Improvisation is a fun, engaging, and rewarding creative experience that anyone can learn. In order to improvise we learn some thinking and relationship skills that allow us to enter into a creative space with no script, props or director, and communicate well enough to overcome those barriers to achieve collaboration. From the most basic improv exercises to more advanced scene work, the structure and philosophy of improv generate a safe psychological space where players can take creative - and emotional - risks, stretch into expanded self-expression, and generate joy. And it has real-life applications: growth of creative thinking, communication, collaboration, interpersonal and relationship skills, greater capacity to tolerate uncertainty, confidence-building, and enhanced well-being.

This a group that just did 4 hours of improv before this photo was taken! Improv is a natural energizer and builds bonds between players in a natural, organic way. This class on Sunday, Dec 15 is for everyone from an absolute beginner to an advanced improviser. We will do improv games and exercises that play with all the things we love as well as the things we struggle with at the holidays. If you have absolutely no improv experience, this is the class to attend. You will be supported. You will be surprised by what the improv mindset can generate in a group and most importantly, you will have fun. If you have some improv experience you know the magic that is possible through improv, This will be a chance to learn some new games and exercises, get your creativity on, cultivate the improv mindset, and strengthen the "muscles" for creating in real time with other people. 

Improv is one of the greatest ways to destress and galvanize your energy. It has been found (by scientific research!!) to boost mood, and expand creative thinking. We all need more of this, especially during the hectic holidays. This class is a way to connect with other people through a positive, supportive, creative group experience.