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Fri, Mar 13, 2026
5 PM – 8 PM EDT (GMT-4)
Porter Hall, Room 100
5000 Forbes Avenue, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States
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Shortform games are the typical entry point for improvizational theater, but wherever you are in your improv journey shortform has something to offer. For comedic performers hoping to improve live shows to longform specialists to scripted actors, shortform improv keeps you fast, energetic, and technically disciplined. This workshop is open to everyone, though some existing shortform familiarity is recommended. Come ready to react, say, and do; quickly, there’s no time to think.
Topic: Shortform practice and performance
Please arrive at least 5 minutes early and check in with the NPP representative in front of the workshop location. If you can't make it, please cancel your reservation to allow others to register due to limited space. Thank you!
Dress Casual (jeans ok)
Speakers
Gab Cody
Gab Cody creates immersive, devised and site-specific work as well as theater meant-to-be-performed in a theater. She serves as lead writer and co-creator on the immersive urban adventures STRATA and OjO (Bricolage Production Company) produced in Pittsburgh and at La Jolla Playhouse’s Without Walls Festival.
Ms. Cody is also an award-winning filmmaker and Pittsburgh regional rep for the Dramatists Guild. She has been a guest lecturer at Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford University and the College of William and Mary. Her plays have been staged at the La Jolla Playhouse, Quantum Theatre, Pittsburgh Playhouse, August Wilson Center, Williamstown Theatre Festival, New York City’s New Dramatists and Urban Stages, Coconut Grove Playhouse, and at theaters in Seattle, Chicago, Pittsburgh and Sydney, Australia.