Improv course / Multi-week term
Improvised Plays
With Ralph MacLeod
Longform / performance
About this course
The Improvised Play Starting with a bare stage. Throw in some improvisers. A director. You end up with magic. This is the format used in such shows as The Americans Are Coming...To Dinner. Cabin in the Woods. Clue!, and more. In this class we’ll look at the Story Circle and the Heroes’ Journey. Elements include finding a hero, the sage, the magic elixir, answering the call… We’ll also look at the dialectic in comedy. Genre. Increasing your flexibility and playfulness. What makes a scene? Good natured misbehaviour and/or messing around. Character. The actor/character duality and so much more. Now is in FIFTH DECADE of teaching. Ralph can see the Matrix. YOU MUST APPLY FOR ADMITTANCE TO THIS CLASS. Email Ralph at the button below. admin@socap.ca
Fundamentals retake offer
We offer a 50% discount on any Fundamentals course that you retake. This offer has no expiry.
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Your instructor
Ralph MacLeod
Founder, Artistic Director, Instructor
- Day & time
- Sundays · 1 - 3pm
- Dates
- Nov 8, 2026 to Dec 20, 2026
- Level
- Longform / performance
- Price
- $350 + HST (early bird 25% off: $262.50 + HST)
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