BATS Improv School Summer 2023

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BATS School Of Improv

Through Aug 30th

Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture (FMCAC) resident group BATS Improv School is ready for Summer 2023 with a slate of in-person and online improv classes for adults, children, and teens. Adult classes cover many aspects of improv: games, exercises, scene work, character development, spontaneity, and more.

Children and teen in-person classes focus on Beginning Kids Improv for grades kindergarten through two, Beginning Youth Improv for grades three through five and six through eight, and Beginning Teen Improv for grades nine through 12 (teens).

IN-PERSON CLASSES

In-Person: Youth Summer Camp. Open to all ages (kindergarten through grade 12), Youth Summer Camp meets Monday through Friday, July 17 to 21, 2023, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.; $620 for five days.

In-Person: Improvising In The Style Of Tennessee Williams Plays. (With Rebecca Stockley), Tuesday & Wednesday, August 1 & 2, 2023, 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.; $149 (prerequisite: Foundation 5 and approval/access code from BATS@improv.org)

In-Person: Masks. (With William Hall), Thursday, August 3, 2023, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; $133 (prerequisite: none, open to all)

In-Person — Presence & Play: Getting Out Of Your Head & Into Your Body. (With Zoe Galvez & Stephanie Dennison), August 4, 2023 to August 6, 2023; Friday, 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; $324 (prerequisite: none, open to all)

In-Person — Things We Learned From Keith: Impro Principles In Action. (With William Hall, Diane Rachel, Rebecca Stockley & Paul Killam), Four days of  Keith Johnstone-style impro and one evening Maestro show on stage, August 7, 2023 to August 10, 2023; Monday, 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Tuesday & Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.; Thursday, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.; $324 (prerequisite: none, open to all)

In-Person — The Space In-Between: Improvising Non-Linear, Long-Form Stories. (With Dave Dennison), August 11, 2023 to August 13, 2023; Friday, 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; $324 (prerequisite: improv performance experience and approval/access code from BATS@improv.org)

In-Person — Guilty Pleasures: Improvised Soap Opera. (With Derek Yee), August 14, 2023 to August 16, 2023; Monday to Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.; $171 (prerequisite: Foundation 3 and approval/access code from BATS@improv.org)

In-Person: Musical Improv. (With Brian Lohmann & Joshua Raoul Brody), August 17, 2023 to August 20, 2023; Thursday to Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; $475 (prerequisite: none, open to all)

In-Person: Improvised Kung Fu. (With Derek Yee), Monday to Thursday, August 21, 2023 to August 24, 2023, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.; $228 (prerequisite: long-form improv experience, must be OK with physicality & approval/access code from BATS@improv.org)

In-Person: Characters. (With Regina Saisi), August 25, 2023 to August 27, 2023; Friday, 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; $324 (prerequisite: none, open to all)

In-Person: The First Three Scenes. (With Rez Graham), Monday to Wednesday, August 28 to 30, 2023, 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.; $171 (prerequisite: Foundation 5 and approval/access code from BATS@improv.org)

ONLINE CLASSES

Online: Actor Or Improviser? (With Zoe Galvez) Tuesday, August 1, 2023 to August 29, 2023, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.; $324  (prerequisite: Foundation 3 or working actors without improv experience and approval/access code from BATS@improv.org)

Online — Sense Object Work: Using Mime & Spacework To Find Improv Inspiration (With Stephen Kearin & Brian Jones) Thursday, August 3, 2023, 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.; $60  (prerequisite: some improv experience and approval/access code from BATS@improv.org)

Online: Fun With Puppets (With Brian Jones) Thursday, August 17, 2023, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.; $35  (prerequisite: some acting or improv experience and approval/access code from BATS@improv.org)

Online: Do The Wrong Thing (Dangerous Improv) (With Brian Jones) Thursday, August 24, 2023, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.; $35  (prerequisite: some acting or improv experience and approval/access code from BATS@improv.org)


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