The Grown-Up Table

Come join The Grown-Up Table, a class for 55+ year olds who are forever young at heart! The class will focus on finding freedom through play and honing improv skills in an environment that is supportive and inclusive. We will explore freedom and creativity through:

  • Presence and discovery

  • Embodied stage work

  • Opening to surprises

  • Caring for and adapting to our needs/abilities

  • Self discovery and embracing truth

Schedule: Weekly ongoing class every Tuesday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM .

Eligibility: The class will entail both improv games and scene work and is recommended for those with prior training in improvised scene work (Mockingbird's Improv Essentials level 3 class or above or equivalent training)

Enrollment: This class is by monthly subscription. It is a flat rate each month regardless of whether there are 3 classes or 5 classes that month and is not dependent on how many classes the student attends. Class tuition is kept as low as possible to increase accessibility (comes to only $15 per class!) and build in flexibility for those who's schedule cannot accommodate a weekly commitment.

Performance opportunities: Students will have regular performance opportunities, at least every other month on Thursday evenings.

Other program features: Students can attend all Mockingbird Improv shows for free. Students also receive discounts on electives and workshops.

To inquire about eligibility, placement, or anything else pertaining to class, contact our Education Director at jackie@mockingbirdimprov.org

About the Instructor:

Ellen Kaz (she/her) grew up with The Second City in Chicago, more Home to her than any apartment her family rented. For its first ground-breaking 25 years, her father was the club's iconic Music Director; her mother was Operations Manager for 40 years. Improv is in the marrow of Ellen's bones; it's in her DNA, which takes suggestions, adores collaboration and does not need a mic. Ellen trained at Second City primarily with Don DePollo and Martin De Maat, who called her very first improv showing on the Second City E.T.C. stage "So good it was scary." Ellen's work in performance (both improv and dance) has been seen in the US from coast to coast, in Europe and in South Africa.