Instant Gratification Theater & the 6th St Playhouse present:

“The Best of Sonoma County Improv”
featuring Sonoma County’s best improv artists!!

6th Street Improv

The World’s Biggest Comedy Duo

The Improvaholics

Hot Curtain

Slip-Goose Monkey

and
The Improv Orphans

ending in an All Star Jam with Members of Faultline,
Who's Line is it Anyway, the Groundlings,
Comedy Omelet, the Flying Penguins,
Moving Targets & special guests!!



Friday, June 26th, 7:30 pm tickets 15.00
at the Galser Center’s Downtown Performing Arts Theater
547 Mendocino Avenue
Santa Rosa, CA
(707) 568-5381
www.glasercenter.com/
tickets available on line at www.brownpapertickets.com

Locally produced mocumentary "Corked!" is screening on Sunday May 31st at 7:00pm in Petaluma! This one off is sponsored by the Film Independent League Marin Sonoma (FILMS)
($3 suggested donation) Director/Writers, Ross Clenenden & Paul Hawley and actor Jeffrey Weissman will be attending for Q. & A.

www.petalumafilmseries.com

"Corked" just got 'thumbs up' at Cannes:

www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/co...5f18f3

& local review:

www.bohemian.com/bohemian/...-0814.html

& here's the LA premiere info:

www.downtownindependent.com/even...ked-1

(wine tastings included)

and the trailers:

www.corkedthemovie.com/corked...ler.htm

&

www.youtube.com/watch

6th Street Improv
Fresh, Funny, & Unforgettable Comedy Created from Audience Suggestions

6th Street Playhouse Studio Theater, 52 W. 6th Street, Santa Rosa

When: 8:00, Saturday May 9th

Tickets: $12 Box Office 523-4185, website www.6thstreetplayhouse.com/guid...prov/

Come laugh with us!


Jeffrey's history in improv...
I started doing improv at faires in the mid '70's, then in the early '80s working out with members of Groundlings, Second City, LA Conn., MICE, et all..'did shows with the Comedy Omelette for a few years...we evolved into the Flying Penguins (I was Director), we became the core of the Varsitu Players for Los Angeles Theater Sports in 1989. 'stayed with LATS till about '92, and worked out for a year with Laugh Factory All Star Improv Jam (later aka "Wrought Irony")...and 'have done a few guest spots and "jams" with Second City Alumni and others. (I tried to get Theater Sports developed into a TV show back in 1989 with MTM Productions. Not knowing about the BBC's "Who's Line")

San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking has asked me to teach yet another round of this very popular class, and they've dropped the price!


WRITERS, DIRECTORS & ACTORS’ WORKOUT

An intensive yet fun workshop involving three filmmaking disciplines, writing, directing and acting, that will encourage a crossover of teamwork, networking, and the creative process.

Actors (intermediate to advanced level) will work with film directors and writers on camera.

Directors (all levels) will learn more about the acting process, develop the terms that actors understand in order to deliver their best performances on a film-set.

Writers (all levels) can bring in their pre-existing scripts and those in development to hear their words come to life by the Actors’ performance in class. This will help them develop their scripts further.

Directors and Writers will also have the opportunity to act themselves, to understand better what it feels like being on camera.

By working with the concepts and techniques of improvisation, action choices, beats, scene arcs and colors, all participating Actors, Directors and Writers will see their characters and stories come to life on camera.

All class-work will be videotaped and the writers & directors will retain a copy of it for their own records and further viewing.


Start date: April 1, 2009
Class time: Wednesdays, 6:30 - 9:30pm (8 weeks)
Instructor: Jeffrey Weissman
Prerequisite: Instructor's approval
Tuition: $240


email me if you have any questions.
or visit me at
www.jeffreyweissman.com

I am about to start guiding another 8 week lab for writers, directors and actors at the San Francisco School of Difgital Filmmaking...the previous three 8 week sessions have had a resounding response from participants and they have been an overwhelming success in helping writers hear their work live and if truth resonates, beats work, transitions are clear, if story arch needs work, et all. Directors get hands on communication skills with actors of different techniques; Zen, Miesner, Checkov, Method, Le Qoc, Viewpoints, et all, and Actors get to work in a variety of different genres, from dramatic to comedy and with high caliber writers and directors, shooting 3 or 4 scenes every week.

We are currently enrolling for the next 8 weeks that starts Wed. eve Feb. 4

415-522-1200 Phone
415-522-1207 Fax
877-292-4200 Toll Free
info@sfdigifilm.com

Here's the official listing:

WRITERS, DIRECTORS & ACTORS’ WORKOUT

An intensive workshop involving three filmmaking disciplines, writing, directing and acting, that will encourage a crossover of teamwork, networking, and the creative process.

Actors (Advanced level) will work with film directors and writers on camera.

Directors will learn more about the acting process, develop the terms that actors understand in order to deliver their best performances on a film-set.

Writers can bring in their pre-existing scripts and those in development to hear their words come to life by the Actors’ performance in class. This will help them develop their scripts further.

Directors and Writers will also have the opportunity to act themselves, to understand better what it feels like being on camera.

By working with the concepts and techniques of improvisation, action choices, beats, scene arcs and colors, all participating Actors, Directors and Writers will see their characters and stories come to life on camera.

Start date: February 4, 2009
Class time: Wednesdays, 6:30 - 9:30pm (8 weeks)
Instructor: Jeffrey Weissman
Prerequisite: Instructor's approval
Tuition for Actors: $240
Tuition for Directors & Writers: $320 ($50 per class for drop-ins)