this workshop John will show you ways to incorporate genre into your shows, get out of your head so you can comfortably settle into character archetypes and atmosphere, and accelerate your scenes by embracing how genres can inspire creativity rather than restrict.
About This Class
ONE DAY ONLY! December 15th 12-3pm
Class size limited to 12
This class will be held at the NEW Pack Theater space!
1615 N. Vermont, 90027
No prerequisites required!
Sci-Fi. Western. Fairy Tale. Film Noir. Shakespeare, Dickens, Tennessee Williams. Genres can be powerful foundations for your improv and an exciting way to stretch yourself as an improviser and explore stories, characters and emotions you wouldn’t normally think to play. In this workshop John will show you ways to incorporate genre into your shows, get out of your head so you can comfortably settle into character archetypes and atmosphere, and accelerate your scenes by embracing how genres can inspire creativity rather than restrict.
About This Class
ONE DAY ONLY! December 15th 12-3pm
Class size limited to 12
This class will be held at the NEW Pack Theater space!
1615 N. Vermont, 90027
No prerequisites required!
Sci-Fi. Western. Fairy Tale. Film Noir. Shakespeare, Dickens, Tennessee Williams. Genres can be powerful foundations for your improv and an exciting way to stretch yourself as an improviser and explore stories, characters and emotions you wouldn’t normally think to play. In this workshop John will show you ways to incorporate genre into your shows, get out of your head so you can comfortably settle into character archetypes and atmosphere, and accelerate your scenes by embracing how genres can inspire creativity rather than restrict.
About The Teacher
John Conroy is an actor, producer, director, writer and communications specialist. He’s been performing, teaching and coaching improvisational comedy for over 20 years. His extensive training includes iOWest, UCB, The Groundlings, Second City, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, and Viewpoints technique with trans superstar Alexandra Billings.
John can be seen every month with Big Yellow Taxi (one of the longest running improv comedy shows in LA) and the improvised Tennessee Williams troupe Downtown Menagerie. He created the award-winning The Dick and The Dame: Improv Noir alongside his longtime comedy partner Stacy Rumaker, and is known for shows ranging from the avant garde WPCK to the outrageous Scumbag Shakespeare. John’s stage play The Rotten State received critical acclaim, and he starred in and directed numerous seasons of the celebrated PL.A.Y Noir. His work as a writer spans television to narrative video games (including one based on the works of Jane Austen). John’s film credits include the dark comedy Typecast: The Rise & Fall of Boingman, the action thriller Brick, and the sexy mystery Just Business (which he also co-produced). As far as he knows John is the only actor who’s played both Bruce Wayne and Jason Vorhees.
Offstage John is a certified personal trainer and nutrition coach, doggie daddy, music nerd, gamer, and lover of travel, “proper football” and mezcal.