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.
Do you love to sing?
Do you want to use your voice with more freedom, flexibility, and authenticity?
Are you open to collaborative musical experiences with a group of like-minded singing adventurers?
Join us for an introduction to Circle Singing.
📅 Dates and Times:
- Sunday, April 19th
- 1:30pm – 3:30pm
📍 Location:
Spirit Stage at B Ruppe
807 4th St SW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
What is Circle Singing?
Circle Singing is community-created improvisational vocal music. Some people describe it as a “drum circle for singers.” It is both a contemporary and ancestral practice of making music together in the moment, using only our voices
and bodies as instruments.
Through call-and-response, vocal and body percussion, syncopated rhythms, invented languages, melodies, harmonies, playful sounds, and spontaneous vocal expression, participants co-create music in real time. Circle Singing invites
singers to explore, listen, respond, and discover what can happen when music is made collaboratively and without judgment.
In collaboration with Improv NM, facilitator
Kathryn (Katy) Holtkamp will lead an introductory exploration of Circle Singing this spring.
Katy is a New Mexico native and New York–trained professional singer and actress who has performed and trained in multiple musical genres around the world. She is currently performing on tour with Cirque du Soleil’s KOOZA and
is offering this workshop to her home community during a break between touring cities.
Having experienced firsthand how improvisational play can free the voice and allow music to emerge more effortlessly, Katy is passionate about creating spaces where singers can discover what their voices are truly capable of.
This workshop will guide participants through musical games and exercises, improvisational forms, and vocal experimentation to co-create a supportive musical environment where every voice is welcome and valued.
Intro to Longform Improv
(8 weeks + Student Spotlight)
TUESDAYS
630pm – 830pm
April 28 – June 16
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.
Prerequisite:
None. All levels welcome!
Led by instructor: Andrew Salazar
Capacity: 16 students max (8 students min)
Cost: $250
Dates: Tuesdays, 4/28-6/16
4/28
5/5
5/12
5/19
5/26
6/2
6/9
6/16
Time: 630pm – 830pm
Location:
Story Quest Studios:
304 WASHINGTON ST. SE,
ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87108
SAVE THE DATE!
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT + JAM (an IMPROV4NEWMEXICO® Community Event!)
Saturday, 6/20
630pm-9pm
Spirit Stage at B Ruppe:
807 4th Street SW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
COMMUNITY!
PIZZA!
IMPROV!
Pulling Premise
(8 weeks + Student Spotlight)
THURSDAYS
630pm – 830pm
April 30 – June 18
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 or prior improv experience.
Led by instructor: Max Maliga
Capacity: 16 students max (8 students min)
Cost: $250
Dates: Thursdays, 4/30-6/18
4/30
5/7
5/14
5/21
5/28
6/4
6/11
6/18
Time: 630pm – 830pm
Location:
Story Quest Studios:
304 WASHINGTON ST. SE
ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87108
SAVE THE DATE!
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT + JAM (an IMPROV4NEWMEXICO® Community Event!)
Saturday, 6/20
630pm-9pm
Spirit Stage at B Ruppe:
807 4th Street SW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
COMMUNITY!
PIZZA!
IMPROV!
The Game of the Scene
(8 weeks + Student Spotlight)
WEDNESDAYS
630pm – 830pm
April 29 – June 17
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 improvnm@gmail.com for registration approval.
Led by instructor
Rachel Michaela.
Capacity: 16 students max (8 students min)
Cost: $250
Dates: Wednesdays, 4/29-6/17
4/29
5/6
5/13
5/20
5/27
6/3
6/10
6/17
Time: 630pm – 830pm
Location:
Astronomía: espacio embrujado
2715 4th St NW #4
Albuquerque, NM 87107
SAVE THE DATE!
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT + JAM (an IMPROV4NEWMEXICO® Community Event!)
Saturday, 6/20
630pm-9pm
Spirit Stage at B Ruppe:
807 4th Street SW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
COMMUNITY!
PIZZA!
IMPROV!
IMPROV LAB:
(8 weeks + Student Spotlight)
THURSDAYS
630pm – 830pm
April 30 – June 18
A creative playground for advanced improvisers. The Improv4NM® IMPROV LAB is an 8-week advanced course that changes its focus each session.
Every cycle introduces a new theme or format–giving improvisers the chance to experiment, collaborate, and push their craft in fresh directions.
Current Lab Focus: TBD
Prerequisite: Students must have completed (or be currently enrolled in) IMPROVNM’s Advanced Heightening class OR have instructor approval. If you have questions
about your eligibility, please email improvnm@gmail.com.
Led by instructor:
Rachel Michaela.
Capacity: 16 students max (8 students min)
Cost: $250
Dates: Thursdays, 4/30-6/18
4/30
5/7
5/14
5/21
5/28
6/4
6/11
6/18
Time: 630pm – 830pm
Location:
Astronomía: espacio embrujado
2715 4th St NW #4
Albuquerque, NM 87107
SAVE THE DATE!
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT + JAM (an IMPROV4NEWMEXICO® Community Event!)
Saturday, 6/20
630pm-9pm
Spirit Stage at B Ruppe:
807 4th Street SW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
COMMUNITY!
PIZZA!
IMPROV!
SKETCH COMEDY
(6 weeks + Student Spotlight)
SATURDAYS
11am – 2pm
May 9 – June 13
Whether your are new to the stage or a performer wishing to hone your comedy skills, Sketch Comedy Acting 1 will get you there. Learn stagecraft, build a toolbox of characters, and identify comedic patterns that will make your work
shine. Students will also apply their new skills in a showcase at the end of the session.
Prerequisite: None. Open to all!
Led by instructor: Max Maliga
Capacity: 12 students max (6 students min)
Cost: $320
Dates: Saturdays 5/9-6/13
5/9
5/16
5/23
5/30
6/6
6/13
Times: 11am – 2pm
Location:
TBD
SAVE THE DATE!
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT + JAM (an IMPROV4NEWMEXICO® Community Event!)
Saturday, 6/20
630pm-9pm
Spirit Stage at B Ruppe:
807 4th Street SW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
COMMUNITY!
PIZZA!
IMPROV!
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is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
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