Corporate Training Programs Perfect for new teams, project groups, meetings, or corporate retreats: Bring a team together to form a cohesive unit. Help individuals see themselves as part of a group. Carry fun into a stressful work environment.…
Feature Article: Forever Neotenic by Shana Merlin A lot of my students say they love class because it’s like being a kid again. They feel more playful and imaginative. They get silly and giggly. Feeling child-like…
Awards and Honors Outstanding Contribution to the Austin Improv Community, Austin Improv Collective, 2009 Best Improv Teacher, Austin Improv Collective, 2008 Best Female Improviser, Austin Improv Collective, 2008 Best Improv Class, Austin Improv Collective, 2008…
To see these six people performing this musical number together about the importance of being prepared at school – singing in harmony, stepping in time – you’d swear they rehearsed the number beforehand, perhaps even…
The Austin Chronicle on two of Shana’s troupes, “Get Up” and “Girls Girls Girls”: “Two of those troupes, Get Up and The Knuckleball Now were among the best we’d ever seen . . . And later,…
Austin Wide Open Magazine: “Another veteran performer, Shana Merlin, has performed with numerous troupes including Los Paranoias, The Oxymorons, and ultimately with Sean Hill’s Austin Theatresports. When Hill first opened the Hideout and started The Heroes…
Austin Woman Magazine: “Learning improv can open up a new way of seeing and interacting with the world. Among the many lessons to be gleamed from improv are learning to build trust, examine relationships and improve…