Improvise a Musical! A 4-Week Class at Baltimore Improv Group

Improvise a Musical! A 4-Week Class at Baltimore Improv Group

Starts Thursday May 1 at The BIG Theater in Station North

If you’ve ever belted a showtune in the car, missed theater since high school, or just want to try something joyful and new, this class is for you.

In this 4-week class, you'll learn how to create songs and scenes on the spot, with other beginners. No improv or singing experience needed. Each week builds on the last, ending in a live showcase where you and your classmates perform a fully improvised musical — heroes, villains, group numbers and all.

🗓 Thursdays, May 1 to May 22

🎭 Showcase: Thursday, May 29

⏰ 6:30–9:30pm

💵 $180 for 4 weeks

📍 BIG Theater, 1727 N Charles St

🔗 Sign up: https://www.bigimprov.org/service-page/intro-to-musical-improv-2

This class is part of Baltimore Improv Group’s mission to make the arts more accessible in Baltimore. BIG is a nonprofit theater dedicated to helping people grow through play, performance, and connection.

​​The class will be on Thursdays from May 1st til May 22nd, with a showcase on Thursday, May 29th. Class time runs from 6:30-9:30pm and the cost for the 4 weeks will be $180.

​​Sign up here: baltimoremusicalimprov.com/may

​​You don’t have to know how. That’s what we’re here for.

​​This class is carefully scaffolded. That means each skill builds on the next. You’ll go from “I don’t sing” to “wait... did I just sing a duet?” Think less “perfect pitch,” more “musical mischief”

​​Lots of people who take this class have never done improv! Or haven’t sung since high school! Or aren’t sure what to expect. Now, they’re performing in shows, creating improv teams, oandr just feeling braver in everyday life. You’ll get theater and stage skills too such as how to project, how to hold space on stage, and how to play to your audience.

​​Why this class? Why now?

​​Whether you want to be a better performer or a more confident person, musical improv can change your life!

​​Improv helps you get out of your head, be more playful, and surprise yourself. Some take it for stage experience. Some take it for joy.

​​If this idea’s been sitting in the back of your mind for a while, this is your invitation.

​​We’ll meet you where you are.

​​Meet your teachers

​​Brian and Sheree have been performing together on the long-running Baltimore Musical Improv team Bad Karaoke Experience since 2017. Both trained in improv and musical improv at Baltimore Improv Group and at the Magnet Theater in NYC, where they studied the specific fairy tale-style musical format taught in this class.

​​Fun fact: Brian is a non-practicing classical piano major. Sheree once played Dorothy in a production of The Wizard of Oz in Ohio.

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​​Tell a friend! Word of mouth really matters.

​​If you’ve taken this class, or just think someone would love it, please send it their way. Maybe it’s the friend who asked about musical improv, or the student who wants something new, or a grown-up theater kid looking for a playful creative outlet.