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Advanced Improv Laboratory with Peter McNerney
Class Description
Welcome to the improv laboratory! What happens in the laboratory? Are we building a form? Are we challenging the “rules” of improv? Are we asking and exploring as many “what if...” questions as we can?… Sure! Why not? Whatever it is, let’s try it. In this five-week class, experimentation is the name of the game. Prerequisite: Adv Improv Level One (or Magnet Improv Level 5).
Peter has been teaching improv for over 20 years. Originally from Chicago he has served as Head of the Advanced Improv Program at the Magnet Theater in New York City since 2010 and is one half of the renowned improv duo, Trike, which The New York Times calls "reliably one of the best improv performances in the city." As an actor Peter has appeared in High Maintenance (HBO), Search Party (TBS), The Tonight Show (NBC) as well as a whole bunch of commercials. Peter also serves as the NY Artistic Director and Casting Director for the nationally respected education and media company The Story Pirates with whom he has written, produced and performed for such chart topping podcasts as The Story Pirates Podcast, The Cat in the Hat Cast and Looney Tunes Presents - Bugs & Daffy’s Thanksgiving Road Trip.
Full Session Schedule
Session Schedule*
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Apr 30, 2025, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
at Michael Howard Studios - Studio 2
(152 W. 25th Street, 10th fl) -
May 7, 2025, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
at Michael Howard Studios - Studio 2
(152 W. 25th Street, 10th fl) -
May 14, 2025, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
at Michael Howard Studios - Studio 2
(152 W. 25th Street, 10th fl) -
May 28, 2025, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
at Michael Howard Studios - Studio 2
(152 W. 25th Street, 10th fl)