Who’s Turn Is It, Anyway? with Asa Erlendson – Sat 5/3 & Sat 5/10 @ 11:00 AM

Talking over each other, interrupting, steamrolling; these are symptoms of a more fundamental problem: a lack of patience and listening. A lack of patience leads us to rush past crucial information, and a lack of listening leads us to make moves that feel disjointed. As a result, we feel uncertain, bogged down, and we don’t have as much fun as we could. Heavy on scenic exercises, this two-part workshop (two-person scenes on the first day, and group scenes on the second) looks to sharpen our senses so that we can pick up on our scene partner’s subtle cues that we’ve given enough and that they’re ready to add. In this way, we avoid stumbling our way through the scene and just bumping into fun moments by accident, and instead we intentionally build something awesome together in lock step. So, let’s take the time to slow down and practice something that is fundamental to play: taking turns. Suitable for improvisers of any level.

Workshop Schedule:
Saturday, May 3rd @11:00am-1:15pm
Saturday, May 10th @11:00am-1:15pm

Instructor:

Asa Erlendson and Improv officially met in 2007 at Pitzer College in the group Without A Box. Things got hot and heavy when he co-founded a group called ImpRAWv in which he had a transcendent experience in an experiment called The Beehive (watch “My Dinner With Andre” to get the reference). When he moved back home to Denver in 2011, Asa and Improv started going steady while at the Bovine Metropolis. First, as a student, and eventually as a coach and teacher. Things got really serious when he joined the group Governor Jack. With Governor Jack, Asa was able to meet, study with, and perform with amazing improvisers from cities and schools all around the country while absconding to festivals in Denver, and from New York City to Salt Lake City, but no further West than that… yet. Since they first met, Improv has introduced Asa to a variety of genres, styles, and forms. He can truly say he is a better person for knowing Improv. And even though he has messed around with sketch and has a growing friendship with stand-up, his heart will always belong to Improv, its community and all of its teachers and students.