For any questions about classes and payment plans you can reach out to our Training Center Director, Amey Goerlich, at Amey@chaosbloom.com.
We ask that you have previous training if you’d like to register for levels 2 and above. Registration is open to everyone for any level so don’t worry if you haven’t studied with us before. You must be at least 18 years old to take our classes. Any refund requests must be made 7 days before the start of the class.
Improv, Sketch, Clowning, Standup Classes
WHERE: 70 S Broadway
COST: $175
WHEN: Wednesdays 10/8-11/12 7-9pm Annex (SOLD OUT)
Or
Fridays 1/9-2/13 6:30-8:30pm our Annex Space 11 East Bayaud
Taught by Sarah Shoen & Ben Gstalder (Final punch up Notes from Amey Goerlich)
In this six-week class, you will learn the basics of sketch comedy. We’ll explore content creation, editing, script structures, and take sketches from page to performance-ready in six weeks.
Introduction to Standup with Andrew Orvedahl
WHEN: Sundays 5:30-7:30pm 10/12-11/16
SHOWCASE 11/20 8pm at IMPROV EMPORIUM GALORIUM SHOW
WHERE: 70 S BROADWAY CHAOS BLOOM THEATER
COST: $175
ANDREW will teach you how to write and perform a tight five or as close to that as we can get using your own life experiences and stories. Andrew is a pro and he has taught his class here twice and everyone has had a blast so third times a charm.
Andrew Orvedahl is a stand-up comedian, writer and actor based in Denver, Colorado. He has performed comedy coast-to-coast since 2003, from legendary clubs and theaters to the tiniest forgotten dive bars. He has performed stand-up on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon as well as on Comedy Central and NBC. He has two albums with over 2 million listens in Spotify and his third album and first special "Doom Math" will be released this fall. In addition to his own comedy, Andrew has written material for some of the biggest names in stand-up, as well as punched up numerous scripts. Andrew co-created and co-starred in the sitcom Those Who Can't which ran for three seasons on TruTV and HBO. Andrew also created the storytelling show The Narrators, which is enjoying its 15th year and has spread to other cities. Andrew is a member. of The Grawlix comedy trio, who put on a monthly show of all-new material as well as the weekly Grawlix Saves the World podcast.
Improv Salon Fostering Creativity
Taught By Adrian Holguin
November 9th/16th/23rd 1-3pm $60
70 S Broadway
Fostering creativity and curiosity through world building. Using environmental work, character work and genre work to build good improv.
Where: 70 S Broadway
Cost: $175
WHEN: 11/5-12/10 7-9pm (No class 11/26)
Limited to 6 students
Showcase:12/20 show a piece you have directed at Improv Emporium Galorium
Taught by Amey Goerlich
Intro to Directing Sketch & Improv
This 5 week class will get you into the process of directing actors for your own sketches, other pieces of theatrical work selected by the teacher and improvised scenes.
There will also be an opportunity to bring in your own sketch or improvised pieces to work on directing stage compositions or formats.
Amey will introduce you to approaches that help you while directing people in sketches and improvised pieces.
She will also stretch you to find creative ways to stage written theatrical pieces that may seem simple but will allow everyone in class to get creative and deliberately hone in on their individual voice.
Amey has a BFA in Theatrical Directing from Marymount Performing Arts from NYC. She had Internships under Richard Foreman at the Ontological Hysteric Theater in NYC on his production Hotel Fuck as his tech script supervisor and with Charles Busch working with him on his off Broadway show Shanghai Moon as his puppet shadower and bellboy number 1. She also directed several off Broadway shows and directed pieces for Ann Bogarts Columbia grad students final thesis projects. In 1998 she was awarded one of the best up and coming female directors.
Want to get some writing help/notes/direction with your sketches, scripts, standup, stories?
Amey Goerlich is doing a series of 2 hour writers rooms there is (6) 2 hour sessions she is limiting each session to 4 people. You can bring anything you like with a guarantee of 30 min per person. We will work on anything from a sketch to several sketches to a show pitch, to standup to a story idea.
If you need someone to punch up a written script, give some final notes to your sketch, help you get over the final hump with a sketch idea, flesh out some one line sketch premise ideas, help with a show idea, help organize a story, punch up some standup, organize a standup set, hone in on a sketch show theme, help with direction for a show, help with rewrites to a script, sketch etc.
Listen to a show pitch and help with how to punch it up or come up with new ideas.
You can sign up for one session or 6 it’s up to you, they are $40 a piece. Amey will contact you before each session so you can let her know what you would like to work on so you can hit the ground running.
ALL SESSIONS ONLINE
11/1 (4-6PM)
11/4 (7-9PM)
11/8 (4-6PM)
11/11 (7-9PM)
11/15 (4-6PM)
11/18 (7-9PM)