SAFETY GUIDELINES
All students MUST show proof of vaccination to be admitted to this class.
Masks will be worn during most of the workshop, but may be allowed to be taken off when singing and distanced from other students.
Prerequisites:
  • Must be at least 18 years of age.
  • All students must be fully vaccinated to attend

When: Sunday, June 5, 3:00pm-5:00pm

Where: In-Person, University Heights Center (5038 University Way NE)

Price:  $60 (2-hour workshop)

Questions about our classes?

Feel free to email us at [email protected] for more information.
In this two-hour workshop, participants will be introduced to Oil in the Alley’s unique approach to musical improv. Through discussion, examples, and exercises building songs with a partner, everybody will have a ridiculously good time and learn how to put together their own twist on an improv show focused on music. No musical training is necessary, but participants should be comfortable singing.

This class is limited to 12 participants.


Specific Topics covered will include:
  • Singing onstage: spit it out, sing it, rhyme it, play it!
  • Using original music (and maybe backing tracks)
  • Writing music for improv: helpful hints for successful musical structures
  • Improvising lyrics: telling a story and building the song with a partner
  • Invisible Improv (no Emcee!)—working with the audience & interactive acting
  • Character and Lazzi (lessons from Commedia dell’arte)
  • Applying Oil in the Alley’s methods to other projects

about the instructors

R. Kevin Garcia Doyle and Sean T.C. O'Malley have been performing as Oil in the Alley for over ten years, playing nearly every improv and rock'n'roll venue in Honolulu, Hawai'i. They have been improvising together since 1993. Oil in the Alley has also toured across the United States, performing in New York City (Magnet Theatre), Washington, D.C. (Unified Scene Theatre), Hollywood (Pack Theatre), Seattle (Seattle Festival of Improv Theatre), and Austin (Hideout Theatre). During the Great Isolation of 2020-2021, they also produced several livestream concerts and videos based on their improvised lyrics (see their youtube channel or Instagram @oilinthealley).

R. Kevin Garcia Doyle (“R”) has been a leader in Honolulu’s vibrant improv scene over the last 30 years as the leader of the group Loose Screws, then in On The Spot and ImprovHI; it was his creative spark and formal Kabuki theatre training that inspired the award-winning show Screwbuki. R. Kevin was a founder of the Hawai'i Shakespeare Festival, Education Director of the Improvaganza Festival of Improv, and a recipient of the Pierre Bowman Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hawai'i State Theatre Council. He recently returned to his love of teaching by taking a position at Le Jardin Academy in Hawai'i. R. Kevin holds an undergraduate degree from Bates College and an MFA in Directing from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.
 
Sean T.C. O’Malley has a BA in Theatre from the University of Virginia (also a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Texas at Austin, but that's not important right now). He has composed instrumental and vocal scores for several theatrical productions in Honolulu and Austin, working in styles as diverse as 50s rock'n'roll, 60s bubblegum pop, contemporary Country, classical Greek/Turkish, and mythological Southeast Asian music. Sean’s primary instrument these days is the electric guitar, but the fiddle was his first love. In the late 80s, he spent several years performing wryly comic original tunes on the singer/songwriter circuit in Austin. Sean is the primary composer for Oil in the Alley's original rock music.
Refund Policy
  • Tuition can only be fully refunded if student contacts Jet City Improv one or more weeks prior to the date of the first class.
  • Refund or deferment requests received after that time are not eligible for a refund or deferment, with the exception of deferments due to COVID-policy shifts as noted below.
  • Please contact the Education Director at [email protected] regarding questions about payment, refunds, and deferment.
  • Please note: If we do not hit a minimum number of students enrolled by one week before the class begins, we may delay the beginning of this class by one (1) week or shorten the class by 30 minutes.
    If the class time is shortened, registered students will be partially refunded to reflect a pro-rated tuition. 
COVID-19 Policies:
  • The instructor for this course will be vaccinated, and all students are required to be fully vaccinated as well. This class will take place entirely indoors. Students will sign a COVID waiver prior to attending.
  • ​We will continue to abide by the latest recommendation of King County. Students should assume they will be masked in the classroom. 
  • Students will be given prior notice to any shift in policy, and will be given the opportunity to defer their tuition at any time if they no longer wish to participate. 

Additional Notes
  • Current and prospective students can find our classroom policies here!
  • All students must attend the first day of classes.
  • You must attend 5 out of the 6 classes to move onto the next course. Absences due to COVID-related symptoms will not be counted against students, as we want all students to prioritize the health of the group.
  • We do not offer make up sessions for classes you do not attend.
  • All classes are subject to a change in day/time/venue/instructor.