Improv Bootcamp Coming to Denver

No boots required! Join us for a fun filled, game driven, community building weekend of improvisation.

You will work and play with an improv coach and a group of people ready to take your talent to the next level via improvisation.

Build your acting skills, practice your creativity, and develop new ways of expressing yourself in group settings.

Using a wide variety of improv games, expert coaching, and acting exercises you’ll be able to:

§ Explore and practice improvisational basics

§ Develop a “where” a “why” and a “who” inside a scene

§ Build your self-confidence

§ Improve how you work with other people

§ Create fun and collaborative stage environments

§ Develop believable characters

§ Increase your on stage energy

§ Learn the basic techniques of improvisation

§ Stop going for the laugh and get more laughs

§ Practice the art of instant drama

Camp runs from 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm Friday, and 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Saturday. Light refreshments will be served. Lunch Saturday is on your own.

When:	Friday, January 24, 7:30 to 10:00 pm, and Saturday, January 25, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Where:	AEC Studios, Denver
Who:	Anyone interested in improv.
Cost:	$150
Contact:	Doug Smith doug@improvarama.com 720-519-6179

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