IMPROV COMEDY WORKSHOPS

Improv Drop-In Workshops with Norm Holly
Sundays – 10am to Noon. Cost: FREE or Pay-what-you-can on site.

“Improv for Commercials” with Jimmy Callahan
Saturday, May 2nd – 1pm to 4pm.  Cost: $150

Do you want to book that commercial? In this workshop you will learn how to transition what you’ve learned as an improviser into making money as a commercial actor from one of the biggest booking commercial actors in the business.

Jimmy Callahan has filmed over 100 national commercials the past 22 years between Chicago, LA, & NYC, and will help demystify the entire experience of booking commercials. You’ll learn how to identify & embrace your “type”, how to get a callback and book the job, and what to do behind the scenes.
Jimmy will reveal some of the secrets to success, as well as what commonly sabotages actors in the room. You will learn how to improvise within commercial copy and how to deliver what the ad agencies are looking for to book the job!

Whether you are a beginner or a veteran who needs a new perspective to hone your technique, there is something for everyone in this workshop!

Jimmy Callahan has been acting professionally for the past 22 years, filming over 100 national commercials in Chicago, LA, & NYC. TV/Film credits include: Come As You Are, Okie, Blue Bloods, CHI Med/PD/Fire, The Jim Gaffigan Show, & Daredevil. He studied/performed at The Second City, iO, & Comedy Sportz in Chicago, and has toured the Midwest as a stand-up comic. He has performed in several scripted & improvised shows, including: Brain Humor,  Starship Improvise!, and the long-running hit, Flanagan’s Wake. Jimmy has taught at The Second City, Beth Melsky Casting (NYC), The PIT (NYC), The Green Room Studios (CHI), The Actors Training Center, Vagabond School, Elmhurst College (IL), and has privately coached actors in CHI, LA & NYC.