ALL CLASSES OFFERED ON PWYC (PAY WHAT YOU CAN) MODEL
✨ We Believe in Making Improv Accessible to Everyone! ✨🎭
As part of our IMPROV4NEWMEXICO™ initiative, we provide professionally led classes on a pay-what-you-can
model to encourage community involvement and accessibility. Your contributions enable us to continue
offering high-quality services. Join us and be part of a growing community.
Improv Preview Class
Tuesday
June 3rd
7pm – 830pm
Cost: FREE
Curious about IMPROV?
Come check out a preview class
and see for yourself.
Prerequisite:
All levels welcome!
Location:
Story Quest Studios
304 Washington St. SE
Albuquerque, NM 87108
Intro to Longform Improv
(8 weeks)
TUESDAYS
Jun. 10 – Jul. 29
NO CLASS JULY 1st
630pm – 830pm
Cost: $250 PWYC
Learn the cornerstones of
longform improv: grounded, authentic
two-person scenes that exist inside of an emotionally-sound base reality.
In this course, students will learn how to find the who, what, and where of a scene
(a base reality) and sustain authentic relationships to characters and environment. In short, students will learn how to make things true and play them real. We will also be introducing classic scene edits and fun support work within
a larger ensemble.
Prerequisite:
All levels welcome!
Led by instructor: TBD
Capacity:
16 students max
(8 students min)
Location:
Story Quest Studios:
304 WASHINGTON ST. SE,
ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87108
Pulling Premise
(8 weeks)
THURSDAYS
Jun. 12 – Jul 31
NO CLASS JULY 3rd
630pm – 830pm
Cost: $250 PWYC
This class focuses on using tools like monologues to craft premise-driven
scenes — the building blocks of a solid longform set. You’ll strengthen your skills
in starting scenes with clear ideas that set the tone, while reinforcing the essentials
of building a grounded setup (aka a base reality with a where, who, what) and
honest authentic emotional responses. We’ll practice revisiting and expanding scenes with multiple beats by exploring
and heightening.
Prerequisite:
Level 1: Intro to Longform at IMPROVNM
or equivalent improv experience. Email [email protected] for registration approval.
Led by instructor: TBD
Capacity:
16 students max
(8 students min)
Location:
Spirit Stage at B Ruppe:
807 4th Street SW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
The Game of the Scene
(8 Weeks)
WEDNESDAYS
Jun. 11 – Jul. 30
NO CLASS JULY 2nd
NEW CLASS LOCATION for 6/25 Class*
630pm – 830pm
Cost: $250 PWYC
In this class, students will learn how to
spot the unusual thing in a scene, communicate it to fellow improvisers in
real time, and then revisit it in multiple beats within a base reality (where, who, what). Students will learn how to frame
and justify, explore and heighten.
This ensemble will learn advanced edits
and scene mapping to create a
compelling longform set. This class is the next step from improvising just a series
of seemingly unrelated scenes into a
cohesive and fulfilling longform set
worthy of an audience.
Prerequisite:
Pulling Premise or equivalent
improv experience. Email [email protected] for registration approval.
Led by instructor:
Rachel Michaela of
The Faculty Lounge™
Capacity:
16 students max
(8 students min)
Location:
Spirit Stage at B Ruppe:
807 4th Street SW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
*NEW LOCATION FOR 6/25 CLASS:
Story Quest Studios:
304 WASHINGTON ST. SE,
ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87108
THE RULE OF MORE: Advanced Heightening
(8 Weeks)
SATURDAYS
Jun.14 – Aug 2
NO CLASS JULY 5th
1pm – 3pm
Cost: $250 PWYC
This class is about more. More fun, more risk, more surprise—and more control. In
The Rule of More: Advanced Heightening, students will learn to spot the take their scene and push it to its comedic breaking point—without ever losing sight of character, logic, or relationship.
You’ll train your brain to escalate ideas in ways that build momentum and deepen the game and other comedic patterns.
We will be using advanced edits—tag runs, thematic sweeps, walk-ons, and transformations—that keep shows
dynamic and heightening in their
own right. Scenes won’t just evolve…
they’ll erupt.
Prerequisite:
Students must have completed The Game of the Scene class at IMPROVNM. If you have questions about your eligibility, please email [email protected] for registration approval.
Led by instructor:
Rachel Michaela of
The Faculty Lounge™
Capacity:
16 students max
(8 students min)
Location:
Spirit Stage at B Ruppe:
807 4th Street SW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Improv New Mexico™
dba Improv NM ™ dba Albuquerque Improv
™ dba Abq Improv ™
is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
FEIN: 84-2713587
