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Coaching Class with Michael Lutton

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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

Learn how to coach and teach improv through practical hands-on experience. Students will work on warm-ups, scene exercises and ensemble building techniques by coaching actual performers. The class will also cover how to give notes, structure a coaching session, deal with common coaching problems, manage time, and other skills needed to be a confident, flexible and successful coach. 6 weeks. Prerequisite: Level Three. Must have Magnet training to register for class. Limit 14 students.

Application Deadline: noon on Wed (6/19)

Notification Deadline: 6/21

Instructor: Michael Lutton

Michael has been a Magnet instructor since 2011. He has travelled the country performing in festivals and has taught workshops in Boston and Washington, DC. He has also taught several corporate and team-building workshops.

He began improvising in 2006, and was lucky to train with teachers such as Armando Diaz, Rachel Hamilton, James Eason, and Tara Copeland.

Michael currently teaches Level 1, Level 4: Monoscene, Musical Improv Level 1 and Musical Improv Level 3.

In addition to his teaching duties, Michael is the Director of the Musical Improv Program at the Magnet.

Full Session Schedule

Session Schedule*

Jun 29, 2024, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
at Magnet Theater
(254 W. 29th Street)
Jul 13, 2024, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
at Magnet Theater
(254 W. 29th Street)
Jul 20, 2024, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
at Magnet Theater
(254 W. 29th Street)
Jul 27, 2024, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
at Magnet Theater
(254 W. 29th Street)
Aug 3, 2024, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
at Magnet Theater
(254 W. 29th Street)
Aug 10, 2024, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
at Magnet Theater
(254 W. 29th Street)

This class does not have a show/performance