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This next-level class will explore ways to identify worthy story topics; convey meaningful themes; use improvisation, humor, and emotional expression to create relatability; and improve speech, gestures, and proxemics when performing on stage. For emerging and evolving storytellers.
This is part of our Comedy Basics series. Learn comedy skills from veteran instructors in Storytelling Basics and Standup Basics!
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SEPTEMBER SESSION - Workshop Tuesdays 09/08, 09/15, 09/22 6:30-8:30pm; Showcase Tuesday 09/29 7:30pm
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Select WAITLIST for free to be emailed about future sessions!
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Cost/Cap: $120/10 person cap
Prerequisites: Storytelling Basics 1 or other equivalent experience
All sales are final.
Location: Imposters Theater 4828 Lorain Ave Cleveland OH 44102
Parking: Enter the main entrance to Urban Community School on W. 47th Street, south of Lorain Ave. Follow the driveway to the main oval parking lot in front of the red tower. You can park in any space marked with a green square. You can then follow the sidewalk to Lorain Ave. You will see Imposters directly across Lorain Ave. from the school.
About the Instructor:
Michelle R. Smith is a writer, poet, educator, cultural facilitator, native Clevelander, and recipient of a 2026 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award for poetry. She is the Programming Director for Literary Cleveland, 2025-2026 Poet Laureate for Cleveland Heights & University Heights, and author of the poetry collections Ariel in Black (2015) and The Vagina Analogues (2020). She has been a featured reader, instructor, performer, and panelist at Case Western Reserve University’s Writers House, BorderLight Theatre Festival, The Cleveland Museum of Arts, The Cuyahoga County Public Library, The East Cleveland Public Library, Heights Arts, Heights Libraries, Imposters Theater, The Lakewood Public Library, Loganberry Books, Maelstrom Collaborative Arts, Mac's Backs-Books on Coventry, The Maltz Museum, and Story Club CLE. She is also the creator, co-producer, director, and host of BLAX MUSEUM, an annual performance showcase for Northeast Ohio artists open to all forms and dedicated to honoring notable black figures in American history and culture.
This next-level class will explore ways to identify worthy story topics; convey meaningful themes; use improvisation, humor, and emotional expression to create relatability; and improve speech, gestures, and proxemics when performing on stage. For emerging and evolving storytellers.
This is part of our Comedy Basics series. Learn comedy skills from veteran instructors in Storytelling Basics and Standup Basics!
***
SEPTEMBER SESSION - Workshop Tuesdays 09/08, 09/15, 09/22 6:30-8:30pm; Showcase Tuesday 09/29 7:30pm
***
Select WAITLIST for free to be emailed about future sessions!
***
Cost/Cap: $120/10 person cap
Prerequisites: Storytelling Basics 1 or other equivalent experience
All sales are final.
Location: Imposters Theater 4828 Lorain Ave Cleveland OH 44102
Parking: Enter the main entrance to Urban Community School on W. 47th Street, south of Lorain Ave. Follow the driveway to the main oval parking lot in front of the red tower. You can park in any space marked with a green square. You can then follow the sidewalk to Lorain Ave. You will see Imposters directly across Lorain Ave. from the school.
About the Instructor:
Michelle R. Smith is a writer, poet, educator, cultural facilitator, native Clevelander, and recipient of a 2026 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award for poetry. She is the Programming Director for Literary Cleveland, 2025-2026 Poet Laureate for Cleveland Heights & University Heights, and author of the poetry collections Ariel in Black (2015) and The Vagina Analogues (2020). She has been a featured reader, instructor, performer, and panelist at Case Western Reserve University’s Writers House, BorderLight Theatre Festival, The Cleveland Museum of Arts, The Cuyahoga County Public Library, The East Cleveland Public Library, Heights Arts, Heights Libraries, Imposters Theater, The Lakewood Public Library, Loganberry Books, Maelstrom Collaborative Arts, Mac's Backs-Books on Coventry, The Maltz Museum, and Story Club CLE. She is also the creator, co-producer, director, and host of BLAX MUSEUM, an annual performance showcase for Northeast Ohio artists open to all forms and dedicated to honoring notable black figures in American history and culture.
