INTRO TRACK
Improv classes open to anyone. No experience necessary!
Improv Workshop A
Improv Workshop A takes beginning students through all the core principles of improv in a fun, safe environment. You’ll build self-confidence, develop your creativity, experiment, play, and make new friends. No experience necessary!
SKETCH WRITING
No prerequisites. Screenplay software (Final Draft, Celtx, WriterDuet, etc.) required.
Sketch Writing for Beginners
Great for students just getting started who want an overview of the basics of sketch writing and to try their hand at writing a sketch or two. Bring your funny ideas and we’ll show you how to turn them into hilarious sketches!
$185
4 SESSIONS
Sketch Writing Workshop A
A deeper dive into sketch writing! Through in-class writing exercises and discussion you will learn to identify beats, write for your medium, and to find and develop new material. For each class, students will write and submit sketches and we will find the gold in whatever you create. Beginners also welcome.
$325
6 SESSIONS
Continued Sketch Writing
Already know the basics? Let’s keep going! Bring in your sketches and get top quality notes to turn your own comedic sensibility into sketches you can be proud of. Students are asked to send a finished sketch to the instructor before the first class.
$185
4 SESSIONS
CORE TRACK
The improv track at the heart of The Groundlings School. Audition required.
Basic
Basic Improv introduces students to the fundamentals of improvisation through the use of games and exercises in a fun, fast-paced environment. Basic lays the foundation for The Groundlings style of improv and sketch, which each level above Basic will build upon.
Click here to schedule a free audition.
LAB TRACK
Offered in-person only.
Improv Lab
Formerly called Advanced Improv, Improv Lab focuses on expanded character development and advanced scene work through improv and writing exercises, and culminaties in an improv performance on the Gary Austin Stage.
$550
11 SESSIONS
+ a show.
Writing Lab
Students in Writing Lab develop scripted scene and monologue material to be performed in a final showcase on the Groundlings Mainstage.
$650
12 SESSIONS
+ a show
SPECIALTY
Prerequisites Vary
Intro to Voiceover Acting
with George McGrath
A one-day introduction to the world of Voice-Over acting.
$50
1 SESSION
Sunday, Feb 19
12 - 2:30pm
Auditioning for TV/FILM - Performers of Trans Experience
with Michael D. Cohen
Learn techniques to find specificity in telling the writer’s story while bringing your most authentic self in a tv/film audition. This workshop is open to anyone who is of trans and/or non-binary experience (does not identify with their gender assigned at birth)
$50
1 SESSION
Mon, Feb 20
7 - 10pm
Comedy TV/Film Script Analysis
with Michael D. Cohen
Learn techniques to quickly break down a tv/film comedy script and find the funny
$50
1 SESSION
Tue, Feb 21
10am - 1pm
Performance WOW
with Kevin Berntson
A 4-class series featuring improv games and exercises that culminates in a performance.
$185
4 SESSIONS
Tues, 2 - 5:30pm
starting Feb 21
Spanglish Improv
with Diego Parada
In this one day class we will focus on the basics of improv and we’ll do it speaking Spanglish! Being fluent in Spanish or being Latine is not a requirement for this class but being able to understand Spanish or Spanglish is (at least above 50%).
$50
1 SESSION
Sunday, Feb 26
2 - 5pm
Comedy TV/FILM Script Analysis
with Michael D. Cohen
Learn techniques to quickly break down a tv/film comedy script and find the funny.
$50
1 SESSION
Thur, Feb 23
7 - 10:30pm