Improvising Musical Theater

Come let disciples of Improv Boston’s acclaimed Musical Improv program, Rachel Hischak and Maxie Davidson, and accompanist Malcolm Granger immerse you in a world of epic possibilities for your acting, story-telling and song-styling interests.

Actors, singers, comedy writers, and musicians will all benefit from discovering how their particular skills can easily be honed to create fully improvised musical scenes, mini-musicals, and musical games for performance. Experienced actors will benefit from inspiration derived from live musical accompaniment to create bolder, more recognizable characters that develop as the music moves them to dig deeper, expanding emotional, physical, comedic, and melodic possibilities.

We’ll cover the basics of crafting typical musical numbers, and the ins and outs of troupe based musical scene formats. We will take time to include exercises that slowly and gently eases nerves and stage fright associated with solo and on the spot singing. This is a great class for casual singers to discover voices and musical ears they didn’t even realize they had!

Most importantly, we’ll be collaborating as a troupe from the very first class, working together to build group mind, trust and support for our bold and committed choices to work towards the goal of presenting our work in a final 30-40 minute showcase for friends and family. The showcase is optional for all students, but we will support and encourage each other to show up and experience the group achievement of putting on a show.

This is an immersive class for experienced musical theater performers, but also a class that will support and accommodate beginners. The ability to carry a tune is in no way a requirement to joining this class. If you can talk you can sing!