The Megaphone is a completely portable comedy training center available for any event big or small. We’ve brought our tried and true teaching methods to comedy festivals, theater companies and a variety of corporate functions. We’ve taught aspiring comedians and people just wanting to have fun as well as kids, teens, and adults. We’ve been seen in Baltimore, Phoenix, Jackson, Atlanta, New Orleans, Covington, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Chapel Hill, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Austin, Minneapolis and Myrtle Beach.

Looking for help with private events or corporate training seminars? Check out our Private Events page.

Our favorite workshops are below, but we always take special requests! All classes taught by Chris Trew and Tami Nelson. To inquire about bringing The Megaphone to your neck of the woods, contact Chris Trew at [225] 938.8242 or ceo@studio8.net.

“Chris and Tami live and breathe the art form and have built their own language of improv, a style characteristic of the New Movement.” -The Austin-American Statesman. To read what people have to say about us, check the Testimonials page.

The Straight/Absurd Dynamic This workshop will dissect your stage relationships with the goal of immediately identifying the Strait/Absurd dynamic and how to play both sides effectively and more importantly, joyfully! We will help you recognize your existing strengths and weaknesses within this relationship dynamic and offer tools to simplify Strait/Absurd scenes.

Device Art While walk-ons and tap-outs are beautiful devices when used correctly, they often cause problems when used incorrectly. In this workshop we’ll discuss the proper techniques to executing these popular devices including mechanics and heightening.

The Pattern is Everything Being in your head has a terrible reputation in improv circles. This workshop is all about being in your head at the top of the scene (a good thing) and then using the information to truly play out of your head for the remainder. One exercise, one technique. Adding pattern recognition to your bag of improv tricks will help you find the comedy faster no matter the form.

Freestyle Rapping Any improviser worth their salt should be able to freestyle rap. In this workshop we’ll ease into rhyme-dropping with some simple exercises and by the end we’ll be in a circle getting all fired up dropping verses and improvising group choruses. It’s completely ridiculous but 100% fun.

From Improv to Sketch Learn to turn your improvised material into more permanent sketch comedy material. We’ll cover everything from bringing ideas to the table to how to brainstorm on stage and in some cases, we’ll help produce and organize a run of your brand-new (yet to be written!) Sketch Comedy show.

Fill in the Blank Is there something in particular you’d like for us to teach? We’re all ears. If your request isn’t in our repertoire, we’ll recommend someone!