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. Register online now 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. Register online now 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. Register online now 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 Register online now 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 Register online now 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