Specialty Workshops

February Session (four weeks)

Spend four weeks playing improv warm-ups, games, and scenes led by one of the Hideout’s top teachers.

It’s like an improv class, but there’s no performance at the end, no next level, and no expectations⁠—just ninety minutes of pure fun. Register for an upcoming month of classes (like an improv boot camp!) and get ready to have a blast.

Our special guest performers from Vancouver present a workshop all about tapping into the emotional lives of our characters.

March Session (four weeks)

Spend four weeks playing improv warm-ups, games, and scenes led by one of the Hideout’s top teachers.

It’s like an improv class, but there’s no performance at the end, no next level, and no expectations⁠—just ninety minutes of pure fun. Register for an upcoming month of classes (like an improv boot camp!) and get ready to have a blast.

3-hour workshop

Improv might be the most challenging of the performing arts for a director to skillfully mold his cast, and this class will show you how to get the most out of your improvisers whether in a class or a rehearsal. Techniques for creating lesson plans, orchestrating rehearsals, and giving notes will be explored.

April Session (four weeks)

Spend four weeks playing improv warm-ups, games, and scenes led by one of the Hideout’s top teachers.

It’s like an improv class, but there’s no performance at the end, no next level, and no expectations⁠—just ninety minutes of pure fun. Register for an upcoming month of classes (like an improv boot camp!) and get ready to have a blast.

Two-day workhsop w/ Deanna Fleysher

Drag queens aren’t the only funny ones. Not by a longshot. We will find, hone, and fully work out the stupid man asshole inside of you, so that you can slay the competition at being a hilarious, unique, vulnerable and very manly drag king. Through exercises based in clown, grotesque and physical theater, we will hone your man body, clarify your physical and vocal expression, and get you pumped full of generally funny masculine juice.

Weekend Intensive w/ Deanna Fleysher

Naked Comedy will demand your heart, your guts, and all your fluids. We will see how funny you can be without thinking or trying. We will learn about your unique connection to the audience. We will see the bravery required for you to really be vulnerable. We will witness the gratification that comes with letting go. Expose yourself (metaphorically speaking) and make people laugh.

3-hour workshop

Most scenes go off track because we’re not aware of our character’s or our partner’s character’s point-of-view. The very first exchanges of your scene tell you all you need to know about who you are and where to go, every single time. This workshop, hailed as “Vital…an eye-opener…,” exposes you to what you’re feeling, what your focus is, and what you get to give attention to. This workshop will change the way you look at scenes!

2-day intensive (Sat & Sun 10-5pm w/ lunch breaks)

The focus of this master class is to get the actor to set aside all of the unnecessary elements of improv training and replace them with a life-changing awareness of “You being on stage with you.” The most important person on stage is YOU. YOU get to notice what happens, YOU get to be aware of what’s inspiring you, YOU get to follow what energizes you, and YOU get to celebrate the surprises that YOU create.

Five days, 30 hours of improv.

Get into the nitty gritty of improvising full length stories, plays and movies. The Hideout is one of the worlds most active theaters in the field of narrative improvisation (home of the internationally touring PGraph) and we’d love to show you some next level ideas and philosophies for doing this kind of work.

Five days, 30 hours of improv.

The Summer Intensive is a crash course covering the Hideout Theatre’s twin pillars of improvisation.

Every morning is an exploration of the playful Keith Johnstone-inspired approach to the core tenets of improv. Every afternoon students will immerse themselves in our deep and abiding passion for theatrical narrative improvisation.