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Intro to Magnet for Experienced Improvisers with Hannah Chase

Check below to see the full schedule for each session, see if your class skips a week for a holiday, and check out the date and time of your class show(s).

Class Description

Experienced improvisers will get strategic yet supportive instruction to provide and sharpen powerful tools grounded in truth. This class will focus heavily on exercises that engage all aspects of improvisation and build on existing skills. Expect a return to core fundamentals and gain insight on how those fundamentals connect to Magnet's comprehensive training program. Enter as an experienced improviser and leave this class with a stronger skill set, an increase in confidence on stage, and a clear path toward continued study at Magnet.

Prerequisite: At least one year of consistent improv training.

This course consists of 8 class sessions plus a performance at the Theater.

Students who complete this course will be eligible for Improv Level Two.

Instructor: Hannah Chase

Hannah Chase is the Megawatt Director, as well as an instructor and performer at the Magnet Theater. She first discovered improv in 2002, and has studied and worked with some truly fantastic teachers and performers across the country over the last 16 years.

You can see Hannah perform on Thursdays with her Block Party team, The Music Industry, and on Saturdays in the Armando Diaz Experience. Hannah has also performed at dozens of improv festivals across the country.

Hannah has created and directed a number of shows at the Magnet including The Cast, which plays on Saturday nights at the Magnet and which Elise Czajkowski (comedy journalist for the New York Times) called "One of the most exciting improv shows in New York City.... the perfect show for comedy and theater fans alike." Hannah also created and directs The Blob, a Time Out NY Recommended Comedy Pick, as well as a number of other recurring shows.

Outside of The Magnet, you can hear Hannah's voice in a number of Truth podcasts. In her free time, she loves alphabetizing lists, editing films, trying on other people's glasses, learning about the brain, and reading and writing medical memoir comics. She's still working on her website. It's been five years.

Full Session Schedule

Session Schedule*

Jun 16, 2018, 3:00pm - 6:00pm
at The Magnet Training Center
(22 West 32nd Street, bet. Broadway and 5th Ave., 10th floor)
Jun 23, 2018, 3:00pm - 6:00pm
at The Magnet Training Center
(22 West 32nd Street, bet. Broadway and 5th Ave., 10th floor)
Jun 30, 2018, 3:00pm - 6:00pm
at The Magnet Training Center
(22 West 32nd Street, bet. Broadway and 5th Ave., 10th floor)
Jul 7, 2018, 3:00pm - 6:00pm
at The Magnet Training Center
(22 West 32nd Street, bet. Broadway and 5th Ave., 10th floor)
Jul 14, 2018, 3:00pm - 6:00pm
at The Magnet Training Center
(22 West 32nd Street, bet. Broadway and 5th Ave., 10th floor)
Jul 21, 2018, 3:00pm - 6:00pm
at The Magnet Training Center
(22 West 32nd Street, bet. Broadway and 5th Ave., 10th floor)
Jul 28, 2018, 3:00pm - 6:00pm
at The Magnet Training Center
(22 West 32nd Street, bet. Broadway and 5th Ave., 10th floor)
Aug 4, 2018, 3:00pm - 6:00pm
at The Magnet Training Center
(22 West 32nd Street, bet. Broadway and 5th Ave., 10th floor)

Show Schedule*

Aug 11, 2018, 6:00 PM
at Magnet Theater
(254 W. 29th Street)

_{*scheduling subject to change}