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In-Person Improv Level Two

In-Person Improv Level Two with Armando Diaz and Billy Soco

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Class Description

Level 2 continues your study of scene work. You will learn how to choose and maintain a strong point of view, how to play more developed characters, and how to sustain longer scenes. You will then explore the next set of skills which include doing call backs and playing second and third beats. After this class you’ll be able to take on most long forms.Prerequisite: Magnet Improv Level One

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.

Instructor: Billy Soco

Billy Soco is a first-generation performer of Filipino and Chilean descent based in NYC. He has performed on house teams at Magnet and UCB and currently performs with Baby Wants Candy, Shamilton, North Coast, ComedySportz NYC, and Story Pirates. He teaches at Magnet, Second City, North Coast as well as festivals and theaters around the world.

Follow him on IG @bsoco and learn more at www.billysoco.com

Full Session Schedule

Session Schedule*

  1. Feb 24, 2022, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
    at Michael Howard Studios - Studio 1
    (152 W. 25th Street, 10th fl)
  2. Mar 3, 2022, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
    at Michael Howard Studios - Studio 1
    (152 W. 25th Street, 10th fl)
  3. Mar 10, 2022, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
    at Michael Howard Studios - Studio 1
    (152 W. 25th Street, 10th fl)
  4. Mar 17, 2022, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
    at Michael Howard Studios - Studio 1
    (152 W. 25th Street, 10th fl)
  5. Mar 24, 2022, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
    at Michael Howard Studios - Studio 1
    (152 W. 25th Street, 10th fl)
  6. Mar 31, 2022, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
    at Michael Howard Studios - Studio 1
    (152 W. 25th Street, 10th fl)
  7. Apr 7, 2022, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
    at Michael Howard Studios - Studio 1
    (152 W. 25th Street, 10th fl)
  8. Apr 14, 2022, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
    at Michael Howard Studios - Studio 1
    (152 W. 25th Street, 10th fl)

Show Schedule*

  1. Apr 22, 2022, 8:30 PM
    at Magnet Theater
    (254 W. 29th Street)
    2. *scheduling subject to change