Workshops and Panels

Improv Comedy for Beginners $25
Saturday, Oct 20th 10:00am-12:00pm
Experience Level: No experience needed
Register for this workshop here

About this Workshop:
This workshop will focus on creating characters with strong, specific points of view, following the FUN in your scenes! Let’s get weird and silly! Let’s make bold, surprising, and unexpected choices!

About the Instructor:
Allyn Pintal is a writer and performer living in Los Angeles. She was born in the Philippines and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She co-hosts/co-produces the wildly popular show, Filipino AF. She can be found performing on Harold Night with Mondegreen! She is a writer for the Maude team Thirst Trap! She also hosts a monthly improv/storytelling show in the Inner Sanctum with her indie team k3wlAZN420.

Location:
Impact Hub Honolulu – 1050 Queen Street (entrance across from Whole Foods)

Parking:
Street or paid parking

Intro to Sketch Comedy Writing $25
Saturday, Oct 20th 10:00am-12:00pm
Experience Level: No experience needed
REGISTER FOR INTRO TO SKETCH WRITING HERE

About this Workshop:
This workshop will go over basics of sketch writing. Examples of sketches will be shown and discussed, and students will pitch their own ideas as well as brainstorm possible beats. If time permits, you may leave with a fully written sketch! Participants should come prepared with a notebook and pen/pencil, a laptop or tablet.

About the Instructor:
Joy Regullano is a graduate of the improv programs at Upright Citizens Brigade, Second City Hollywood, and iO West and currently performs with several sketch and improv teams in Los Angeles. Her TV credits include Supernatural, Raising Hope, 90210, and Castle. She is an avid writer and a burgeoning Youtube with self-written viral video WHITE FETISH boasting over 1 million views.

 Location:
Impact Hub Honolulu – 1050 Queen Street (entrance across from Whole Foods)

Parking:
Street or paid parking

Improv Harold Workshop $25
Saturday, Oct 20th 12:30m-2:30pm
Experience Level: Participants should have some knowledge of the Harold form
REGISTER FOR HAROLD WORKSHOP HERE

About this Workshop:
This workshop will focus on the basics and technique of the Harold form. How to effectively generate ideas in your openings, creating fun first beats and then exploring the game differently in second beats, and experimenting with form in group games.

About the Instructor:
Erich Tamola is an actor and improviser based in Los Angeles. He has been taking classes at UCB since 2013. He was on Mess Hall (Biscuits, Busters) & Harold Night (Mondegreen). He co-hosts and co-produces the ‘k3wlAZN420 Show’ & FILIPINO AF at UCB. Fun fact: Erich has lasers for eyes.

 Location:
Impact Hub Honolulu – 1050 Queen Street (entrance across from Whole Foods)

Parking:
Street or paid parking

The Writer’s Room $25
Saturday, Oct 20th 12:30m-2:30pm
Experience Level: For int to adv writers who are currently working on sketches
REGISTER FOR THE WRITER’S ROOM HERE

About this Workshop:
Experience Level: For intermediate to advanced writers who are currently working on sketches.
In this workshop, we will go over different types of collaborative brainstorming as well as the steps that it takes to write a great comedy sketch. Along with these ideas we will also be talking about format and themes found within sketch comedy. Participants should come prepared with a notebook and pen/pencil, a laptop or tablet.

About the Instructor:
Ann Maddox has performed at the UCB Theater in Los Angeles since 2005, in several sketch shows such as Baby Hungry, Charlyne Yi Show, UCB presents, Other people’s stuff, Make That Sandwich! and most recently, the one act sketch play Talking Is Hard, which just finished it’s year long run at UCB.
She has also performed improv on the Harold team Lincoln’s Bedroom and wrote sketch comedy for Maude Teams Nice Kitchen and Hot Mess. In 2011 she was a cast member of the annual CBS Diversity Showcase, featured as a performer and writer.  She has written and performed her own UCB shows Machu Picchu and Battle of the Funny Bands with her music/sketch band Machu Picchu. They have appeared in stand up and variety shows such as Comedy Death Ray, Tomorrow Show, Garage Comedy and the Las Vegas Comedy Festival.

 Location:
Impact Hub Honolulu – 1050 Queen Street (entrance across from Whole Foods)

Parking:
Street or paid parking