How can you play a scene in Thailand when you’ve never been in Thailand? What do you do when you don’t know light sabers vs. phasers and someone pulls out Galaxy Quest?
Sometimes by choice or by accident you find yourself in unfamiliar territory - whether it’s pop culture reference you don’t know, or something more serious like playing in other cultures. How can we build upon a universe that you don’t know. Do we back out, or do we proceed respectfully (how?). Getting your Lord of the Rings reference wrong may be funny, being lost in Eastern fairy tales may be innocent, but playing culturally-tired stereotypes is tiresome. I will guide you how to make safe explorations in unfamiliar territory. We will gradually learn how to make offers in this space while going into more complex subjects and more important matters.

Duration: 6 hours
Experience: 5 years

Main teaching points for students:
- Being comfortable in the unknown
- Being a brave improviser, but still respectful
- Being authentic and expressive of your own culture

In improv, we are often taught to play with STATUS. High status. Low status. But status is more complex than that! In Asia, status is a part of our daily life. Why not learn the fine nuances of relationships from Eastern cultures and add them to our scenes? For Western improvisers, this class will be an eye-opening re-take on status. Meanwhile, Eastern improvisers will laugh at how natural our lives transfer onto the stage with a few modern improv techniques.
Duration: 6 hours
Experience: 1-5 years

They say improv is storytelling, but which stories are you telling? Did you grow up with the western fairy tale Cinderella or The Frog and Princess? Or did you grow up with the eastern folklore Malin Kundang like The Ox and The Kancil? It’s time to hear these stories from other parts of the world and play with them! You will become open to other stories in the world, learn how to play even when you don’t know the culture references, and reflect that maybe you know about your cultural roots more than you expect.
Duration: 3 hours
Experience: 3-7 years