The Piñata is a long-form structure developed at the Magnet Theater in New York.

If you’ve worked through the Harold and a handful of other long forms and you’re starting to feel like you’re going through the motions, this is worth your attention. During this class we will put pressure on three things: emotional depth, relationship to the physical space and environment, and genuine point of view.

It runs three beats: a seven-minute base scene of four characters in easy conversation, followed by four two-person scenes that pull each character into a new relationship and a new dynamic, followed by a run where everything collides.

Done well, the form can run forty-five minutes to an hour. This class is eight weeks of learning how to build something that long.

Pre-req: Must have completed through Level 4 at Santa Fe Improv or approval of instructor.