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Portable Improv Workshops

2005 Toronto Improv Festival Poster
2005 Toronto Improv Festival Poster

Portable Improv Workshops | Media List


Statement

Yes, of course I'd love to come to your town and teach a workshop. Here are some I offer:

VAPAPO: CHARACTER TOOLKIT
Jill Bernard offers a character toolkit to give participants the ability to create strong, compelling characters that they can hang onto through the whole scene. This session will focus on using Voice, Attitude or Posture, and Animal, Prop or Obsession to build instant characters. Participants will use these tools to fearlessly initiate scenes, create relationships and find agreement. Please wear closed toe shoes to this workshop.


THE FIREBALL THEORY
This workshop presents Jill Bernard's Fireball Theory and offers exercises to help you improvise faster and harder than you can judge yourself. You will learn to metaphorically hit the scene running and outrun the explosion of self-loathing and doubt like an action movie hero outruns a fireball thus defying the laws of physics. Please wear closed toe shoes to this workshop.


IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY
Too often improv feels like a chore, filled with right decisions and good and bad choices. In this session with Jill Bernard, participants will learn the joy and success that follows doing exactly what tickles them. Please wear closed toe shoes to this workshop.

SOLO IMPROV
There are no "schools" of improv - we are each our own school, which means your solo piece is the ultimate expression of that school. Work with Jill to practice the skills that are universal to most solo pieces - character snapping, stage pictures, and aggressive choices - and also tease out what will make your solo piece unique.

TRUTH & BEAUTY
In this workshop, Jill Bernard will take you through a series of exercises that inject your work with a little bit of truth and beauty. Having the ability to create improv that is honest and vulnerable adds another layer to your work, a little bit of cake underneath your frosting to take your work from light entertainment to something with resonance. Please wear closed toe shoes to this workshop.


THE FIX'EM UP SHOP
A session with Jill Bernard to provide individual assistance on topics of the participants' choosing. An opportunity to get personalized instruction and face what's challenging you. Please wear closed toe shoes to this workshop.

STAGE PICTURE
Improvisors aren't necessarily trained as actors, and they don't always have the tools to create an interesting stage picture. In this session, Jill Bernard runs participants through theater exercises to make them aware of how their placement onstage cam tell a better, clearer story than their words ever could. Please wear closed toe shoes to this workshop.

MUSICAL IMPROV
If you provide an accompanist, I can lead a workshop that teaches how to build a song on the basis of repetition and emotion.

CUSTOMIZED AS NEEDED
Give me a topic and I'll build you a workshop.

Reviews

"Jill has so much positive energy and enthusiasm, and if you’re not a better improviser from just being near her and soaking up the awesomeness that she exudes then I don’t know what." - Student, Dirty South Improv Fest 4"Jill Bernard is one of those rare performers that ignites everyone in the room. She is magnetic with endless talent and humour. I took her workshop last year and can't remember when I've had so much fun. Jill is a brilliant artist that will take you beyond your preconcieved boundaries."Madi DistefanoBarrymore Award Nominated Actress and PlaywrightPhiladephia, PA"Jill's work is always open-hearted, open-minded, and just spot on." - Jonathan Pitts, Chicago Improv Festival