Format: The Pretty Flower
Format: The Pretty Flower
Class Description
In this 4-week class, students will learn how to perform the Pretty Flower format. A Pretty Flower features a recurring base scene, or stem, which generates ideas for shorter scenes, or petals. Players initiate and perform each petal, then transition back to the base scene.
This class covers the following topics:
- Creating and sustaining a base scene
- Bringing a base scene to a satisfying conclusion
- Noticing ideas for petals
- Initiating and activating petals
- Having fun with transitions between stems and petals
This class is useful for anyone interested in learning or practicing the Pretty Flower. Additionally, the class's base scene content develops skills useful for monoscenes, and its petal content develops skills useful for tagout-heavy formats.
Prerequisites
- Completion of two or more long-form improv classes from an organization’s core curriculum.
Instructor Bio
Martin Steger teaches with Rails Comedy and Washington Improv Theater. Game, premise generation, and improviser-to-improviser communication are the focuses of Martin’s teaching style. On the improv stage, Martin is half of the duo Unknown Number, is on the rock comedy team Heavy Rotation, and is a recurring cast member of the shows People of the District and Who Did It? An Improvised Murder Mystery. Martin is also a sketch writer and performer as well as the director of the award-winning scripted comedy Acuña Acuna. Martin’s festival history includes appearances at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the New York Musical Improv Festival, and the SteelStacks Improv Comedy Festival.
Class Details & Schedule
This is a 4-week class (2.5 hours per class) and includes a class showcase.
Location: DC Arts Center, 2438 18th St NW, Washington, DC 20009
- CLASS 1: Sunday, October 22, 5pm-7:30pm
- CLASS 2: Sunday, October 29, 5pm-7:30pm
- CLASS 3: Sunday, November 5, 5pm-7:30pm
- CLASS 4: Sunday, November 12, 5pm-7:30pm
- CLASS SHOWCASE: Tuesday, November 14, 7pm
Registration Fee: $175
Class Policies
- Must be 18 years of age or older to enroll.
- All sales are final: classes are non-refundable. Classes are only refundable to students if there are not enough students for the class. Classes are nonrefundable under all other circumstances.
- Students may miss a maximum of 1 class (1 absence) to participate in the class showcase.
- Masks are optional but not required.
- See Rails Comedy's Student Handbook for full course policies.
Waitlist
- If this class is sold out, please sign up for the waitlist above to be considered in the event of a student cancellation or if an additional class is added.
Ticketing Page Issues - Troubleshooting Steps
- If the ticketing page doesn't allow you to purchase tickets and appears sold out, it is possible that another customer has those tickets waiting in their cart and we've reached venue capacity. Please return in 15 minutes and those tickets may be available if the other customer did not purchase them.
- If the error code [Object object] appears and prevents you from checking out, this usually means that you are entering some wrong information, likely the address and/or zip code connected to the credit card you are trying to use. Please double check your payment information and try again.
- If you continue to run into issues, please contact walker@railscomedy.com.
Martin Steger
Martin Steger teaches with Rails Comedy and Washington Improv Theater. Game, premise generation, and improviser-to-improviser communication are the focuses of Martin’s teaching style. On the improv stage, Martin is half of the duo Unknown Number, is on the rock comedy team Heavy Rotation, and is a recurring cast member of the shows People of the District and Who Did It? An Improvised Murder Mystery. Martin is also a sketch writer and performer as well as the director of the award-winning scripted comedy Acuña Acuna. Martin’s festival history includes appearances at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the New York Musical Improv Festival, and the SteelStacks Improv Comedy Festival.
Class Description
In this 4-week class, students will learn how to perform the Pretty Flower format. A Pretty Flower features a recurring base scene, or stem, which generates ideas for shorter scenes, or petals. Players initiate and perform each petal, then transition back to the base scene.
This class covers the following topics:
- Creating and sustaining a base scene
- Bringing a base scene to a satisfying conclusion
- Noticing ideas for petals
- Initiating and activating petals
- Having fun with transitions between stems and petals
This class is useful for anyone interested in learning or practicing the Pretty Flower. Additionally, the class's base scene content develops skills useful for monoscenes, and its petal content develops skills useful for tagout-heavy formats.
Prerequisites
- Completion of two or more long-form improv classes from an organization’s core curriculum.
Instructor Bio
Martin Steger teaches with Rails Comedy and Washington Improv Theater. Game, premise generation, and improviser-to-improviser communication are the focuses of Martin’s teaching style. On the improv stage, Martin is half of the duo Unknown Number, is on the rock comedy team Heavy Rotation, and is a recurring cast member of the shows People of the District and Who Did It? An Improvised Murder Mystery. Martin is also a sketch writer and performer as well as the director of the award-winning scripted comedy Acuña Acuna. Martin’s festival history includes appearances at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the New York Musical Improv Festival, and the SteelStacks Improv Comedy Festival.
Class Details & Schedule
This is a 4-week class (2.5 hours per class) and includes a class showcase.
Location: DC Arts Center, 2438 18th St NW, Washington, DC 20009
- CLASS 1: Sunday, October 22, 5pm-7:30pm
- CLASS 2: Sunday, October 29, 5pm-7:30pm
- CLASS 3: Sunday, November 5, 5pm-7:30pm
- CLASS 4: Sunday, November 12, 5pm-7:30pm
- CLASS SHOWCASE: Tuesday, November 14, 7pm
Registration Fee: $175
Class Policies
- Must be 18 years of age or older to enroll.
- All sales are final: classes are non-refundable. Classes are only refundable to students if there are not enough students for the class. Classes are nonrefundable under all other circumstances.
- Students may miss a maximum of 1 class (1 absence) to participate in the class showcase.
- Masks are optional but not required.
- See Rails Comedy's Student Handbook for full course policies.
Waitlist
- If this class is sold out, please sign up for the waitlist above to be considered in the event of a student cancellation or if an additional class is added.
Ticketing Page Issues - Troubleshooting Steps
- If the ticketing page doesn't allow you to purchase tickets and appears sold out, it is possible that another customer has those tickets waiting in their cart and we've reached venue capacity. Please return in 15 minutes and those tickets may be available if the other customer did not purchase them.
- If the error code [Object object] appears and prevents you from checking out, this usually means that you are entering some wrong information, likely the address and/or zip code connected to the credit card you are trying to use. Please double check your payment information and try again.
- If you continue to run into issues, please contact walker@railscomedy.com.