Puppetry for Improvisers

Puppetry for Improvisers

Back to improv school! Become a double-threat–an improviser-puppeteer! 

In this six-week advanced workshop you’ll hone the fundamentals of improvising with puppets, develop dozens of different puppet personalities using techniques from commercial voice-acting, and explore how puppets empower and inspire more physical scenes & more specific characters!

Dates & Topics

This workshop runs each Saturday from 1:30pm-3:30pm, January 11-February 15

Class 1: Synchrony & Syllables: An Introduction to Puppetry

Class 2: “Look me in the eyes!” Puppets, Power, & Eye Contact 

Class 3: Craft Day: Make Your Own Puppet! 

Class 4: “Hit me!” Puppet Physicality & Action

Class 5: All The Colors of the Windbag: Character Voices in Puppetry  

Class 6: Practice Makes Puppet! A Skills Review

(Classes are subject to re-ordering at instructor discretion)

Note: We sadly cannot offer the above sessions on a one-off basis–the classes build on each other, so enrollment is for the whole series. We’re excited to watch you grow and thrive as an improv puppeteer!

Prerequisites: Puppetry requires focus and this workshop may be challenging for those without significant improv experience. Students enrolling should have completed 3 or more sessions of 6-8 week classes at any improv theater (or equivalent).

Need more help than our lowest price tier? No one’s turned away for lack of funds. If you need a scholarship from our diversity and hardship fund, email info@alloutcomedytheater,com

The Instructor

​​Dane Fox-McGraw is a voice actor, improvisor, podcaster (Check out his podcast Dispel Magic!) Improv has been instrumental in his voice work with companies like Apple, and in creating characters for cartoons and video games. Dane also co-developed and premiered "The Felt Experiment" at All Out Comedy.

Dane can be seen onstage the 3rd Saturday of each month in Party Onward, an improvised fantasy adventure and the 4th Friday in Puppets & Comedians.

Registration:
“I can just afford it!”  $195
“I got your back!”       $225
“I need a break!”        $165

Location: All Out Comedy Theater, 2550 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland CA, 94612
*Please check your maps it says Oakland. There's a duplicate address in Berkeley