Improv isn’t about being funny—it’s about being present. This three-hour beginner session uses core improv principles like “Yes, and,” deep listening, and collaboration to build compassion, openness, and resilience. Through playful, low-pressure exercises, participants learn to respond instead of react, support instead of control, and stay curious instead of defensive. The skills transfer directly to everyday life—relationships, work, creativity, and leadership. You’ll leave feeling energized and connected. No experience required—just a willingness to show up and say yes.

This class invites students to identify, explore, and integrate the fundamental tools necessary for creating authentic characters and performing them onstage. Activate the body, exercise the voice, analyze text, engage the imagination, and increase your focus. This class culminates in sharing monologues with your peers. Memorization is expected.

(NO CLASS January 18; Inclement weather date: March 8)

This class invites students who have a story to tell to develop the tools and confidence to share it. With a special focus on dialogue and scene development, you will script clear and compelling theatrical moments. Peers will read work and you'll engage in a critical response process.

(NO CLASS January 18)

This course illuminates the process of performing with others onstage. Strengthen the ability to listen and respond authentically in performance, connect to impulse, and pursue necessary objectives resulting in conflict. This class culminates in a performance of scenes for an established professional for feedback. Memorization and rehearsing outside of class time are expected. (NO CLASS January 18; Inclement weather date: March 8)

*To register for this class, you must have taken Creating and Performing Character or an equivalent class at another institution/training program, as a prerequisite. Please email education@everymantheatre.org to register.

Whether you’re a theatre enthusiast or have never set foot in a theater, the Play Reading Book Club is a whole new way to experience a play in a deep and investigative way. Over the course of seven weeks, read several contemporary plays, and explore them together through discussions and dialogue, facilitated by a trained teaching artist. One of the selections will be Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop. Participants will be invited to take a tour of the theater and attend tech rehearsal on January 30 as part of the class. Scripts will be provided.

NOTE: January 30 will be in person at Everyman Theatre. All other sessions will be held on Zoom.

The Audition Monologue: Deepening Your Work. A three-hour intensive for the experienced actor. During this intimate, hands-on workshop, each actor will select one monologue of the two they bring, to explore through individual coaching. Together, we’ll dig beneath the words to deepen your understanding of the character, clarify the circumstances and stakes, and broaden the choices you’ve already created. With enrollment capped at five actors, every participant will receive substantial one-on-one attention and the opportunity for focused exploration in a supportive room of experienced peers. Leave with a piece that puts your best work forward as you enter audition season. Three hours. Five actors. One monologue. A deeper dive. 

Please send your acting resume to education@everymantheatre.org to be considered for the class. If approved, we will send you a private link to register. (First come, first served basis)