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Course Description
Summer League is a two-day improv workshop, Saturday and Sunday, August 27-28, from 1-5 pm with a student showcase on Sunday from 4 pm - 5 pm. This class is for Black, Indigenous, and people of color, age 18+. The main objective is to play and learn improv games from two BIPOC teaching artists. We will work on improv short form games.

Schedule
Saturday, August 27, 1 - 4 pm, and Sunday, August 28, 1 - 5 pm. The student showcase will be on Sunday, August 28, 4 - 5 pm at HUGE Theater.

About your instructors

Photos of John Gebretatose on a white background and C Michael Menge on a black background.

C Michael Menge (They & He) is a Black trans theater-maker in pursuit of liberated joy. Named Best Actor Twin Cities 2019 by City Pages, C Michael has worked with theaters such as Mixed Blood Theatre, Pillsbury House + Theatre, the Jungle Theater, the Playwrights' Center, HUGE Improv Theater, Blackout Improv Comedy, and more. He was a 2020 Jerome Naked Stages Fellow, recipient of a Minnesota State Arts Board Creative Support for Individuals grant, and co-facilitator of the Black and Funny Improv Festival. Their art centers joy, embodiment, and the exploration of trans aesthetics.

John Gebretatose has been performing stand-up, improv, and sketch comedy in Minnesota's Twin Cities for over ten years. He is an instructor and Director of Diversity & Inclusion at HUGE Improv Theater in Minneapolis, MN, and has taught improv workshops in theaters, hospitals, corporate workspaces, K-12 schools, and colleges. He has also led and facilitated diversity and inclusion programming for improv theaters worldwide through his mission to uplift all voices. John trained and worked at the Brave New Workshop and is a founding member of Blackout Improv, Late Nights Minneapolis (a sketch comedy show), and co-founder of the Black and Funny Improv Festival. He has traveled the world performing, teaching, and directing improv.

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