Improv 101: Intro Part 1 – 6 WEEKS
New to improv? This course is your starting point. Build core skills like listening, agreement, spontaneity, and teamwork in a playful, supportive environment. No experience needed—just bring your curiosity and willingness to try.

Instructor (Class 1): Karlyn Morris

Karlyn Morris (she/ they) has been with the Kinkonauts since 2021, starting out as a regular attendee of weekly drop-in Accelerator classes until eventually graduating from the Conservatory Programme in 2023. She has since featured in a variety of Kinkonaut-produced openers and mainstage shows, including (but not limited to) Love at Christmas, Murder Mystery, Intrusive thoughts, Worst First Date, and most recently, Secrets and Shadows.

Karlyn graduated from Mount Royal University in 2017 with a bachelor's degree in Education, this past June marking the wrap-up of her 8th year as a classroom teacher. Karlyn's teaching philosophy aims to balance explorative inquiry with drilling rote; by teaching strategies and drilling skills through targeted games, group-discussions, and open-ended scene work, Karlyn hopes to support her students to develop a greater sense of ease, creative independence, and self-confidence when expressing themselves artistically.

Instructor (Class 2): Christopher Ford

Christopher Ford is one of the original bad boys of comedy and one of the original very good boys of earning trips to the candy store with his mommy.  He has taught people of all ages to improvise, act, sing, dance, and play Hot Cross Buns on the recorder, and he'd be happy to teach you, too.  Chris has performed regularly with the Kinkonauts for 7 years in shows like Improvised Clue, Improv: The Musical, and Good Sport! and Starfleet Confidential.  He acts regularly in theatre around our fair city in productions for Morpheus, Simply Theatre, and Jubilations, and is the proud co-father of both Weird Pal (Calgary's quarterly song parody night) and the weekly Villains of Comedy (Calgary's dedicated alt comedy stage).