Topping is available to coach troupes in Austin, TX.
Topping also teaches workshops at festivals and other institutions.
Improv Workshop Examples:
Power Play
Turn up the volume on your improv scenes. Stop wasting time. Make choices, own them, get to the point. You have everything you need for an amazingly hilarious or poignant improv scene in the first 10 seconds. In a fast-paced environment, discover what's important to your scenes and your characters and use it immediately! Stop side-tracking yourself and get to the life of the scene. Be fearless.
Simply Frackin' Brilliant
Develop your improv brilliance ('cause ya' know you're brilliant). Finely hone your ability to recognize what's important in a scene and attain inspiration from it. Learn to hold onto your character and the scene no matter what craziness your partner is up to. Develop stronger and more dynamic scenes by not making something happen. Make yourself look exceptional by using less and making more of it. Find some true moments of fearlessness.
Character Assassination
Learn to build your repertoire of improvised characters without hesitation. Along with physical and verbal skills, increase your capacity to listen to the characters' interpersonal cues and use that to make your partner's life a hilarious living hell (that would be the characters' life, not the improvisers').
