🔴The Spirit of The Second City ETC Returns!🔴MASTER SCENEWORK and IMPROVISE like a PRO – 2 Days Workshop With The Improv Legend Jeff Michalski
(12h Intensive Workshop ending with a Showcase at the Second City’s Martin De Mart Theater on July 7th)
Join us for a transformative 2-day workshop with improv legend Jeff Michalski, co-founder of The Second City ETC. With 50 years of teaching experience, Jeff has honed a unique methodology focused on engagement, listening, and acting skills. In this workshop, you will explore movement, play, and conscious awareness to master the art of improvisation.
Jeff has worked with comedy greats like Dave Pasquesi, Ryan Stiles, Stephen Colbert, Chris Farley, and many others. Under his guidance, you will rediscover the core elements of successful improv: spontaneous discovery, connection with your scene partner, and an intuitive understanding of the scene's essence.
This workshop is designed to elevate your performance, making every scene engaging and memorable. The skills you learn here are not only applicable to all styles of improvisation but also beneficial in everyday life.
For those who wish, the workshop culminates in a showcase featuring you and Jeff’s duo, WePolak. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from one of the best in the business!
Please arrive 10 min before the workshop.
If you have any question contact us at: [email protected]
🔴About Jeff Michalski:
Jeff Michalski is an improv legend with a career spanning over five decades. Starting in 1974, he trained with Chicago’s best and co-founded The Second City ETC in 1983. His and the ensemble's film careers began when Garry Marshall saw a show and cast everybody in the film Nothing in Common. A versatile actor and director, he has been on screen with Oscar winners Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Peter Falk, Jackie Gleason, Al Pacino, and others. Jeff’s evolving practice synthesizes his vast experiences on stage, in film, and television, offering you an unparalleled learning opportunity. Don’t miss out!
Age restriction
18+
🔴 The Big Guns of Improv Speak Out about Jeff:
✅Nothing About Jeff That Isn’t Good •
"What could anyone say about Jeff that isn’t good?”
▪️Ryan Stiles, „The Drew Carey Show”, „Whose Line Is It, Anyway?”
✅You Have To Learn To Love The Bomb
The very first note I ever got from my very first director at Second City, a guy named Jeff Michalski, he said, ‘You have to learn to love the bomb.’ I realized what he meant was not like, ‘Survive when a joke doesn’t go well,’ or, ‘Feel okay, you’ll get them next time if the scene you improvise didn’t go well.’ But actually, breathe in and love the bomb, love that moment of failure, which is incredibly useful if you’re actually bombing.
▪️Stephen Colbert, VANITY FAIR („The Collbert Report”, ”The Late Show Stephen Colbert”)
✅Uniquely Qualified
I have known Jeff Michalski for over 20 years and have worked with him in many capacities. He has directed me in improvisation and sketch and I have written and performed with him. He is uniquely qualified to teach improvisation because of his experience, knowledge and passion for it. He personifies principles like „make the other person look good”.
He is a treat to watch and learn from. Time with Jeff is well spent.
▪️Dave Pasquesi, TJ & Dave, actor, improviser and Improv Olympic Alumnus
🎭Location
The Second City Training Center
1608 N Wells St f4, Chicago, IL 60614, United States
ROOM: 207
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Event Venue
The Second City Training Center - Chicago, 204 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60610-1225, United States,Chicago, Illinois
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