We will practice Improv skills with focus on how we can use them in our real lives.
Listening (job interviews, social events, dating, family get togethers, raising kids, performance evals, coaching).
Pacing. Practicing the technique of speaking one syllable for each heartbeat, in made-up scenes, and in real-life monologues where we are promoting a business or presenting an idea or sharing information that is important to us. as we do this, our thoughts begin to relax. And it becomes easier to come from authentic passion.
Succinctness. In made up scenes and in role-playing from real life, we will act out situations. And then repeating them with the goal of emphasizing our main points and deleting the unnecessary.
Comprehension. Initiating scenes with real life situations we will explore the variety of ways. A statement might be interpreted.
As we hear our same partners or role players responding from so many different points of view, we can increase our awareness and hone our speaking.
Fun. We will do scenes inspired by memories of good Times we enjoyed. And we will practice bringing up the feelings from those times in some of our scenes or practices of real life situations.
Communication. We will talk about real life areas where we would like to clarify our communication. And we will do scenes or role-playing in line with our goals.
- 6 sessions of 90 minutes each
- Mornings at 8 AM ET
- Conducted over zoom
- Taught by Radical Agreement hero, Fran Randall
"Terry is a great educator and improvisor, so learning from him is truly a treat! Terry has helped me grow as an improvisor, built my confidence as a performer. Highly recommend his classes!" - Annie Bobbit
"I've taken two classes and certainly feel I've grown as an improviser and performer as a result! I appreciate how accessible the courses are and how welcoming of an environment Terry creates in them. Highly recommended for beginners or longtime improvisers alike." - Oregon Johnson
**Students should be able to participate with their camera & microphones on during sessions
***This class has a rating of R, meaning subject matters, attitudes and presentation of material may be as adult as content routinely considered of an R nature within movies
FRAN RANDALL, INSTRUCTOR BIO
I first heard about improv several years ago when my Toastmasters group insisted I take classes at Improv Chattanooga. The first time I did Improv I totally fell in love with it and have been since. When the pandemic started I immediately searched for online improv and played weekly with Watch This Space in Barcelona and What’s The Game in England, and many others around the world. I absolutely adore the classes taught by Terry Withers and am very grateful.
I lead weekly online recorded jams for my Facebook groups: Woman Kind Improv; and PG-Prov. And I perform with an international female identifying improv troupe called The Chick Peas. I teach in person improv to teens at Lift-Ringgold.org Youth Center, aiming to lower teen suicide rates by honoring gender identities.
Writing is my soul. I love to stay in touch with the flowing fountain within. To keep on creating, especially poetry, where words sound like music. I love to inspire others to write, and I enjoy workshops combining writing and improv. While I was on the board of the Chattanooga Writers Guild, I co-led the children’s writing and journal making day at Chattanooga Readers and Writers Fair.
I majored in French and minored in Russian Secondary Education at LSU, where I received a full scholarship for extemporaneous speaking in French. I also received a full scholarship and a Masters in Business from Tulane University, New Orleans.
For two years, I co-led a weekly Nature Journaling Meetup, where we wrote, sketched, walked, photographed, and observed, exploring a different gorgeous trail each week. My favorite beings on the planet are my daughter and son-in-law, three granddaughters, five grand cats, and two grand dogs.
