Lovers, Liars & Longing Looks: Improvising Through the Tropes of Shakespearean Romance with Diana Brown – Improv Workshop

Shakespearean love is never a straight line. It zigs, it zags, it swoons, it storms—and it makes for some of the richest, juiciest improv you can do.n this workshop, we’ll explore the emotional cycles that drive romantic relationships in Shakespeare’s world: instant infatuation, fiery clashes, epic misunderstandings, heartfelt reconciliations, and those delicious moments of poetic tension that make audiences lean in.

Join Diana Brown for this workshop that requires no knowledge of Shakespeare, just the willingness to explore love in an eloquent way.

We’ll focus on love through the lens of the six levels of Elizabethan Social Classes: Monarchy, Nobility, Gentry, Merchants, Yeomen, and Laborers. These classes are determined by their fame, wealth, skills, and even birth.

Diana Brown is an improv artist, teaching artist, actor, producer, director and voiceover talent. She was voted Most Valuable Mentor and Teacher at the San Francisco Improv Festival. Diana was named as one of The Improv Boosts 2025 Sudden Impact Teachers. She leads the improv program at Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s School of Theatre. Diana is an instructor, producer and a member of the leadership team with Leela Improv Theatre in San Francisco. She presents the improvised Shakespeare program at All Out Comedy Theatre, is a guest teacher with BATS (Bay Area Theatre Sports) and teaches with Greater Than The Sum, bringing improv classes to corporate campuses.

Workshop is open to all levels of experience in improv. Workshop is limited to those 18+.