Embrace Spontaneity: an Intro to Improv!
Join our 2-hour in-person workshop, “Embrace Spontaneity: Intro to Improv.” It’s a low-pressure, fun experience designed for newcomers. Connect with others through introductions, establish boundaries, and engage in energizing warmups, games, and collaborative scenes.
Get ready to embark on a low-pressure, fun-filled adventure that will unleash your creativity, boost your confidence, and ignite your sense of playfulness.
Led by our experienced and supportive instructors, this workshop is tailored to provide a safe and welcoming environment where you can step outside your comfort zone. We’ll begin with a boundary check-in, where we establish guidelines for respect, trust, and collaboration. Then we’ll dive into engaging improv warmups and games, designed to ignite your imagination, enhance your listening skills, and unlock your spontaneity.
Through interactive exercises and guided scenework, you’ll discover the joy of working together, building on each other’s ideas, and creating compelling scenes on the spot.
No prior experience in acting or improv is necessary. This workshop is specifically designed for individuals who are new to improv. Whether you’re seeking a fun and unique experience, a chance to improve your communication skills, or simply a break from everyday routine, “Embrace Spontaneity” is the workshop for you!
About your instructors:
Rob Phoenix (he/him) is an improviser, writer, and producer from Baltimore, Maryland. He has been performed all over the country with the Baltimore based troupe Cakewalk and is a part of the Baltimore Improv Group house team MVA. Rob has trained with the Baltimore Improv group and instructors around the country in voice acting, sketch, and writing. Rob worked in radio for 14 years and is the Stage and Technical Producer for the Baltimore Improv Group. He teaches character building based workshops and likes to focus on being natural on stage. He is also one of the founders of the From Another Mother Improv Festival a.k.a. FAM Fest.
Brian Shea (he/him) discovered improv in 2015 and has gone full speed ahead ever since. A co-founder of Highwire Improv, he performs regularly in the Baltimore area with Important Screws and Whatever This Is and other special projects. He performs on Lancaster Improv Players teams Peach Soda and Project: Harold as well as coaching and teaching there. He has never met a tag run he didn’t love and knows way too many random facts about R.E.M.
About Highwire Improv:
Highwire Improv is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization based in Baltimore, Maryland. Our mission is to steward a community of artists committed to growth, collaboration, joy, and justice — in Baltimore and around the world — through improvisational theater.
