December Workshop Series with Ernest Myers

Join us with Ernest Myers for a chill December workshop where you can learn new skills and have a great time in person. December Workshop Series with Ernest Myers Ernest Myers is coaching two workshops at Common Comedy this December. Take one, take both, or drop in for a single session. More Scenes, Please! (Saturdays, Dec 5, 12 and 19, 12 to 3pm) A scenework bootcamp for the advanced improviser. Enter the improv gym and flex those scenework muscles with lots and lots and lots of reps. Along the way we'll focus on and reinforce the fundamental skills that build your improv confidence, including listening, reacting, making choices, building a committed base reality, finding and playing what you find funny, supporting your partner's ideas, comedic heightening, premise pulling, and much, much more. There'll be practical, actionable notes, a little bit of side-coaching, and a lot of time on your feet being funny with funny people! GENRE Xplosion (Sundays, Dec 6, 13 and 20, 12 to 3pm) Workshop by Ernest Myers GENRE: a word some marketing genius made up so video stores would know which shelf got the movie with the horse on the cover and which shelf got the movie about Vampire Bouncers on Spring Break. That guy and those shelves are long gone but genre remains and, it turns out, is eXtremely useful on an improv stage. Say “Western” and the audience sees the hats, horses and the shoot out at noon. Say “Noir” and the audience sees the rain, the dame and the detective who hasn’t slept since Truman was elected. Say “Vampire Bouncers on Spring Break” and the audience knows that’s a totally real genre because we all said it with confidence and conviction. Genre hands you the world, the tone, the stakes before the first initiation. In this 3-session workshop you’ll learn to spot the rules of any genre fast and commit to them to the eXtreme to create a dynamic and memorable show… …about Vampire Bouncers on Spring Break. About Ernest Ernest Myers is an alum of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York City (Lloyd Night, ASSSSCAT), where he performed, studied and coached improv and sketch for over a decade. $20 per session. Common Comedy Co, 604 W State St, Garland, TX.