Improv Level One

Improv Level One with Rick Andrews

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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: Rick Andrews

Rick Andrews is a teacher and performer at The Magnet Theater, and has been studying, performing, and teaching improvisation since 1999. He began improvising with Improv Boston, and continued with a stint in Saint Louis, MO. He has been fortunate to learn from many improv greats, including Armando Diaz, Ed Herbstman, Joe Bill, Mark Sutton, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts, Will Luera, Jill Bernard, and more.

Rick has taught workshops at improv festivals across the country, including the Boston Improv Festival, Baltimore Improv Festival, Black Box Atlanta, and many more. He co-produces Duofest, an annual festival of improv duos in Philly, PA. He has taught improvisation to people as old as 75 and as young as 6, and has done workshops for production companies and zoos alike.

He enjoys running, putting words on pages, thinking about the brain, and he loves improv more than anything.

Full Session Schedule


Session Schedule*

  1. Jun 14, 2023, 8:00pm - 10:00pm
    at Michael Howard Studios - Studio 3
    (152 W. 25th Street, 10th fl)
  2. Jun 21, 2023, 8:00pm - 10:00pm
    at Michael Howard Studios - Studio 3
    (152 W. 25th Street, 10th fl)
  3. Jun 28, 2023, 8:00pm - 10:00pm
    at Michael Howard Studios - Studio 3
    (152 W. 25th Street, 10th fl)
  4. Jul 5, 2023, 8:00pm - 10:00pm
    at Michael Howard Studios - Studio 3
    (152 W. 25th Street, 10th fl)
  5. Jul 12, 2023, 8:00pm - 10:00pm
    at Michael Howard Studios - Studio 3
    (152 W. 25th Street, 10th fl)
  6. Jul 19, 2023, 8:00pm - 10:00pm
    at Michael Howard Studios - Studio 3
    (152 W. 25th Street, 10th fl)
  7. Jul 26, 2023, 8:00pm - 10:00pm
    at Michael Howard Studios - Studio 3
    (152 W. 25th Street, 10th fl)
  8. Aug 2, 2023, 8:00pm - 10:00pm
    at Michael Howard Studios - Studio 2
    (152 W. 25th Street, 10th fl)

Show Schedule*

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