Do it Yourself Workshop
with Menelaos Prokos (founder of ImproVibe in Athens, Greece)
Wednesday, April 12, 7pm-10pm (3 hours)

We ‘re dying to get up on stage, yet for some reason, once we’re up there we may feel unsafe and terrified. So what do we do? We desperately seek for support. A voice, a knock on the door, a phone ringing, another person bursting in through the walls. That is especially common at the very beginning of the scene and many times we may not even realize doing it.

This workshop will show you how to handle any scene like a pro, completely by yourself, without needing the crutch of another player. You will work with a number of exercises that help you gain your confidence when working solo on stage.

NOTE: This is *not* a solo show workshop. What we aim to achieve through this session is to be able to handle ourselves alone on stage and feeling confident doing it no matter how long we stay alone.

All levels of experience welcome.

BIO: Menelaos Prokos is an improviser based in Athens, Greece. His improv brain, though, grew in Austin, TX. After some years of classes, workshops, rehearsals, troupes, shows, rehearsals, ensembles, rehearsals (the most difficult word to type deserves to be here 3 times!), he moved back to his hometown, where he founded ImproVIBE, the country’s first and -currently- only improv school and theater. During the years of ImproVIBE’s operation he’s been teaching day-in day-out the art of improv, taking the students from their very first improv baby steps, to advanced longform shows and everything in between.

He regularly runs applied improv workshops for local businesses and multinational corporations the likes of Pfizer, Vodafone, and Nestle. Outside of Greece, he has taught/performed in Belgium, The Netherlands, Sweden, Turkey, Spain, Finland, Germany, Estonia, USA, France. He performs regularly with his main troupe, “Bus Kai” (a narrative duo with Vasiliki Kissa), as well as with the “Bad Ideas”. During this period of time, his teaching primarily focuses on eradicating the fear and pushing the students towards enjoying everything they do on stage. A phrase that perfectly encapsulates the way he enjoys performing is one once said by Del Close: “Improv is a primarily comedic form of theater that can tear your heart out at any given moment.”.

He is also the producer of Mt Olymprov, Greece’s International improv Festival taking place every June in Athens. More than anything, he believes very strongly in the power of improv to make better people and constantly works towards its dissemination in Greece and beyond.

When not swimming the improv seas, he spends most of his free time cycling, playing (as well as performing at) escape room games and cleaning up the mess his dogs make.

$35 / 3 hours / Limited Space / **Class held at Hideout Studios (2505 E 6th St, Unit C)