:: course for improvisers ::
ABSTRACT & ABSURD

Have you experienced slices of life that live in the abstract, made of images, movements, emotions, and half-formed ideas? Or moments of the absurd, where strange logic exists in a strange world, yet still feels oddly true, grounded, and meaningful?

ABSTRACT & ABSURD is a course about stepping beyond realism and learning to trust what emerges. It invites you to embrace the poetic, the illogical, and the surreal, not by planning and planting them, but by listening closely to what is already there.

Over 8 weeks, we will explore how scenes can grow from the smallest sensations: a gesture, an image, a shift in energy, a thought that barely forms. Instead of relying on linear stories or clear logic, we will practice sensing, accepting, and building on whatever appears, moment by moment. The focus is not on knowing where the scene is going, but on trusting that meaning will reveal itself through commitment and play.

What’s inside ABSTRACT & ABSURD?

• SENSING BEFORE THINKING: Train your awareness to notice the smallest physical, emotional, and imaginative impulses, and let them lead the scene.

• ABSTRACT PLAY: Explore shape, rhythm, silence, imagery, and non-literal connections to create scenes that communicate through feeling as much as language.

• ABSURD LOGIC: Practice committing fully to strange realities and internal logics, allowing the ridiculous to become coherent from the inside.

• TRUSTING THE UNKNOWN: Let go of control, explanation, and “correct” choices, and build confidence in discovering the scene together as it unfolds.

★★ This course is suitable for those who have completed at least the basic level of improv. English is the main language to be used for instruction and discussion in class.