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Who is Theatre Momentum? Hailed as "a worthy alternative to what you'll find at improv mainstays such as i.O. or Annoyance," Theatre Momentum strives for work that is theatre that happens to be improvised. For a little about our history, click the About TM tab. Welcome! |
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Saturdays, 12-2 PM
Theatre Momentum is starting a free weekly improv drop-in class for beginners. If you'd like to get a chance to learn Theatre Momentum's unique style of improv theatre, please join us any Saturday.
In short, TM's style is theatre that happens to be improvised. Learn the fundamentals that will help you to create performances that are indistinguishable from a scripted play. You will learn basic techniques in creating realistic characters, playing to the story and the character over the laugh, and you will learn to craft stories and characters that can last through a long performance.
Our weekly class runs Saturdays, 12-2 PM All Improv Fundamentals classes are free.
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Think Tank improv theatre lab
Theatre Momentum's signature workshop lab, the Think Tank (formerly Workshop-in-Progress) has returned! The Think Tank runs on Saturdays, 2-4 PM. This workshop series is geared toward creating new improv theatre show structures, through a process of brainstorming, workshopping, and performance.
To sign up or read more, click here.
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The Kinetic Jam is back! Fridays, 8 PM, beginning May 18th
FREE Theatre Momentum is bringing back our FREE weekly improv jam at the Theatre Momentum Studio, beginning May 18th.
The Kinetic Jam is a great opportunity to play with new faces, stretch your legs and your skills. We'll have multiple directors working with groups for about 20 minutes, prepping each group to put on a 25-30 minute improv show for their peers and the audience.
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We have started an ongoing series of drop-in workshops, all priced at $5 a workshop, so you can get the most bang for your buck! Check out these upcoming workshops:
Upcoming Classes:
It’s Elemental!— Movement for the Actor with Alison Henderson 12-2 PM, May 5, 2012 In this class, Laban Movement Analysis will be used to create instant characters based on the universal element characteristics of movement. We will play with elements alone and in combination to create characters and scenes. We will learn tools for how to observe movement in ourselves and others for use in improvisation, cold readings and scripted work. Laban Movement Analysis is about observation and universal qualities. It supports other acting training techniques because it isn’t a set of exercises, it is a toolbox of possibilities. To sign up, please visit the Brown Paper Tickets page for this class.
Listening In with Orlando Lara 12-2 PM, May 19, 2012 This class will help you connect with your scene partner by playing off each other. Everything you're going to need for the scene is right there in your partner. Every tick and mannerism that happens on stage has a story and should be explored. Everything is important. This class will help you play real and grounded in the world that you've created, regardless of how ridiculous that world is. It will also help you agree with your partner and not be scared to go down the rabbit hole together. To sign up, please visit the Brown Paper Tickets page for this class.
It's Always You with Keith Horvath 12-2 PM, May 26, 2012 It's Always You will focus first on grounded, real scenes. We will explore who you are as a person, and essentially focus on being "the straight (wo)man" in a scene. Then we dive into a specific genre (ocean, plants, statues/golems, animals etc.) and create characters who are not ourselves but still act like humans. Through personifying objects and creatures that aren't human, we can find the similarities that makes the characters relatable to an audience and find the humor in any situation. To sign up, please visit the Brown Paper Tickets page for this class.
Enjoy The Silence with Jay Olson 12-2 PM, June 2, 2012 The class: Acting > Explaining To sign up, please visit the Brown Paper Tickets page for this class.
We're always looking for more instructors, too. Check it out...
The Knowledge Knot is Theatre Momentum's new
program designed to foster leadership and mine the knowledge wealth of
the Chicago improv, sketch, and theatre community.
The Chicago improv community is a composed of thousands of artists,
actors, directors, writers... and teachers. That is a vast amount of
skill, talent, and knowledge. The Knowledge Knot is intended to
tap that resource. For more details on the classes and the Knowledge Knot Program, click here. |
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Keep an eye out in June for the return of The Collider improv competition (formerly The Bracket). Our competition pits improv groups head-to-head for audience votes, and if your group wins, you walk away with a cool $500 prize!
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The Theatre Momentum Studio is available for rent at the cheapest rates in Chicago- just $10/hr! Weekdays daytime (before 5 PM) are only $8/hr.
We have four studios in the Cornelia Arts Building (1800 W. Cornelia Ave). Free parking in front, easily accessible to the Addison/Paulina Brown lines. Check out the Studio Rentals tab for more information.
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