Improv 101 Practice Session — Improv Basics
Sunday 12-3pm starting Aug 24, 2008
Prerequisites: Currently enrolled in Improv 101 or an Improv 201 that has not started yet.
Cost: $10
Practice all the basics that you have been learning in your Improv 101 class.
Gil Ozeri
Gil Ozeri is a comedy writer from New York City as well as a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Gil recently starred as the host of the TV show Starveillance on the E! Network. Gil can be seen performing alongside Adam Pally and Ben Schwartz in their sketch and improv group, Hot Sauce, who just came back from the 2007 Montreal Comedy Festival where their sketch show was directed by Bob Odenkirk and David Cross. Their performance was written up about in the Hollywood Reporter - "Also, young New York sketch trio Hot Sauce attracted some attention Thursday night, with agents and others lauding their offbeat skits…" TimeOut NY also has said that Hot Sauce "likely has a future in late night." Both their sketch shows, 4th Floor Walk-Up and Hot Sauce Sells Out, were TimeOut NY 'Critic's Pick'. Their digital short "Ysketball" also won Timeout NY's 2006 Short Film of the Year.Check them out at hotsauceacademy.com. Gil is a member of the UCB House/Harold Team fwand. His sketch and improv performances at UCBT also include the harold team Killebrew, The Real Real World, Cagematch, host of the Dirtiest Sketch Show in NYC, Sketch Cram, as well as many other shows. He has studied improvisation under Ian Roberts, Matt Walsh, Armando Diaz, Billy Merritt, Michael Delaney, Anthony King, TJ Jagadowski, Dave Pasquesi and others since 2002. He has a BS in Computer Science with a minor in Studio Art from Binghamton University. He's also appeared on Saturday Night Live and Late Night w/Conan O'Brien.


