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LONG-FORM INTENSIVE INFORMATION

DESCRIPTION

Welcome to the 2010 BBCF’s Long-Form Intensive hosted by Tim Orr and Regina Saisi of the Improv Playhouse of San Francisco - The best, most in-depth, quality Long-Form education that 4 days can offer. This intensive focuses on the core elements that make San Francisco-style Long-Form successful - ensemble, narrative, acting, and genre/characters - and culminates in a performance with the instructors. Explore San Francisco's unique style of sustained, improvised narratives while working with these master coaches on professional vocal and physical stage techniques. This intensive is for improvisers who have performing experience, have at least some Long-Form experience, and want to step their play up to the next level. The Long-Form Intensive curriculum is designed by Tim Orr.

Class Time/Dates:
MON 9/13-THU 9/16 from 9am-6pm
Performance Time/Dates:
THU 9/16-SAT 9/18 from 8-8:30pm
Schedule:
Four 8hr class sessions. Three 25min performances. One performance per student.
* Attendance to all four days of class is mandatory for all students.
* Students will be broken up into 3 groups. Each group will perform once with the instructors.
Class size:
12 students (at least 10)
Pre-Requisites:
Improv training and performance experience
Pricing:
$400. Register before September 1 and get the discount price of $350.
* This intensive is normally priced at $549 in San Francisco
* Receive a BBCF 2010 All Access Pass ($85 value) for FREE when you register.

INSTRUCTORS

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TIM ORR
Tim has improvised since 1988 with many San Francisco-based groups, including BATS Improv, Rafe Chase's groundbreaking longform troupe Improv Theatre, the renowned True Fiction Magazine, and with the acclaimed troupe 3 For All. In 2009, he founded a new improv group, the Improv Playhouse of San Francisco. He has appeared in numerous plays in the San Francisco Bay Area, and received critical acclaim for his leading roles in the improvised feature films, Suckerfish and Security. With Stephen Kearin, Tim co-wrote, and originated the role of Dirk Manly in, An Evening with Dirk & Blaine. Tim has performed (and taught) improvisation at the American Conservatory Theatre, BATS Improv, Stanford University, and many other venues nationally (Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Austin, Louisville, Atlanta, etc.) and internationally (Amsterdam, Beirut, Helsinki, Leuven, London, Paris, Stockholm). He is currently the Director of the BATS Improv Long-Form Intensive.

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REGINA SAISI
Regina Saisi has been a professional actor/improvisor and teacher for 25 years. Her theatrical experience includes work with such directors as Maria Irene Fornes, Jose Rivera, Darrah Cloud and Gary Leon Hill. The focus of her work throughout her career has been improvisational theatre. She has been deeply involved in the fertile San Francisco improvisation community, helping to start several improv companies including Riot Squad, Improv Theatre, Pulp Playhouse, and her current company True Fiction Magazine. She is currently the Dean of the BATS School of Improv.

QUOTES FROM PREVIOUS PARTICIPANTS IN SAN FRANCISCO


  • We've taken classes in San Diego, LA, Chicago from some very well known people, but these truly were the best teachers I've ever encountered.
  • Great experience and vacation…my spirit and energy has been higher than it's been in the past year.
  • Taking this Long-Form Program offers you training with the best.
  • Transformational
  • Very inexpensively priced relative to the value received.
  • I view the world differently now…A new journey has just begun.

REFUND POLICY

  • Your class tuition includes a non-refundable deposit of 20%.
  • If you have registered for the intensive and decide you want to drop out AT LEAST 14 DAYS BEFORE THE FIRST CLASS, you may choose to receive a refund for the amount of the class minus your non-refundable deposit.
  • Students dropping out within 14 days of the first class are not eligible for any refund.

REGISTRATION

To register for the 2010 BBCF Long-Form Intensive please fill out the form below:

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