Character Parade: Character Parade takes a unique approach to generating memorable characters and challenges you to share every aspect of your improv scene with your fellow performer. Playing multiple characters in a scene is ambitious and exhilarating. We'll introduce you to new ways to create distinct characters & relationships and show you the joy of ghosting and sharing those choices with your fellow performers as you create vibrant energetic worlds and the weirdos that inhabit them.

About your instructor: Matt Folliott is a Comedian/Actor/Writer from Toronto, Canada, and a former cast member of The Second City National Touring Company and Canadian Comedy Award Winning Sketch Group The Sketchersons. Matt was nominated for Best Male Improviser two years in a row in Toronto’s beloved NOW magazine. He was also nominated for a Canadian Comedy Award for Best Improv Troupe with his group K$M (pronounced K and M) and has had the pleasure of performing and teaching improv across the globe in festivals like NOW Improv Festival (Beijing), Manila Improv Festival, Vietnam Improv Festival, Singapore Improv Festival, Hong Kong Improv Festival, Improvaganza (Edmonton, CND), Vancouver Improv Festival, Mprov (Montreal, CND), Ottawa Improv Festival, The Winnipeg Improv Festival and The Seattle International Festival of Improv.  You can hear him or see him on your TV or laptop screens in shows like Bakugan (Netflix), PJ Masks (Disney +), Clifford the Big Red Dog (Prime Video), Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe (Treehouse), Charlie’s Colorforms City (Netflix), Workin’ Moms (Netflix), Baroness Von Sketch Show (Netflix) and Odd Squad (PBS Kids).

Location: Portland Media Center
Date: Monday, 4/6
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Cost: $25