Details

Session: Winter 2027
Chapter:  Lafayette
Location:  CYT Lafayette Hub
Time:  6:15pm - 8:15pm
Day:  Tuesday
Starts:  11/03
Ages:  13 - 18
Tuition:  $215.00

Description

Get ready to think on your feet, trust your instincts, and create compelling performances in the moment! In this intermediate improv class, teens will build on their existing improv skills through spontaneous scenes, storytelling, character development, and collaborative performance.

Through a variety of improv exercises and scene work, students will strengthen essential performance skills including active listening, commitment to character, physical and vocal choices, and confident storytelling. Students will learn to embrace the unexpected, make strong choices, and support their scene partners while creating engaging moments without a script.

Students will explore:
  • Scene creation and storytelling
  • Developing memorable characters through voice, movement, and physicality
  • Active listening and responding authentically in the moment
  • Making confident choices and committing to performance
  • Building stories with clear characters, relationships, and objectives
  • Working collaboratively to create cohesive ensemble performances
  • Developing confidence, adaptability, and stage presence
The session will culminate in a showcase for parents and friends, giving students the opportunity to put their performance skills to work and share the stories, characters, and scenes they create together.
Prerequisite: Must have taken a previous Musical Theater Class
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Teacher:


Aren Chaisson

Aren Chaisson is an actor and improvisor from Lafayette, Louisiana, and teaches Talented Theatre in Lafayette Parish. Aren has performed in many productions, including Max Bialystock in The Producers, Bill in Mamma Mia, John Proctor in The Crucible, Jud in Oklahoma!, Dale Pittman in The North Plan, Harry "Jazzbo" Haywood in It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, Lenny in Of Mice and Men, Foreman in Twelve Angry Men, Officer Lockstock in Urinetown and William Shakespeare in William and Judith.. He studied improv with Armando Diaz and Elana Fishbein at the Magnet Theatre in NYC. Look for him next year in the feature film The Candy Lady as Treasure Hunter 1.

Location Notes:

Pull around to the back of the building and enter at the door nearest the handicapped parking. 

Location:

1319 West Pinhook Rd, Lafayette, LA 70503