Teaching Pittsburgh Comedy for over 10 years!
About our Workshops
Arcade Comedy Theater offers workshops for beginner and advanced improvisers on a variety of subjects, inspiring performers to continue their education and approach the art of improv from different directions. Workshops have been taught by nationally-known improvisers and instructors, including Kevin McDonald, Laura Hall, Rick Hall, Jimmy Carrane, Paul Grondy, Maribeth Monroe, Jaime Moyer, Rob Belushi, Tim Stoltenberg, Susan Messing, Rachel Mason and more.
VISITING ARTIST WORKSHOPS WITH KORNFELD & ANDREWS
Arcade Comedy Theater is thrilled to welcome New York – based Improv Duo Kornfeld & Andrews as Visiting Artists for our 11th Anniversary Weekend, November 15-17, 2024!
On Saturday, November 16th Rick Andrews and Louis Kornfeld will each offer two incredible workshops on developing improv skills in listening and scene development. Each workshop will be offered twice so If you want to take both, buy the bundle!
Saturday, November 16, 2024
11 AM – 1:30 PM &
2:30 – 5 PM
Workshop Registration $75
EARLY BIRD $60
(Available through 11/15)
Limited to 15 participants per session
Registration is Required
RICK ANDREWS
Really Really Active Listening
Almost every strong choice on stage can be traced back to listening—listening to your partner, and listening to the choices you’ve made in the scene. What separates great improvisers is their ability to take every small moment, look, gesture, word choice, tone, pause, movement and use it to intuit even more of their scene partner’s headspace. Not just what could be true, but rather what do I think my partner thinks is true? The more of each moment we capture in our awareness, the more powerful our scene work will get.
LOUIS KORNFELD
Slice of Life
For most people improv comedy means not much more than wacky characters and outrageous situations. But there’s a whole other side to this art form too; one that focuses on the comedy of day to day life, and one that rewards a more naturalistic approach to playing. This workshop is all about the art of the light touch; letting your scenes breathe and your characters be real people. Because the comedy is in the small details all around us, once we make the choice to engage it.
