Improv Level Two Intensive (in-person)

Improv Level Two Intensive (in-person) with Nick Kanellis

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Class Description


Now apply what you've learned in Level One to create long form pieces. This class is heavy on exercises in the fundamental structural components of long form: scene work, group games, opening games, second beats, transitions, and callbacks. Students emerge from Level Two with the tools necessary to stage longer pieces with recurring themes and rich characters, and they hit the stage at the end with another fun graduation performance.

All students will be asked to show proof of vaccination prior to the first session in order to participate in this class

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 19, 2022, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
    at Magnet Theater
    (254 W. 29th Street)
  2. Sep 20, 2022, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
    at Magnet Theater
    (254 W. 29th Street)
  3. Sep 21, 2022, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
    at Magnet Theater
    (254 W. 29th Street)
  4. Sep 22, 2022, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
    at Magnet Theater
    (254 W. 29th Street)
  5. Sep 23, 2022, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
    at Magnet Theater
    (254 W. 29th Street)

Show Schedule*

  1. Sep 23, 2022, 5:30 PM
    at Magnet Theater
    (254 W. 29th Street)
  2. *scheduling subject to change