Todd Couch
Improv Utopia West 2024
Todd Couch presents
Play like an Artist: Character Deep Dive
Workshop
Treat yourself and your scene partner as geniuses as you learn to be inspired by the mundane and have your words truly inspire others. Through guided exercises you will craft a unique character of a master poet and experience the world through the eyes of an artist. Gain a greater appreciation of point of view and how it is reflected through your words and presence. You won’t be improvising poetry but you will be improvising as a master poet to experience the soul of an artist and to elevate your perspective to newer heights.
This is an inclusive, experiential workshop designed to guide you step by step in the creation of an inspired character that you will experience for an extended period of time. This workshop is for everyone, no familiarity or love for poetry is necessary.
Recommended for: All Levels Are Welcome
About Todd Couch
Todd Couch is a writer, performer, instructor, coach, one-liner co-champion, game master, dad, and nap enthusiast living in Denver, CO. He was in the first ever class to graduate from RISE Comedy formally known as Voodoo Comedy Playhouse over ten years ago. He also studied improv and sketch at the Magnet Theater in New York City, Pack Theater in Los Angeles, Second City in Chicago.
Todd Couch is a founding member of the improv team “Barkley” which has been running weekly over the past seven years. Todd Couch has performed with hundreds of jamsters and has learned the hard lessons of letting go of your ego and fully committed support. Todd Couch also performs with “OVER elvis,” “Makeshift Shakespeare,” “Father Figures,” and is a cast member in Nick Armstrong’s latest sketch show, “A Notable Unnotable.” A lifelong comedy nerd, Todd spent his mid-life crisis learning everything he could about comedy, stand up, improv and sketch. Todd is now an instructor at RISE Comedy to fund research into a time machine to go back and teach everything he knows about comedy to his 17 year old self. Until that time he is passing that knowledge and encouragement on to you with his supportive dad energy. The RISE Comedy green room sofa is named after him, the Todd Couch Couch. They got your back.
“This guy looks like a lumberjack that works in a hookah bar” - Jeff Ross
