IMPROV 201: Game of the Scene and Second Beats
Starts: Saturday, March 06, 2010 @ 12:00 pm
An examination of the two-person scene, with attention on the game of the scene. New challenges will elevate the improviser to a higher performance level: making more interesting choices, creating richer characters and building tension.
With a thorough understanding of scenework, students bring scenes to life through specificity in their actions, words and character choices.
Class Dates and Times
Instructor: Annie Bankes
As a native Ajax-ian, Annie grew weary of sunny skies and green pastures, and turned to Toronto in search of smog and traffic delays. She began her improv career by accident at The Second City Toronto. After completing Second City's training program, Annie started at the ITC where she was fortunate enough to study under many great instructors including artistic director Kevin Patrick Robbins and Alison Hogg.
Annie has also trained with Pat O'Brian, Jason R. Chin and Jeff Griggs (i.O Chicago); as well as Eric Hunicutt (i.O. West, LA), Rich Talarico (SNL, MadTV), Susan Messing (Annoyance Theatre), and i.O Theatre's co-founder and improv guru Charna Halpern.
Annie currently performs weekly with the uproarious femme-fatale team WDWMKR, and is a cast member of ITC's flagship show Munchausen. Outside of improv, Annie is an avid collector of degrees and diplomas, and currently possesses a diploma in Film and Television Production, as well as a Counseling diploma, half a Psych degree, and is working on a degree in Social Work.
Registration Fee
Class Quick Info
- Prerequisite: IMPROV 101
- Limit of 15 students.
- Sold out.
- This course has 8 classes.
- Avg. class time = 3 hours.
- Total class time = 24 hours.