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WORKSHOP | IMPROV | It's Already There: Dynamic Scene Starts with Tara DeFrancisco + Rance Rizzutto

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Sun, Aug 2, 2026, 4:30 – 6:30 PM EDT
Black Box | FIRST FLOOR, 2357 Caniff Street, Hamtramck, Michigan, United States Map
WORKSHOP | IMPROV | It's Already There: Dynamic Scene Starts with Tara DeFrancisco + Rance Rizzutto

It's Already There - dynamic scene starts

Instructors: Tara DeFrancisco + Rance Rizzutto (HERE: The (Improvised) Musical, iO Chicago's Armando / Chaos Theory, SC, CSz)

Time/Location: Sunday August 2 4:30-6:30pm @ Planet Ant Black Box Theater

Cost: $50 -- Add a ticket to Tara & Rance's show for just $10!

About The Workshop:

We've all been in an improv scene that has felt like work - rather than allowing relationship to develop and content to arise, you've wasted the moments feeling lost about plot going on trying to force an agenda to happen. In this workshop through warmups, paired group exercises, and two person scene work with side-coaching, we'll find that everything you need for the scene is either there from the impetus or that leaning towards one another during is what makes the art form beautiful - creating alongside others and listening to each moment along the way.

Artist Bios:

Tara DeFrancisco believes in the power of connection & collaboration of comedic work on a cellular level. Globally, she is celebrated for her hilarious and encouraging work on platforms like Instagram (260k) and TikTok (105k), with multiple viral messages shared to millions around the world.

As an improviser and comedic performer, she is primarily known as a veteran performer of 8000+ shows on multiple world-renowned stages, including iO Chicago (defrancisCo, Armando, HERE, Chaos Theory, The DelTones), Second City (TourCo, Dysfunctional Holiday Revue, understudy of Mainstage/etc), and ComedySportz (Chicago + CBus). As a comedic instructor, Tara is honored to be brought all over the world for her bohemian-yet-professional approach to scenework - leading things like sketch revue creation, duoprov, musical work, organic Harolds, stand-up clinics, and more. Most notably, her greatest love is HERE: The (Improvised) Musical – a two person improvisational show performed with Rance Rizzutto, called “Nothing Short of Genius” by NPR and rated 4 stars by the Chicago Tribune, “Critics Choice” by Sun Times, “Not to Miss” by Chicago Reader; HERE been brought as a headliner to 24 countries and 90+ cities worldwide to date.

Rance Rizzutto (2014-current) has performed, coached, and taught improv for years at iO Chicago, ComedySportz, Second City Theatricals, Baby Wants Candy, and now The Nest Theatre. He is most known from the globally touring "HERE the (Improvised) Musical". Rance is Training Center Director at The Nest Theatre in Columbus, OH, and Coordinator of TIR.iAbout FACE OFF UNLIMITED


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Location

Black Box | FIRST FLOOR, 2357 Caniff Street, Hamtramck, Michigan, United States

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