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| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 7:00 pm 01/08/2021 Both love and improv are all about relationships. Two improvisers delve into what makes real relationships work through the lens of improv How can “Yes And” make your relationship better (or worse)? Can object work be a way to communicate with your partner? Can volunteering your theatre-adverse mate to participate in an improv show be a good move? Find out! If you’ve got a relationship question you’d like to hear us talk about, please DM Nelson Velazquez, the Improductions, LLC page, or email me at nelson@improductionsllc.com. All submitter information will be kept confidential.
| 9 10:00 am 01/09/2021 Having a hard time engaging students in E-Learning? Learn how to utilize the principles of ‘Yes And” to bring energy to your online class meetings and lessons! Teachers will learn games and strategies that they can easily add to current academic and social emotional lessons. This workshop is appropriate for teachers in grades 3-8. Ways to differentiate for grade level, ability level, and the content will be provided. Date/Time: Saturday, January 9th, 10 AM -12 PM CT (GMT-6)
Instructor: Kate Wiersema
Tuition: $20
Location: Online via Zoom
About the presenter: Kate Wiersema has been a Special Education teacher for the past ten years and has experience in second through eighth grade. She has a Master’s Degree from Concordia University in Differentiated Instruction. Kate has studied at Comedy Sportz Chicago and is a graduate of the Second City Music Program. She has performed, taught, and coached improv for children and adults in the Chicagoland area for the last ten years. 7:00 pm 01/09/2021 THE GRID is BACK for 2021! Short-form improv performed at it’s finest based off YOUR SUGGESTIONS! Featuring:
– Millie Arocho
– Bobbi Borush
– Angela Heid
– Megan Powell
– Susan Swarner
– Lisa Szanyi
– Ron Szanyi
– Nelson Velazquez
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| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 7:00 pm 01/14/2021 JKLMprov performs a series of unscripted scenes based off interviews with authors, writers, and artists. The theme of interviews in January are authors. Every show features a new interview and a completely set of improv. Authors being interviewed include:
– John Chen
– Karen Cimms
– Lisa Clark O’Neill
– Theresa Carle-Sanders JKLMprov are:
– John Lattuada
– Kate Wiersema
– Lori Ryser
– Marc Ryser You can find out more about JKLMprov on their Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/374030280351939
| 15 7:00 pm 01/15/2021 When you’ve been married as long as Ron and Lisa Szanyi have, things tend to get interesting. Watch them improvise scenes based on your suggestions the only way a married couple can by exploring what issues a relationship has to weather so that love can continue and blossom. By improvising it online, it saves them a lot of money cuz, hey, it’s Cheaper than Marriage counseling!
| 16 7:00 pm 01/16/2021 THE GRID is BACK for 2021! Short-form improv performed at it’s finest based off YOUR SUGGESTIONS! Featuring:
– Millie Arocho
– Bobbi Borush
– Angela Heid
– Megan Powell
– Susan Swarner
– Lisa Szanyi
– Ron Szanyi
– Nelson Velazquez
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| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 7:00 pm 01/21/2021 JKLMprov performs a series of unscripted scenes based off interviews with authors, writers, and artists. The theme of interviews in January are authors. Every show features a new interview and a completely set of improv. Authors being interviewed include:
– John Chen
– Karen Cimms
– Lisa Clark O’Neill
– Theresa Carle-Sanders JKLMprov are:
– John Lattuada
– Kate Wiersema
– Lori Ryser
– Marc Ryser You can find out more about JKLMprov on their Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/374030280351939
| 22 6:00 pm 01/22/2021 Complete your own collection or make a special gift for that special someone, all while staying in! RPAC will deliver all the materials for one finished canvas painting project to your doorstep. You provide the cookies, candy hearts, or beverages of choice and the painters. We will provide the step-by-step paint along via a private Zoom event. This is a great chance to get out without going out! (Our design is TBD. Once it is set, we will update this event with the correct photo. It will make for a great Valentine’s day gift, especially for those who are hard to shop for!) $20 covers the cost of canvas, paint, and serves as admission to the event. If you would like to keep your easel and paintbrushes you may do so for an extra $5. (Our easels make a great display stand in a pinch!) Materials for this event will be delivered on January 21st to your patio via contactless delivery. Unpurchased easels and brushes will be picked up via our state-of-the-art patio delivery system after the event.
| 23 11:00 am 01/23/2021 Have fun making comedy right on the spot in our improv jam geared towards kids and teens! Participants will be guided through group exercises and games to unlock their imaginations and let their comedy run wild! ************************
Instructor: Kate Wiersema Tuition: FREE ($10 Suggested donation) Location: Online via Zoom About the presenter: Kate Wiersema has been a Special Education teacher for the past ten years and has experience in second through eighth grade. She has a Master’s Degree from Concordia University in Differentiated Instruction. Kate has studied at Comedy Sportz Chicago and is a graduate of the Second City Music Program. She has performed, taught, and coached improv for children and adults in the Chicagoland area for the last ten years. 7:00 pm 01/23/2021 THE GRID is BACK for 2021! Short-form improv performed at it’s finest based off YOUR SUGGESTIONS! Featuring:
– Millie Arocho
– Bobbi Borush
– Angela Heid
– Megan Powell
– Susan Swarner
– Lisa Szanyi
– Ron Szanyi
– Nelson Velazquez
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24 1:00 pm 01/24/2021 This workshop is for improvisers and writers of all experience levels who want to write original songs. In this workshop we will use techniques from musical improv and apply them toward writing scripted songs. The workshop will include a combination of musical improv games and writing exercises. We’ll also review song structure and basic chord progressions as well as discuss how to pitch a completed song to a producer/ musical director. Date/Time: Sunday January 24 , 2021 @ 1-3 PM CT (GMT-5)
Instructor: Gail Gallagher
Tuition: $30 USD
Location: Online via Zoom About the presenter:
Gail Gallagher is a Chicago-based singer-songwriter, composer, and teacher. She’s worked as a music director in the Chicago musical improv scene for nearly a decade and has played for MINt, Baby Wants Candy, Spectacle Specular, Storytown Improv, Comedy Sportz, the Therapy Players, and many more. She has also written music for five original musicals including Feathers: A Super Hero musical which won “Best Underscore Throughout” at the 2017 Premiere Premiere’s festival at MCL. Gail’s genre as a singer-songwriter is “musical theatre folk rock” and she just released her debut album Power of the Unnamed Passion which is now available on all streaming platforms. You can find out more about her work at www.gailgallaghermusic.com
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 7:00 pm 01/28/2021 JKLMprov performs a series of unscripted scenes based off interviews with authors, writers, and artists. The theme of interviews in January are authors. Every show features a new interview and a completely set of improv. Authors being interviewed include:
– John Chen
– Karen Cimms
– Lisa Clark O’Neill
– Theresa Carle-Sanders JKLMprov are:
– John Lattuada
– Kate Wiersema
– Lori Ryser
– Marc Ryser You can find out more about JKLMprov on their Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/374030280351939
| 29 | 30 7:00 pm 01/30/2021 THE GRID is BACK for 2021! Short-form improv performed at it’s finest based off YOUR SUGGESTIONS! Featuring:
– Millie Arocho
– Bobbi Borush
– Angela Heid
– Megan Powell
– Susan Swarner
– Lisa Szanyi
– Ron Szanyi
– Nelson Velazquez 9:00 pm 01/30/2021 Chicago veteran team Recapitulation is back performing short-form musical improv games with us! Everything from the scenes to the songs to dancing to the comedy is completely improvised based off YOUR SUGGESTIONS! Featuring: Bev Bailey
Anne Marie Irey
Meredith Mellville
Remy O’Brien
Megan Powell
Nelson Velazquez Tickets are pay-what-you-can ($5 suggested donation).
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