The Mono Scene is an exciting improv format that will boost your inspiration and storytelling on stage!

One location. Two improvisers. No character changes, no time jumps, no location changes, no time jumps. Just two people in real time. With restrictions that resemble a classic one-act play, Mono Scene puts the theatre back into improvised theatre. It’s all about dynamic relationships, revealing backstories and character growth. This workshop will go over best practices for approaching the format, and give participants the opportunity to dip their toes into a different style of improvising.

The workshop schedule will be: Sunday October 13th 1pm – 8pm with a 1-hour lunch break in between.

Kevin Gillese is a Canadian comedy writer and performer with more than twenty years of experience squeezing laughs out of audiences. He has written or co-written ten plays that have been produced at theatres in Canada and the United States. And he has written and produced dozens of short films, online sketches and web series… some of which are actually pretty good (highlights below).

Having started out as an improviser & writer in Edmonton way back in the late 90s, he worked with improv institution, Rapid Fire Theatre, and eventually became the Artistic Director there for several years by the late 2000s. In 2010 he moved to Atlanta to take the Artistic Director job at Dad’s Garage Theatre, a position he held for exactly a decade, during which time he oversaw the development and production of over thirty original comedic plays as well as countless other comedy projects and events.

Kevin now splits his time between Atlanta and Edmonton, freelancing his life away.

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This class will be taught in English