Advanced Improv: Short Form Improvisation

Tue Sep 02 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:30 pm UTC-05:00

Stomping Ground Comedy Theater & Training Center | Dallas

Stomping Ground Comedy
Publisher/HostStomping Ground Comedy
Advanced Improv:  Short Form Improvisation
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Sharpen your scene work skills while playing fast and funny in Whose Line is It Anyway? and Theatresports style short form games!
About this Event

Short Form Improv is an audience and performer favorite with an often fast-paced version of improvisation that everyone can enjoy! In this advanced seven week course, students will learn and practice the skills needed to successfully play up the mechanics of each game while still creating solid and engaging characters and scene work. This class includes a run of shows in March. The prerequisite for this class is graduation from Level Five at Stomping Ground or completion of an equivalent training center program with permission from the Training Center Director.

This course will focus on:

  • Different styles of short form games and how to play them
  • Finding the fun for both performers and the audience in each game
  • Playing the mechanics and finding the scene in short form games
  • Curating and performing an engaging and exciting show

About the Instructor:

John Gerhardt caught the acting bug in 2008 just before he finished high school and it wasn’t long after that he joined Take One, an improv comedy troupe, spending the last 12 years touring with them across the midwest performing at comic, anime, and other pop-culture conventions. In John’s pursuit of performance, he has trained with OKC Improv, ComedySportz Dallas, and with coaches from The Second City, iO Theater, and most recently, Stomping Ground. He teaches and performs regularly at Stomping Ground in Spaghetti Confetti, Broadway(ish), Midnight Vault, and co-hosts Thunderdome, the monthly short-form competition show!

This is a 7 week recurring in-person course held Tuesdays, 7-9:30pm starting Tuesday, September 2nd with a run of shows in October/November. The instructor is John Gerhardt. All sales are final. Listed price of class does not include Eventbrite's service fee (3.7% + $1.79) and payment processing fee (2.9%) which will be added to the total price at checkout. Classes are non-refundable but enrollment may be deferred to a future class with TCD approval. All students must adhere to policies in the Stomping Ground Student Handbook. Must be 18 years or older.


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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Stomping Ground Comedy Theater & Training Center, 1350 Manufacturing Street, #109, #109, #109, #109, #109, #109, Dallas, United States

Tickets

USD 268.61 to USD 295.29

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