Level 3 Class: Status

Want to make your scenes more dynamic and layered? Struggling with steamrolling or getting steamrolled onstage? Curious how subtle power shifts can add depth, surprise, and hilarity to your work? 

Understanding and playing with status—the unspoken signals of authority, vulnerability, and influence—is a powerful tool for improvisers. Status awareness can unlock new character choices, heighten emotional stakes, improve ensemble chemistry, and make scenes feel real, grounded, and alive. 

In this workshop, we will: 

• Learn the non-verbal vocabulary of status and how it shows up in improvised performance 

• Explore your go-to status behaviors and how they shape your stage presence 

• Discover how intentional status shifts can build relationships and narrative tension 

• Practice status play to create compelling characters, hilarious power dynamics, and unexpected turns 

Whether you're a high-status king looking to fall or a low-status sidekick ready to rise, this session will give you tools to tune into status signals, play with them consciously, and use them to bring your scenes to life.

Prerequisite:  Fundamentals 1 and 2 or equivalent with another theatre. Ask instructor if you aren’t sure: hey@mopco.org

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