Improv Salon: Developing Solo Show Ideas ($60)

April 13th/20th/27th 1-3pm

Facilitators: Alice Gillette and Bryan Richard Martin

Workshop Lab: Developing Solo Show Ideas

Class description: In this workshop, you and other stage performers will explore techniques for generating fresh ideas and how to transform them into a more refined piece that you can present in a solo performance. Join us to enhance your creative process and develop your work-in-progress!

This workshop can be helpful to you if:

• You're embarking on your first solo project and feeling stuck.

• You want to discover how to generate ideas and transform them into a performance.

• You’re eager to meet fellow artists who are also creating solo pieces.

• You’re enthusiastic about fostering community, sharing your work, and participating in constructive conversations about ideas in a collaborative environment.

In this workshop, we will participate in a variety of engaging activities including:

• Getting to know each other better as artists.

• Learning about a constructive conversation framework based on Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Process, which is designed to enrich the workshopping phase of artistic creation.

• Practicing new techniques on how to generate ideas for solo performances.

• Collaboratively and individually workshopping our ideas. This may take different shapes: sometimes, the facilitators will provide live direction for your performance with classmates acting as the audience, while at other times, you may engage in guided group discussions about the work you’re experiencing.

By the end of this class, you can expect to gain:

• A new way to generate ideas for the stage.

• A workshopped 1-5 minute work-in-progress solo comedy piece.

• Sharper skills in both giving and receiving constructive, artistic feedback. 

Collaborating with others is a powerful way to gain deeper insights into yourself. Your next great idea is already within you, just waiting for the perfect moment to emerge. This workshop offers a unique opportunity to uncover your creative ideas in a collaborative environment, allowing you to develop them into works-in-progress alongside a supportive community of fellow artists.

About the facilitators: 

Bryan Richard Martin is a multidisciplinary artist and musician whose work has been featured in publications like Rolling Stone, Vice and NPR. Alice Gillette is an artist and writer known for her “startling yet goofy” performances, as coined by Denver Westword. If you’re not busy on the first Sunday of (any) month, you should join her at Uncanny Valley, a free clown jam in Denver, Colorado.