Kalamazoo Improv Fest Workshops

Register for up to 2 Workshops at Kalamazoo Improv Fest.

Saying Yes With Your Whole Body
Saturday | 10:00am-12:30pm
Instructor: Diana DePasquale (Dish)
How are you currently saying yes to your scene partner’s initiations? Are you using the tone in your voice? Or the look on your face? Are you moving or standing still? In this workshop we’ll focus on the ways we can use our entire body to communicate agreement, pleasure, joy, and rage (and many others!).

High-Energy, Organic Improv
Saturday | 10:00am-12:30pm
Instructor: Josh Keidan (Dish)
Often the highest energy scenes are ones in which players quickly invent a world. How can we keep things high energy, keep making strong choices, while improvising organically, discovering the world of the scene rather than inventing it? This workshop will focus on helping improvisers explore and discover together as they create scenes that build organically and collaboratively. It is particularly aimed at improvisers who find themselves “in their head” at times.

Get Connected
Saturday 1:00-3:30pm
Instructors: Scott & Mark Piebenga (Piebenga Plumbing)
Improv scenes come in all shapes and sizes; short or long, fast or slow, loud or quiet. But in all cases they benefit from connecting with your scene partner. This workshop will focus on tuning in to your scene partner to discover the fun and unusual. The brothers Mark and Scott Piebenga share their experience from performing their two man show together for 7 years.

Heighten the “Game”
Saturday 1:00-3:30pm
Instructor: Damian Anaya & Mike Geraghty (Game Boy)
Learn how to quickly identify and heighten “game” in your scenes through character, emotional, and physical play.

Instructors:

Diana DePasquale & Josh Keidan(Dish)
Diana is a co-founder of Glass City Improv, and Josh is their current Experienced class instructor. Both perform regularly in Toledo, and Josh also performs and collaborates with improvisers in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, and Ferndale. They each have a background in education, coaching, and lead workshops across Northwest Ohio for organizations like the Toledo Museum of Art, University of Toledo, Bowling Green State University, and Metroparks Toledo.

Scott & Mark Piebenga (Piebenga Plumbing)
Scott’s credits include Crawlspace Eviction (Kalamazoo), We Can Make You Laugh (national tour), Bovine Metropolis (Denver), and currently performs at iO and the Playground(Chicago).

Mark’s credits include Monkapult (Kalamazoo), the Playground, Annoyance, iO and Second City (Chicago).

Instructor: Damian Anaya & Mike Geraghty (Game Boy)
Damian, a veteran Chicago improvisor, is currently performing and teaching at places like iO Theater, second city, the annoyance, and CiC theater for over a decade. He is a member of renowned improv team Fudge.

Mike, veteran Chicago improvisor, performing and teaching in places like iO Theater, The Annoyance, CiC, and The Second City Network. A member of renowned improv team Dumb John, as well as the long running Harold team Big Spoon, the Spanish language Harold team Heraldo, The Armando, and other hit shows like Campfire, and the all male review Roast Beef 2: The Meat Locker. Mike is also known for Trial of the Chicago 7, Candyman, The Southside, Work In Progress, and more.