About the Workshop
The reason sometimes people have trouble finding the game of the scene is because they don't know what's crazy in the world they created.
In this class we will focus on creating boring worlds, fun worlds, worlds that will never exist again! By working with top-of-intelligence we will discover what is unusual in these worlds so we can have clear games in the silliest scenes.
Your Instructor
Monika Smith
Monika is an actor/writer who has over 40 TV credits including Blunt Talk, Two and A Half Men, Newsroom and more than 2 handfuls of unseen network pilots. She's written for TBS, Roku, Quibi, MTV, FunnyOrDie, as well as sold a movie. She's been fortunate to play some silly characters on popular podcasts like Comedy Bang Bang, Improv For Humans, and you might have seen her prank celebs for three seasons on Punk'd.
Monika has been performing improv for over twenty years getting her start touring with The Second City in her homeland, Canada. She's performed at Theatre Sports, IO, was the Artistic Director at Nerdist, and performed at Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre on numerous harold and house teams since 2009. She currently teaches improv at UCB and World's Greatest Improv School, and has written curriculums for The Second City, Nerdist, IO, as well as improv schools in China and has toured the world teaching and performing. If you're in LA you can catch her performing regularly at UCB in some fun shows including Form Night, Good Mourning, and the Improvised Movie. She also excitedly tours with her solo improv show.
