Monologues with Karla Dingle – Scripted & Improvised
This class is perfect for actors and improvisers.
During the first 3 sessions, you’ll work on unscripted monologues as starters for long form as well as inspiration for others scenes. You’ll delve into truthful stories and learn storytelling tools and skills.
During the remaining 3 weeks, you’ll work with scripted monologues and improvise around them to create a depth in your performance.
Classes meet on:
March 11, 12
March 17, 18
March 25, 26
Tier pricing and scholarships available. If you have questions or issues with registering, please email dingledrama@gmail.com. If money is a barrier, I will offer free spots as well.
About Your Instructor:
Karla Dingle (she/her) has spent her life on the stage. She began taking theater classes at age 5 and continued to study acting until receiving her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Georgia in Theater in 1998. Karla began performing improv in Charlotte in 2009 and continues to educate herself through workshops and classes at Second City, Hoopla, The Groundlings and more. Karla is also an actor and voiceover artist.
Currently, Karla is the Education Director and an Instructor at Queen City Comedy in Charlotte, NC in the US. She is also the Improv Director and an Acting Instructor at Acting Out Studio in Charlotte, NC. You can see her performing with Now are the Foxes Improv Comedy, Close Distance Improv, Charlotte Comedy Theater, and Background Noise Musical Improv.
Karla’s passion beside performing is teaching and coaching. She focuses on the intersection between acting and improvisation and using traditional acting tools and techniques to enhance the skills and performances in both actors and improvisers. Over the last several years, Karla has instructed students from Peru, Israel, India, Canada, Japan, Europe, South Africa, the Philippines and beyond. In addition, she has been a guest instructor at the Vintage Improv Festival, Highwire Improv, The Nursery, Virtual Hug Improv, Liverpool Comedy Improv and the Bangalore Improv Community.
Karla’s students have been featured in commercial campaigns for CVS, Lending Tree, Food Lion, Atrium Healthcare and more. Additionally, her students have filmed feature films and series for Netflix and Amazon Prime as well as television series and voiceover work.