Level Four: Senior Project- The Beast

Level Four: Senior Project- The Beast with Nick Kanellis

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Class Description


Level Four dives deep into an advanced form (e.g. Evente, MonoScene, Deconstruction, Sleepover, Harold+, The Movie) and works on that form with the singular focus need to create a great show. The Beast- is a character driven form where each improviser is given a suggestion of an animal at the top of the show. The improvisers will alternate between playing human characters and the "spirit animals" that their characters are inspired by, exploring the nuanced ways that human beings express their inner beasts. This form will challenge improvisers to play physically, boil their scenes down to their core elements, and endow their characters with specific behaviors without thinking.

Instructor: Nick Kanellis

As a performer, Nick is half of the critically acclaimed improv duo “Trike,” which the New York Times calls "reliably one of the best improv performances in the city." Nick is also one of the premier motion capture actors for pre-vis commercial animatics in NYC (performing in over hundreds of animated spots for both 321Launch and Edit1), is a voice over artist for two of today.com's top 10 podcasts for kids (Story Pirates and Don't Break the Rules!), was featured in TIME for Kids as an "improv expert," was named one of the 25 best things at Comic Con by Rolling Stone, and he is a two time New Yorker caption contest winner (three time finalist). He is a National Champion in Humorous Interpretation and four time National Finalist for the National Speech and Debate Association (formerly the National Forensic League), and has acted in a variety of commercials for Pur Water Filters, Pace Salsa, Verizon, and more.

As a teacher, Nick Kanellis is an improvisational instructor and consultant, creating and facilitating workshops utilizing improvisational theater games and techniques to help participants become better communicators, collaborators, and leaders. He has been teaching applied improv for roughly 12 years with the Magnet Theater, leading workshops for companies including Google, Bloomberg, Nasdaq, Syracuse, Fordham, The Howard Stern Show, and more, as well as instructing a Medical Improv course with NYU Langone's Master Scholars Program in Humanistic Medicine and their Palliative Care team.

Full Session Schedule


Session Schedule*

  1. Sep 30, 2019, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
    at The Magnet Training Center
    (22 West 32nd Street, bet. Broadway and 5th Ave., 10th floor)
  2. Oct 7, 2019, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
    at The Magnet Training Center
    (22 West 32nd Street, bet. Broadway and 5th Ave., 10th floor)
  3. Oct 14, 2019, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
    at The Magnet Training Center
    (22 West 32nd Street, bet. Broadway and 5th Ave., 10th floor)
  4. Oct 21, 2019, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
    at The Magnet Training Center
    (22 West 32nd Street, bet. Broadway and 5th Ave., 10th floor)
  5. Oct 28, 2019, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
    at The Magnet Training Center
    (22 West 32nd Street, bet. Broadway and 5th Ave., 10th floor)
  6. Nov 4, 2019, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
    at The Magnet Training Center - Room I
    (22 West 32nd Street, bet. Broadway and 5th Ave., 10th floor)
  7. Nov 11, 2019, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
    at The Magnet Training Center - Room B
    (22 West 32nd Street, bet. Broadway and 5th Ave., 10th floor)
  8. Nov 18, 2019, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
    at The Magnet Training Center - Room I
    (22 West 32nd Street, bet. Broadway and 5th Ave., 10th floor)

Show Schedule*

  1. Nov 10, 2019, 7:30 PM
    at Magnet Studio Theater
    (22 W. 32nd St, 10th floor - Room A)
  2. Nov 24, 2019, 7:30 PM
    at Magnet Studio Theater
    (22 W. 32nd St, 10th floor - Room A)
  3. Nov 17, 2019, 7:30 PM
    at Magnet Studio Theater
    (22 W. 32nd St, 10th floor - Room A)
  4. *scheduling subject to change