Tim's Info
Tim Paul is a recent transplant to L.A. from Chicago. He's currently a faculty member at the Second City Hollywood Training Center. Prior to his move, he was a resident director at the Annoyance Theatre in Chicago - selected credits include My So-Called Afterlife, Becker, Escape From Ground Zero and Fisting: A Period Piece. In addition to previously being on the faculty at both the Annoyance (Chicago) and Second City (Chicago), he has been a guest instructor at the Annoyance (NYC), Dublin Improv (Dublin, Ireland), The Nursery (London, UK), The New Movement (Austin, Texas), Recul (Bucharest, Romania), Finest City Improv (San Diego), San Francisco Improv Fest, Providence Improv Guild (Rhode Island) and Improv Asylum (Boston). Tim was an ensemble member of Mick Napier’s Invisible World at the Annoyance, which was named ‘Best Sketch of 2014’ by Chicago Magazine. In between his move from Chicago to Los Angeles, Tim spent the better part of a year, between Barcelona & Bermuda, performing with Second City aboard Norwegian Cruise Lines. Finally, his solo shows, No Fats, No Femmes (2012)& Wellbutrin Whore(2015) were official selections of the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival. In L.A., Tim performs weekly at the Pack Theatre and can be seen about town doing Stand-up." "This improv workshop was a revelation to me, as an improviser and a PR person! The rules of attacking a scene were easy to grasp and fun to discover, in practical examples. Though there were theoretical facts we all knew, the exercises and the observations got them through fast and with long-term results. The work on characters, defining each other during the scenes, resolved a lot of questions I had in my mind about what didn't quite work in most of the scenes. And of course, Tim's original feedback was delicious. Love to have him again, as a teacher, anytime!" - Madalina - Bucharest, Romania
"He was great, and he challenged us and pushed us. I took a lot form this class and I wanted more than three days." - Anonymous - Los Angeles, CA
"He's big, he's rowdy, he's talented! I loved his workshop, we only did the first 30 seconds of any scene which I thought would get boring but Tim's side coaching was excellent, he hammered the bad habits out of us. It was very evident that the scenes got better and sharper as the day went on. One of my favorite workshops ever. Definitely worth doing!" - Rick - Dublin, Ireland