[NEohioPAL] NEW TEEN - ADULT IMPROV & SKETCH COMEDY CLASSES AT SCA

[Christine Madden]

 *NEW TEEN - ADULT IMPROV. & SKETCH COMEDY CLASSES THIS FALL AT SCA*
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*BEGINNING IMPROV.* (Grades 9 - Adult) *Derek **Koger*
**Monday
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
September 9 - October 14 (6 weeks)

This class focuses on the basics of improvisational acting. Students learn
how to initiate scenes, build scenes with a partner, and create scenes with
a solid foundation. These skills are not only useful to the performer, but
to people in business and professional settings. Through improvisation, we
lean such valuable skills as Agreement (“yes and”); Active Listening;
Teamwork; Using the Environment; Basic Narrative Skills; and Making Your
Fellow Improviser Look Good.

*Tuition: $55.00*
*SKETCH COMEDY* (Grades 9 - Adult) *Derek **Koger*
**Monday
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
October 21 - November 25 (6 weeks)

This class focuses on the process of writing and performing in a sketch
comedy troupe. Students will learn how to develop playwriting though the
processes of improvisation and feedback. The class will cover such skills
as Character Develop, Plot Structure, Long Form Improvisational Technique,
and Sketch Writing Format. This class will conclude in a Sketch Comedy Show
Case.

*Tuition: $55.00*
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Derek Koger was, almost literally, raised in a theater. His father was an
award winning high school theater teacher and director. Derek has been
acting since he was nine years old. He moved to Cleveland in 1997 and has
been active in both community and professional theater ever since. As an
actor, he has appeared on the stages of The Beck Center, the JCC, Dobama,
Cleveland Public Theater (CPT), Willoughby Fine Arts, CVLT, and The
Cleveland Playhouse. As a writer, his works have been performed at Dobama
Night Kitchen, Willoughby Fine Arts, and with his own sketch comedy group,
Habitat for Insanity. A 2002 graduate of The Second City conservatory
program, he concentrated on improvisational acting and sketch comedy
writing. He spent two seasons as an Actor/Teacher with Great Lakes Theater
Festival’s renowned school residency educational program where he taught
theater and Shakespeare to kids from ages 7 to 18. He has served as
Associate Artistic Director of The Cleveland Shakespeare Festival, curator
of The Dark Room (a writers’ theater) for Cleveland Public Theatre, and as
a board member for The Cleveland Theater Collective. Most recently, he has
appeared in a lead role for the feature film *Made in Cleveland*. He lives
in Solon with his understanding wife and two amazing children.
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