The Royal Improv Festival by Queen City Comedy is one-of-a-kind annual event that will highlight local and national improv acts from across the globe. As part of the Queen City Comedy Experience which began in 2017, this 4 day festival will be held at the Stage Door Theater at Blumenthal Arts and includes shows, workshops, improv jams and more.
Royal Improv Festival Workshops & Jams
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BIPOC Improv Jam
5-6:30pm, July 25
Stage Door Theater
Come jam on Friday before the shows start! The Queen City Comedy Experience is thrilled to have the dynamic ensemble The Play Cousinz as your host! They will lead you through some warm ups, a little "yes, and" and then afterwards you’ll check-in, share and network with our comedy folks in the BIPOC Community.
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No improv experience required.
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All improv experience levels are welcome.
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You are welcome to watch or play.
About the Play Cousinz: Hailing from Charlotte, The Play Cousinz are the freshest faces on the improv scene. Rooted in quick wit, bold energy, and love for storytelling, The Play Cousinz bring a unique and authentic voice to the stage.
Improvised Sitcom Workshop
10am-1pm, July 26th
Comedy Arts Theater of Charlotte
The workshop focuses on a modified Harold format to help create an improvised television show to your audience.
Participants will perform at the Saturday 8pm Show at the Stage Door Theater.
Through a series of exercises, the cast learns how to present Sitcom-esque scenarios and characters and even how to improvise commercials and an opening jingle! First developed in Chicago in the early 90’s by Dan Goldstein, Sitcom came to Boston in 1998 and is now taught around the world by Will Luera.
Free-From Improv Workshop
2-5pm, July 26th
Comedy Arts Theater of Charlotte
This workshop explores the makings of the unique style of Big Bang free-form improvisation.
This mindset is built on the concept of "follow the funny" and proposes that every single moment, beat, line and movement in a show can be deconstructed and used to lead you to the next scene.
During this exploration and deconstruction of content, a language and pattern are established that help define form where previously there was no form.
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Playbook Improv Intensive
5-6:30pm
Stage Door Theater
This 5 hour intensive improv class focuses on the very unique set of muscles to create narrative and plot driven improvisation.
It breaks down a story into narrative beats that create very identifiable milestones for the ensemble to hit. With these simple rules, any ensemble can improvise a genre-driven narrative, an improvised one-act or a fully improvised play.
There will be a short lunch break, please bring lunch or snacks.
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Royal Improv Jam
4-5:30pm, July 27th
Comedy Arts Theater of Charlotte
You can play, you can watch but you’ll definitely laugh! We’ll have folks sign up and put your name in a hat. Then, we’ll randomly pull names to create teams. Each team will get a form to perform and then will hit the stage to share their talents! It’s free and a fun time for all!
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No improv experience required.
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All improv experience levels are welcome.
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You are welcome to watch or play.
About your hosts Sunday Supper: They do improv. They eat supper. Comedy doesn't have to be any more complicated than that.