{"id":287,"date":"2025-06-22T15:54:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T15:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saintcon.org\/?page_id=287"},"modified":"2025-09-10T23:04:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T23:04:17","slug":"evt-improv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.saintcon.org\/evt-improv\/","title":{"rendered":"Event &#8211; Improv for Hackers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saintcon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Improv2.svg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h1>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Acting applied to the Real World<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h1>\n<div>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Presented by<br \/>Improv Avenue + Kyle Smith<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">An intro class to acting and getting into the correct mindset for real world settings. Taught by a professional improviser, participants will learn how to build a persona and tricks to really deliver on that character.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Day<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Wednesday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Time<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>1:30 &#8211; 2:30 pm<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Location<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Community Classroom 3<br \/>3rd Floor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Event Details and Information<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>This will be a crash course to help individuals begin thinking more about the skills that go into social engineering. It will lean more towards acting skills rather than executing a social engineering engagement. A major goal of this course is to help you feel like you can assume the role of someone and be able to commit to it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Skills<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Willingness to potentially look\/feel silly in front of others. 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