Dreamcatcher Rep to Offer Fall 2016 Improv Classes

Improv expert Lulu French (Maplewood) will teach the six-week Improv Comedy for Teens and Adults classes. Level 1, for students who have little or no improv experience, runs from September 10 through October 15 on Saturdays from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm at MONDO, 426 Springfield Avenue in Summit. Level 2, for students who have taken Lulu's Level 1 class or the equivalent, runs from September 10 through October 29 on Saturdays from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm at the Oakes Center, 120 Morris Avenue in Summit.

These classes delve deep into the craft of improv with more complex games as the weeks progress. The Level 1 class is great for new improvisers, and also for actors who want to add another dimension to their skills. Level 2 is geared toward those with a foundation in improv skills who are ready to work on games that require keeping many balls in the air at once, and who would like a showcase at the end of the session.

Improv is a valuable skill for countless situations such as public speaking, auditions and job interviews as well. Lulu French has long performed with and taught for Gotham City Improv in New York City, and has taught improv to theatre students at the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU, among many other places. The cost for the Level 1 class (six weeks) is $210, and the Level 2 class (eight weeks) is $280.

Municipal and street parking is available for the class held at MONDO, including a garage directly behind the building. At Oakes, parking is available in the lot behind the theatre on Ashwood Avenue and at the Summit Recreation Center on Morris Avenue. Both facilities are wheelchair accessible. To register for the classes or for information on any of Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre's programs, visit www.dreamcatcherrep.org or contact Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre at The Oakes Center, 120 Morris Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901, 908-514-9654.

Dreamcatcher was founded in 1994, and is a non-profit professional ensemble of actors who build community with the audience by sharing life-affirming stories in an intimate environment. We seek to expose theatregoers to ideas and lives like and unlike their own, to awaken their imaginations and create empathy for others. The company focuses on deepening the experience of our patrons by supplementing the performances with personal contact through receptions, talkbacks, and interactive programs.

Dreamcatcher's core company of professional local actors performs contemporary work that entertains and challenges, and has at its heart a belief in the essential goodness of people. The company's activities include mainstage productions, improvisational comedy and cabarets, new play readings and a variety of educational and senior outreach programs.

Dreamcatcher's programs are funded by the New Jersey State council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Dramatist Guild Fund, The Summit Area Public Foundation, the Manley-Winser Foundation, and many other corporations, foundations and individuals. Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre is a senior member of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance.

Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) corporation, incorporated under the laws of the State of New Jersey.

?Pictured: Lulu French (David Miceli, photographer)