Session
1: 6/24/2024 - 7/7/2024
Discipline
Theatre
Description
A high-energy and engaging exploration of improvisational and sketch comedy. The course will be taught by master teachers of the craft who have roots with Chicago's Second City and Improv Olympics. Immersion in ensemble dynamics are also an essential element of this career-building class.
Who Should Take This Class
Theatre students with an interest in acting and directing, screenwriters, and playwrights.
Required Application Materials (please submit materials in a single document)
- Personal statement: why you want to take this class and what you hope to gain from it
- Headshot
- Video audition: 75-second introduction video
Course Coordinator
John Mayer (Stanislaus) is a longtime Summer Arts coordinator who has developed multiple classes with Chicago Style Comedy and Steppenwolf Theatre since 2001. He is the author of
Steppenwolf Theatre Company of Chicago: In Their Own Words, and has been a professor in the theatre department at Stanislaus State since 2000.