Class Description:  

Take your improv and acting to a more advanced level. The small and relaxed class setting will provide the you with the opportunity to receive extensive feedback while deepening your understanding of improv and acting. Course material includes theater games, skill building exercises, and related acting exercises.  Upon completion of the class students, will be ready for more advanced exploration of long form and scene work. Advanced classes focus on longer scenes and multiple scene stories (improvised plays).

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Class Focus:

The focus will be on incorporating basic improv techniques with some more advanced acting techniques. This class provides beginning groundwork for exploration of long form technique. Students will acquire a deeper understanding of the elements of a good improvised scene and a stronger understanding of the basics of improv.   

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Class Outline:

Weeks 1:  Review of the basics

Week   2:  Improv Games based on class needs

Weeks 3:  Starting Strong, Middles, Raising the Stakes and Ending the Scene

Weeks 4:  Scene work with extensive feedback

Note: Class dates may be adjusted due to holidays based on class consensus.

WINTER 2005

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Session A:

Day:            Sundays starting February 6th

Dates:         Four Classes

Time:           7pm to 9pm (note may occasionally run till 9:30pm)

Where:        2135 Broadway, Oakland, CA, Oakland (3 blocks to BART) SEE MAP

Cost:           $130 day of class or $120 paid in advance. ($100 for prior Pan Students)

Class Size:  Limit of 10 students: Only four spaces left.

Note: This class is for those who have already begun studying improv. Our Improv Basics class is for those new to improv and acting.

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Class spaces reserved on a first come first service basis. Register today while space is still available!

Class Discounts:

There is a $30 discount for those who have taken a prior class offered by Pan Theater. There is a $10 discount for those who pay for the class prior to the first class session- only one discount applies.

To register online:

Please use the secure PayPal link below to register online. Online registrations received prior to class start include a $10 discount.

Prior Pan Students use this link to register for $30 discount:

Please follow-up online registrations with an email providing name, phone number, preferred email address, class session your registering for and prior theater/improv training (if any).

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To register by mail:

Please mail your class tuition along with the following information: your name, phone number, email address and theater/improv training background if any. An email or phone confirmation of class registration will be made within 48 hours of receiving a class deposit.

Please send your class tuition of $120 (check or money order made payable to Pan Theater) to:

       Pan Theater

       1100 Pacific Marina, #402

       Alameda, CA 94501

For class related questions call: (415) 261-1641

Tuition Policies:

Class tuition for Intermediate Improv Acting Skills is nonrefundable once class begins.