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6 Week CourseFall 2025In PersonProfessional Education

Improv Explorations: Expanding Your Spontaneity

October 13, 2025 - November 17, 2025

$450.00

Wednesdays from 5:30-7:30pm

This 6-week course builds upon the foundational principles of improvisational theater, delving deeper into character development, narrative structure, and advanced game play. Through dynamic exercises and collaborative scene work, you will refine your spontaneity, strength your ensemble skills, and explore more complex improvisational forms.

Please note, students do have graded assignments, assessments, and projects and will receive a final grade in this course. Grades demonstrate a student’s ability to apply their understanding and mastery of concepts taught in this course. Trilith Institute instructors have a wealth of knowledge as they come with expertise in the film and entertainment industry.

Course Note: No Prerequisite Required.

WHAT YOU WILL WALK AWAY WITH

  • Confidently apply the core principles of improvisational theater in more complex scenarios.
  • Develop nuanced and dynamic characters with distinct motivations and relationships.
  • Understand and utilize various narrative structures in spontaneous storytelling.
  • Effectively navigate and contribute to longer-form improvisational pieces.
  • Enhance ensemble awareness and collaborative storytelling skills.
  • Explore and perform a range of short-form and potentially introductory long-form improv games.
  • Embrace risk-taking and adapt to unexpected developments in performance.
  • Apply advanced listening and agreement techniques to create richer scenes.

 

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Start:
October 13, 2025
End:
November 17, 2025
Cost:
$450.00
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Trilith Institute

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Trilith Studios Production Centre
461 Sandy Creek Rd
Fayetteville, GA 30214 United States + Google Map

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*Those receiving a grade of 80 (B) or above in the course will receive a “Certificate of Completion”. Complete 3 of the Trilith Institute’s Professional Education Courses, and you will receive “Trilith Institute Outstanding Achievement in Film Arts.” In addition, if you have completed 3 courses and our Mastering Self-Marketing workshop, you will be eligible to submit an original project for consideration for our Creative Excellence Fellowship Grant, with a potential award of up to $10,000.

Questions? Check out our FAQ page.

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR: XAVIER MIKAL

Xavier Mikal - Alliance Theatre - Acting for Camera Instructor at Trilith Institute

Xavier Mikal is an Actors’ Equity Association actor, director and teaching artist from Baltimore, Maryland. He has his Master of Fine Arts Degree and African American theatre certification from University of Louisville. He also has his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from North Carolina A&T State University. He has taught theatre performance to all age groups and has coached Film/TV acting at AGI Entertainment. He has many theatre credits including King Hedley II and Martin Luther King Jr in The Mountaintop. As far as TV/film, Xavier was a lead in a limited series, THE PACT as Micah (Telly Award Recipient) and an independent film, ERACEING as Edwin which was shown in The Louisville International Film Fest, Toronto Black Film Fest and San Diego Black Film Fest. He also featured in the film SHIRLEY starring Regina King on Netflix. He believes that cultivating curiosity and critical thinking are the keys to stellar and free flowing performances.

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