Adult Classes

Adult Improv

This 8-week class meets Saturdays, January 11 - March 1, from 11:30am-1pm. The class will culminate in an open studio class at noon to 1:30pm on Saturday, March 1. 

Ages 18+. $25 registration fee plus $75 per month.

  • Improv is totally unscripted, totally exciting, and totally fun. This class will teach the basics of improvised theater (with an emphasis on the longform style), in a studio setting that will promote creativity, spontaneity, and collaboration. Participants will create characters, situations, and stories out of thin-air in a positive and affirming environment that’s never serious, but is always seriously fun. Ages 18+.

    Throughout the course, students will develop and improve performance skills. Students will work without a script through a number of activities that build great comic timing and confident quick thinking. All experience levels are welcome, and the class will be tailored to accommodate the abilities of its participants.


    Why take this class? Improv is perfect for actors, yes, but also for anyone who speaks publicly: teachers, lawyers, politicians, businesspeople and anyone with a product to sell. Improv teaches you to think on your feet, make snap decisions, and to follow the Golden Improv Rule: to say “Yes” to life!

  • Jeff Sherr - Jeff Sherr has been with Central Kentucky Improv since the beginning. He started doing improv in high school in Lawrence, Kansas, after being inspired by a Second City Touring show. Jeff has a theater degree from the University of Kansas and studied at the National Shakespeare Conservatory. He frequently performs in Lexington, with recent roles in A Soldier's Play and American Son. As a public defender, Jeff specializes in training criminal defense teams in storytelling and improv skills.

Intermediate Tap dance

This 10-week class meets Saturday mornings, 11am-12pm, from January 18 to March 22. The class will culminate in a showcase on Thursday, March 27 at 7:30pm. 

Ages 8 and up. $25 registration fee + $67 per month.

  • Students will take their next steps (pun intended!) on their journey to tap-dancing success with this class. Intermediate tappers will continue to develop their artistry as performers and advance their skills in a variety of styles and techniques - including tap choreography. Ages 8+.

    Why take this class? Students with some experience in tap dancing will enjoy furthering their abilities and expanding their “dancer toolbox.” And this class isn’t just for kids. Anyone 8 and up can participate!

  • Kyla Shinsky - Kyla Shinsky was born and raised in Maryville, Tennessee. She's been dancing for 18 years, competing and training at Artistic Dance Unlimited. She has learned various dance styles ranging from ballet, jazz, hip hop, contemporary, modern, musical theater, tap and acrobatics. She now attends the University of Kentucky where she is getting her BA in Arts Administration and Dance. There, she is expanding her knowledge and passion with dance involving herself in the program’s intense number of performances.  She is also the President of the University of Kentucky Ensemble where she choreographs and trains to further explore and practice her technique.