Award-Winning Moments, starts July 6

• 4 WEEKS OF 2 HOUR CLASSES
• SATURDAYS JULY 6, 13, 20, 27
• NOON to 2:00pm Eastern (Click for time zone converter)
• PRICE IN CDN DOLLARS (plus tax for Canadians)
• TEACHER: VELVET WELLS
• FOR: Any level of experience

DESCRIPTION

Be audacious and loquacious! Play characters who deeply care, specifically share, and chew scenery to elevate your scenes with spotlight moments

Even if your character isn't in their most dramatic of moods (Shakespearean or otherwise), your scenes and gameplay will benefit from this exploration of adjectives and adverbs, emotional and physical punctuation, and offering glimpses of your character's historical and future self. Glorious monologues and games await. Don't miss this moment!

What you'll explore:

• Elevated emotional moments
• Powerful characters
• Building scenes that stay with the audience

TEACHER: VELVET WELLS

The Velvet Duke (they/them, Ottawa) is a queer, Black, lyrical comedian, and creator-producer of All Request Radio. They are an award-winning performer-playwright for “(Re)Tired Magical Man” (Emerging IBPOC Artist laureate 2023, Ottawa Arts Council); Emerging Artist of the Year 2022, JRG Society for the Arts).

They are an accessibility and anti-Black racism advocate, consultant, and facilitator. They are the Strategic Partnership Lead for The Black Pledge Collective, regional representative for International TheatreSports Institute, and mentor with Youth Infringement Festival (directing, playwright) and Toronto Fringe Festival (producing).

EQUITY RATES

Two reduced-rate equity spots are reserved in each class at Improv College for members of equity-seeking communities on a first-come, first-served basis. To claim a spot in this class, simply select the Equity option from the Registration drop-down menu. No application required.

CODE OF CONDUCT

We expect all participants to treat each other with respect and dignity. No form of harassment, abuse, or discrimination will be tolerated. You can also read our full Code of Conduct.

Image Description:

The left two-thirds is composed of the class title "Award-Winning Moments" in blue on a pink rectangle above an image of Velvet against a red background, with improvcollege.ca on tilted white parallelogram in lower right.