Be Bold, Get Messy! with guest coach Ben Johnson (#1249)

Class Time/Dates:
11am–2pm on three Saturdays; November 7, 14, 21

Schedule: 3 sessions; once a week for three weeks
Class size: 10 students maximum
Class length: 3 hours (9 hours total)
Prerequisite: Completed or concurrent Studio Scenework course (IMPORTANT: Click here before registering)

This three-week workshop with guest coach, Ben Johnson, is a lesson in risking it all!  Exercise your boldness muscles, make big choices and big mistakes, and use them to enliven your improv.  Through risk-taking and pushing our own boundaries of comfortable habit, we end up in places more delightful than we ever imagined, inspiring our partners in new ways and telling stories that are brand new and sparkling.  Avoid being a "safe" improviser and start surprising even yourself!

Guest Coach Bio:  BEN JOHNSON

Ben Johnson has been working as a professional actor, improviser, clown, and teacher since 1997.

Most recently, Ben was a featured performer on Cirque du Soleil’s touring show Alegría in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United Arab Emirates. In 2007 he played the title role in the Gamm Theatre’s critically acclaimed production of Bernard Pomerance’s The Elephant Man, in Pawtucket, RI.

He has performed regularly with Providence, RI’s Manton Avenue Project (modeled on New York City’s 52^nd Street Project), collaborating with young playwrights to bring their work to the stage. In addition to performing with a variety of other circuses and theatre companies, from 2004 to 2007 Ben worked with the Clown Care Unit of the Big Apple Circus in three of New England’s premier pediatric hospitals. Through his work with Cirque du Jour, a Connecticut-based entertainment company, Ben has also taught clowning and circus skills at pediatric oncology camps throughout the United States.

BATS Improv Class Refund Policy:

Your class tuition includes a non-refundable deposit:

- $50 for series classes
- $10 for specialty workshops
- 20% for summer intensives and youth/teen camps

If you have registered for a class and decide you want to drop that class AT LEAST 14 DAYS BEFORE THE FIRST CLASS SESSION, you may choose to receive a refund for the amount of the class minus your non-refundable deposit OR you may choose to reapply your payment IN FULL to another BATS class.

Classes dropped 4-13 days before the start of the class are not eligible for the re-application of full payment to another class. You may either reapply your payment (minus the applicable deposit) or receive a partial refund. This option is not available for those enrolled in summer intensives or youth/teen camps.

Regular classes/workshops dropped within 72 hours of the first class session, or summer intensives and youth/teen camps dropped within two weeks of the first session, are not eligible for either re-application or any refund.