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A group class where our instructor will help determine what areas of voice over you should pursue professionally, and what training path is best suited for you. Our Investigate Voice Over Class is the first step in your voice over education. In this interactive, three-hour long class you will work in a small group setting with one of our instructors...

Learn how to put your thoughts and emotions into song and take your improv scenes to the next level! In this 8-week course you will learn the song structures you need to make up musicals on the spot. No need to be an experienced singer! Through exercises in group dynamic, support, and movement, you will learn how to turn every song you improvise into...

Our #1 Rule: HAVE FUN but never at another's expense! Improv and Stand-Up Comedy help students discover their best selves building self confidence, creative writing, critical thinking and public speaking. We offer weekly classes Winter, Spring and Fall, plus Summer Camps. We also have teachers at schools, camps and community centers on weekends and...

This class is designed for the beginning / amateur adult actor. This class is a great introduction to the Barrow Group approach and foundation for the craft. The class highlights quick and powerful ways to make your performance more natural and spontaneous. Students will work with ensemble building games, script analysis, and scene study. No experience...

NOT SURE IMPROV IS FOR YOU? WELL, GIVE US A FEW HOURS AND WE’LL SHOW YOU IT IS! Our intro is a fun, supportive introduction for anyone to learn the fundamentals of improvisation with our unique character-based approach. Discover the basic tools, rules, and philosophy of improv through fun, focused games & drills - even through your computer...

Unisphere is the House Team Experience at FoHi Improv.  Prerequisites: Beginner and 2 Improv Essential Classes from FoHi Improv (or instructor approval if you have fulfilled this requirement at another longform improv school.) Unisphere works as follows. You register and enter your name to participate. The faculty is responsible for forming...

Improv Level Two continues your study of scene work. You will learn how to choose and maintain a strong point of view, how to play more developed characters, and how to sustain longer scenes. You will then explore the next set of skills which include doing callbacks and playing second and third beats. After this class, you’ll be able to take on...

“It’s so nice to meet you!” Welcome to all Beginners! This class is for anyone who has ever wanted to try improv before! Through fun exercises and games, students will learn to enhance their listening and communication skills; they will learn tools to improve their memory……and they will LAUGH and have so much FUN! You are guaranteed to...

This class introduces students to the fundamentals of improvisation. Through exercises and games, students will learn the basic skills of improv and have fun developing their spontaneity, playfulness, imagination, and confidence. Improv is an essential skill for any actor, and it’s a useful one for life, as well. No experience necessary.

From day one you will jump into a series of fun warm ups and games designed to ease you into improv. Before you know it you will be playing scenes and learning how to heighten and explore your ideas. As the class progresses you will learn how to do 2 person scenes, group scenes, group games and how to deliver simple monologues.  The class is...

Improv and Stand-Up Comedy help students discover their best selves building self confidence, creative writing, critical thinking and public speaking. We offer weekly classes Winter, Spring and Fall, plus Summer Camps. We also have teachers at schools, camps and community centers on weekends and after school. Each session starts with Improvisation,...

This class continues to use the basic principles of improvisation to focus on scene work and long-form improvisation. In addition to developing storytelling skills through new long-form structures, students will learn more advanced techniques for improv scene-work, how to expand their character range, and how to increase their confidence and playfulness...

Important: This course is for Returning Students only. For New Students, please proceed to this course. The advanced class gives advanced and professional actors a chance to focus on their specific needs and professional development. Students are given more difficult audition and scene work, and are challenged to broaden and expand their range with...

In this 7-week course + 1 performance taught by comedy veteran D.F. Sweedler, you'll learn the tools of the trade and hone your craft. At the end of 7 weeks, you'll take to the legendary Comic Strip stage in front of a live audience (date to be determined). What you get: Eight weeks of hands-on instruction by a seasoned veteran in an intimate class...

Important: This Price option is for New Students Only. For Returning Students, please proceed to this course.  Only New Students can avail of these promotional prices. Clients cannot purchase a 2nd 3-Part class for $99. We will not be able to warrant promotional price purchases for returning students. -- The advanced class gives advanced and...