WunderWells ComedyImprov WorkShops What is Comedy Improv? How does it work? It actually began on the stage. Theatrical companies needed a way for actors who had never worked together before to come together, communicate among themselves, and develop into a functioning, cohesive acting team. They all knew their individual parts, but they didn't know each other. So Improv Comedy was born. Using various "games" or exercises, the actors, the extras and the entire crew bonded together with shared goals and a common purpose. It was an exciting way for each member to discover new talents within themselves as well as the team.
Today, Comedy Improv has become an exciting art form in itself. And Janet Wells has been called the “Diva of Comedy Improv”. She has been performing professionally since 1974 with War Babies, The Comedy Store and the Improv in LA. She has been teaching one of the best Comedy Improv WorkShops in Atlanta and the US since 1986.
You can learn the basics of hilarious improv-ing. Improve your skills as an actor, comedian, writer, student, or any creative endeavor including business or public speaking. This craft helps you think on your feet. Helps you get that audition or develop that character. It teaches you how to listen and explore your highest potential, and, it is great fun! Janet knows how to bring out the best in you.
The players are coached in listening skills, focus, mutual support, creativity, and going to the highest and best understanding of any topic or game. The humor just happens, so there is no need to “be funny”. The skills learned from WunderWells ComedyImprov WorkShops are so simple and straight-forward, you can be successful right away. You just have to trust…Janet. For more pictures see Janet's Gallery.
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What's Happening!
May 15 - "Keeping It Real"
Janet Wells, the Diva of Improv, will be teaching a new workshop on “Keeping it Real”. Playing the moment is most important in any form of acting, especially Comedy Improv. Any scene becomes alive, interesting, and funnier when it is played for real. Janet teaches techniques to achieve this goal. It is not WHAT is happening but WHO is happening. She will be sharing years of experience along with her recent workshop training with Bill Arnett, the director of Improv Olympics in Chicago.
WHERE: EXPRESSIONS THEATRE And FILM
2135 De Foor Hills Ste E
Atlanta. Ga. 30318
WHEN: SATURDAY MAY 15
TIME: 10 A.M. TO 4:30 P.M.*
COST: $125
Payments options: VISA,MC, AMEX, Check,Cash
MORE INFO: CALL 404-872-7276
EMAIL: expressionstheatreandfilm@gmail.com
Bio: Janet Wells was trained in California and has been an avid improve-er since those LA days at the Comedy Store and The Improv with Robin Williams, Chevy Chase, John Ritter, and Penny Marshall. She performed at the Dorothy Pavillion and did comedy improvisation and her one woman shows at the Comedy Store and LA’s The Improv. While in LA, she worked in radio, movies, and television. She guest starred on The Bob Newhart Show, WKRP in Cincinnati, The Dukes of Hazard, The Tony Randall Show, and the movie Being there. Her professional career in Atlanta started with Wit’s End Players, an original comedy cabaret show. She also started in many musicals and plays at the Alliance Theatre and Theatre Under The Stars including Promises, Promises and Norman is That You? She had a featured role on The Jeff Foxworthy Show and she had the hilarious role as the wife of the lead star on the hit comedy series in Great Britain called Little Britain. She, also, has been acting in TV Commercials, Industrials, and Voiceovers for over 30 years.
*BYOBB…L (BRING YOUR OWN BROWN BAG…LUNCH)
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June 3 - "The Magic of Now"
Janet Wells is a Professional Speaker and Actress who shares the news that the freedom to be successful and happy is not dependent on the future but the now. It is a practice to be in the now even though we are already there! We are too busy chewing over the past or plotting for the future. Janet will demonstrate with the tools of improvisation the skills of being in every vibrant, precious moment and thus allowing our true talents to manifest and expand. Don’t miss the Magic of Now at the June 3, 2010 Rotary Club meeting at Maggiano’s in Buckhead.
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