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The IMprov Classes That Started them All

  • Unlock your creativity for stage, screen and life

  • Access your brilliance by learning to be authentically in the moment

  • Connect with your audience in any situation with confidence

  • Advance from level to level in one year, culminating in a live performance

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  BONNIE HUNT masterclass: TBD 

“I’m forever grateful for all I gained from the Players Workshop experience—so many life-enhancing skills, like listening, observing, teamwork, confidence, slowing down yet thinking fast, the value of every idea, and the joy of observing and celebrating all the characters in your life.”

We're excited to announce that Actress, Director, Writer, Native Chicagoan, and Players Workshop Alum Bonnie Hunt will teach a Masterclass, available for both IMPROV360 and MasterClass Subscriptions (Workshop Date TBD)

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BONNIE HUNT
actress, director, writer, Class of 1985

Master Classes
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Foundational Improv 

The improvisation classes that started them all

All Players begin in Level 1: building a solid foundation in the art form of improvisation. You'll learn skills and principles that will help you survive and thrive “in the now” on stage—and in life.

 

Your Level 1 foundational skills will help you advance to Levels 2—6 of our one-year program.

 

Complete our one-year program and learn essential stage frameworks, instant character creation, storytelling mastery, comedy and drama devices, and put it all to work in a "live" grad show.

 

Instruction includes live performance opportunities.  

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Fee: $200/month

Class Dates: TBD

Time: 6:30-9:30PM

Instructor: Doug Voegtle

Master Classes

Master CLasses

Bonnie Hunt MasterClass in-person (date TBD)

  • 6 MasterClasses taught by casting directors, creative directors, social media experts, Emmy winners & more:

    • On-camera audition intensive with casting director and master teacher David Murphy

    • Writing sketch comedy for TV with 29-time Emmy winner Bill Stainton

    • Advanced improvisation with improv guru David Razowsky

    • Getting work outside of stage, TV & film: Pay the bills with VOs, industrials and corporate gigs

    • The business of acting in Chicago with actor & author of Acting in Chicago, Chris Agos

    • Creating your brand through social content with certified social media coach Annie Schiffman

 

(Does not include Improv360 extra content. Some classes are virtual.)

 

Fee: $100/MasterClass

Class Dates: TBD​

  • ​In-person classes are 2.5 to 3 hours  

  • Virtual classes are 1.5 to 2 hours to reduce screen fatigue

  • Must show proof of vaccination and wear a mask if desired for in-person class

 Learning Environment Commitment

 

Players Workshop is dedicated to creating a safe, non-judgmental learning environment for students and teachers. If you’re doing it right, you’ll find out some truths about yourself and the world at large that may surprise you. This can lead to feeling vulnerable, which is why we maintain a safe space for students to work in. We steadfastly believe in creating a space of unconditional and universal acceptance for everyone as they choose to define themselves. However, we will enforce a zero tolerance for exclusionary or threatening behavior (physical or verbal) of any kind. Basically, be nice. We’re astronauts on a rock floating through space—so play nice.

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