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Upcoming
Laughing Stock Classes
All classes are FREE to participants living with HIV/AIDS, cancer, hep C, kidney disease and other life-threatening illness AND their partners and caregivers.
Classes are located at The Gazebo or the Support Services Conference at California Pacific Medical Center's Davies Campus (Castro and 14th Streets) in San Francisco. BATS provides beverages and snacks. A water cooler is also in the room, which is glass-enclosed and on the plaza level between the two hospital towers at Castro & Duboce Streets in San Francisco. Free garage parking, or MUNI N streetcar to Noe & Duboce, bus lines 24 & 37 to Castro & 14th.
Laughing Stock Series Classes
Beginning Improv Series
Take one class or all 5. Play games. Learn about spontaneity, and have fun.
Check here later for beginning improv series information
Advanced Improv Series
As students go through the beginning series and specialty workshops, they may be invited into this intermediate/advanced workshop with BATS company member Gerri Lawlor. Students with some experience but new to the Laughing Stock Program can contact coordinator Ann Feehan for placement.
Gerri Lawlor -March 15, 29, 4/12. 4/26, 5/10, 6/7, 6/21 12:30-2:30pm
Laughing Stock Monthly Specialty Classes
Take a deeper look at a particular aspect of improvisational theatre with these monthly specialty classes, designed for new, beginning and experienced improv students AND their partners and caregivers. We'd love for you to register in advance, but drop-ins are welcome.
Dates: 3/22, 4/5, 4/19, 5/3, 5/17, 6/14, 6/28
Improvised Singing
J. Raoul Brody- June 28th 1:00pm-4:00pm
Make up Songs on the spot, Join musical improviser J. Raoul Brody as he takes you through the very fun process of making up songs. Eat your heart out American Idol!
Improvised Writing and Scenes
Carla Hatley - TBD 1:00pm-4:00pm
Playwright Carla Hatley conducts participants through
simple, fun, compelling, engaging exercises to get you writing
today, right now, using what you already know about storytelling.
Collaborative writing with partners can be a great
way to lose self consciousness and find the writer within.
Testimonials
Here's what some past students have said about Laughing
Stock classes:
"A
Blast! The coach was a real scream!"
"I learned the art of being silly."
"Would have liked this to have lasted three times longer."
"Gained increased self-confidence."
"Now I can embrace failure."
"A creative way to celebrate taking risks."
"Why did I wait so long?"
"New neurons developed."
"I love using the circus bow in real life!"
Support Laughing Stock
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