Wild Ways: Improv and the Tree of Life
Sat, Apr 18
|Cité des Arts
For beginner through advanced performers.
Time and Location
Apr 18, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Cité des Arts, 109 Vine St, Lafayette, LA 70501, USA
About The Event
From echinoderms to chelicerates, sirenians to cephalopods, this workshop teaches the physical embodiment of animals for improv, exploring the vast diversity of the Animal Kingdom. Discover the vast and strange members of all the branches of life by learning to enact them in comedy!
Your Teachers!
Dr. Nico Zaunbrecher has performed, directed and taught improvisational theatre in over 400 shows over the last 25 years. Starting with the still-running Cult of the Stage Monkey at University of Louisiana–Lafayette in 1999, he later earned a Ph.D. in Communication Studies at Southern Illinois University–Carbondale, focusing on culture, theory and history of improvisation and spontaneity. He has taught communication and performance at Lenoir-Rhyne University, South Louisiana Community College, and Southern University, and published research on improv and social theory in the journals Theatre Topics and Human Studies. He is currently Artistic Director of Silverbacks Improv Theatre and one-half of the improv duos Two…
Tickets
General Admission
$20.00
+$0.50 ticket service fee
Total
$0.00