More Characters! with Chelsea Clarke
Using physicality, observations, and imagination we will work on getting memorable characters into our improvised scenes. An opportunity to get outside of your comfort zone by committing hard to a wide variety of characters.
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2462014

Advanced Forms with Billy Merritt
This workshop will introduce several new forms Billy has been working on [The Conversation, Dining Room, and The Hidden Opening form]. While learning these we will discuss what makes a new form work, and how to create a unique one tailored for your group, as well as Advanced Gameplay to really help your form shine.
Wednesday 18th November 7-10pm £30 BUY TICKETS
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2461715

Intro to the Improvised Play with Brandon Gardner
Learn some of the concepts needed to improvise a play with a discussion of acting and playwriting principals and a focus on a well acted scene. This workshop will combine acting and improv exercises to create improv that is not just funny but also honest and dynamic.
Thursday 19th November 7-10pm £30 BUY TICKETS
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2461719

About Chelsea Clarke
Chelsea is a performer and teacher at UCB Theater. She is a native of New York, but spent a fair amount of time living in south Florida, as all New Yorkers must. You can see her performing improv every week on Saturday nights with The Curfew, and Monday nights with Improv Nerds.

If you had a time machine, you could go back in time and see her perform with Bombardo, Tantrum, fwand, Bangs, Badman and Reuben Williams. Set that same machine for the future and you can see her perform with her all lady prison improv team Parolling in the Aisles. She has been performing weekly at the theater for 9 years and has been teaching at the UCB for 6 years, having taught nearly 200 eight week improv courses.

About Billy Merritt
Billy Merritt has been a Performer, Teacher, and Director with the UCB Theatre since it first opened in New York. He was a founding member of improv groups The Swarm and The Stepfathers in New York, and The Smokes in Los Angeles. He has developed and performed in numerous hit shows throughout his tenure at the UCB such as The Sunshine Gang, Piledriver, My Dinner with Billy, and Brain Town to name a few.

As a teacher Billy has developed many improvised long forms with his students in advanced classes. Such as, The Documentary, Improvised One Acts, and the Ninja. His TV credits include a three year run on MTV's Boiling Points, Best Week Ever, Reno 911, Law and Order, Workaholics, Happy Endings, Weeds, News Readers, and Parks and Rec. He was the host of "Uncorked" with Billy Merritt, a food, wine and travel show that can still be seen on Hulu. Billy's voice can be heard on the new Cartoon Network show Steven Universe, and he just finished shooting on American Work's new movie Search Party.

About Brandon Gardener
Brandon has been a performer and writer at the UCB Theater in New York since 2007 and has been an instructor there since 2009. He has been a member of the UCB house teams Bastian, Let’s Have a Ball, Reuben Williams, Improv Nerds and The Curfew and is a regular at UCB’s flagship show ASSSSCAT 3000. In addition to performing in NYC, Brandon is a member of the UCB TourCo All-Stars with whom he performs and teaches workshops around the world.

As a senior teacher Brandon has helped develop the UCB Training Center curriculum and has taught over one-hundred 8 week courses at every level. He has taught Advanced Level classes in Harolds, Scene Work, Improvised Plays and Improv to Sketch. Outside of UCB, Brandon is an active actor, writer and director.