Meisner actors already know how to respond in the moment. Comedy improv opens that moment to the hilariously unexpected.
Class Schedule
- Six Sundays beginning August 30, 2026
- 5:30pm – 7:30pm
As a trained Meisner actor, you already know how to listen, respond spontaneously, and let what is happening in the moment affect what happens next. Comedy improv builds on those skills by inviting you to recognize the unexpected potentials, take creative risks, and follow possibilities you might never discover from a script.
Taking the Leap
Some of the funniest moments happen when an actor lets go of where a scene would go and discovers where it can go. A word takes on an unexpected meaning. A perfectly reasonable response suddenly becomes absurd. A character emerges that you didn’t know was there. One spontaneous choice gives another actor something unexpected to work with—and the scene takes off.
Comedy improv gives you the freedom to explore those moments without having to plan them. You learn to trust your instincts, expand your imagination, make stronger creative choices, and discover characters and situations spontaneously.
And you don’t have to try to be funny. The comedy often comes from recognizing and committing to what is already happening in the scene.
Expand What You Can Do on Stage
Comedy improv provides a different kind of workout for skills Meisner actors already use. There is no script telling you what happens next. You listen, observe, respond, and create with the other performers—right on the spot.
The result is an opportunity to become more comfortable taking risks, responding to the unexpected, exploring character choices, and allowing your creativity to take a scene somewhere you hadn’t anticipated.
Your Instructor — Tim Magoun
Tim Magoun is a member of the ImprovCity comedy troupe and an experienced improv performer and instructor. His stage work is especially known for the characters he creates spontaneously in performance.
Tim has been involved in theater for many years, including participation in Honors Theatre and Thespian Troupes. He also performs at The Improv Collective and has appeared in the Orange County Improv Festival and the Red Rocks Improv Festival in Utah.
Tim understands both the craft of performance and the particular freedom that comedy improv can bring to trained actors. His classes emphasize spontaneity, character discovery, creative risk-taking, and learning to work together as an improv ensemble.
Class Schedule
- Six Sundays beginning August 30, 2026
- 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Class Tuition
Tuition: $380. Can be split into two payments of $190, one before the 1st class and one before the 4th class
A Place to Experiment
Tim creates a supportive, playful environment where actors can take creative risks without worrying about getting everything “right.” The goal is to give you room to experiment, discover what happens, and build on what you and your fellow performers create together.
You already know how to be present in the moment.
Come discover how funny that moment can become.
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