“IMPROV SELF-DEFENSE”

courtney pong

friday 2nd october: 2:30PM - 5:30PM

The theme/approach is about taking care of yourself and your teammate if you find yourself in an uncomfy moment on stage, while still moving on with grace and keeping the audience with you. The practicality of it: we work with lots of different people with different backgrounds + our mouths sometimes move faster than our brains and we or our teammates say something that doesn’t land or endow someone as someone we don’t want to be. I particularly like this one these days because we discuss moments that don’t seem as obvious where you might want to use these tools to help you or your teammate move beyond a painful/awkward/uncomfy moment, well before the cast even warms up, during the show, and after the show. 

About Courtney Pong

Courtney Pong (she/her) is the founder and owner of The Rozzie Square Theater and the Owner and General Manager of CSz Boston.

Courtney launched CSz Boston in 2016 and produces their flagship show ComedySportz, the widest-reaching and longest-running competitive improv show in the nation.

In May 2018 the team opened The Rozzie Square Theater, rooting Roslindale as the official home for ComedySportz in Boston and the New England area.

As a professional improviser for over 25 years, Courtney has designed and led team-building workshops and provided entertainment for companies like Ocean Spray, Deloitte, Biogen, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Converse.

Outside of the theater, she is a keynote speaker and facilitator.

She’s a second-generation Chinese American. She is the world’s okayest rock climber, is nearsighted, and dust intolerant. She has a border collie labrador dog named Meryl Sheep.