About the Class
Price: $305
When: Sundays, May 10 - June 14 (off 5/24), 2 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Graduation Show: None
Prerequisite: Level 2 or equivalent experience in long-form, scene study, or character work. You should be comfortable making scenes, building with a partner, and working from a point of view.
Please Note: All classes are 18 and over. Once payment is made, there are no refunds, exchanges or cancellations.
Spotlight: Elevating the Ensemble is a five-week workshop for improvisers ready to think beyond the individual scene. Over five 2.5-hour sessions you will develop the listening, craft, and ensemble awareness that long-form work demands. The class moves from open scene work into structured long-form containers such as montage, Armando, and others, for improvisers curious about where long-form formats can take them. Students will leave with a deeper listening practice, a working vocabulary for heightening, editing, and scenic transformation, experience inside long-form containers, and sharper instincts for supporting the ensemble over their own impulse. An ensemble is not a group of improvisers performing at the same time. It's a group of improvisers listening at the same time. Come Play!
About the Instructor
Chris Ulrich (official website) teaches classes in beginning improv, advanced short-form improv and long-form improv. He has been performing since 2003. Currently, Chris performs regularly in a number of Improv troupes including Jive Turkey, Nox, and And Scene! He has studied improvisational comedy at the Uprights Citizens Brigade and The Magnet Theater in New York, Improv Olympic and Annoyance Theater in Chicago and Los Angeles, and at the Washington Improv Theater and DC Improv in Washington. Also, he has coached and led workshops for improv troupes in the DC area.
Chris was a cast member in the DC based comedy pilot "Capital Gym," which was entered in the 2009 NexTV Pilot Competition. He appeared on Food Network's "Dinner Impossible" with Chef Robert Irvine. He also served as a consultant to Edelman Public Relations as part of its creative content team, leading creative strategy sessions to encourage new ways of thinking for Edelman client accounts.
In addition to improv training, Chris is the founder of CU in the Moment LLC, a company with a multi-disciplined approach to educating clients about body language, personal confidence, and presentation skills. Bringing a unique blend of training and collaborative experience to his clients, Chris guides and hones clients' ability to push past their personal edge to discover greater connection and confidence in their authentic voice and message be it for speeches, presentations, sales meetings, or specialty projects. He is a media consultant who can frequently be seen on GMA, CNN, MSNBC, Fox Business, Headline News, and Washington’s USA Channel 9, where he educates viewers about non-verbal communication issues. Along with his work at CU in the Moment, Ulrich is a senior instructor at the Body Language Institute. He trains executives, salespeople, government staffers, lobbyists, and small business entrepreneurs to use new body language to transform their executive presence.