That Reminds Me: Improv Workshop with Susan Messing & John Lehr

Quick View That Reminds Me: Improv Workshop with Susan Messing & John Lehr - 06/28/26 $70.00 Your life is fabulous and unique and let’s find a way to share that as a source for improv. This workshop starts with a deep dive into first person monologues with Susan that are followed by John’s direction into an immersive reality, where monologues can support and punctuate your scenes. Date/Time: Sunday 06/28/26 11am-2pm Cost/Cap: $70/16 person cap All sales are final. Location: Imposters Theater 4828 Lorain Ave Cleveland OH 44102 Parking: Enter the main entrance to Urban Community School on W. 47th Street, south of Lorain Ave. Follow the driveway to the main oval parking lot in front of the red tower. You can park in any space marked with a green square. You can then follow the sidewalk to Lorain Ave. You will see Imposters directly across Lorain Ave. from the school. About the Instructors: Susan Messing, a NJ native and graduate of Northwestern University’s Theatre School, has been an improviser and comedian for thirty four years.  She is an alumna of the iO Theatre, Second City’s Mainstage, and a founding member of Chicago’s infamous Annoyance Theatre.  Susan created and has taught her curriculum at iO and iO West, The Annoyance Theatre, The Second City, and around the globe. Susan has been an adjunct instructor for Loyola University, DePaul University, The School at Steppenwolf, and currently teaches for The University of Chicago.  Her standup act with her puppet, Jolly, was featured at the HBO/US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, and on Comedy Central’s Premium Blend and NBC’s Late Fridays. Her most impressive bit movie role was as a bad stripper in a halo brace in Let’s Go to Prison!  She performed at the iO with Blaine Swen in ‘Blessing’ with Norm Holly in ‘Molly,’  at The Annoyance in her critically acclaimed show, Messing with a Friend, and with The Boys at The Second City. She was in the lineup for the TBS/Just For Laughs festival all five years of its residence in Chicago.  She presented ‘Braving the Unknown’ at TedXUofC in 2014. However, the world is currently burning, so right now she mostly teaches around the world from her basement. “Improviser of the Year” – Chicago Improv Festival  “Best Improviser” – Chicago Reader “Funniest Woman in Chicago” – Chicago Magazine John Lehr is the star/creator/writer for “10 Items or Less” (TBS), “JailBait”  (Sony/Crackle) and “Quickdraw” (Hulu). He created/produced pilots for Fox  (“Team McPhearson”), TBS (“John Lehr’s Movie Club”) and Comedy  Central (“Let it Ride”). Script/development deals include “Retreat” (NBC),  “The Loop” (HBO), Troubadour (MTV), “Life on Mars” (Sony/BBC), “King  of Beers” (EUE/Sokolow), “Tommy Chong’s Pipe Dreams” (TBS).  Lehr is one of the original Geico Cavemen from the wildly successful  commercial campaign. He appeared in dozens of spots, including the first  commercial as a caveman boom operator, the caveman in therapy with Talia  Shire, the tennis spot wit...