THE SIX QUESTIONS Improv Workshop with Rich Talarico
DATE: Sunday, June 26th, 10am-6pm
Improvisers, have you ever come off stage and said-- "Great scene, WHO were we?" Or, "Great scene, WHERE were we?" Like any other narrative form of story telling, improvisers need to be able to answer ALL the questions of the scene and performance. WHERE? WHO? WHAT? HOW? WHY? WHEN? Crucial questions in storytelling. Often one or more of these important questions can be left unaddressed in an improv performance. This is a class Rich has been teaching for many years in LA, NY, CHICAGO and around the US. Learn how Improvisers play WHERE (object work), WHO (point of view and character), WHAT (games or playable dynamics), HOW & WHY (the gift-givers) and WHEN (dealing with time, linear and shattered narrative).
Join Rich Talarico, a 30 year improv vet and alumnus of The Second City and Improv Olympic, as he leads this workshop that will leave you with many tools to create organic characters and worlds instantly.
QUOTES:
“Rich Talarico is one of the all time great Caucasian Improvisers.”
— Tina Fey
“As a teacher, Rich Talarico brings Lakers legendary coach Phil Jackson to mind. A cerebral educator who brings out the best in people.”
— Keith "Lucky" Lehrer original drummer of “Circle Jerks”
“Rich is the embodiment of good improv: positive, giving, and genuine.”
— Colin Thornton - co-founder, Improv Cincinnati
“Rich’s workshop is considered a ‘must take’ at any festival he attends.”
— Chris Moody - Producer, Detroit Improv Festival
“Rich shows you how small gifts build to deep, wonderful characters and scenes."
— Cean Okada, Student
"Rich's class left me feeling confident and having many tools at my disposal to instantly create stronger scenes. The surprising thing is how simple these ideas are.”
— Steve Halasz, Student
“Rich loves to teach, but also wants to learn from his students. His passion and respect for improv as an ever-evolving art form is infectious. Also, he’s a shitload of fun.”
— Amy Rhodes, Student
VIDEO LINKS FOR PROMO
VIDEO CACKOWSKI & TALARICO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HthNYaM974U
VIDEO IMPROV TIP: https://vimeo.com/549419596
RICH TALARICO BIO:
Rich Talarico is a Peabody Award winning and four-time Emmy nominated writer and producer best know for his work on Comedy Central’s Key and Peele. Rich wrote Key & Peele favorites; Substitute Teacher, Kareem and Jahar, Dueling Hatz, Racist Zombies, Teaching Center, and many more. Rich has also written/produced “Review” for Comedy Central, FOX’s “MADtv,” NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” as well as “The Tonight Show w. Jay Leno.” Rich wrote on the NBC Must See TV: Tribute to James Burrows as well as NBC's Red Nose Day and NBC's New Years's Rockin' Eve hosted by Ryan Seacrest. Rich produced and wrote comedian Frank Caliendo's “Frank TV“ for TBS. Rich was a writer/performer on “The Sketch Pad” for HBO. Rich did script punch-ups on Tina Fey's “Mean Girls” and Jordan Peele's “Get Out.”
Rich took his first improv class from Stephen Colbert at Chicago’s Second City in 1992 and then did a stint on the road with Second City’s National Touring Company performing "The Best Of The Second City." Rich co-created five original sketch comedy revues with Second City's Etc. and Main Stage Companies. While in Chicago, Rich worked extensively at Improv Olympic (now iO) under the direction of Charna Halpern and the late, Del Close. Rich performed with the early casts of Chicago’s longest running improv show: “The Armando Diaz Experience, Theatrical Movement and Hootenanny,” and performed on iO house teams “Mr. Blonde” and “Faulty Wiring.” Rich co-created the scripted hit parody "The Roof Is On Fiddler" with TJ Shanoff and co-created the long-form improv shows “Strap Heads,” “Trio,” “Close Quarters” and “Dasariski.”
As an actor, Rich has appeared on Comedy Central’s "Review,” "MADtv," “Late Night With Conan O’Brien,” and the feature film “High Fidelity.” Rich has appeared in numerous TV commercials, most notably A&W Rootbeer’s classic ad, “Mr. Dumass.”
Twitter: @richtalarico
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Website: richtalarico.com