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Improv Level One (in-person)

Improv Level One (in-person) with Nick Kanellis

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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

From day one you will jump into a series of fun warm ups and games designed to ease you into improv. Before you know it you will be playing scenes and learning how to heighten and explore your ideas. As the class progresses you will learn how to do 2 person scenes, group scenes, group games and how to deliver simple monologues. The class is all about fun and support. Whether you are a beginner who has never improvised or someone who has improv experience, you will learn strong fundamentals that will build your confidence, improve speaking skills and foster spontaneity

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. Feb 23, 2023, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
    at Magnet Theater
    (254 W. 29th Street)
  2. Mar 2, 2023, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
    at Michael Howard Studios - Studio 2
    (152 W. 25th Street, 10th fl)
  3. Mar 9, 2023, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
    at Magnet Theater
    (254 W. 29th Street)
  4. Mar 16, 2023, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
    at Magnet Theater
    (254 W. 29th Street)
  5. Mar 23, 2023, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
    at Magnet Theater
    (254 W. 29th Street)
  6. Mar 30, 2023, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
    at Magnet Theater
    (254 W. 29th Street)
  7. Apr 13, 2023, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
    at Magnet Theater
    (254 W. 29th Street)
  8. Apr 20, 2023, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
    at Magnet Theater
    (254 W. 29th Street)

Show Schedule*

  1. Apr 23, 2023, 6:00 PM
    at Magnet Theater
    (254 W. 29th Street)
    2. *scheduling subject to change