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The Bat (5 sessions, 3 shows)

The Bat (5 sessions, 3 shows) with Charlie Nicholson

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Class Description

"The Bat," an improvised radio play, is a form of improv theatre where performers create entire soundscapes, scenes, transitions, and effects using only their voices in complete darkness. This format sharpens auditory awareness and vocal versatility as improvisers must keenly listen and respond to each other's sounds, voices, and choices. It demands clear, imaginative descriptions to paint vivid pictures without visual cues, transporting the audience through detailed mindscapes. "The Bat" allows creative freedom beyond physical limitations, enabling extraordinary scenarios like flying or underwater adventures, as well as naturalistic settings, like a day at the office or night in at home. This form celebrates sound and imagination, honing essential skills and enriching the creative process in improv theatre. Prerequisite: Magnet Improv Level One or equivalent.

Instructor: Charlie Nicholson

Charlie was born during the Blizzard of 1989 in the small town of Pomfret, Connecticut. He loves Star Wars, puzzles, tomatoes, and cats. If you want to impress him, mention Ray Bradbury in passing. A proud Story Pirate, he's an alumnus of Vassar College and he works as Education Fellow at the New York Public Library! In addition to teaching and performing at the Magnet, Charlie runs Improv-for-Beginners and Improv-for-Actors workshops in high schools, libraries, film academies, bachelorre parties, graduation ceremonies, weddings, haunted houses, and baby showers all across the 5 boroughs and beyond.

Charlie has studied comedy at the Magnet Theater and UCB, but he really got cookin' with THE LIMIT back at Vassar in the early '10s. He spends his leisure time drawing, sleeping, and giving directions.

New York acting highlights include; The Ginsberg Project (Alchemical Theater), Height of Success (Secret Theater), Ambrosia (Manhattan Rep), The Disastrous Tale of Vera and Linus (Kipuka Theater/Salem Art Works) and Drag/Stein (Target Margin/Bushwick Starr).

Let's get these Halloween parties going, but don't forget to start planning your Mid-Summer outfits!

Full Session Schedule

Session Schedule*

  1. Jul 22, 2024, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
    at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
    (btw 36th & 37th Sts)
  2. Jul 29, 2024, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
    at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
    (btw 36th & 37th Sts)
  3. Aug 5, 2024, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
    at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
    (btw 36th & 37th Sts)
  4. Aug 19, 2024, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
    at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
    (btw 36th & 37th Sts)
  5. Aug 26, 2024, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
    at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
    (btw 36th & 37th Sts)

Show Schedule*

  1. Sep 8, 2024, 6:00 PM
    at Magnet Theater
    (254 W. 29th Street)
  2. Sep 15, 2024, 9:00 PM
    at Magnet Theater
    (254 W. 29th Street)
  3. Sep 21, 2024, 4:30 PM
    at Magnet Theater
    (254 W. 29th Street)
    4. *scheduling subject to change