Workshops

A character workshop

Coming post covid, stay tuned

Are you playing you too much? Are your characters more like caricatures? This workshop focuses on creating interesting, truthful, multi-dimensional characters through the lens of physicality.

Kate Duffy has been an instructor at The Second City Chicago and The Second City L.A.. She plays Ellen in the Emmy-Nominated show, “ctrl alt delete”, was featured on Jimmy Kimmel, & is on the critically-acclaimed powerhouse trio “The Playboys” with Susan Messing and Rachel Mason, She performed with Children of a Lesser God, a troupe critic’s called, “the best all-female improv troupe in Chicago”, as well as “The Signatures”, “Deep Schwa”, & “Otis.” Kate also spent 3 years performing for The Second City on cruise ships, with their National Touring Company and has performed and written for their online network and understudied their resident stages. During that time she developed The Mary Kay Letourneau Players with her writing partner Katie Rich (SNL), creating a show critics called, “the Kobe beef of comedy,” and a television spin-off pilot, 15 Minutes to Obscurity.

A writing workshop - Coming post covid, stay tuned

Writing a successful one-person show/self-inspired sketch show requires finding the point of view, patterns, and heart of the piece. Even if you already have several sketches, putting them together in a way that tells the story you want to tell is crucial. Create and tell YOUR story!

ROBYN LYNNE NORRIS is a comedic actor, improviser, writer, & Creator of the Off-Broadway show #DateMe: An OkCupid Experiment, which she starred in during its Los Angeles (as Undateable) and Chicago runs. She has written, taught, and performed sketch and improvisational comedy (and free-style rap!) for theatres and Fortune 500 companies around the world. Regional theatre: Kirk Douglas Theatre, Alliance Theatre, UP Comedy Club. Comedy/improv: The Second City (Las Vegas Mainstage, National Touring Company), iO (house teams "Fox Force Five" and "The Signatures"), ComedySportz, and M.i.’s Westside Comedy Theatre. Connect with Robyn personally at www.robynlynnenorris.com. Twitter: @robynlnorris. Insta: @robynlynnenorris

Coming post covid, stay tuned

Craig’s passion for improv will permeate your being, and you are guaranteed to leave his workshop with a newfound respect, love and wisdom of the craft. His ability to finesse the best out of you will amaze you before his workshop is halfway through. I (Paul) had him as my coach for the Del-Award winning Chicago IO team, “Fox Force Five”, and I can tell you, you don’t want to miss this.

A Chicago native, Craig teaches improv at IO Chicago and Chicago’s The Second City. He performed with The Second City National Touring Company, was a Writer/Performer with The Second City Las Vegas, and has played with Chicago’s The Second City Mainstage. He continues to play with IO Chicago’s longest running Harold team, “Deep Schwa”, as well as their long-running powerhouse musical improv team, “The Deltones”, and their incredible, “Armando Diaz Experience.”