<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-m_3526432937692215846gmail-_2cuy gmail-m_3526432937692215846gmail-_3dgx gmail-m_3526432937692215846gmail-_2vxa" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:center;direction:ltr;white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif"><font size="6" color="#ff0000" style="background-color:rgb(0,255,255)">Cleveland Area Actors! </font></div><div class="gmail-m_3526432937692215846gmail-_2cuy gmail-m_3526432937692215846gmail-_3dgx gmail-m_3526432937692215846gmail-_2vxa" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:center;direction:ltr;white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif"><font size="6"><font color="#ff0000" style="background-color:rgb(0,255,255)">Intro to Longform Improv Workshop Wednesday Night!</font><font color="#1d2129"><br></font></font></div><div class="gmail-m_3526432937692215846gmail-_2cuy gmail-m_3526432937692215846gmail-_3dgx gmail-m_3526432937692215846gmail-_2vxa" style="text-align:center;direction:ltr;white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px"><br></div><div class="gmail-m_3526432937692215846gmail-_2cuy gmail-m_3526432937692215846gmail-_3dgx gmail-m_3526432937692215846gmail-_2vxa" style="direction:ltr;white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px">Hello, fellow actors and aspiring actors! Ask any casting director and they will tell you improv is an integral skill for every actor. This Wednesday evening I'm holding a workshop for those who may be curious about longform improv, but not ready to fully commit to an 8 week class. This will be an overview of some improv basics I've learned through studying and performing at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and IO West in Los Angeles. </div><div class="gmail-m_3526432937692215846gmail-_2cuy gmail-m_3526432937692215846gmail-_3dgx gmail-m_3526432937692215846gmail-_2vxa" style="direction:ltr;white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:6px 0px 0px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px">Sign-up and more info here: <a href="https://www.themichaelbusch.com/improvskillworkshops?fbclid=IwAR1HFOIdoqrDQ4B88dBWnWPFctIAvSCai10tva9LkKA3uLrU6VPeJ1P6MPo" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(56,88,152);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:inherit">https://www.themichaelbusch.<span class="gmail-m_3526432937692215846gmail-text_exposed_show" style="display:inline;font-family:inherit">com/improvskillworkshops</span></a></div><div class="gmail-m_3526432937692215846gmail-text_exposed_show" style="display:inline;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px"><div class="gmail-m_3526432937692215846gmail-_2cuy gmail-m_3526432937692215846gmail-_3dgx gmail-m_3526432937692215846gmail-_2vxa" style="direction:ltr;white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:6px 0px 0px;font-family:inherit">If you have any questions, or would like to sign up for occasional emails about classes and shows, please email michaelbuschclasses at gmail.</div><div class="gmail-m_3526432937692215846gmail-_2cuy gmail-m_3526432937692215846gmail-_3dgx gmail-m_3526432937692215846gmail-_2vxa" style="direction:ltr;white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:6px 0px 0px;font-family:inherit">If credits are your thing, here's my bio: <a href="https://www.themichaelbusch.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Michael Busch</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"> is a Cleveland native who has over fifteen years of professional experience in the Los Angeles comedy scene and entertainment industry as an actor, writer, director, and producer. To learn more about his work and other class offerings here in Cleveland, please visit </span><a href="https://www.themichaelbusch.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://www.themichaelbusch.com/</span></a></div></div><span id="gmail-m_3526432937692215846gmail-docs-internal-guid-2a54ac08-7fff-75a4-02a1-dbace20ae795" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Training</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Michael Busch is a graduate of IO’s improv training program and studied improv and sketch at </span><a href="https://ucbcomedy.com/user/5147" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Upright Citizens Brigade</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> with founders Matt Besser and Matt Walsh, among others. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Experience</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Michael Busch has acted in sketches on </span><a href="https://youtu.be/GsgQ44_uFW4" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Human Giant</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><a href="https://youtu.be/LiwU5jPMnFw" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Key & Peele</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, and </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAcWQCkAetar-Yp_XFsANHuzML-16oqcr" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Conan</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">; written sketches and digital series for </span><a href="https://youtu.be/_Py6RkjNNWQ" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FunnyorDie</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, Comedy Central, AwesomenessTV, Break, and Maker Studios; was a member of multiple house improv (Harold) teams at IO West and UCBTLA, a writer/performer on a house sketch (Maude) team at UCBTLA, and has also written/directed/produced/acted in various other shows there. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Additional television and film acting credits: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Goldbergs, </span><a href="https://youtu.be/mid1VvK9Xpg" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Adam Ruins Everything</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><a href="https://youtu.be/RCakbY1ZIus" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Glee</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, The Middle, </span><a href="https://vimeo.com/220263095" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Pretty Little Liars</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, The Ghost Whisperer, Community, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Arsenio Hall Show, Body of Proof, </span><a href="https://youtu.be/0rprFSG8cTY" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hope & Randy</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, Franklin & Bash, Workaholics, Carpoolers, Miss March,</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and dozens of </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAcWQCkAetapZYVuFghpm0Bz_D-iP3nR_" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">national commercials</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p></span><div class="gmail-yj6qo gmail-ajU" style="outline:none;padding:10px 0px;width:22px;margin:2px 0px 0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">For class information please visit: <a href="https://www.themichaelbusch.com/classes" target="_blank">https://www.themichaelbusch.com/classes</a></div></div></div>