KINGSTON, N.Y.
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September Musical Improv
US$375.00
ADVANCED ELECTIVE - LIMITED SPACE
COMPLETION OF LEVEL 3 REQUIRED
FINAL PERFORMANCE/ REQUIRED
4 Sessions
Think you can’t sing? Perfect. Most people who take their first musical improv class are convinced they “can’t sing.” The good news is that you don’t have to. Musical improv isn’t about having a beautiful voice: it’s about committing to a character, making bold choices, and discovering that you can create a song out of absolutely nothing. It’s surprising, joyful, and ridiculously fun.
In this beginner-friendly class you’ll learn simple, repeatable techniques for improvising songs, transitioning scenes into music, and singing out your character's emotions with confidence (even if you’ve never sung in front of another human being).
If you’ve ever watched a musical improv show and thought, “I wish I could do that… but I definitely can’t,” this class is for you! . Taught by guest instructor Susan Gray (Hudson Valley Improv Touring Company), this class meets you exactly where you are and builds from the ground up. And yes — it all leads to a final performance where you take everything you've found and bring it to the stage. Your voice is already in there. Let's find it.
Wednesdays, September 2, 9,16,23
6-9pm
Final Show - 7pm, Saturday September 26th
(call time 6pm)
Class take place @ASK in Kingston
To fully register, please click above to pay and then follow this LINK to follow our our registration/liability forms. You are not registered until those forms are filled out.
**Students currently taking a class can sign up for unlimited sessions for a $25 discount. Instructor approval required. Email us directly to take advantage of this discount.
Participants must be over 18+
* Please Read our COVID Policy*
September Level 1: Improv Empowerment (Monday)
US$250.00
You know nothing? You start here. Have improv experience? You start here. This class is designed to teach deep ensemble and our CORE techniques needed to improv. Students learn tools to give and take focus, expand and explore in ensemble games, create characters and physical memory. Students will learn performance based improv games and learn how to start a scene, be a strong team player, save their fellow performers, come up with ideas for scenes and more. This is a safe creative environment without the pressure of a show at the end. YAY!
Mondays, September 14,21,28
6-9pm
Class take place @ASK in Kingston
To fully register, please click above to pay and then follow this LINK to follow our our registration/liability forms. You are not registered until those forms are filled out.
INTERVIEW: One you are registered, we will reach out to schedule an interview with your instructor. We do these so we can get to know you before class starts and give you a chance to connect with your instructor.
**Students currently taking a class can sign up for unlimited sessions for a $25 discount. Instructor approval required. Email us directly to take advantage of this discount.
Participants must be over 18+
* Please Read our COVID Policy*
October Level 1: Improv Empowerment (Wednesday)
US$250.00
You know nothing? You start here. Have improv experience? You start here. This class is designed to teach deep ensemble and our CORE techniques needed to improv. Students learn tools to give and take focus, expand and explore in ensemble games, create characters and physical memory. Students will learn performance based improv games and learn how to start a scene, be a strong team player, save their fellow performers, come up with ideas for scenes and more. This is a safe creative environment without the pressure of a show at the end. YAY!
Wednesday, October 7,14,21
6-9pm
Class take place @ASK in Kingston
To fully register, please click above to pay and then follow this LINK to follow our our registration/liability forms. You are not registered until those forms are filled out.
INTERVIEW: One you are registered, we will reach out to schedule an interview with your instructor. We do these so we can get to know you before class starts and give you a chance to connect with your instructor.
**Students currently taking a class can sign up for unlimited sessions for a $25 discount. Instructor approval required. Email us directly to take advantage of this discount.
Participants must be over 18+
* Please Read our COVID Policy*
November Level 2: Improv Performance
US$325.00
Audience is 50% of the show. You have learned our CORE work and now you're ready to learn how to do this in front of an audience. In this class you will deepen your skills as a performer and learn more about structure of games & audience empowerment. This is where audience becomes a major piece of your improv puzzle.
To fully register, please click above to pay and then follow this LINK to follow our our registration/liability forms. You are not registered until those forms are filled out. **Students currently taking a class can sign up for unlimited sessions for a $25 discount. Instructor approval required. Email us directly to take advantage of this discount.
There is s final show for this class.
Class and Show is held at Art Society of Kingston in the Second Floor Theatre
Participants must be over 18 and have completed Level 1 and passed.
This class takes place on 3 Mondays and 1 Wednesday
Monday,November 2,9,16, Wednesday, November 18
6-9pm
Class take place @ASK in Kingston
Final Show Saturday, November 21st @7pm (call time 6pm)
* Please Read our COVID Policy*
January Level 1: Improv Empowerment (Monday)
US$275.00
You know nothing? You start here. Have improv experience? You start here. This class is designed to teach deep ensemble and our CORE techniques needed to improv. Students learn tools to give and take focus, expand and explore in ensemble games, create characters and physical memory. Students will learn performance based improv games and learn how to start a scene, be a strong team player, save their fellow performers, come up with ideas for scenes and more. This is a safe creative environment without the pressure of a show at the end. YAY!
Mondays, January 18, 25, Feb 1
6-9pm
Class take place @ASK in Kingston
To fully register, please click above to pay and then follow this LINK to follow our our registration/liability forms. You are not registered until those forms are filled out.
INTERVIEW: One you are registered, we will reach out to schedule an interview with your instructor. We do these so we can get to know you before class starts and give you a chance to connect with your instructor.
**Students currently taking a class can sign up for unlimited sessions for a $25 discount. Instructor approval required. Email us directly to take advantage of this discount.
Participants must be over 18+
* Please Read our COVID Policy*
January Level 3: Acting Technique for Improv
US$325.00
ADVANCED TRACK
FOUR SESSIONS
NO FINAL PERFORMANCE
You're hooked! Now that you have the basics down as well as your very first show under your belt, it's time to move into a deeper look at performance techniques which will make scenes even more believable, creative and mindblowing. Without the added pressure of a final show, this workshop class is where you will take a deep dive into both acting and improvisational technique. You'll explore longer forms of improv games and ensemble storytelling while learning more about grounded character development, more believable object work, walk-ons and supportive environment creation.
Wednesday January 6,13,20,27
6-9pm
Class take place @ASK in Kingston
To fully register, please click above to pay and then follow this LINK to follow our our registration/liability forms. You are not registered until those forms are filled out. **Students currently taking a class can sign up for unlimited sessions for a $25 discount. Instructor approval required. Email us directly to take advantage of this discount.
Participants must be over 18+
* Please Read our COVID Policy*
February Level 4: Ensemble Flow
US$350.00
FINAL PERFORMANCE/ REQUIRED
4 Sessions
Bring on the weird! Next of the improv journey at HVI is a deeper look at ensemble creativity and performance. Now that you have some improv enhancing acting skills under your belt, this is where you training as a performer busts wide open into larger group games. Here you dive into flow where you and your team learns to work together intuitively and for way longer. You senses are heightened, your trust deepens and the work gets juicier!
To fully register, please click above to pay and then follow this LINK to follow our our registration/liability forms. You are not registered until those forms are filled out. **Students currently taking a class can sign up for unlimited sessions for a $25 discount. Instructor approval required. Email us directly to take advantage of this discount.
There is s final show for this class.
Class and Show is held at Art Society of Kingston in the Second Floor Theatre
Wednesdays February 3,10,17,24
6-9pm
Final Show Saturday February 27
* Please Read our COVID Policy*
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March: Launch into Solo Performance
US$425.00
ADVANCED ELECTIVE - LIMITED SPACE OF 4
COMPLETION OF LEVEL 3 REQUIRED
EMAIL US DIRECTLY BEFORE SIGNING UP: info@hudsonvalleyimprov.com
FINAL PERFORMANCE/ REQUIRED
4 Sessions
A 4-week intensive for performers ready to build their first solo piece.
Ever wanted to create and perform your own solo work, but didn't know where to start? Launch Into Solo brings the same private coaching process used to develop solo shows for years — now offered as a small group experience, limited to just 4 performers.
Each session is blocked for up to 3 hours (sessions may end early once the work is complete), giving the group real time for what solo work requires — to write, discover, and shape a piece rather than rush it. Participants leave with a live 10-minute performance of anything they desire: storytelling, stand-up, character monologues, performance art.
This class blends the connection of working alongside other performers with the depth of focused, private direction — because building solo work is personal, and it deserves real time.
Led by Samantha Jones — an award-winning solo performer with four solo shows of her own, and a director whose past clients have appeared at NY Fringe Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Winnipeg Fringe Festival, The Strawberry Festival, Women in Comedy Festival, The Mini Fridge, City Winery, Caroline's Comedy Club, and Joe's Pub. She has directed multiple Moth winners and TED Talk speakers, as well as comedians DL Hughley and Missi Pyle.
Format:
- Week 1: Group — finding your voice
- Week 2: Group — narrowing down your material
- Week 3: Private 1:1 coaching session, up to 90 Minutes
- Week 4: Group rehearsal
Culminates in a live performance of your first 10 minutes at the end of March.
Classes are held at Hudson Valley Improv's private studio in Rifton , NY and Online
Limited to 4 participants.
Monday's March 1,8,15 (TBD),22
6-9pm
Final Performance Saturday March 27th @7pm
Call time @6pm
* Students must be available for all hours listed above, though not all may be used. Especially week 3 because those are private sessions which can be booked at different times convenient for both parties.
To fully register, please click above to pay and then follow this LINK to follow our our registration/liability forms. You are not registered until those forms are filled out. If you have already filled one out for 2027, no need.
Participants must be over 18+
* Please Read our COVID Policy*
March Level 1: Improv Empowerment (Wednesday)
US$275.00
You know nothing? You start here. Have improv experience? You start here. This class is designed to teach deep ensemble and our CORE techniques needed to improv. Students learn tools to give and take focus, expand and explore in ensemble games, create characters and physical memory. Students will learn performance based improv games and learn how to start a scene, be a strong team player, save their fellow performers, come up with ideas for scenes and more. This is a safe creative environment without the pressure of a show at the end. YAY!
Wednesday's, March 10, 17,24
6-9pm
Class take place @ASK in Kingston
To fully register, please click above to pay and then follow this LINK to follow our our registration/liability forms. You are not registered until those forms are filled out.
INTERVIEW: One you are registered, we will reach out to schedule an interview with your instructor. We do these so we can get to know you before class starts and give you a chance to connect with your instructor.
**Students currently taking a class can sign up for unlimited sessions for a $25 discount. Instructor approval required. Email us directly to take advantage of this discount.
Participants must be over 18+
* Please Read our COVID Policy*
April Level 2: Improv Performance
US$350.00
Audience is 50% of the show. You have learned our CORE work and now you're ready to learn how to do this in front of an audience. In this class you will deepen your skills as a performer and learn more about structure of games & audience empowerment. This is where audience becomes a major piece of your improv puzzle.
To fully register, please click above to pay and then follow this LINK to follow our our registration/liability forms. You are not registered until those forms are filled out. **Students currently taking a class can sign up for unlimited sessions for a $25 discount. Instructor approval required. Email us directly to take advantage of this discount.
There is s final show for this class.
Class and Show is held at Art Society of Kingston in the Second Floor Theatre
Participants must be over 18 and have completed Level 1 and passed.
Wednesdays, March 31, April 7, 14, 21
6-9pm
Class take place @ASK in Kingston
Final Show Saturday, April 24th@7pm (call time 6pm)
* Please Read our COVID Policy*
May Level 5: The Mastery
US$350.00
ADVANCED TRACK
FOUR SESSIONS
REQUIRED FINAL PERFORMANCE
This is the Wild West of Hudson Valley improv. At this point you have a solid understanding of improv, memorized gauntlet of games and exercises, you have a solid acting technique, a solid ensemble, you've performed, directed and created games. Now you're ready to put it all to the test. Here you learn how to draw upon your training at a moments notice and find the game in a scene with no pre-established rules or suggestions. You'll learn how to recognize when a game begins (or introduce one) within a scene WHILE playing the scene and then take it to the next level. You'll also heighten your ability to not only create game, but an entire show at breakneck speed. Nothing will shake you. Your final show? Oh yeah...it's gonna be mind blowing. (Cue eerie western music)
Wednesday, April 28, May 5,12,19
6-9pm
Class take place @ASK in Kingston
Final Show Saturday, May 22 @7pm (call time 6pm)
To fully register, please click above to pay and then follow this LINK to follow our our registration/liability forms. You are not registered until those forms are filled out. **Students currently taking a class can sign up for unlimited sessions for a $25 discount. Instructor approval required. Email us directly to take advantage of this discount.
Participants must be over 18+
* Please Read our COVID Policy*
May Level 1: Improv Empowerment (Mondays)
US$275.00
You know nothing? You start here. Have improv experience? You start here. This class is designed to teach deep ensemble and our CORE techniques needed to improv. Students learn tools to give and take focus, expand and explore in ensemble games, create characters and physical memory. Students will learn performance based improv games and learn how to start a scene, be a strong team player, save their fellow performers, come up with ideas for scenes and more. This is a safe creative environment without the pressure of a show at the end. YAY!
Mondays, March 3, 10, 17
6-9pm
Class take place @ASK in Kingston
To fully register, please click above to pay and then follow this LINK to follow our our registration/liability forms. You are not registered until those forms are filled out.
INTERVIEW: One you are registered, we will reach out to schedule an interview with your instructor. We do these so we can get to know you before class starts and give you a chance to connect with your instructor.
**Students currently taking a class can sign up for unlimited sessions for a $25 discount. Instructor approval required. Email us directly to take advantage of this discount.
Participants must be over 18+
* Please Read our COVID Policy*
June Musical Improv
US$375.00
ADVANCED ELECTIVE - LIMITED SPACE
COMPLETION OF LEVEL 3 REQUIRED
FINAL PERFORMANCE/ REQUIRED
4 Sessions
Think you can’t sing? Perfect. Most people who take their first musical improv class are convinced they “can’t sing.” The good news is that you don’t have to. Musical improv isn’t about having a beautiful voice: it’s about committing to a character, making bold choices, and discovering that you can create a song out of absolutely nothing. It’s surprising, joyful, and ridiculously fun.
In this beginner-friendly class you’ll learn simple, repeatable techniques for improvising songs, transitioning scenes into music, and singing out your character's emotions with confidence (even if you’ve never sung in front of another human being).
If you’ve ever watched a musical improv show and thought, “I wish I could do that… but I definitely can’t,” this class is for you! . Taught by guest instructor Susan Gray (Hudson Valley Improv Touring Company), this class meets you exactly where you are and builds from the ground up. And yes — it all leads to a final performance where you take everything you've found and bring it to the stage. Your voice is already in there. Let's find it.
Wednesdays, June 2,9,16,23
6-9pm
Final Show - 7pm, Saturday June 26th
(call time 6pm)
Class take place @ASK in Kingston
To fully register, please click above to pay and then follow this LINK to follow our our registration/liability forms. You are not registered until those forms are filled out.
**Students currently taking a class can sign up for unlimited sessions for a $25 discount. Instructor approval required. Email us directly to take advantage of this discount.
Participants must be over 18+
* Please Read our COVID Policy*
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