Step up your short-form improv skill set and learn new, exciting, and challenging short-form games that will wow audiences. Whether you are succeeding or failing gracefully on stage, short-form improv highlights the fun and unpredictability of improv and pushes us to make big, bold, unapologetic choices. This class will focus on game setups, pushing our playfulness and embracing trouble, and introduce you to new games that will keep your short-form shows fresh and fun for your cast and audiences.
Matt Folliott is a Comedian/Actor/Writer from Toronto, Canada, and a former cast member of The Second City National Touring Company and Canadian Comedy Award Winning Sketch Group The Sketchersons. Matt was nominated for Best Male Improviser two years in a row in Toronto’s beloved NOW magazine and a Canadian Comedy Award for Best Improv Troupe with his group K$M (pronounced K and M). He's had the pleasure of performing and teaching improv across the globe in festivals like NOW Improv Festival (Beijing), Manila Improv Festival, Vietnam Improv Festival, Singapore Improv Festival, Hong Kong Improv Festival, Improvaganza (Edmonton, CND), Vancouver International Improv Festival, Mprov (Montreal, CND), Ottawa Improv Festival, The Winnipeg Improv Festival and The Seattle International Festival of Improv. You can hear him or see him on your TV or laptop screens in shows like Bakugan (Netflix), PJ Masks (Disney +), Clifford the Big Red Dog (Prime Video), Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe (Treehouse), Charlie's Colorforms City (Netflix), Workin’ Moms (Netflix), Baroness Von Sketch Show (Netflix) and Odd Squad (PBS Kids). For more on Matt check out mattfolliott.com.
Suitable for improvisers with at least 1 year of experience.