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New April '12 Phoenix Workshops

Center for Improv workshops return to Phoenix in April.
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"The aspect I most enjoyed was the non-stop, full-on emotional experience of being hopelessly alive..." Jeanne Trackda

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Improv-for-Everyone Workshop

Taught by Gary Jacobs, Artistic Director of the Center for Improvised Plays and Scripts 

"Absolutely terrific class! It went so smooth and I had a blast! I felt like I was able to reach inside and pull emotions out and project them." Jessie Meredith

Sign up early by clicking this link

Where: Center for Divine Awakening 15801 N. 40th Street Phoenix, AZ 85032    602-569-7421
When: Saturday, April 28th, 11AM-1PM
Cost: $60 per session

To reserve as spot and for further info: use our contact form, or the information below.

To register for the workshop and pay your tuition, click this link

email Gary Jacobs at gmjacobs@verizon.net
telephone Gary Jacobs at 202-258-6888

This workshop creates a supportive, fun, and playful space to

  • connect with others in profound and unexpected ways
  • exercise your communication skills
  • experience personal growth
  • nurture and release your creative impulses
  • explore how to shape those impulses and connections into art
  • co-create funny and dramatic scenes, a profound act of spiritual transformation

If there's a more exciting and joyful way to spend the first Saturday in November, we haven't heard of it.

Want a peak inside the workshop? Here are reviews from the most recent class: 
"Over the course of 3 hours, we explored a range of emotions, performed in sync, and stretched our imaginations in the workshop. I believe that the mark of an excellent facilitator is the ease and flow of the participants experience; in this respect, Gary is unparalleled. Gary was encouraging and professional. When he participated, his joy and passion for the craft was contagious. After the workshop, I feel confident, energized, and eager to learn and explore more. Thank you for sparking a love of improvisational expression, Gary!" Henry Dodson "The workshop showed me a lot of ways to be more aware of the people I am interacting with. It was my first improv lesson and Iearned just as much from watching as doing". Terry Hall

Improv for the Experienced Performer

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Taught by Gary Jacobs, Artistic Director of the Center for Improvised Play and Scripts 

"The workshop exposed facets of myself I had never before experienced. Powerfui. I need to do it again" Jonathan Bartlett 

Sign up early by clicking this link

Where: Center for Divine Awakening 15801 N. 40th Street Phoenix, AZ 85032    602-569-7421
When: Saturday, April 28th  2-4PM
Cost : $60 per session

To reserve as spot and for further info: use our contact form, or the information below

To register for the workshop and pay your tuition, click this link

email Gary Jacobs at gmjacobs@verizon.net
telephone Gary Jacobs at 202-258-6888

This workshop is for those who have already taken an improv class and want to take their work to the next level, and for other actors and performers who want to incorporate improv into their work. It explores the principles for creating great improvised scenes and plays. Students will learn to meld the in-the-moment excitement of the best short-form improv scenes and games with the depth and power of a well-scripted play, workshop focuses on how to achieve consistently great improvised scenes, the basic building block of all good plays. 

Want a peak inside the workshop? Here are reviews from the most recent class:

"Very educational! I learned a lot of valuable techniqes that I will incorporate into my acting and teaching. Fun, enlightening, and interesting." Lauren Antioco"I really felt rejuvinated and refreshed in the simplcity of improv that then forms complex connections and relationships between scene partners." Sarah Harvey
"I felt like I got back to the basics while improving my skills. Sometimes, as an improviser, it's easy to forget the basics and this workshop brought those basics back for me. I had a lot of fun and really loved the message that reaction is more important than planning ahead." Carrie Benton "Thanks, Gary for getting me back to the basics of improv training. Doing film and camera work, this will really help me in my acting training." Cory Henderson

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