In partnership with
Theatre
Come join the fun in this popular class!!
Improv is the form of theatre, often comedy, in which most or all of what is performed is unplanned.
This fun improv course is perfect for everyone. It will cover the basics and work up to advanced “long form “improv skills. It is for someone with zero improv experience, or for those wanting to refresh their improv fundamentals, as well as those looking to build previous improv experience.
By the end of this course, you will have learned the fundamental tools of improv through engaging exercises and group game play designed to bolster your soft skills (agreement, active listening, being supportive, etc.) and lay the foundation that will allow you to create without self-judgment.
The course provides a safe environment to explore your creative potential and experience the freedom and joy of improvisational play. It is open to students 16 years or older with a limit of 15 students. This class is sponsored by Little Traverse Civic Theater and is taught by Dean Tahtinen.
What Improv can do for and to you:
- Activates language and creativity centers in your brain
- Helps promote brain connectivity
- Boosts creativity
- Reduces social anxiety
- Reduces uncertainty intolerance
- Boosts confidence
- Decreases stress
WARNING! You may:
- Experience the freedom and joy of improvisational play
- Bolster your soft skills
- Improve active listening
- Create without self-judgment.
- Discover your creative potential
- Make new friends
***Scholarships to cover class fees are available***
To inquire, please call
Cathy Degnan (231) 439-6378
Dean Tahtinen
In 2002 Dean was introduced to theatre as a co-leading man in play “The Best Man.” Since then, he has been onstage, backstage, and next to the stage as an actor, stage manager, assistant director, and light and sound technician for 15 or more productions. He began his improv journey with the Second Sunday Improv troop that preformed for 7 years on the second Sunday of the month raising funds for non-profit organizations. As the members of Second Sunday left the area, Dean took a couple of years off before forming the Petoskey Improv Troop or PIT that performed for 2 ½ years. He has lead improv after school classes with elementary schools in Petoskey, Alanson and East Jordan. He has provided the basics of improv: "don’t say no....make everyone look better and listen", to various organizations thru staff in-services. Dean's formal training consists of an intensive workshop at Second City Improv in Chicago, and informal training includes hours of research and visiting improv troops in Chicago, Toronto, Denver, Boston, and Melbourne Australia. Dean has a love for bringing the joy and creativity of improv to adults and children.
