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Level Four: The Sleep Over

Level Four: The Sleep Over with Armando Diaz

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Class Description

Level Four dives deep into an advanced form (e.g. Evente, MonoScene, Deconstruction, Sleepover, Harold+, The Movie, Choose Your Own Adventure) and works on that form with the singular focus need to create a great show.In The Sleep Over we will learn the improv narrative form known as the Sleep Over which was originally performed by the improv team Mother and created by Armando Diaz. This form relies on strong character work and agile game playing to explore multiple narratives in a unified world. Prerequisite: Magnet Level Three.

Instructor: Armando Diaz

Armando is widely regarded as one of the best improv teachers in New York City and beyond. His list of teaching credits is a long one: the ImprovOlympic Theater, Victory Gardens Theater, The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, NYU and Michael Howard Studios. He has trained dozens of actors who have performed or written for Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Mad TV, and The Daily Show.

A Chicago native, Armando studied improv under Del Close at the ImprovOlympic, Mick Napier at the Annoyance, and graduated from the Second City Conservatory. He performed in and helped create one of the most popular improvised longforms in Chicago, "The Armando Diaz Experience...." For the last decade, "the Armando" has been performed weekly in Chicago, and is now taught and performed in many other cities including Los Angeles and New York.

In addition to writing and producing short films, Armando wrote sketches for the show Upright Citizens Brigade on Comedy Central, and has performed on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.

Full Session Schedule

Session Schedule*

  1. Jul 12, 2019, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
    at The Magnet Training Center
    (22 West 32nd Street, bet. Broadway and 5th Ave., 10th floor)
  2. Jul 19, 2019, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
    at The Magnet Training Center
    (22 West 32nd Street, bet. Broadway and 5th Ave., 10th floor)
  3. Jul 26, 2019, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
    at The Magnet Training Center
    (22 West 32nd Street, bet. Broadway and 5th Ave., 10th floor)
  4. Aug 2, 2019, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
    at The Magnet Training Center
    (22 West 32nd Street, bet. Broadway and 5th Ave., 10th floor)
  5. Aug 9, 2019, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
    at The Magnet Training Center
    (22 West 32nd Street, bet. Broadway and 5th Ave., 10th floor)
  6. Aug 16, 2019, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
    at The Magnet Training Center
    (22 West 32nd Street, bet. Broadway and 5th Ave., 10th floor)
  7. Aug 23, 2019, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
    at The Magnet Training Center
    (22 West 32nd Street, bet. Broadway and 5th Ave., 10th floor)
  8. Sep 6, 2019, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
    at The Magnet Training Center
    (22 West 32nd Street, bet. Broadway and 5th Ave., 10th floor)

Show Schedule*

  1. Sep 8, 2019, 7:30 PM
    at Magnet Studio Theater
    (22 W. 32nd St, 10th floor - Room A)
  2. Sep 15, 2019, 7:30 PM
    at Magnet Studio Theater
    (22 W. 32nd St, 10th floor - Room A)
  3. Sep 22, 2019, 7:30 PM
    at Magnet Studio Theater
    (22 W. 32nd St, 10th floor - Room A)
    4. *scheduling subject to change