All-Level Workshops
These adult workshop are for EVERYONE and are typically 1-2 hours in length! These workshops are designed so that Absolute Beginner can mingle with folks who have taken years of improv classes. They cover a range of topics (meditation in improv, super-fun high energy play, character work, grief improv, improv for anxiety, the art of conversation and listening….etc), the options are endless. There are zero prerequisites for these workshops unless noted.
Elective Classes
These adult classes are designed to explore a new area under the Creative Arts/Improv umbrella. They can range from theater arts classes (Scene Dive, Monologue Study and The Art of the One Act Play through Musical Improv Classes and classes in Short Form, Presentation Skills, Movement and Dramatic Improv). Most classes are for ALL LEVELS unless otherwise noted.
Beginner Level
This is the first essential leveled improv class of our program and is a prerequisite for our Improv Essentials classes. This course is for anyone who has ever wanted to take an improv class, whether to try something new, find out what laugh therapy feels like, make new friends in their local neighborhood, get out of their comfort zone, try a creative arts class, overcome anxiety of speaking in public or making small talk, discover their hidden gifts as a communicator and realize that absolutely ANYONE can take an improv class and apply it to their lives. This is a crash course to the introduction of long form improv.
Improv Essential
*Beginner Improv Class is a Prerequisite for any Improv Essential course.
*You must take TWO Improv Essential classes in order to enter your name into Unisphere.
These courses are for anyone who has taken our Beginner class and wants to continue their long-form education. These classes will continue to explore the study of long-form by introducing group games, second beats, call-backs, initiations, strong scene work, form study, characterization, stronger connections to self, listening, group support, walk-ons and tag-outs. Each class will cover essentials and a different long form and will result in a casual performance.
Unisphere
Welcome to UNISPHERE!
Unisphere is FoHi Improv’s Form Creation program. Our emphasis at this point in the program is based on the desire to invent a new long form that has never existed before. Everyone who has fulfilled our prerequisites (Beginner and any TWO Improv Essentials classes) can be a part of Unisphere. Elective courses do not count towards Unisphere prerequisites.
Unisphere works as follows. The first class is an energy audition and will be held at the discretion of the FoHi Improv Faculty and will be based on how many members we have interested in this advanced experience. The faculty is responsible for forming the Unisphere teams based on what we know about your style of playing and general chemistry between players. The auditions will ensure that the team is filled with members that are receptive to listening, have great team building skills, are looking for advanced work and creative challenges and love to perform. The team will live for only ONE round of Unisphere and then participants who would like to continue will be assigned a whole new team to continue on. This will foster inclusivity, diversity of playing, supportive mindset and community building.
Unisphere is our Advanced Improv experience. The cost for this course will cover the cost of room reservations, coaching fees, performance space fees, time for ad creation and pictures and advertising….etc. Each team will be assigned a coach during the course of Unisphere and they will work to create a new form that works for them while strengthening their improv skills as advanced players. Unisphere members will work towards a formal showcase experience where they will represent the most advanced players from the FoHi Improv experience in conjunction with the faculty. They will also lead two jams during their residency as the Unisphere Teams. At the jams, they will show their form development and represent the program as the advanced members who will gently lead all of members of the FoHi Community in scenes.
There is no end to how many rounds of Unisphere you can participate in. You can continue as long as you like to learn, play with new people, develop new ideas and forms and always be a part of a program that will continue to grow over the years.