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Advanced Special Effects with Peter McNerney

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Class Description

Without props, sets or costumes the improviser has the freedom to manipulate an audience's perception of space and time to a degree limited only by his or her imagination. In this 6-week class students will explore the great potential of the empty space. The class will play with transformations, split scenes, swinging doors, journey scenes, morphs, novelty edits and more to expand and heighten scene work and piece dynamics. Prerequisite: Adv Improv Level One (or Magnet Improv Level 5).

Instructor: Peter McNerney

Peter McNerney is a performer and head of the Conservatory Program at the Magnet Theater in New York City and currently performers with Nick Kanellis in the improv duo Trike which The New York Times call "reliably one of the best improv performances in the city."

As an actor Peter can be seen as a series regular in the Science Chanel scripted comedy Stuff You Should Know, HBO's High Maintenance, as well as a bunch of commercials.

Peter also serves as the Associate Artistic Director and Casting Director for the nationally respected education and media company The Story Pirates with whom he co-hosts the Story Pirates Podcast.

Peter is the co-writer and director of theater/sketch comedy fusioneers Sax & Dixon, who have been featured at Ars Nova NYC and Montreal's Just for Laughs Festival.

He is from Winnetka, IL, graduated from Northwestern University and currently lives in Brooklyn with his beautiful and hilarious wife Beth Newell and two loud children.

Full Session Schedule

Session Schedule*

Jun 1, 2023, 8:00pm - 10:00pm
at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
(btw 36th & 37th Sts)
Jun 15, 2023, 8:00pm - 10:00pm
at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
(btw 36th & 37th Sts)
Jun 22, 2023, 8:00pm - 10:00pm
at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
(btw 36th & 37th Sts)
Jun 29, 2023, 8:00pm - 10:00pm
at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
(btw 36th & 37th Sts)
Jul 6, 2023, 8:00pm - 10:00pm
at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
(btw 36th & 37th Sts)
Jul 13, 2023, 8:00pm - 10:00pm
at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
(btw 36th & 37th Sts)

This class does not have a show/performance