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This 8-week class teaches intermediate-advanced students how to create a never-before-seen Harry Potter movie live onstage.
Using the Movie form, students will develop their collaboration, support work, and stagecraft to present a surprisingly realistic experience of watching a movie. In-depth knowledge of the Wizarding World not required.
The class will culminate with a graduation performance (TBA) with the goal of creating a running show and festival appearances.
In this class, students will:
⚡️ study the Harry Potter films
⚡️ focus on character, plot tropes, and stage picture
⚡️ play grounded characters with human reactions
⚡️ learn a set of new edits for presentational genre improv
Completion Requirements:
⚡️ Attendance of at least 6 sessions.
⚡️ Students will be required to watch a Harry Potter movie weekly.
Students will be asked to perform improv in a way they may never have been asked before, a method that will at times feel counter-intuitive. Students should therefore be interested in pushing themselves as performers.
Prerequisites: Must have completed at least two classes with an improv program.
Scheduled: Mondays 7-10 pm
Dates: Jan. 6, 13, 27 (skips MLK Day); Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24; Mar. 2
Price: $300
Sessions: 8 sessions, 3 hours each
Location: Ferment.Drink.Repeat
2636 San Bruno Ave, San Francisco
This 8-week class teaches intermediate-advanced students how to create a never-before-seen Harry Potter movie live onstage.
Using the Movie form, students will develop their collaboration, support work, and stagecraft to present a surprisingly realistic experience of watching a movie. In-depth knowledge of the Wizarding World not required.
The class will culminate with a graduation performance (TBA) with the goal of creating a running show and festival appearances.
In this class, students will:
⚡️ study the Harry Potter films
⚡️ focus on character, plot tropes, and stage picture
⚡️ play grounded characters with human reactions
⚡️ learn a set of new edits for presentational genre improv
Completion Requirements:
⚡️ Attendance of at least 6 sessions.
⚡️ Students will be required to watch a Harry Potter movie weekly.
Students will be asked to perform improv in a way they may never have been asked before, a method that will at times feel counter-intuitive. Students should therefore be interested in pushing themselves as performers.
Prerequisites: Must have completed at least two classes with an improv program.
Scheduled: Mondays 7-10 pm
Dates: Jan. 6, 13, 27 (skips MLK Day); Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24; Mar. 2
Price: $300
Sessions: 8 sessions, 3 hours each
Location: Ferment.Drink.Repeat
2636 San Bruno Ave, San Francisco
Chris Griswold is the founder and academic director of Thunderbolt Comedy.
A performer and teacher for more than 20 years, Chris has worked with hundreds of groups and thousands of students. He has taught in-person and remotely with solo clients and groups worldwide.
His students have gone on to write, direct, or star in such things as The Simpsons, Saturday Night Live, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Three Busy Debras, Silicon Valley, New Girl, The President Show, Inside Amy Schumer, and Broadways’ Stuffed.
Chris trained extensively with the Upright Citizens Brigade Training Center and the Annoyance Theater. He worked as registrar and diversity liaison at the UCB Training Center and was a house performer at Annoyance. Chris writes and acts, appearing in a variety of comedy videos, commercials, and PSAs and co-writing TEDx Talks.
Chris teaches private workshops for business and conferences in topics such as branding, team-building, and creativity training. He is available for private coaching in relational and social skills for public speaking, networking, and dating.
He is currently writing a book on improv.