CKI Improv Workshop with Jimmy Carlson & Craig Uhlir

In this workshop, veteran improvisors Jimmy Carlson and Craig Uhlir dig into improv scenes with a focus on energy and stage picture — the tools that help you build character and get into scenes deeper, faster.

You'll explore techniques that will help bring awareness to your own personal energy and learn to dominate your space and play with confidence in your choices. You will also learn fundamental longform virtues like strong initiations and calling back scenes.

Whether you're building your improv foundation or looking to level up your scene work, this workshop offers direct access to decades of shared stage experience.

Jimmy Carlson is an actor, writer, and director with over 30 years of improv comedy experience. A longtime performer and resident director at The Second City Chicago, he toured internationally, directed multiple revues, and earned a Jeff Award nomination for Best Director. Jimmy appeared on The Affair (Showtime), How to Get Away with Murder (ABC), The Mentalist (CBS), and more. He nowlives in Oklahoma City, where he performs regularly with The Swamp at OKC Improv and Cody Mayo Studio in Tulsa.

Craig Uhlir is a veteran of The Second City National Touring Company and spent three years performing in The Second City: Las Vegas at the Flamingo, one of the Strip's top 10 shows. He's a longtime ensemble member of Deep Schwa, Chicago's longest-running Harold team, now performing at the iO theater. Craig has taught improv internationally, he’s huge in Norway, and appeared on Chicago Fire (NBC), Utopia (Amazon), and The Surreal Life All-Stars (VH1).