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Are you ready for a challenge? Improv classes are a great way for you to learn performance skills, self-confidence, and the ability to handle yourself on-the-spot. Classes meet once a week for two-hour sessions.

ADULT IMPROV CLASSES

For ages 18 and older

If you are aged 11-17, scroll down for youth improv classes

We have TWO locations for improv classes:

The New Chanhassen Dinner Theatres

501 W. 78th St.

Chanhassen, MN 55317

Minneapolis

711 West Lake Street, Suite 304
Minneapolis, MN 55408

Questions?

Click here to contact the Director of the School of Improv, Jason Bindas

	Classes Improvisation Technique Level I This beginning class is the first step in your training. This course gives you the fundamentals of stage work, self-confidence, and powerful presentation. You take this course if you are interested in becoming a performer or if you are looking for personal or professional growth. A new beginning class starts almost every month. Once you join, you can stay as long as you wish. May Tuesdays 6:30-8:30p.m. May 25 - July 13 Maximum class size is 16. Remaining spots available: 8 Cost: $180.00 Location: Chanhassen Dinner Theatres _________________________________________________________________________ Improvisation Technique Level II After you complete Improvisation Technique I you stay with the same class and the same teacher so you can continue without interruption. Call or e-mail for days and times Cost: $180.00 Pre-requisite: Completion of Improvisation Technique I or the equivalent.
	After you complete the above two courses, you may continue with advanced classes. You may never leave! IMPROV NATION (Stevie Ray's Youth Improv Program) Check us out on FaceBook under Stevie Ray's Improv Nation
	Improv Blast!		Performance Improv Level I
	This is our Introduction to Improv class. You don’t have to be an actor, you just have to want to have fun! In this four hour workshop, we explore the improv landscape through exercises designed to lubricate your brain and let those ideas flow. There’s lots of great yelling, too! Never been involved in theater before? No problem. This class is about experiencing the zing of creating funny stuff with kids just like you. Everybody gets to be right, nobody gets to be wrong. You’ll learn to bite into new ideas and shake them until something brilliant falls out. Plus, there’s pizza! Cost: $45.00 (includes pizza lunch) Saturday, September 25 , 10:00a.m.-2:00p.m. Saturday, October 16, 10:00a.m.-2:00p.m. To register: Contact Improv Nation Director Peter Simmons at peter@stevierays.org		This six week workshop meets once a week for two hours, and builds on the skills you learned in the BLAST! experience. Learn the techniques of building a scene, generating ideas, and working together. Taking this class grants you Full Citizenship in Stevie Ray’s Improv Nation; that means a chance to perform in shows for the public, free tickets to Stevie Ray’s Comedy Cabaret, some neat stuff to take home with you – and more! Cost: $145.00 Call or e-mail for class times. You must have completed the IMPROV BLAST, or have other relevant theater experience to take this class. Registration is open now: Contact Improv Nation Director Peter Simmons at peter@stevierays.org SPACE IS LIMITED

SEVEN REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN AN IMPROV CLASS AT STEVIE RAY’S

When you really dissect it, there are even more reasons to join an improv class at Stevie Ray’s. Improvisation, or improv, has no script, but there are guidelines and techniques that we teach that help you think on your feet and develop new skills. The results can be very funny. Quite simply, it’s a great way for adults to play. All this may sound intimidating, especially if you don’t have experience. The majority of our students have no experience before joining class, and they include young adults through senior citizens, able-bodied and physically challenged... you name it. If this sounds like something you would like to try, give us a call. After all, there are plenty of good reasons why you should try improv, but we can’t think of one why you shouldn’t.

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