The Kids in the Hall's Kevin McDonald to Teach Class at PHIT, 4/21-22

Join Kevin McDonald of the Kids in the Hall for a two day, 14 hour workshop to improve your acting and writing skills. In a group of twenty to thirty actors you will learn how to write comedy through performance, and use improv as a writing tool, press notes state. The workshop will warm up with improv games to help sharpen storytelling skills, and evolve until students are doing their own improvised scenes in small groups. Kevin will go from group to group, helping and guiding with the "writing" of each scene. Each group will then have the opportunity to present their sketch. After getting notes, revising and presenting the scenes again, the workshop will end with the groups going away and actually finalizing their scenes. The now fully written scenes will be performed one last time for everyone. This workshop will improve your acting and writing skills, and will teach you how both skills work in unison to create great scenes and hilarious comedy.

Dates: Saturday, April 21, 2012 and Sunday, April 22, 2012

Time: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (there will be a break for lunch)

Location: Pig Iron School for Advanced Performance Training, 1417 North 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122

Cost: $300 until 4/15/2012, $349 afterwards (split payment is possible online)

Pre-requisites: Improv 101 or Sketch 101 at PHIT (or Education Director permission)

Visit http://phillyimprovtheater.com/classes/2012/masterclass_mcdonald_apr2012.html for more information.

Other Upcoming Classes

Improv 101 with Mike Marbach
Mondays starting 4/9/12 from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Improv 101 with Jess Ross
Sundays starting 4/22/2012 from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Sketch 101 with BrIan Kelly
Sundays starting 10/13/11 from 7:00 p.m. -9:30 p.m.

PHIT Shows March 30 - April 7

SAT. MARCH 31

7:00 p.m. Improv Comedy: Horner and Davis + Deleted Scenes 

8:30 p.m. PHIT House Team Night: King Friday + Hey Rube

10:00 p.m. PHIT House Team Night: Asteroid! + ZaoGao

MON. APRIL 2

9:00 p.m. Storytelling: Fibber 

WED. APRIL 4

9:00 p.m. Found Comedy: Guilty Pleasures

10:00 p.m. Found Comedy: TV Party  

THUR. APRIL 5

9:00 p.m. Sketch Comedy: We're Matt Weir (NYC)

10:00 pm Improv CAGEMATCH: Half-Life vs. Get A Room  

FRI. APRIL 6

7:00 p.m. Improv Comedy: Grimacchio + Malone

8:30 p.m. Sketch Comedy: We're Matt Weir

10:00 p.m. Improv Comedy: Iron Lung + ApocaLIPS

11:00p.m. Sketch Open Mic: Sketch Up or Shut Up - FREE! 

SAT. APRIL 7 

7:30 p.m. Improv Comedy: The Kristen & Amie Show + Medic

8:30 p.m. PHIT House Team Night: Hey Rube + ZaoGao    

10:00 p.m. PHIT House Team Night: Mayor Karen + Asteroid!

11:00 p.m. FREE Improv Jam Hosted by Asteroid!