Brian James O’Connell
Improv Utopia Yosemite 2024
Brian James O’Connell presents
Deconstruction
Workshop
The Deconstruction was created by The Family and under the direction of Del Close himself. The Deconstruction is the single most important long form ever created as it contains every single possible permutation of scene approach and thematic development. An understanding of The Deconstruction is essential for the artistic, intellectual, and technical development of an improviser. Quite simply, an improviser’s understanding of the “work” will never be the same after being exposed to “Decon”; whether you perform short-form, improvised Shakespeare, or are merely a writer looking to improve your understanding of character and structure, learning these skills will radically improve your understanding of improvisation and raise your level of play.
If the Harold is algebra, The Deconstruction is calculus. Once you learn calculus, everything else seems like simple math.
About Brian James O’Connell
Brian James O’Connell travels the world teaching his expertise in The Deconstruction as part of his ALL IMPROV courses and as a founding board member of Camp Improv Utopia. A main stage performer, beloved bar manager, coach and teacher until the very end at iO West (RIP), O’Connell is also proud to be a co-founder of The Pack Theater, LA Weekly’s BEST OF LA Pick for “Best Theater Company” two years in a row.
BOC (as his friends call him) is part of the improv powerhouse & comedy collective Dr. God, who delivered their first feature film project BLOODSUCKING BASTARDS in 2015, starring Fran Kranz, Pedro Pascal, Joey Kern, Joel Murray, and Emma Fitzpatrick, which O’Connell directed as well as co-writing the script with Dr. God. Seasons 1 & 2 of Dr. God's new animated series HELL DEN is currently available on SYFY Channel (Brian voices GIANTIC, a frost giant represented only as a large bare foot).
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