Electives and Workshops
We offer advanced improv and sketch classes as well as focused workshops for honing writing and performance skills. These are an opportunity to work specific comedy muscles over a single session or a few sessions.
Workshop: The Body and Character Generation (Sketch)
Bringing physical energy into a character can open different channels of creativity and help you find fun and unique creations perfect for driving sketches and building premises around. In this workshop, you will be coached to try some approaches that get you out of your head and into your body and you’ll probably surprise yourself too! It’s an adaptation of classic theater and practical idea generation, why not!?!?
Next offering: Saturday, 9/10 4-6PM, planning to meet outdoors with Zoom as a weather backup
Cost: $45
Instructor: Murphy McHugh
Let’s Talk About Game w/ Murphy McHugh - Free w/ Suggested Donation (See Below)
This workshop will be a conversation with some example scenes talking about game of the scene. Murphy will discuss approach to finding vs. generating game, organic vs. premise-based, and then exploring the game. More conversation than full workshop, folks will probably do a couple scenes and a decent amount of Q and A. This is an adaptation of the foundational material in L2 and L3 improv and a great way to get a taste of the approach to scene work taught at Dojo.
The next session is TBD but if you’re interested in a spot, please email classes@dojocomedy.com
Instructor: Murphy McHugh
Payment: This workshop would typically be a $45. If you’d like to make a donation, you can do so here:
Workshop: Ground and Pound
Activate your scenes! In this workshop we will focus on finding a world for the fun to exist in as soon as possible and playing that world for all it's worth.
Next offering: TBD
Instructor: Murphy McHugh
Workshop: Back In Time 3-Week Workshop
This workshop focuses on a medium-longform format called Back In Time, essentially longformizing the short form game Back In Time. As played, the formatic focus will be on making game-informed choices that create an inverted lineage of events. It'll be a fun challenge.
Next offering: TBD--if interested, email classes@dojocomedy.com!
Instructor: Murphy McHugh
Past Workshops
Numerous Instructors have come to Dojo Comedy to lead workshops including:
Improv Bootcamp with Kevin Mullaney
Satire Writing with Reductress' Sarah Pappalardo
Patterns and Games with Patrick Gantz
Emotional & Physical Commitment and Character Matching with Current Ex-Boyfriend
Classic Pairs with Liz Noth
The Slacker with Matt Starr
Big Screen Improv with Kristina Martinez and Neil Baron
Solo Characters with Amanda Xeller
Mask with JC Calcerano
Alan Thicke 3-Week Workshop with JC Calcerano
Harpo and Zeppo with Abe Woycke
Improv in Motion with Ian Farley
Structured Monoscene with Ian Farley
Comedic Character Writing and Performance with Alan Prunier