The Pretty Flower

3-hour intensive workshop!

The Pretty Flower begins with the strong spine of a Monoscene: a single continuous scene where relationships, characters, and stakes unfold in real time. Throughout the performance, players may tag out to explore moments, memories, fantasies, side stories, or unseen corners of the world surrounding the central scene. These exploratory tags expand the universe of the piece, adding depth, context, and texture before seamlessly returning to the main storyline.

Like petals growing from a single stem, each exploration reveals new dimensions of the characters and their world while remaining connected to the core narrative. The result is a rich, cinematic improvisation that balances the emotional investment of a Monoscene with the imaginative freedom of world expansion.

The Monoscene

3-hour intensive workshop!

Ever wanted to build a story that has room to breathe, grow, and explode? The Monoscene is improv’s closest cousin to the one-act play: a single continuous scene where characters evolve, relationships deepen, and the world becomes richer with every choice.

In this workshop, we'll explore how to create compelling characters, uncover the games hidden within relationships, and use those discoveries to fuel an entire piece. Instead of jumping from scene to scene, we'll stay in one world long enough to watch it transform—finding the patterns, stakes, and emotional truths that make audiences lean in.

Like any great Bandit adventure, the goal isn't just to wander into chaos (though there will be plenty of that). It's to build toward something bigger: a thrilling crescendo where every choice, callback, and character arc collides in a satisfying finale.

Come ready to play, commit, and see just how far one scene can take you.

Hey, Let’s Do Some Harolds!

You know what makes a better Harold? Doing a Harold. Then another one. Then another one. This three-hour workshop is exactly what it sounds like: we’re going to run Harolds over and over — with clear, actionable notes in between.

This workshop is best for improvisers who already know the Harold structure and want to sharpen their instincts through focused repetition. Less theory. More Harolds. Three hours. Let’s go.

Improv For Dating

"The course of true love never did run smooth, but it is made easier when you are improvising." - William Shakespeare (if he took a Bandit Class)

Have you burned out on online dating? Have you felt like you just can't be yourself when you are in a romantic setting? Bandit Theater presents Improv for Dating, a class that helps you get in touch with your authentic self, and prepares you to share that with someone special. This two-hour workshop will not only help you slow down, relax, and breathe, but also teaches you how to ask the right questions, get to know someone in the moment, and enjoy the date without spending it trapped inside your own head. Space is limited.

Improv For Easing The Awkward

Have you ever been at a social event and felt drained? Or maybe a party that just felt like a drag? Wish you could have a bit more fun around other people but can't help freezing up? We have the workshop for you! Bandit Theater presents Improv for Easing the Awkward, a two-hour workshop designed to get you out of your head and into the moment. Using improv as a tool we will help you feel more confident, present, and alive! Signups are limited.

Improv For Witches

This workshop will use magical properties to inspire improv scenes. As the workshop begins we will ground ourselves and cast a protective spell to create a space of safety and security as we delve into the occult to produce comedy. Using the elements, crystals, essential oils, flowers and tarot, this workshop will give a basic understanding of witchcraft and will allow it to spark our imagination to invoke characters and environments we have never played in before.

Zen and the Art of Improv

So often in improv we are whizzing through our scenes to find the unusual pattern of behavior. Like a train careening down the track, we feel we must race to the finish. By slowing down and letting our bodies and minds rest in the environment around us we are able to more fully imagine the space we are conjuring. Through this state of patient play we can fully invest in our characters and allow our unusual patterns of behavior to organically appear without the force and fear that comes from inventing in the moment. When we play in this heightened state of being we will allow ourselves to really listen to ourselves and our scene partners. We become so tuned in that we miss nothing and use everything.

This workshop will focus on slowing down through mediation and staying in that flow through the scene work.

Do the Dumb Idea

As children we played pirates and mermaids, knights on extraordinary quests. Fun ideas that had high stakes and existed in the world of the fantastical. Too often in our improv we stay within the confines of our everyday world because of fear.

This workshop will encourage your childlike spirit of play. We will relish in the fun choices we can make, such as doing a scene as a lightbulb or two boxes of hamburger helper on the shelf. Come ready to play pretend like a child on the playground, free of judgement and full of joy.