Stomping Ground Comedy TheaterFamily Fall Festival at The DMA! Learn about the basics of improv comedy together through interactive games of listening, supporting, and saying YES to create hilariously silly moments. Be playful with your family and connect in a new creative way! For more information about this event and other happenings at The Family Fall Festival at The […]
Let's start at the very beginning! Building a strong base reality is the foundation of any good scene. Spend some time getting back to your roots establishing realism in scene work that will carry your improv to a new level! Students will build skills for initiations, justifying the created reality, and navigating group scenes.
Goal Setting & Uncovering Your True Potential in 2020 This is a 3-hour interactive and experiential workshop using improvisational comedy techniques to teach the following: Creating and understanding your personal imprintUnderstanding the importance of authenticityTapping into your hidden gemsConnecting to your authentic self and how others see you Creating your personal story and nicheDiscovering your go-to […]
Improv for Anxiety Instructors: Andrea Baum, M.Ed, LPC & Greg Mihalik 7 Week CourseSaturdays, 2-4 pm, January 18-February 29 (No Prerequisite) Email andrea@stompinggroundcomedy.org to register. Do you have anxiety? Are you looking for something other than talk therapy that could help? Have you ever been interested in improv but feel like your anxiety has gotten […]
Improv at Oak HillMiddle School & High School StudentsRegistration is only for Oak Hill StudentsMondays starting January 27th8 ClassesInstructor: Greg Silva 3:50pm-4:50pmCost $375 This class is for anyone interested in finding the funny in a judgement free zone. No theater experience necessary! The therapeutic benefits that are naturally embedded in the learning na performing process of […]
Join us on the first Thursday every other month for The Musical Improv Jam! Take the stage and try improvising with new and old friends. All experience levels are welcome. No musical experience required. A pianist will be provided. Guests are allowed to perform, watch, or both! The Jam is always FREE and BYOB. The […]
Stomping Ground is looking for performers for a Sketch Comedy Revue written, directed by, and starring all womxn that will be performed at Stomping Ground in mid-March. All female-identifying and non-binary performers of any skill level are encouraged to audition. Please sign up in advance using the form below. Video auditions are also accepted. Performances […]
Join us on the first Thursday every other month for The Improv Jam! Take the stage and try improvising with new and old friends. All experience levels are welcome. No experience required. Guests are allowed to perform, watch, or both! The Jam is always FREE and BYOB. The Jam begins at 7 PM and is […]
Improv for Anxiety Instructors: Andrea Baum, M.Ed, LPC & Greg Mihalik 7 Week CourseSaturdays, 2-4 pm, March 14-April 25 (No Prerequisite) Email andrea@stompinggroundcomedy.org to register. Do you have anxiety? Are you looking for something other than talk therapy that could help? Have you ever been interested in improv but feel like your anxiety has gotten in the […]
Meet New Friends, Connect, & Play!In this class in-person seven week class, we’ll focus on having fun, being spontaneous, and getting out of your own way, making choices and jumping in with the first thing that comes to mind. Students will learn to work as an ensemble to create stories on stage together. This class […]
Learn to write and perform original stand up material!This seven week course will focus on the writing and performing of stand up comedy. Students will learn to use joke structures and other tools to create their own material, culminating in an original five minute stand up set. The second half of this class will focus […]
Learn how to affect and be affected by your scene partner and environment on stage!Students will refine and augment the skills and tools covered in Levels One and Two through exploration and heightening of emotional choices and adjustments to add perspective to their scene work. These techniques will help improvisers enrich the relationships they create […]
Learn how to create living, breathing characters on the fly!As the nature of improvisation is creation on-the-fly, students will explore a number of techniques and exercises they can use towards the aspirational goal of character agility: being able to create various living-and-breathing characters - imbued with emotion, perspective, attitude, and physicality - onstage at a […]
Learn how to create sweet, sweet songs and scenes on stage!In this seven week course, you’ll learn the fundamentals of song structure, how to create fun and catchy choruses that will get the audience singing along with you and verses with a point of view that really mean something! You’ll learn how to create big […]
Create unique worlds full of vibrant characters as an ensemble!This writing intensive course will introduce students to sketch comedy starting with commercials and character monologues. Students will learn the basics of comedy writing and then use them to generate funny scenarios and interesting characters from scratch. Students will then revise and refine their material with […]
Meet New Friends, Connect, & Play!In this class in-person seven week class, we’ll focus on having fun, being spontaneous, and getting out of your own way, making choices and jumping in with the first thing that comes to mind. Students will learn to work as an ensemble to create stories on stage together. This class […]
Learn how to create engaging two person scenes!In this seven week course, students will learn to create scenes using object work, agreement, and specific dialogue to create a grounded base reality for their scenes. Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of long form scene work with a focus on solid two person scenes. This […]
Learn how to create unique worlds full of vibrant characters as an ensemble!In this seven week course, students will learn The Harold, the original long form developed by Del Close and Charna Halpern at iO Theatre. Students will practice generating ideas from a suggestion, finding the game of the scene and expanding those games into […]
Learn how to create unique worlds full of vibrant characters as an ensemble! In this seven week course, students will learn The Harold, the original long form developed by Del Close and Charna Halpern at iO Theatre. Students will practice generating ideas from a suggestion, finding the game of the scene and expanding those games […]
Learn how to create engaging two person scenes!In this seven week course, students will learn to create scenes using object work, agreement, and specific dialogue to create a grounded base reality for their scenes. Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of long form scene work with a focus on solid two person scenes. This […]
Learn how to create engaging two person scenes!In this seven week course, students will learn to create scenes using object work, agreement, and specific dialogue to create a grounded base reality for their scenes. Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of long form scene work with a focus on solid two person scenes. This […]
Learn how to create engaging two person scenes!In this seven week course, students will learn to create scenes using object work, agreement, and specific dialogue to create a grounded base reality for their scenes. Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of long form scene work with a focus on solid two person scenes. This […]
The couple that plays together stays together! An interactive and educational workshop for couples to connect through improv.The couple that plays together stays together! Stomping Ground knows that it’s important for couples to be playful with each other and always be growing in their relationship. Sometimes, planning a fun date night outside of the typical […]
