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Completed Groundlings Advanced Improv Class!

Throughout September and October I was enrolled in the Advanced Improv class at The Groundlings. This class is the third, after basic and intermediate, in The Groundling’s core track. On The Groundlings website, it says the core track is: “at the heart of The Groundlings school.”

My teacher for advanced was Roy Jenkins. Roy is without-a-doubt one of the funniest people I’ve ever met. Every Wednesday he performs in the “Crazy Uncle Joe Show” on the Groundlings stage.

The Advanced class culminated in a show on Saturday, October 19th on the Gary Austin stage.

For one of the games, I had to improvise as one of the audience member’s teacher. This audience member described their teacher saying, “she was in the press a lot because her husband had two wives. She was a total snob and a flirt. She thought she was a big deal because she had a car. Oh, and she’s Australian.” I had a lot of questions about this woman, but jumped right into the scene. I learned a lot from this particular game. Mostly, that I need serious work on my Australian accent.

Anyway, I had a wonderful time in my advanced class and I’m looking forward to the next class I can take at The Groundlings!

Here’s some more information about the incredible Roy Jenkins! https://www.groundlings.com/people/roy-jenkins

Isabel Klein

Isabel Klein is an actress and writer from Portland—keepin’ it weird. She's in the Sunday Company at The Groundlings. Isabel trained at RADA in London. Her solo show, SHOWSTOPPER, sold out at the Gilded Balloon during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She has performed at The Comedy Store and The Hollywood Improv. She holds a BFA from Pepperdine. She has more than a dozen film and video credits, including clinging to life as OD Girl #2 in On Call (Amazon Prime), and she’s also part of an upcoming project with Trey Parker and Matt Stone. An experienced stage actor, she's had lead roles in notable productions. Her commercial credits include Airheads, Dave & Buster’s, Sonic (the drive-thru, not the hedgehog), Ring, and Visa—so odds are you’ve skipped her on YouTube.

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