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Throughout the year, ComedySportz presents intensives in a variety of topics featuring well-known master teachers from across the United States.  These workshops have limited seats, and are designed for those with five or more years of professional improv performance experience. 

The 2013 roster is still being developed, so check back to see which exciting classes have been added.

 

Musical Improvisation with James Thomas Bailey  

June 29 and 30 2013, 1-5 PM at the ComedySportz Theatre in Hollywood; SOLD OUT

$175

A truly unique two-day workshop that finds the fun in improv singing. Participants will learn tools for improvising songs, including song structure, rhyming, harmony and style. In addition, players will gain genuine confidence while discovering their own voices. Taught in a supportive atmosphere that nurtures both the beginner and the more experienced singer, this rarely offered intensive workshop will fill quickly.

james thomas bailey headshot JAMES THOMAS BAILEY is Artistic Director of the National Comedy Theatre and ComedySportz Los Angeles, the longest running show in Los Angeles. In addition to ComedySportz, he has produced more than fifty shows in Los Angeles, including Kitty Carlisle Hart in her one-woman show My Life on the Wicked Stage and the west coast premiere of Robert Fulghum's All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. Mr. Bailey has appeared on The Drew Carey Show and in Tuesdays with Morrie, a film starring Jack Lemmon, based on the best-selling novel. He was also a regular on the nationally syndicated television show Quick Witz and on World Cup Comedy on the PAX network. In addition, James has served as a creative consultant/ trainer for Universal Studios, Walt Disney Feature Animation, ABC Television and Coca-Cola, among others. He has proudly served on the boards of the Los Angeles Stage Alliance (Theatre LA), the California Educational Theatre Association (CETA), West Coast Ensemble Theatre and the advocacy committee of the California Alliance for Arts Education (CAAE). James created the largest teen improv program in the United States (The High School League®) and is well known in theatre education. He recently received the Professional Artist Award from the California Educational Theatre Association and was inducted into the California Thespians Hall of Fame. He is the current president of the World Comedy League and president of the California Educational Theatre Association. 

 


 

Advanced Musical Improv with James Thomas Bailey

Date to be announced.

Prerequisite:  Intro class or consent of instructor.

 

 


 

Intro to Musical Improv with Scott Passarella

Tuesdays, July 30 - August 27 2013, 7-10 PM at the ComedySportz Theatre in Hollywood

$195

Over the course of five weeks, students will learn the basic skills needed to improvise songs and build confidence in singing and rhyming. Participants will also practice musical improv games and increase their overall performance skills. Each week's class builds off of the material from the previous weeks.

No prerequisite, but students must have a basic understanding of improv narrative and story telling.

Scott Passarella headshot
SCOTT PASSARELLA is an improviser and musician from the great state of California. He began learning improv through ComedySportz LA, where he currently performs with the Main Company. As a music director, he's had the privilege of playing for The Second City's Touring Company, The Made-Up Game Show with Wayne Brady, and the amazing Story Pirates, in addition to multitudes of shows at the UCB Theatre, the Improv Comedy Lab, Comedy Central Stage, iO West and ComedySportz LA.

When Scott's not playing piano, you can find him onstage Fridays and Saturdays at ComedySportz, and in independent shows with his musical improv groups String Theory and Big Pippin'. To date, Scott has performed approximately 5000 improvised songs.

 

 

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