About the Class
All-in price (includes service charges): $310
When: Saturdays, October 3 - October 31, 2 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Graduation Show: November 7 at 3:15 p.m.
Prerequisite: Level 3 classes or permission of instructor
Please Note: All classes are 18 and over. Once payment is made, there are no refunds, exchanges or cancellations.
Spotlight: Some formats are taught. This one is found. Over five weeks, your group will move through pure play, open discovery, and collaborative creation to build something that has never existed before—a format entirely your own. No agenda, no predetermined structure, just your group on stage finding common ground through the work itself. Reading, responding, and discovering what this particular group of people creates when they stop thinking and start playing. From there, play meets intention — something emerges, finds its footing, and gets drilled with purpose. And then you perform it. One show, in front of friends and family, built from nothing. You'll leave with more than a format — you'll walk away with a process for discovering what your group does naturally and shaping it into something you can perform anywhere, anytime. This is a class for experienced improvisers with roughly two years of practice and a hunger to go deeper. If you've ever wanted to stop performing other people's formats and start building your own, this is where that begins.
About the Instructor
Chris Ulrich (official website) teaches classes in beginning improv, advanced short-form improv and long-form improv. He has been performing since 2003. Currently, Chris performs regularly in a number of Improv troupes including Jive Turkey, Nox, and And Scene! He has studied improvisational comedy at the Uprights Citizens Brigade and The Magnet Theater in New York, Improv Olympic and Annoyance Theater in Chicago and Los Angeles, and at the Washington Improv Theater and DC Improv in Washington. Also, he has coached and led workshops for improv troupes in the DC area.
Chris was a cast member in the DC based comedy pilot "Capital Gym," which was entered in the 2009 NexTV Pilot Competition. He appeared on Food Network's "Dinner Impossible" with Chef Robert Irvine. He also served as a consultant to Edelman Public Relations as part of its creative content team, leading creative strategy sessions to encourage new ways of thinking for Edelman client accounts.
In addition to improv training, Chris is the founder of CU in the Moment LLC, a company with a multi-disciplined approach to educating clients about body language, personal confidence, and presentation skills. Bringing a unique blend of training and collaborative experience to his clients, Chris guides and hones clients' ability to push past their personal edge to discover greater connection and confidence in their authentic voice and message be it for speeches, presentations, sales meetings, or specialty projects. He is a media consultant who can frequently be seen on GMA, CNN, MSNBC, Fox Business, Headline News, and Washington’s USA Channel 9, where he educates viewers about non-verbal communication issues. Along with his work at CU in the Moment, Ulrich is a senior instructor at the Body Language Institute. He trains executives, salespeople, government staffers, lobbyists, and small business entrepreneurs to use new body language to transform their executive presence.