WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:

3 is a Magic Number

Duos are great, Trios can be even more fun! Learn how to create magic with three people on stage. Betse, Diana and Deana help you unlock the potential of three person shows with tools for keeping you connected to each other and your audience.

In this workshop we will:
Master true agreement
Find each player’s strengths and explore how they blend together
Learn how to use the Mirror/Contrast/Complement technique to create infinite dynamics with three players
You’ll leave the workshop with the confidence to play not only solid three-person scenes, you’ll have the groundwork for entire three-person shows.

WORKSHOP DETAILS:
  • WHEN: Friday, April 24th at 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
  • WHERE: The Blue Door Theatre (319 S Cedar St, Spokane, WA)
  • INSTRUCTOR: Diana Brown of Bingewatch
  • MAX. PARTICIPANTS: 16
  • WORKSHOP LENGTH: 3 Hours
More About The Instructor:

Diana Brown is an improv artist, actor, director, and teaching artist known for her grounded, emotionally rich approach. She was named one of The Improv Boost’s “Sudden Impact Teachers of 2025” and voted Most Valuable Mentor and Teacher at the San Francisco Improv Festival.
Diana serves as director for Care Actors: Applied improv role-play actors for professional communication. She teaches at Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s School of Theatre, where she leads the Advanced Improv Performance Lab. Diana also presents the Improvised Shakespeare program at All Out Comedy, is an instructor with BATS Improv, and with Leela Improv Theatre.
Diana has taught, directed and performed at festivals across the U.S. and internationally, including SAVI Fest, Camp Improv Utopia, San Francisco Sketchfest, Impro Amsterdam, Improv Fest Ireland, Belfast Improv Fest, Gather Fest, Vancouver Improv Fest, Dramatic Improv Festival in Chicago, Unscripted Shakespeare Festival in NYC, Playground Solo Fest in San Francisco and others.

Deana Criess has been a professional improviser for more than 20 years. A master instructor, director, and performer, Deana has done shows and workshops at festivals, theaters, colleges, and Fortune 500 companies.

She has taught and directed at dozens of festivals over the years including the New York Improv Festival, the New York Musical Improv Festival, the Chicago Improv festival, the Chicago Musical, Improv festival, the Boston Improv Festival, The Women in Comedy Festival The San Francisco Improv Festival, the Sarasota Improv Festival, the Big City Improv Fest (Toronto), the Vancouver Improv Tournament, the Red Dirt Improv Festival, the Portland improv festival, the Baltimore improv festival, the Philadelphia Improv festival and more.

Deana’s work has been featured on PBS, NPR, KBS (the Korean Broadcasting System), The Boston Globe, CNN and Slate.com. Her original musical comedy, Lube had a sold-out premiere run in Boston. During her years in comedy she has worked with some amazing artists including Dan Castellaneta (The Simpsons), Laura Hall (Whose Line Is It Anyway), Kevin McDonald (The Kids In The Hall), Sasheer Zamata (SNL), Lauren Ash (Superstore), Ryan Styles (Whose Line Is It Anyway), Eric Drysdale (Full Frontal), Jen Kirkman (Drunk History), Janeane Garofalo (Wet Hot American Summer), Dave Razowsky (The Second City), Faith Soloway (The Annoyance, Transparent), Josh Gondelman (Last Week Tonight), Anthony Atamanuik (The President Show) and so many other increíble people.

You can learn more about her work in Applied Improvisation and Accessibility in Improv at her website deanacriess.com.

Betse Green’s bio:
Betse Green has been a very active member of the Portland Improv scene since 2002. Currently, she is an ensemble member and teacher at Curious Comedy Theater and CSz (ComedySportz) Portland as well as the Internationally acclaimed indy teams B&B, B.A.B.E. And Slumber Party

Her talents have been showcased performing and teaching at improv festivals and theaters across the Globe as well as online. She has Directed Festival Ensembles at the San Diego Improv Festival, Impride Festival (San Diego), Laugh Riot Festival (Phoenix) and directed the first ever Festival Ensemble at the San Francisco Improv Festival.

Betse’s studies have included ComedySportz, IO Chicago and under Master Class instructors including Coco Galore, Jill Bernard, Susan Messing, Joe Bill, Michael Gellman, Dave Razowsky and Tracy Burns. As a Certified Applied Improvisation Architect/Teacher she has created and facilitated applied improv curriculum in classrooms and corporate business.

With nearly two decades of improv experience, Betse Green knows a thing or two about “YES; AND…!” while still being able to address barriers both nervously personal and inherently societal. As a player & instructor, she has performed all over North America and Europe. Her curiosity compass points directly toward forming strong, grounded characters, whose honest relationships form the heart of the scene. She likes to play for the others: those people and situations that can otherwise be forgotten on the improv stage, as is apparent in her work with people possessing a wide range of abilities and experience. Her workshops explore a variety of topics-from improv basics, to guiding experienced players through complex territories such as race and gender, and how artists can incite and continue these conversations from the stage. Yet paramount to any ideology is FUN! Betse’s lust for life has made her a staple of the Oregon improv community and continues to propel her imagination and dedication to Portland’s improv stages and beyond.

Questions about this workshop? Reach out to Jim Mohr at Jim_Mohr@bluedoortheatre.org or reach out to the Instructor directly at dianalynnbrown@gmail.com