Workshop limited to 16 students.

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Do you sing in the shower? Do you irritate your pets and loved ones with silly lil songs? If you said yes, then this is the workshop for you! During this 2.5 hour crash course, musical improv veteran Katy Berry (Baby Wants Candy) will teach you to nail song structure, choreograph effective stage pictures, and apply improv fundamentals like yes-anding, game recognition and pattern building to MUSIC. Students will leave with the ability to improvise fully realized musical numbers and take center stage with unhinged New York CONFIDENCE, baby! Class is delivered in a high-energy, zero-pressure environment where all levels are welcome and no musical experience is required. 

Workshop: Sunday, July 13th, 12:00pm-2:30pm

Where: BCC DogHouse, Studio #2 (137 Montrose Ave)

Teacher: Katy Berry
Musical Accompanist: TBD

Bio:

Katy Berry is a New York based comedian, writer, teacher, and musical improviser. Her screenplay POPCORN earned her a place in the 2020 Black List X Women in Film Feature Residency and is now being produced by Gunpowder & Sky and packaged by ICM, along with her second feature, CLICK CLICK PLAY.

As a musical comedian, Katy has traveled the world performing at venues including The Kennedy Center and multiple sold out Edinburgh Fringe Fest runs, and was featured in Time Out New York and the New York Times for her improvised cabaret show, Electric Bitch. Her original writing and videos have been featured in Vulture, Studio360, Bustle, Reductress, NYC Web Fest, Chain Film Festival and more. She currently teaches screenwriting and improv at the New York Film Academy and you can catch her performing musical improv in venues around NYC with Baby Wants Candy.

Adrien Pellerin is a musical comedian based in NYC. He has music-directed improvised musicals all over the world, including Baby Wants Candy at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and Blank! The Musical at Green Room 42. He produces Shitzprobe, a monthly show at Asylum NYC that invites a Broadway star to improvise a musical for the very first time. As a writer-actor, his work has been featured by Comedy Central, Adult Swim, Funny Or Die, Vulture, and NYC Public Access TV. Insta: @adrienpellerin More at AdrienPellerin.com

Testimonials:

Katy and Adrien are superstars. They taught me so much in every single class. Class time flew by and I was constantly being challenged. I feel so lucky to have had the opportunity to learn the foundations of this craft from such talented teachers and performers! Thank you so much for creating such a supportive and silly environment for us to play in :)

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