STHH Improv Academy opens its doors to everyone who wants to dive deeper into certain improv themes or skills.
We organize regular courses, intensive workshops, and community nights, where new and established groups can perform for an audience.
There are plenty of opportunities to connect with other enthusiasts of the genre, learn from each other, and keep training your improv muscles while having fun!
Find what suits your fancy and reserve your spot.
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Our next courses
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3 is Not a Crowd
In "3 is Not a Crowd," you'll explore the art of the walk-in and discover how to use it purposefully to elevate a scene. This course will teach you how to navigate 2+ people scenes, ensuring every addition enhances the story rather than creating chaos. You'll also learn techniques to maintain balance, keeping the narrative clear and compelling while embracing the energy of ensemble play.
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Can't Touch This!
In this course, you’ll master space and object work, learning to create vivid locations and bring imaginary objects to life with precision, miming weight and depth, and making your actions tangible to you and your audience. Additionally, you'll explore the importance of engaging with your environment, using it to enhance your scenes, and deepen your connection to the world you create.
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La, La, Unplanned - Intensive
This 5-hour intensive workshop is for those familiar with the basics of improv who want to expand their toolkit by incorporating music! Whether you are an experienced singer or only dare to do it under the shower, this workshop will teach you that Musical Improv is all about commitment! With a series of simple exercises, you’ll be making up lyrics and melodies in no time, and accompanying others too!
Past courses
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Believable Characters
n this course you will learn to commit fully to your character’s quirks and traits, moving beyond superficial, and bringing them to life with depth and nuance. Learn how to navigate and be affected by the consequences of your characters' (and others') actions, and portray authentic and fully-realized characters that will resonate with the audience.
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Update Your Status
This intensive 5-hours workshop is all about playing with status to make your scenes more dynamic. In it, you'll learn to go with your second (or even third) instinct to create surprising scenes that keep you and your scene partner engaged and on their toes. You will also master the art of giving and taking, learning how to read the room, and listening to the subtext of the scene.
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Stage-ability
The course “Stage-ability” is designed to enhance and elevate your stage performance skills! By focusing on audience awareness and the deliberateness of actions (or lack thereof), you will build a strong stage presence worthy of the spotlight! Furthermore, you will learn how to ground scenes and storylines and take control, making each moment on stage impactful and memorable.
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Embodying the WHO: Physical&Emotional Exploration
During this 5-session course, you will learn how to build and embody characters on the spot that remain consistent using physicality and emotion as anchors. Diving into character motivation, you will also explore ways to create exciting scenes relying on relationships rather than plot.
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Benchside story
In this course, you will dive deeper into Long-form style by working on (and performing) the format “The bench”: a myriad of scenes and stories that unfold around a single bench over the span of 24 hours. From heartfelt conversations to quirky encounters, each scene presents an opportunity to explore characters and emotions and to engage with the surroundings.
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Long Craft: Long form tools unleashed
In “Long Craft” you will discover the intricacies of Long Form and what makes scenes work. Learning structural elements, and narrative tools, you will find ways to build a solid foundation to top off an hour-long story with a twist that will have people talking about it for years to come.
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