By “playing for real” — by committing to our characters and by working to be as true as possible to their objectives and emotions, we make improvisation more compelling and more believable (and consequently often funnier), for ourselves, for our partners and for our audience.

In this class, we’ll work on:
– expressing emotion, taking the time to feel things
– implied history between characters
– pursuing our characters objectives and motivations
– playing more for each other and less for the audience

Tim Orr has improvised since 1988 with many San Francisco-based groups, including BATS Improv, True Fiction Magazine, Awkward Dinner Party, and with the acclaimed troupe 3 For All. In 2009, he founded Improv Playhouse of San Francisco. Tim has also appeared in numerous plays in the San Francisco Bay Area, and received critical acclaim for his leading roles in the improvised feature films, Suckerfish and Security. With Stephen Kearin, Tim co-wrote, and originated the role of Dirk Manly in, An Evening with Dirk & Blaine. Tim has performed and taught improvisation at the American Conservatory Theatre, BATS Improv, Stanford University, and many other venues nationally (Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Austin, Louisville, Atlanta, etc.) and internationally (Amsterdam, Barcelona, Beirut, Belgium, Berlin, Bucharest, Hamburg, Helsinki, Lisbon, London, Mallorca, Oslo, Paris, Saudi Arabia, Stockholm, and Tel Aviv).

He has served many times as the Director of various BATS Improv Long-Form Intensives.

http://www.improv.org/actors/tim-orr/

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Level: Intermediate, Advanced (Required for participate 2 or more years of experience in improvisation). Workshop is in English. For more information please contact sicimpro(at)gmail.com.

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Find all Turku Impro Festival 2016 workshops and shows here:
https://www.ticted.com/en/organizers/146