Directing Sketch & Improv Crash Course

In this intensive lecture series, students will learn the basics of Directing a comedic sketch & improv ensemble performance. Discussion & exercises will focus on topics including the audition process, good rehearsal practices, and critical thinking for assembling a running order of scenes. Directing also involves lots of organization, decision making, and management of personalities which this workshop will delve into.

Jonald Reyes is the Artistic Director of The Second City Training Center NY. He was honored to be named Chicago Reader’s “Best of Chicago” Best Stage Director in 2016. He was a member of the Directors Lab at Lincoln Center Theater (2017) and DirectorsLabChicago (2016). His directing credits include Aneesa Folds’s solo debut “Why Am I Here” (The Asylum NY), The Second City Touring Company; Stir Friday Night’s “We Are Asian. We Do Comedy” (Steppenwolf Theatre’s LookOut Series); Hyde Ya Kids, Hyde Ya Park (The Revival); and the 30th anniversary of “Splatter Theater” (Annoyance). He has been the Assistant to the Director for Do You Believe In Madness? (The Second City’s 108th Mainstage revue); The Second City’s Left Leaning and Always Right (Berkeley Rep); and Generation Gap (Kennedy Center).