The Brain Game: An Improv Workshop with Deena Nyer Mendlowitz - 06/07/25
We all have trouble turning off our critical brain when we're onstage and judging our scenes when we get offstage. In this workshop, we will use improv exercises, scene work, and longform sets to practice helping ourselves instead of sabotaging ourselves, onstage and off.
Instead of being critical about specific moves, we will focus on recognizing patterns in our play and ways to lean into our strengths and take risks to try different skills.
Prerequisites: Completed Imposters Theater’s Improv Level 1 or equivalent experience.
Date/Time: Saturday 06/07/25 10:00am-1pm
Cost/Cap: $60/14 person cap
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:
Deena has been performing and teaching improv for over 15 years. She trained at The Second City Cleveland and at both The Second City and Annoyance Theater in Chicago. Deena is the creator of This Improvised Life, a part improvised, part written story-telling hour, and Mental Illness and Friends!, a live comedy talk show. She is also the co-founder of Mass Hysteria Improv Comedy Fest, a comedy fest run by women, for everyone. Deena was recently named one of Ohio's funniest women by Cleveland.com and was also honored as a CJN Difference Maker for the work she has done using comedy to promote mental health awareness and to destigmatize mental illness.
We all have trouble turning off our critical brain when we're onstage and judging our scenes when we get offstage. In this workshop, we will use improv exercises, scene work, and longform sets to practice helping ourselves instead of sabotaging ourselves, onstage and off.
Instead of being critical about specific moves, we will focus on recognizing patterns in our play and ways to lean into our strengths and take risks to try different skills.
Prerequisites: Completed Imposters Theater’s Improv Level 1 or equivalent experience.
Date/Time: Saturday 06/07/25 10:00am-1pm
Cost/Cap: $60/14 person cap
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:
Deena has been performing and teaching improv for over 15 years. She trained at The Second City Cleveland and at both The Second City and Annoyance Theater in Chicago. Deena is the creator of This Improvised Life, a part improvised, part written story-telling hour, and Mental Illness and Friends!, a live comedy talk show. She is also the co-founder of Mass Hysteria Improv Comedy Fest, a comedy fest run by women, for everyone. Deena was recently named one of Ohio's funniest women by Cleveland.com and was also honored as a CJN Difference Maker for the work she has done using comedy to promote mental health awareness and to destigmatize mental illness.
We all have trouble turning off our critical brain when we're onstage and judging our scenes when we get offstage. In this workshop, we will use improv exercises, scene work, and longform sets to practice helping ourselves instead of sabotaging ourselves, onstage and off.
Instead of being critical about specific moves, we will focus on recognizing patterns in our play and ways to lean into our strengths and take risks to try different skills.
Prerequisites: Completed Imposters Theater’s Improv Level 1 or equivalent experience.
Date/Time: Saturday 06/07/25 10:00am-1pm
Cost/Cap: $60/14 person cap
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:
Deena has been performing and teaching improv for over 15 years. She trained at The Second City Cleveland and at both The Second City and Annoyance Theater in Chicago. Deena is the creator of This Improvised Life, a part improvised, part written story-telling hour, and Mental Illness and Friends!, a live comedy talk show. She is also the co-founder of Mass Hysteria Improv Comedy Fest, a comedy fest run by women, for everyone. Deena was recently named one of Ohio's funniest women by Cleveland.com and was also honored as a CJN Difference Maker for the work she has done using comedy to promote mental health awareness and to destigmatize mental illness.
