Spontaneous Storytelling | Improv Workshop Series

Thu Apr 02 2026 at 07:00 pm to 10:00 pm UTC-04:00

Visitor Information Centre | Waterloo

Pinch Cabaret
Publisher/HostPinch Cabaret
Spontaneous Storytelling | Improv Workshop Series
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2 week, 6 hour improv workshop series exploring improvised approaches to narrative
About this Event

Come explore the hilarious and heartfelt world of improvised stories in this two session improv series. Improviser and director Ben Gorodetsky is offering a playful exploration of narrative approaches to improvisation.

Over the course of 6 hours of instruction this improv workshop series will tap into play, listening, trust, story structures, and your very own auto-biography. Learn to trust yourself and your partners so you can create in the moment together. Past improv experience recommended.

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Schedule:

Thursdays
April 2 & 9
7:00-10:00pm

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Accessible Pricing:

If cost is a barrier for you, please email [email protected] and we'll figure out an accessible price. Don't be shy!

Also, if you want to skip eventbrite fees and taxes and pay via e-transfer, you can email [email protected] too and we'll make it happen.

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Location:

Waterloo Visitor Information Centre | 10 Father David Bauer Dr

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About the instructor:

Ben Gorodetsky is an improviser, writer, and producer based in Kitchener, Ontario. They are director and host of Pinch Cabaret, KW's BEST LOCAL EVENT, as voted by the readers of the Waterloo Chronicle. Ben is creator and executive producer of the CTV Wild series My Pet Ate What?!, co-creator of political satire comedy duo Folk Lordz (VICE), and has performed, taught, and directed improvisation at The Magnet Theatre (NYC), Out of Bounds Comedy (Austin), UCB (LA), Highwire Comedy (Atlanta), English Lovers (Vienna), IGLU (Ljubljana), FERIIR (Reunion Island), Bad Dog (Toronto), and Blind Tiger (Vancouver). Their performance work has been presented by Movement Research at Judson Church, The Tank NYC, Mile Zero Dance, Brian Webb Dance Company, Expanse Festival of Movement Arts, Rubaboo Festival, Guelph Dance Festival, SpringWorks, and the Gas Station Arts Centre. Ben is the former Associate Artistic Director of Rapid Fire Theatre and a nominee for a Canadian Comedy Award. He teaches at UWaterloo and holds an MFA from Brooklyn College-CUNY and a BFA from the University of Alberta.


More info: www.pinchpinchpinch.com/classes


*photo of Rapid Fire Theatre by Billy Wong

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Visitor Information Centre, 10 Father David Bauer Drive, Waterloo, Canada

Tickets

CAD 94.57

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