Free Your Mind

This class is limited to 16 students.

Love what’s happening onstage and you’re bound to have fun and fearless improvisation.

This class will help remind you what you love about improv, slap you out of whatever may be holding you back, and cut out the naysaying voices in your head. We will look at how we sometimes bail on our choices out of a fear of making the “right or wrong choice" and to instead approach improv with a "fuck it / love it" mentality (because improv is one of the most wonderful things in the world if you don't treat it too seriously). This class encourages your artistic freedom with methods to initiate scenes with an emotional point of view, to be specific and surprising in your choices, to support your scene partner, and to confidently navigate the vocabulary and concepts of long-form improv. This class will move quickly, keep you on your feet, and challenge you with personal feedback.

This class culminates in a performance for the public.

Prerequisite: Completion of BCC Level 1 Improv OR students who have taken at least one full-length course at a major comedy theater (UCB, PIT, Magnet, Squirrel, Second City, iO, Annoyance, etc.) or have similar prior training can begin at this level. Please write your prior experience in the form when registering.

7-Week Class: Sundays, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM, April 26th - June 14th

• Note: Class may end between 9:30 PM - 10:00 PM depending on the number of enrollments.

• This class will skip Memorial Day Weekend, May 24th.

You will receive a welcome email with your room assignment. Our classes meet at BCC Pig Pen or BCC DogHouse in East Williamsburg.

Class Show: Monday, June 21st. BCC Pig Pen (144 Boerum Street). 9:00 PM

Teacher: Hannah Rehak

Bio:

Hannah Rehak is a performer, podcast producer and filmmaker with over a decade of experience in improv and sketch comedy. Originally from Chicago, she trained at iO and The Annoyance, coached at CIC, performed regularly at Logan Square Improv, and understudied Second City's touring company and the ETC. Hannah currently works at various theaters in New York coaching and directing improv/sketch. She performs with Donna's Beef and Foster & Lawrence — and she produces a handful of shows including: Fuck It Film Festival, Mouth-to-Mouth and Smallprov. You can learn more about Hannah at hannahrehak.com, follow her on Instagram at instagram.com/hmrehak, or really get to know her vibe by checking out Spark here.