*Improv Workshop Tomorrow (Saturday) with Michael Busch (UCB, IO) - Two Spots Left!* Starting Strong: Longform Improv Intensive Date and Time: 12/21/2019 1-5pm Location: The Winchester Lakewood, OH Cost: $60 Sign up <https://michael-busch-comedy.square.site/product/starting-strong-longform-improv-intensive-workshop/15?cs=true> Details: When it comes to longform improvisation, how you start is important. If you put in the work up top, you won’t find yourself struggling to invent things later on. In this four hour longform improv intensive, students will focus on: -Organic initiations - finding the first unusual/funny thing in a scene and building upon it with your scene partner -Playing the game of the scene - finding and heightening patterns from the first unusual/funny thing -Pulling information from monologues -Constructing solid premise based initiations based on information from monologues ...plus focused coaching and feedback from your instructor. Students should be 18+ and have a basic understanding or education/experience with longform improv. Space for this intensive is very limited; register early to guarantee seating. The workshop will be from 1-5 pm with a 12 person cap. Attendees are asked to arrive 15 minutes early to check-in. About the instructor: Michael Busch <https://www.themichaelbusch.com/> 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 https://www.themichaelbusch.com/ Training Michael Busch is a graduate of IO’s improv training program and studied improv and sketch at The Upright Citizens Brigade <https://ucbcomedy.com/user/5147> with founders Matt Besser and Matt Walsh, among others. Experience Michael Busch has acted in sketches on Human Giant <https://youtu.be/GsgQ44_uFW4>, Key & Peele <https://youtu.be/LiwU5jPMnFw>, and Conan <https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAcWQCkAetar-Yp_XFsANHuzML-16oqcr>; written sketches and digital series for FunnyorDie <https://youtu.be/_Py6RkjNNWQ>, 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. Additional television and film acting credits: The Goldbergs, Adam Ruins Everything <https://youtu.be/mid1VvK9Xpg>, Glee <https://youtu.be/RCakbY1ZIus>, The Middle, Pretty Little Liars <https://vimeo.com/220263095>, The Ghost Whisperer, Community, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Arsenio Hall Show, Body of Proof, Hope & Randy <https://youtu.be/0rprFSG8cTY>, Franklin & Bash, Workaholics, Carpoolers, Miss March, and dozens of national commercials <https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAcWQCkAetapZYVuFghpm0Bz_D-iP3nR_>. -- For class information please visit: https://www.themichaelbusch.com/classes