Level 4: Sustainable Characters

Course Description: 

In real life, each of us is a character making decisions and choices based on our own point of view. In Level 4: Sustainable Characters, students will learn to quickly make simple yet powerful choices that shape the unique voice of a character. By forming strong points of view, you will discover what makes your characters tick and how to sustain them throughout any long-form narrative. 

Students are introduced to the classic format, Our Town, and concludes with a 30-minute grad show.

This class runs for 8 consecutive sessions on the same day and time as the first class unless otherwise stated. 

What you will learn:

• Specific tools to help anchor your character
• How to keep your characters consistent
• To use your entire body to inhabit the character
• How to create character with depth through layering

WARNING! You may:

• Create more mindfully crafted characters
• Be able to play a 30 minute show as the same character
• Learn how to evolve a character over the course of a show
• Find comfort in the “weird”
• Have more fun

Tuition: $249

Prerequisite: Teleprov B from Moment Improv Theatre

Class size: 10 students maximum

Location: This class is taught 100% online

Class length: 2 hours (12 hours total)

Schedule: 8 sessions; once a week for eight weeks

Students MUST be present for the FIRST and LAST classes without exception. Missing class is never advised, but participants are allowed to miss up to two class sessions and still remain eligible for class advancement.

There are no make-up classes.