Rolland Lopez

Rolland has taught consistently at M.i’s Westside Comedy Theater in Santa Monica (next door to Los Angeles) since February 2012, teaching all levels as well as teaching drop-in workshops, coaching student lottery shows, theater house teams and independent teams.

He has taught workshops at festivals and theaters while on tour, including at Finest City Improv (San Diego), the California Comedy Festival 2016, Voodoo Comedy Lounge (Denver), Hideout Theater (Austin), The Torch Theater (Phoenix), Unscrewed Comedy Theatre (Tucson), Improv Festival Oklahoma 2017

His exercises and workshops are designed to balance the philosophy \ art side of improv while also providing techniques that can be immediately implemented the next time the student steps on the stage!

2018 Workshop: Keep Your Eyes OFF the Road
What do I say or do next?

That’s a common question in improv, and often, we look at the road ahead to try and figure it out. But the road ahead isn’t written yet – so we end up inventing or focusing on plot. We don’t want to end up writing in our head and hoping our partners can read our minds!!! That takes the joy out of the collaboration and creation that makes improv so fulfilling! (not to mention, that it’s just hard!)

This workshop teaches students that to move forward in a scene it is EASIER TO LOOK BACK on what you and your partner have already created and pull from there. To be truly “in the moment” in a scene, you can’t look down the road and ask where it’s going…you can only create with your partner and when the scene is over look back and marvel at where you ended up. So, keep your eyes off the road!