Rediscover Your Inner Playful Child
This eight-week Improvisation Workshop is geared toward anyone wanting to improve their confidence as an actor and a person. Leave the scripts at home, this class will be completely improvised fun!
- Expand your imagination
- Build your confidence
- Learn to be in the moment
- Develop your listening and connecting skills
- Bring a new sense of freedom, play, and spontaneity to your improvisation, scripted work, and day-to-day life
Meet Your Instructors
Jim Nieb
Jim brings over 35 years of performance and teaching experience to the Margie Haber Studio in Los Angeles. Jim began his professional acting career in 1991 performing improv and stand-up comedy in the D.C. area.
Since then, he has done it all: clowning with the Big Apple Circus’ Clown Care Unit at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, Shakespeare in the park, fire-eating, celebrity impersonations, film, television, and dozens of commercials. He has worked with directors such as J.J. Abrams (Star Trek) and Clint Eastwood (Changeling), and has frequently appeared in comedy sketches on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Though comedy has always been one of Jim’s strengths, supported by training with ComedySportz LA and The Groundlings, his dramatic work is deeply rooted in truth and grounded in the Meisner technique, which he studied at Playhouse West from 2005 to 2010.
Teaching is a true passion for Jim. He was drawn to the Margie Haber Studio by Margie’s empowering philosophy and the studio’s supportive, actor-centered environment. Her emphasis on getting out of your head and into your body aligns perfectly with his Meisner-based approach, helping actors access more authentic and truthful performances.
Drew Horton
Drew Horton is a working actor and dedicated improv performer who brings both energy and heart to the classroom. Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, Drew grew up an athlete in the Midwest and moved to Los Angeles in 2014 to pursue acting full-time. He holds a degree from the University of Missouri and jokingly credits all of his life successes to one thing: showing up on time.
Drew has trained extensively with top improv institutions including UCB, Groundlings, and The Improv Space. He’s a frequent mainstage performer at UCB and can be seen monthly with his team “Dub Set” at The Pack Theater.
He believes strongly in the power of improv to build confidence, sharpen instincts, and unlock spontaneity on camera—and credits much of his own on-screen success to what he learned in improv class.
With a natural gift for both comedy and connection, Drew brings out the best in his students by creating a supportive, high-energy space for actors to take risks, explore, and play.
* FREE BONUS *
ACTING WITHOUT FEAR
When you claim your spot for the Improv Workshop, you’ll also get access to this inspiring introductory lecture from Margie Haber. This online lesson will help familiarize you with some of Margie’s most important concepts so you get the most out of your Improv Workshop.
What Some of Our Recent Students are Saying
“Margie understands actors and is wonderful with them. She has developed a fabulous technique for auditioning and getting the job in a limited amount of time.”
“Margie Haber was recommended to me. I took her three-day weekend intensive… it reminded me of why I wanted to be an actor… it was a really reinforcing moment in my life.”
“There are so many acting teachers out there, and I’ve studied with some of the best, but for auditioning, there’s only Margie.”
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