Bridgeport Public Library : Improv Your Creativity, Improv Your Life!
Bridgeport, WV – The Bridgeport Public Library invites improv and comedy enthusiasts to a workshop on Saturday, March 29, 2014 from 1:00pm to 3:30pm! Steve Goff, Improv Coach of The Fearless Fools, will lead the course and it’s free and open to the public. Space is limited to fifteen participants. Reserve your spot by calling the Bridgeport Public Library at 304-842-8248.
**Participants are asked to wear comfortable shoes as the workshop involves several games and exercises that require physical activity!**
If you have questions about this event, please contact Sarah Nora at 304-842-8248.
About IMPROV YOUR CREATIVITY, IMPROV YOUR LIFE (Steve Goff)
Utilizing the techniques of comedy improvisation, attendees will learn how to jump start and maintain their creativity. Comedy improv requires getting out of your own way, being in the moment, and quieting your inner critic. If you have trouble doing any of these, this workshop will show you how to use the skills of improv to recharge your muse, focus your creative efforts, and challenge that cranky critic. We will discuss such improv concepts as "start anywhere,” "take risks,” "be spontaneous,” "be brave,” and "trust your instincts.” We will cover the "rules" of improv comedy and illustrate how to incorporate this instruction into your creative process and make it part of your daily life. Through a variety of fun and interactive exercises and improv games, we will explore the world of improvisation and discover what it has to offer you and your creativity. Laugh and learn. Watch for when the "ha-ha" becomes "A-ha!”
About Steve Goff
Steve Goff is a comedian, actor, and writer. He has taught creativity and improv workshops for over twenty years. He recently developed his Improve With Improv workshops which explore the relationship between creativity, improvisation and self-expression. Since May of 2011, over 600 people have taken at least one of these innovative, energizing, creative, and fun improv sessions.
Goff is also the coach of the Vintage Theatre Co.'s improv team, The Fearless Fools.
In July of 2012, in recognition of this inventive approach to improv and creativity, Steve received a 2012 Individual Artist Professional Development grant from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts, with funding coming from the National Endowment for the Arts and the West Virginia Division of Culture and History.
In August of 2012, Steve finished his second year of study at The Second City Training Center (SCTC) in Chicago, IL. An accomplished character actor, Steve has been featured in a number of theater productions in WV, PA, NC, MD, and VA.
He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism, and a Masters of Public Administration, both from West Virginia University. He was the first director of Morgantown's Main Street Morgantown and also served as the first Executive Director of the Metropolitan Theater renovation project, also in Morgantown. His Main Street work later took him to North Carolina, and then to Washington, DC where he worked for both the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the National Main Street Center. While with the Main Street Center, Steve conducted creativity workshops for non-profit organizations, training staff and board members in 15 different states.
Besides the workshops, acting and being a comic, Steve is also a freelance writer and consultant for various regional non-profit organizations. Steve lives with his wife, Beth, in Harrison County, WV.
About The Fearless Fools
The Vintage Theatre Company, LLC proudly presents West Virginia's only year-round professional comedy troupe, The Fearless Fools. The Fearless Fools, under the direction of Steve Goff, specialize in a unique blend of short form and long form improvisational comedy. In addition to their improv work, The Fearless Fools have also presented shows featuring original sketch comedy, and the troupe also boasts two of the finest stand-up comedians the Mountain State has to offer.
In April, The Fearless Fools debuted in downtown Clarksburg and by the end of their inaugural season (2013), had played to over 1,000 audience members in three different counties in North Central West Virginia.
The Fools are currently taking bookings for 2014, and already the second season is shaping up to be bigger and better than the first with performances that will take them from Ripley to Morgantown and several points in between.
If you would like to book The Fearless Fools for your next public or private event, please contact the VTC to GO program at Vintage Theatre by calling 1-855-VTC-8588 or by emailing VintageTheatreCo@gmail.com