Late Summer Classes Open for Registration!

Register before July 28th to get a $25 discount on all classes!


Beginners start with our Short Form Series: 

Graduates of 301 continue to our Narrative Longform Series


Learn how to improvise comedic songs and tell stories through music. 


Learn to tell true personal stories in front of an audience without notes. 


Find your comedic voice as you practice telling jokes on stage into a microphone


WORKSHOPS

ADVANCED IMPROV ACTING DIAGNOSTICS: With CHUY (IMPROV 601 GRADS)

So you’re a graduate of Merlin Works’ Improv 601 (or its equivalent elsewhere) and you want help being the best improv actor you can be. Advanced Improv Acting Diagnostics will get you out of your defaults, help you find new ways to engage a scene, and grow your two-dimensional characters while developing your improv range and depth.

Prerequisite: Anyone who has completed Merlin Works Improv 601 is eligible. Students not meeting this requirement but have a minimum of one year of performing Improv or have graduated from other schools, must request a waiver. 

About Karina

Karina Dominguez is the registrar and assistant to the Dean of Merlin Works Institute of Improvisation. She graduated from the Merlin Works program in December 2011 with three performances of "The Amazing Improvised Race." She is a full-time actor with commercial credits such as Burger King, Ford, Totino's, H-E-B and various departments for the State of Texas. She was last seen in the opening episode of the second season of "American Crime", and as the welcome video ranger in the second season of HBO's "The Leftovers", and as Helah in the first season of "The Chosen". She also performs on-stage in various Austin, TX plays including for Capital T Theatre, The Vortex, Vestige Group, Pollyanna Theater among others.

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