Never read the comments. Life Kit came out a few weeks ago with a fantastic 22 minute piece on the value of improv for making you more fun and confident. It is full of interviews,…
Something interesting happens when you teach something for 25 years. Activities that seem timeless, solid, crowd-pleasers can suddenly feel clunky and old. This semester I had the pleasure and honor of teaching 15 weeks of…
I’m the slowest at making style choices. It once took me six months to pick a color to paint my room. Spoiler alert: l chose light purple. So it’s not surprising that picking out new…
Eighteen-plus months in to the pandemic and I still get that feeling of shock when I tune in to NPR first thing in the morning and hear a newscaster say something like “today marks 700,000…
It’s like frozen strawberries. Someone I met in the virtual green room “backstage” before an online improv show gave me this analogy and I’ve been using it ever since. Teaching and performing improv online is…
This year has been tough–in different ways for different people. Zoom has turned us into zombies. We’ve sent a million emails, slacks, and messages, but we seem less connected than ever. As we re-enter our…
A big reason people sign up to be in improv class is to learn to be more present and in the moment. They want to be able to enjoy life more and engage in what’s…