Improv for Actors and Acting for Improvisers

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The Treehouse Theater Announces the Launch of NEW THEATER CLASSES
Hone Your Craft:
A curriculum rooted in improvisation, branching out into all genres of performance.

The Treehouse Theater proudly announces the launch of an exciting new slate of classes designed to develop well-rounded performers able to consistently perform with skill, intensity, and joy.

The Core Curriculum is five stages of Theatrical Improvisation, and includes electives in Scene Study, Monologues, Shakespeare, Viewpoints, Theatrical Clowning, Modern Dance (Contact Improv), and more!

The Treehouse Faculty is made up of renowned professional teaching artists with solid training and experience in their fields.
Our teachers hail from The Second City and other Chicago improv theaters, Off Broadway, “Downtown” Theater, National and International tours, and are all committed educators with legitimate experience training students of all skill levels.

Emily Trask [Lincoln Center TheaterYale Rep, Folger Theater, Bay Street Theater, Pioneer Theater Company, Montanna Shakespeare, Utah Shakespeare Festival, more] Teaches Shakespeare.

Hanna Cheek [Waterwell, The Pumpkin Pie Show, The Public Theater, PS 122, MTV, TONY’s “Future Legend of NYC Theatre” more] Teaches Monologues.

Julia Motyka [Roundabout, Primary Stages, EST, The Directors Company The Folger, The Alley, more] Teaches Scene Study.

Patrick McCartney [Second City, Steppenwolf, Elf, Anchorman, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, more] Teaches Fearless Improvised Characters.

Rob Reese [Amnesia Wars, Wooster Group, HERE, Second City Training Center-NYC, Director of Education Treehouse Theater, more] Teaches Improvisational Scenework, and Performance Master Class.



The Treehouse Theater’s inaugural slate of classes launched in September 2014 and was embraced enthusiastically by acting and improv students in New York City. The second set of four, six, and eight-week classes begins in November 2014. This session’s classes include:

Performance Master Class:
Audition to take part in an improvised showcase helmed by Director of Education Rob Reese.
http://treehousetheaternyc.com/classes/improvisation-v-master-class-lets-put-on-a-show/

Improvisation Forms
Students learn the theatricality and emotional potential of long form, as well as the showmanship and entertainment value of short form.
http://treehousetheaternyc.com/classes/improvisation-iii-form-the-long-and-the-short-of-it/

Improv Stage I and Improv Genuine Play
Stage I teaches participants the basics of improvisation, staging and acting. Genuine Play is an elective geared towards people interested in improv as a fun pastime or hobby, without the pressure or competition of career minded actors.
http://treehousetheaternyc.com/classes/stage-i-improv-initiation/
http://treehousetheaternyc.com/classes/improvisation-elective-genuine-play/

Speaking Shakespeare Without A Stick Up Thine Arse
Students learn verse from the ground-up, learning to play Shakespeare within the moment in a lively, irreverent class.
http://treehousetheaternyc.com/classes/conversesation-how-to-speak-like-a-human-being-in-classical-verse/

Scene Study: Context and Subtext
Using the text as a structure, students learn how to make their scripted scenes as lively and immediate as their improvised work.
http://treehousetheaternyc.com/classes/anatomy-of-a-scene-text-and-context/

Nail Your Monologues!
Students learn to inhabit their solo work with technique, energy and joy. A must for anyone performing monologues in plays, movies, or auditions.
http://treehousetheaternyc.com/classes/nail-your-monologues/

The School also offers single session electives from master teachers in subjects including Vocal Technique, Theatrical Clowning, Burlesque, Percussion, Modern Dance, and more.

The Treehouse Theater is at 154 W 29th st, 2nd floor, and was the site of The PIT (now located at 123 W 24th St). After lying dark for four years, the venue was re-opened by PIT Caretaker Ali Farahnakian (Second City, SNL, Steppenwolf, BAM) who hired Chicago improv colleague Rob Reese (Amnesia Wars, Wooster Group, Ars Nova, HERE) to run the school and theater with a broad theatrical sensibility based in improvisation.








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Treehouse Theater School