<div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><font size="6" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">New September Improv & Sketch Writing Classes, Shows!<br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div>Hi all - I'm excited to start some new classes this fall. I'm also producing shows with the goal of getting more people on stage - info below!<div><br></div><div><div><b><u>CLASSES</u></b></div><div>All classes are 8 weeks, $200, and have the following payment/discount options available: <div><p class="m_693119259836197374gmail-m_-7155433286078203187m_-993874215162025182m_6405139267863266400m_4335305547504830180gmail-font_9" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.55em;font-family:avenir-lt-w01_35-light1475496,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,56,77)">Two Class Discount - sign up for an improv and sketch class and receive $50 off each</p><p class="m_693119259836197374gmail-m_-7155433286078203187m_-993874215162025182m_6405139267863266400m_4335305547504830180gmail-font_9" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.55em;font-family:avenir-lt-w01_35-light1475496,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,56,77)"><span class="m_693119259836197374gmail-m_-7155433286078203187m_-993874215162025182m_6405139267863266400m_4335305547504830180gmail-color_15" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px">Plus One Discount - sign up with a friend any time before the first class (space permitting) and each receive $25 off </span></p><p class="m_693119259836197374gmail-m_-7155433286078203187m_-993874215162025182m_6405139267863266400m_4335305547504830180gmail-font_9" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.55em;font-family:avenir-lt-w01_35-light1475496,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,56,77)"><span class="m_693119259836197374gmail-m_-7155433286078203187m_-993874215162025182m_6405139267863266400m_4335305547504830180gmail-color_15" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px">Installments - two installments of $100</span></p><p class="m_693119259836197374gmail-m_-7155433286078203187m_-993874215162025182m_6405139267863266400m_4335305547504830180gmail-font_9" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.55em;font-family:avenir-lt-w01_35-light1475496,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,56,77)">Please email for discount/installment details</p><p class="m_693119259836197374gmail-m_-7155433286078203187m_-993874215162025182m_6405139267863266400m_4335305547504830180gmail-font_9" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.55em;font-family:avenir-lt-w01_35-light1475496,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,56,77)"><span class="m_693119259836197374gmail-m_-7155433286078203187m_-993874215162025182m_6405139267863266400m_4335305547504830180gmail-color_15" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px"><br></span></p><div><div>Sketch Writing 1 - Mondays 7-9pm beginning 09/23</div><div><a href="https://www.themichaelbusch.com/comedy-writing-1-sketch-comedy" target="_blank">More info/sign up</a></div></div><div>Improv Level 1 - Tuesdays 7-9pm beginning 09/24</div><div><a href="https://www.themichaelbusch.com/improv-1-fun-fundamentals" target="_blank">More info/sign up</a></div><div>Improv Level 2 - Wednesdays 7-9pm beginning 09/25</div><div><a href="https://www.themichaelbusch.com/improv-2-building-a-world" target="_blank">More info</a></div><div>(This class requires permission to sign up, so please email me if interested)</div><div><br></div><div>I'm also teaching a workshop Friday 09/20 during <a href="https://www.masshysteriafest.com/" target="_blank">Mass Hysteria Improv Comedy Fest</a> if you'd like to get a taste of my improv teaching before signing up for a full class. </div><div><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/starting-strong-an-improv-workshop-with-michael-busch-tickets-64191755268" target="_blank">More info/sign up</a></div><div><br></div><div><b><u>SHOWS</u></b></div><div>Friday 09/06 8pm<br></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/531281317678286/" target="_blank">Improv Comedy Night @Mahall's</a></div><div>Improv sets from Light It On Fire, Edgewater Lords, & Just Go With It</div><div>Followed by a long form improv jam open to anyone</div><div>Mahall's Main Stage - $5 Advance/$8 Day Of</div><div><a href="https://michael-busch-comedy.square.site/product/improv-comedy-night-mahall-s-advance-tickets/8?cs=true" target="_blank">Tickets</a></div><div><br></div><div>Wednesday 09/18 8pm</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/2362906717362366/">The Mixer: A Comedy & Music Variety Show with Michael Busch</a></div><div>Performances from Steve Mers, Flamingo City, & More!</div><div>Mahall's Main Stage - $8 Advance/$10 Day Of</div><div><a href="https://michael-busch-comedy.square.site/">Tickets</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div><div class="m_693119259836197374gmail-m_-5910252215904564837gmail-m_245310152293432082gmail-m_1996163520289200446gmail-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="m_693119259836197374gmail-m_-5910252215904564837gmail-m_245310152293432082gmail-m_1996163520289200446gmail-m_3526432937692215846gmail-_2cuy m_693119259836197374gmail-m_-5910252215904564837gmail-m_245310152293432082gmail-m_1996163520289200446gmail-m_3526432937692215846gmail-_3dgx m_693119259836197374gmail-m_-5910252215904564837gmail-m_245310152293432082gmail-m_1996163520289200446gmail-m_3526432937692215846gmail-_2vxa" style="direction:ltr;white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:6px 0px 0px;font-family:inherit">About the instructor:</div><div class="m_693119259836197374gmail-m_-5910252215904564837gmail-m_245310152293432082gmail-m_1996163520289200446gmail-m_3526432937692215846gmail-_2cuy m_693119259836197374gmail-m_-5910252215904564837gmail-m_245310152293432082gmail-m_1996163520289200446gmail-m_3526432937692215846gmail-_3dgx m_693119259836197374gmail-m_-5910252215904564837gmail-m_245310152293432082gmail-m_1996163520289200446gmail-m_3526432937692215846gmail-_2vxa" style="direction:ltr;white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:6px 0px 0px;font-family:inherit"><a href="https://www.themichaelbusch.com/" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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/" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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><p class="m_693119259836197374gmail-m_-5910252215904564837gmail-font_9" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:1.55em;font-family:avenir-lt-w01_35-light1475496,sans-serif;background:0px 0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,56,77)"><span class="m_693119259836197374gmail-m_-5910252215904564837gmail-color_15" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px"><span id="m_693119259836197374gmail-m_-5910252215904564837gmail-m_245310152293432082gmail-m_1996163520289200446gmail-m_3526432937692215846gmail-docs-internal-guid-2a54ac08-7fff-75a4-02a1-dbace20ae795" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></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;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" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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><p class="m_693119259836197374gmail-m_-5910252215904564837gmail-font_9" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:1.55em;font-family:avenir-lt-w01_35-light1475496,sans-serif;background:0px 0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,56,77)"><span class="m_693119259836197374gmail-m_-5910252215904564837gmail-color_15" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></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;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" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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><p class="m_693119259836197374gmail-m_-5910252215904564837gmail-font_9" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:1.55em;font-family:avenir-lt-w01_35-light1475496,sans-serif;background:0px 0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,56,77)"><span class="m_693119259836197374gmail-m_-5910252215904564837gmail-color_15" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:0px 0px"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></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">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" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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_" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="m_693119259836197374gmail_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>