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The Torch offers ongoing classes in improv. Registration can be completed over email or over the phone at 602 751-4862. Please check back frequently for new schedule information. For a complete listing of current classes, please visit the class calendar.

Upcoming Classes


Level I: Beginning Longform Scenework

Session Start Date: October 9th, 2010
Times: 11:00am - 2:00pm every Saturday
Session Length: Eight Weeks
Instructor: Sam Haldiman
Location: The Torch Theatre
Price: $165
Prerequisites: None
Age Requirements: 18 and up*

This class will include a student performance.

The next session of this class will begin in January, 2011.

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Level II: Longform Ensemble Work

Session Start Date: Sunday - October 10th, 2010
Times: 11:00am - 2:00pm every Sunday
Session Length: Eight Weeks
Instructor: Jose Gonzalez
Location: The Torch Theatre
Price: $165
Prerequisites: Level I
Age Requirements: 18 and up*

This class will include a student performance.

The next session of this class will begin in January, 2011.

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Level IV: Advanced Forms

Session Start Date: Saturday - October 9th, 2010
Times: 2:30pm - 5:30pm every Saturday
Session Length: Eight Weeks
Instructor: Bill Binder
Location: The Torch Theatre
Price: $165
Prerequisites: Level III
Age Requirements: 18 and up*

This class will include a student performance.

The next session of this class on March, 2011.
Pre-registration is open now.

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Improvising in Groups

This workshop will focus on improvising in a large group. Many improvisers get caught up trying to figure out how to add to a group scene, game or opening. All of the information you need is provided for you when listening with all of your senses. When too much information clouds a group activity some of the best information gets lost. This workshop will focus on how to listen to other peoples choices and add information to heighten a single group idea. By focusing on a single idea the information can be broken down into more usable chunks during scene work. I hope to address this with a personal, challenging, and engaging group study that perpetuates the same love of improvisation that brought me to the stage 15 years ago.

Session Start Date: Tuesday - August 31st, 2010
Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Session Length: One Day
Instructor: Clif Highfield
Location: The Torch Theatre
Price: $25**
Prerequisites: Level I, or basic longform experience
Age Requirements: 18 and up*

**$5 discount for Torch students, alumni and performers

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Drop in Workshop
(Every First Tuesday Night)

This FREE workshop will focus on basic exercises and the fundamentals of improv. It is a brief glimpse into the core curriculum of The Torch Theatre's Level I: Intro class. This class is perfect if you want to test the waters.

Session Start Date: September 7th, 2010
Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Session Length: Ongoing
Instructor: Sam Haldiman
Location: The Torch Theatre
Price: FREE
Prerequisites: None
Age Requirements: 18 and up*

No Registration Required

Viewpoints or The Math of Art

Improv can utilize the whole brain, but it's often analyzed purely in a purely artistic terms. It is not uncommon for the analytical and mathematical parts of our thinking atrophy when on stage. There can be a beauty and art found in that part of us as well, and it can be brought out to use our whole brains on stage. Based partially on Anne Bogart's "Viewpoints", this class will discuss the relationships between space, story, time, emotion, movement, and shape. Improv, like music, is filled with patterns beneath the surface. I hope to help student's recognize those patterns as a tool to create even more amazing art.

Session Start Date: Tuesday - September 14th, 2010
Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Session Length: Two Weeks
Instructor: Bill Binder
Location: The Torch Theatre
Price: $50**
Prerequisites: Level I, or basic improv experience*
Age Requirements: 18 and up*

**$10 discount for Torch students, alumni and performers

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Play Date with Apollo 12

Enjoy an evening with a Torch group. Play along with them in an open rehearsal. Learn new ways to warm-up, exercise and get a participating look at their styles of play.

Session Start Date: Tuesday - September 28th, 2010
Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Session Length: One Day
Instructor: Apollo 12
Location: The Torch Theatre
Price: $5
Prerequisites: Basic Longform Experience
Age Requirements: None

No Registration Required

*Requirements may be waived at instructor's discretion